Mental health services will undergo a dramatic expansion in Napa County, thanks to a tax on the wealthiest Californians.

Bulldozers rumbled down Coombs Street on a cold Friday morning, picking up junk and debris regurgitated by the Napa River after the greatest floods Napa has seen since 1986. At Rio Vista apartment complex, river water flooded 18 lower units and displaced dozens of families.

Napa City Council

The leader of a countywide agency that wrestles with urban planning and resources is headed west to Sonoma County.

Traffic controls at the

By CARLOS VILLATORO

ST. PAUL — Thousands of abortion opponents massed outside Minnesota’s Capitol on Sunday to protest the 33rd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision and call for a ban on public funding of abortion.

LAS VEGAS -- The casinos look pretty much the same on the inside, but the cities around them are quite different, and for the die-hard Miss America fans who've been trekking to Atlantic City, N.J., for years, the pageant's move to Las Vegas is a breath of fresh air.

WASHINGTON -- Troops and civilians at a U.S. military base in Iraq were exposed to contaminated water last year and employees for the responsible contractor, Halliburton, couldn't get their company to inform camp residents, according to interviews and internal company documents.

WASHINGTON -- Several lawmakers said Sunday they will press President Bush to justify his decision to allow domestic eavesdropping, rebuffing GOP suggestions their criticism of broad executive authority puts the nation at risk.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In death, 14 West Virginia coal miners have achieved something that just a month ago seemed an unlikely goal: Labor, industry and lawmakers are united in demanding that a dangerous subterranean occupation be made safer.

SAN FRANCISCO -- For more than 50 years, photographer Ansel Adams lived in a hilltop home where he was inspired by stunning views of the Golden Gate, Baker Beach and the forested hills of the Presidio.

LOS ANGELES -- The immigrant men who wait for work on street corners across the United States have families, attend church regularly -- and their bosses are more likely to be individual homeowners than construction contractors.