Far from the television set, in the serenity of the children's reading room at the Napa City-County Library, Lorena Perez was having a debate with her daughters: Exactly how much TV do they watch on most nights? Is it two hours, or is it closer to four hours?

There's just something about kids and ponies. For disabled kids, American Canyon offers a special place for riding full-sized horses and getting a taste of outdoor opportunities that are all too rare.

A proposal that would expand legal protections for Napa County when considering whether to grant land use permits has drawn opposition from a group of local property owners.

Editor's note: This is the first in an occasional series of stories tracking Napa pilot Dean Stahr on his solo flight around the world.

A Napa judge is expected to decide within a week whether developers of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in American Canyon can start construction while they battle an environmental lawsuit.

Far from the television set, in the serenity of the children's reading room at the Napa City-County Library, Lorena Perez was having a debate with her daughters: Exactly how much TV do they watch on most nights? Is it two hours, or is it closer to four hours?

There's just something about kids and ponies. For disabled kids, American Canyon offers a special place for riding full-sized horses and getting a taste of outdoor opportunities that are all too rare.

A proposal that would expand legal protections for Napa County when considering whether to grant land use permits has drawn opposition from a group of local property owners.

Editor's note: This is the first in an occasional series of stories tracking Napa pilot Dean Stahr on his solo flight around the world.

A Napa judge is expected to decide within a week whether developers of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in American Canyon can start construction while they battle an environmental lawsuit.

WASHINGTON -- The House and Senate debated a budget Thursday that would cut spending on Medicaid health care for the poor for the first time since 1997 in an effort to trim federal deficits.