The Boy Scouts of Troop 4 in Napa have been bitten by the spirit of giving.

With four shopping days until Christmas, the new $7 million First Street bridge was scheduled to open this morning as a gift to holiday shoppers.

Special needs children get early Christmas

A Napa man was carted off to the county jail after he allegedly helped himself to about $400 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart on Lincoln Avenue and left without paying for it, according to police.

The sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a Yountville man Sunday has been identified as Jerry Bohlander, sheriff's Capt. John Robertson said.

Michelle Hawkins had resigned herself to the fact she probably would never again see two expensive pieces of furniture that were taken while being delivered to her business on First Street in downtown Napa.

"What a difference a year and a half makes," Napa County's transportation guru Mike Zdon told supervisors Tuesday.