Napa News

Napa Town and Country Fair attendance grew nearly 2 percent this year, perhaps benefiting from higher gas prices that had more people vacationing close to home.

Napa students are above average when it comes to English, math, science and history.

For most of his life, Carlos Villaseor has sold and prepared food for wine country residents with a taste for la cocina Mexicana.

Loyal customers may be left in the lurch, but the planned closure of Mervyns this fall should boost city and private sector efforts to redevelop downtown north of First Street with new stores, housing and ...

The Napa County Hispanic Network invites the community to its 25-Year Silver Anniversary Scholarship Banquet on Friday, Sept.

The pool area of the Westin Verasa, Napa which is scheduled to open in mid-September. J.L. Sousa/Register The lobby of the Westin Verasa, Napa, which is scheduled to open in mid September.

The announcement that the Mervyns store in Napa is soon to close is sad in several respects.

Three months after it became the largest California city to declare bankruptcy, this San Francisco suburb is facing an exodus of police officers as residents grow anxious about a surge in robberies and other ...

After years in limbo, a corner at one of Napa's busiest intersections appears to have a new lease on life.

Boats weigh anchor near China Point as crowds gather on the bank during the River Festival.

Many Napa streets that have lengthy breaks in them. How do police and emergency responders deal with the potential confusion? In a five-minute newsroom conversation, Register staffers identified the following ...

Former Napa dentist Michael Posey's attempt to have his murder conviction overturned has gained momentum.

Mervyns disclosed Wednesday it plans to close 26 stores - including two in the East Bay and four in the Bay Area - amid the bankrupt retailer's quest to emerge from a financial morass.

Artist and gallery owner Jessel Miller has opened a women's clothing boutique in the back of her gallery, where she finds one of kind contemporary and retro clothing, shoes and handbags.

If you're looking for a trip to Napa and Sonoma that you could join, The Pleasure Is All Wine is putting together a group for a cruise on the Napa River.

Who killed the proposed Kimpton hotel in Napa? On the surface, it would appear the developer did.

In Napa County, it is time to collect the fruits of a season's labor. The harvest has begun and it follows a difficult growing season that might, or might not, be a sign of more to come.

To walk into Juju's Mediterranean Kitchen is one of those adventures where you stumble onto something that is, well, real - if you were in a foreign country, you'd know this is where locals go; either that or ...

Napa County grand jury assertions that the city of Napa could someday follow Vallejo down the path to bankruptcy exaggerate the threat, the Napa City Council said Tuesday.

Serious wine lovers in the San Francisco Bay area get several opportunities each year to indulge their passions for wine.