Martinez residents living near former PG&E power substation sue the utility company

Last call for Calistoga Thanksgiving dinner

The baseball gods apparently do not want Napa to build batting cages at Kennedy Park.

American Canyon residents' November water bills are coming with a warning: Their drinking water is failing federal standards. The truth is more complex.

Several years ago, Dia de los Muertos was a non-event in Napa.

A fiery inferno destroyed 60 gas golf carts and the storage shed at the city-owned Kennedy Park Golf Course early Thursday morning, causing about $200,000 in losses.

A bumpy motorcycle chase ends in arrest

DENVER -- Four Air Force officers have joined in a lawsuit claiming senior officers and cadets at the Air Force Academy illegally imposed Christianity on others at the school.

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff pleaded not guilty to a five-count felony indictment Thursday in the CIA leak case, signaling a protracted court battle that is sure to prolong debate about the White House's prewar use of intelligence on Iraq.

WASHINGTON -- Tom Donohue, 26, learned two years ago he had the virus that causes AIDS.

WASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled Senate will begin hearings Jan. 9 on Judge Samuel Alito's appointment to the Supreme Court, leaders of the Judiciary Committee announced Thursday, a bipartisan repudiation of President Bush's call for a final confirmation vote before year's end.

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans on Thursday included a break-up of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a budget bill that would be immune from Senate filibuster, drawing complaints from Democrats.

AUSTIN, Texas -- A new judge was selected to preside over Rep. Tom DeLay's conspiracy and money laundering trial Thursday, after a GOP judge became the second to step away from involvement in the case because of political contributions he has made.

LOS ANGELES -- Major public transit systems from San Diego County to the San Francisco Bay Area have spent well less than half of $15.5 million in anti-terrorism funds from the federal government, with much of the balance stuck in a cautious bureaucracy, an Associated Press analysis of security spending shows.

LOS ANGELES -- Facing testy voters in a freewheeling televised forum, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday disputed that he was targeting teachers and other unionized workers with his ballot proposals and warned that their defeat could shortchange schools and leave the state financially hobbled.

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union and the continent's top human rights group said Thursday they will investigate allegations the CIA set up secret jails in eastern Europe and elsewhere to interrogate terrorism suspects, and the Red Cross demanded access to any prisoners.

MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina -- President Bush faced ruffled relations in the Western Hemisphere here Thursday with protesters prepared for the U.S. leader in Argentina and Venezuela's leftist leader waiting to bait him.

TENGJIAYING, China -- Chickens were dropping dead by the dozens at Qin Zhijun's farm one morning, most while feeding in their squat, brick coops.