Miss Napa County Milan Alas once flew to Paris on a Make-A-Wish trip. Now she is fundraising, mentoring and training for a marathon before her reign ends in November.

About 15 Napa potters are hand-making roughly 200 bowls for a Sept. 13 fundraiser at The Westin Verasa, with Chef Ken Frank cooking dinner.

Menegon Catering's October fundraiser at Native Sons Hall comes as the pantry says it now pays double for the same groceries.

Riders will pedal from San Francisco through Petaluma and Napa next month to fund multiple sclerosis research.

Pope Valley Elementary saw math scores jump to 33% and reported fights drop to zero after a brutal two years.

A 40-year-old Calistoga trailer that fit one provider at a time is getting replaced with an 11,000-square-foot clinic.

The Yountville Sun is publishing again under billionaire Gary Jabara, who promises editorial independence despite his deep business ties to town.

Registered nurses at Adventist Health St. Helena voted to join the California Nurses Association in an NLRB election, moving the unit toward formal bargaining.

Napa County and BayREN are expanding EASE Home to bring free or heavily subsidized insulation, duct sealing and induction cooktops to eligible residents. Sign‑up info and workshops are available.

Napa’s one-night tally jumped 14% to 428 while Sonoma’s official count held near 1,951 — but a big youth spike and a larger by-name list have providers warning the picture is still fragile.

At Hopland, robots, drones and smart valves demoed for winegrowers — and Napa’s farmworker report shows the region is especially exposed to automation.

Roseville‑based Adventist Health filed a WARN notice saying 125 positions will be cut across multiple California counties as it centralizes quality and risk teams.

A Vacaville pigeon with a pink‑dyed wing was rescued by Napa Wildlife Rescue; advocates warn dyeing or releasing domestic birds often leaves them unable to survive.