Napa Valley Register

Here we go folks, with the lead-up to Big Game 2009, the annual football matchup between Napa and Vintage high schools. Full Story »

A man testified Monday that murder suspect Randolfo “Rudy” Uribe threatened him with a gun after he balked at allowing Uribe to leave a car at his Santa Rosa house the morning a Calistoga man was killed last summer. Full Story »

Lucky you. Your big fear is of putting on extra pounds during the holidays. Less fortunate Napa Valley residents are more concerned about going hungry. Full Story »

It’s a busy Saturday afternoon at La Morenita Market in Napa — parking spaces are scarce, customers file in and out of the Jefferson Street store, cash registers beep and Ramon Gonzalez patiently waits in line to send some money to relatives in Mexico. Full Story »

A Napa man went to jail Sunday evening after violating his parole. Full Story »

Local charities are gearing up to provide more food this holiday season to a growing number of people who are working fewer hours or have lost their jobs. Here are ways you can make your own donations. Full Story »

Most days, Carpe Diem Champagne, a 3-year-old Anatolian shepherd dog, spends her time herding goats on a 110-acre farm nestled in the Shasta County hamlet of Cottonwood. But over the weekend she traveled to Napa to strut her stuff in front of judges at the Napa Valley Exposition Center during Wine Country Kennel Club’s 53rd and 54th All Breed Dog Shows. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO — An accident-plagued stretch of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge saw its first fatality Monday when the driver of a speeding big rig lost control and the truck plummeted 200 feet from the span, authorities said. Full Story »

Visitors to the Napa branch of Pacific National Bank customers were in for a surprise this week when they saw a new name on bank doors. Full Story »

The Napa Police Department is looking for the individual who assaulted a woman Thursday evening on Coombs Street, north of Pearl Street. Full Story »

Local teens will soon be working harder for their high school diplomas. Full Story »

Downtown Napa’s Veterans Day ceremonies will include a tribute to a ragtag group of armed men who swept through what is now Veterans Memorial Park in 1846, a year before the city’s founding. Full Story »

Is there a way for the county to share its regional housing allocations with cities? How many hotels are enough for Napa County? Full Story »

" Before taking the poll, please remind us, in addition to our property taxes, what are the assessments now and what are they for? Aren't half in support of education, and what, is that total amount? Full Story »

What a sight it was. Seven Model A Fords, wheezy icons of the American road of 80 years ago, putt-putted round and round the otherwise empty track at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma a week ago. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. Full Story »

Napa Valley Unified School District is going ahead with a poll to find out how amenable district residents would be to a new school parcel tax. Full Story »

All is calm on the Vintage High School campus these days, and a lot of the credit goes to students who reacted quickly and peacefully in the wake of two days of upheaval in late September. Full Story »

Mention “Spare the Air” days and most people in the region will think of still summer days when smog is at its peak and Bay Area public transit agencies allow customers to ride for free. Full Story »

American Canyon Police and Napa County Sheriff’s deputies descended on a quiet American Canyon neighborhood in response to a report of a person being shot in the area Saturday afternoon. Full Story »

Nominations are being sought from businesses and nonprofit organizations in all cities of Napa County for the sixth annual Family Friendly Workplace award. Full Story »

World News Afghanistan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah withdrew before the runoff election with President Hamid Karzai. Why? Full Story »

WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives narrowly passed landmark health care legislation to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. Full Story »

American Canyon parents, residents, church groups and others are being asked to weigh in on what city services they can live without as the city looks for as much as $1.7 million worth of expenses to trim from its total annual budget of $16 million. Full Story »

The Napa Valley Unified School District is going ahead with plans for a poll to learn whether area residents would support a school parcel tax. Full Story »