Toys for flood victims

Weather is the intelligence piece of flood forecasting, according to Neal O'Haire, Napa County's emergency services manager.

If everything had gone as planned, the Napa River flood control project would now be in its final year of construction. But things have not gone as planned.

Victims of Napa's New Year's Eve flood need to beware and not get soaked twice. Disasters can bring out seedy characters who try to make a buck on unsuspecting victims.

In times of natural disaster, many of those who have suffered damage to their homes find themselves victims of fraud.

Students in the Napa Valley Unified School District are just as torn about the three-week break as their parents are. This week was the first week back for students, and reactions to the extra week varied from student to student.

Three years ago, tired and disillusioned, Angel Calderon walked away from his dream of creating jobs in his impoverished hometown of Timbinal in Guanajuato, Mexico.