A definite sign of spring's arrival is the reopening of farmers markets throughout the Napa Valley, including Calistoga.

With barely three week's remaining before its annual Gypsy Circus fund-raising event to benefit education in Calistoga, the Calistoga Education Foundation continues to build its list of auction items, including a very special gift from the school district and a local winemaker.

In a rare tribute to the passing of a fire department veteran Monday, the Calistoga Fire Department Monday broadcast a 'Final Call' into service for Almun "Al" Triglia, a 30-year veteran of the Calistoga Firefighter's Association who variously served as its secretary and president.

To say that Calistoga Rotarians know how to have a good time is a bit like saying the sun is hot.

For better than two hours Tuesday night the Calistoga City Council shared its meeting chambers with more than 100 residents -- about 50 of whom were members of the Highlands Christian Fellowship -- concerned about who would be given water and sewer allocations in the first round of the city's disbursements.

The state superintendent of education chose Napa for his most recent school visit, touring local classrooms -- and encouraging one group to pass algebra I so they can graduate -- before giving a noon speech to the Napa Rotary Club on Wednesday.

SEATTLE -- A 9-ton gray whale died early Wednesday after workers found it wedged between vertical pilings near a secured area at Naval Base Kitsap, and officials were determining the best way to remove the animal so its body could be examined.

Napa Police Sgt. Terry Medlar has been wearing a badge for three decades. And he'll retire from the Napa police force in June.

A dedicated coalition of health care professionals, educators and private sector providers wants Napa County to pony up $100,000 to help insure up to 10,000 children in Napa County who are not getting adequate health care.

After years of debate about the safety of Milliken Dam, the city of Napa will bore holes in the concrete face to permanently lower storage capacity by 30 percent.

The state superintendent of education chose Napa for his most recent school visit, touring local classrooms -- and encouraging one group to pass algebra I so they can graduate -- before giving a noon speech to the Napa Rotary Club on Wednesday.

After years of legal wrangling, fines and neighbor discontent, Mustard's Grill may have laid to rest controversy over its wastewater treatment system. Napa County planning commissioners Wednesday gave the unanimous go-ahead for Cindy Pawlcyn's well-known restaurant north of Yountville to develop a state-of-the-art water treatment system.

Considering one more step to increase attendance in December, trustees of Napa Valley Unified School District may approve a regulation that would prohibit excused absences for family vacations.

FORT HOOD, Texas -- A military judge Wednesday threw out Pfc. Lynndie England's guilty plea to abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, saying he was not convinced the Army reservist who appeared in some of the most notorious photos in the scandal knew her actions were wrong at the time.

From The Associated Press

From The Associated Press

From The Associated Press