Napa County News Archives

A 2-year-old girl who reportedly wandered away from her home in Napa early Saturday morning appears to have been struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver, police reported.

Napa County's last remaining one-room school house could be forced to close its doors for good.

The body of a a 25-year-old Fairfield man who disappeared in an apparent drowning at Lake Berryessa was recovered by divers Friday morning.

Days before approving two more luxury hotels in the booming downtown market, Napa city officials passed a key change in project policy, mandating that new hotel applicants complete an employee assessment study.

The body of a Fairfield man who disappeared in Lake Berryessa Thursday afternoon was recovered by the Napa County Sheriff's Office's Underwater Recovery Team Friday morning.

The Mendocino County Coroners Office has identified the woman killed Tuesday night when her sports car collided with a tree off Highway 101 south of Hopland.

The Pope Creek Bridge Waterway, a popular party spot at Lake Berryessa, will be closed Memorial Day weekend to motorized and non-motorized watercraft and during the Fourth of July and Labor Day weekends, the ...

“Start with one thing and build on that success. Reach out and ask for help and don't get hung up on the cost.”

While the hills turn brown this summer, many parts of this fast-growing Napa County city are going green. via Vallejo Times-Herald

A Napa County jury has found a 26-year-old man not guilty by reason of insanity for killing a local cult leader. via The Modesto Bee

Firefighters stopped the forward movement of a brush fire burning since Thursday morning in steep terrain in Sonoma County after containing another Thursday night, a Cal Fire dispatcher said. via Cbs5.com

A wildfire at the end of Lumpkin Road in the Feather Falls area, northeast of Oroville, is currently burning out of control, but no structures are immediately threatened, officials said. via Chico Enterprise-Record

Registration for the NORTH BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL's 2008 Construction Conference closes Friday. via North Bay Business Journal

“Right now, just the Solano County students would be going back to the county's program”

A class for deaf students is being removed from a local elementary school next year, but officials say it's not because of the district's budget crisis. via Vallejo Times-Herald

Tri-Valley Bank named Bay Area banker Glen Terry as president and chief executive officer. via East Bay Business Times

“He was arrested for possession of marijuana for sale and possession of a controlled substance, along with the traffic infractions.”

An Oakland resident spent his 24th birthday in the Napa County Jail after being arrested on suspicion of planning to sell drugs, law enforcement officials said. via Vallejo Times-Herald

“Whether we'll be 2 percent or 10 percent (below average) is impossible to predict”

April was a cruel month for California winemakers, bringing a series of unusually late frosts to vineyards baring the tender, green shoots of spring. via San Francisco Examiner

Former St. Helena High School coach Hershel Sandler pleaded no contest Thursday morning in Napa County Superior Court to two felony counts of oral copulation with two girls under age 18. via KTVU

A Napa County Superior Court jury found Alexander Taylor guilty today of the first-degree murder of alleged cult leader George Paul Davis. via Vallejo Times-Herald