Christmas Day, 2004, Napa preschool owner Chandini Perera and family were done opening presents and decided to call relatives in Sri Lanka.

With Napa County's jail is often filed to capacity and beyond, a step is being taken to ease overcrowding and provide an alternative to incarceration for some inmates.

The gap between rich and poor has grown more in the Bay Area than other parts of California, according to a newly released report.

The CEO of Golden State Lumber pleaded guilty to five counts of tax evasion Thursday, ending a years-long Internal Revenue Service investigation. Lee Nobmann, 55, of Petaluma, is facing between 15-21 months in prison and must pay more than $330,000 in back taxes, as part of a plea agreement.