The Napa Fire Department will celebrate its 100th birthday in 2006. But the nearly century-old fire service has just experienced a first.

Editor's note: When the holidays come around, many of us go out of our way to help others in need. But some dedicated Napa County residents go to extraordinary lengths to help others year-round. This series of articles tells some of their stories.

The typical inmate at the Napa County jail is an unmarried male, not well educated and could well have a substance abuse problem.

Wet weather pounded the valley over the weekend and made for bad driving conditions.

WASHINGTON -- Democrats and Republicans called separately Sunday for congressional investigations into President Bush's decision after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to allow domestic eavesdropping without court approval.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Customs agents have intercepted more than 50 shipments of counterfeit Tamiflu, the antiviral drug being stockpiled in anticipation of a bird flu pandemic, marking the first such seizures in the U.S., authorities said Sunday.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Suicide bombers and gunmen killed nearly two dozen people across Iraq on Sunday, shattering the relative quiet since the parliament election, as President Bush said the vote had strengthened a new ally and warned against a U.S. pullout.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush asserted Sunday night the United States is winning the war in Iraq but acknowledged setbacks and the doubts of some "that the war is lost and not worth another dime or another day."