From Register Staff

From Register Staff

Seven kids and their mother might have been overtaken by floodwaters early Saturday morning were it not for a relative with pneumonia who came to their rescue.

Editor’s note American Canyon Eagle Editor Mike Waterson found himself stuck in the middle of the flood Friday night. Here’s his story.

The Napa Valley was walloped by a major storm on New Year’s Eve, causing the Napa River and creeks to overflow their banks from Calistoga to American Canyon.

Tonight’s storm should be lighter

Some months back when the sun was shining and the ground was dry, Napa flood control officials told residents in flood prone areas not to cancel their flood insurance and don’t build up a false sense of security.

Tiffany Corona probably had a different plan for her New Year’s Eve morning. At 11:30 she was waiting on Soscol Avenue for her husband Gilberto to be rescued from their Ida Street home. When they were told to evacuate at 3:30 a.m. Saturday they moved their cars, except one that was parked in the Wal-Mart parking lot.

A suspicious fire roared through a Montessori school at Covenant Presbyterian Church on Salvador Avenue on Thursday evening, destroying a shed, plastic swimming pool and part of a wall. Investigators say the fire is the latest act of vandalism at the school.

Mother Nature is the giving Father Time a run for his money.

There were many great Napa County stories in 2005, from the controversial and failed plan to dedicate Hwy. 29 for vintner Robert Mondavi, to the tragic deaths of a St. Helena Boy Scout and a 29-year-old Scout leader when they were struck by lightning during a September climbing expedition in the high Sierra.

Flood project work to resumes after rain