Rescue workers help evacuate residents from rising flood waters Sunday morning near the intersection of Soscol and Lincoln avenues. Napa Valley Register reports will continue throughout the day, with information about the flood.

Napa businesses continue to muck out the mud and gunk the city's New Year's Eve flood deposited with vehemence throughout parts of the city. Saturday's floodwaters wreaked havoc on local businesses, leaving a sticky layer of chocolate brown mud deposited on the floors, walls and corners of offices and workplaces.

Dear Len & Rosie,

NEW YORK -- Retailers faced an uncertain 2006 Thursday after December's modest sales gains showed that the holiday shopping season, while overall respectable, was disappointing for some of the nation's most prominent merchants. As expected, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was one of the stragglers, falling short of Wall Street's expectations and warning about its fourth-quarter profits.

DETROIT -- Automakers are rolling out several new hybrids at this year's North American International Auto Show as hybrid sales continue to grow at a phenomenal pace. But consumers are finding out that hybrids are more expensive and may save less fuel than they thought, which could put the brakes on future hybrid sales.

WASHINGTON -- Seeking to reassure people that chicken is safe to eat, companies that raise chickens said Thursday they will test every flock for bird flu before the birds are slaughtered.