New stop on Main
City workers installed new stop signs Wednesday at the intersection of Main and Caymus streets, requiring Main Street traffic to stop for the first time.
Where were you during the flood?
The Napa Valley Register is seeking personal tales from the New Year's Eve flood to publish in an upcoming special report. Where were you? What happened to your home or business? Who is an unsung hero?
Napan who lost car in the flood gets new ride from amiable auto shop
The New Year's Eve flood delivered debris and mud all around Napa. But for Napa resident Terri McDonald, it also delivered a new car.
Leader of Napa adoption agency may be under arrest
Russian authorities have apparently detained Ivan Jerdev, the owner of Napa-based adoption firm Yunona USA, and will likely charge him with fraud and illegal disclosure of confidential information, Russian news agencies reported Wednesday.
Evans, Democrats float a flood control plan
Competing ideas on funding flood control projects in Napa and around California are emerging in the state capital.
Testimony paints picture of a life clouded by drug addiction
The man charged with the murder of a 60-year-old woman in a Jamieson Canyon traffic accident took the stand on the fifth day of his trial Wednesday, and described the his life after two years of being addicted to prescription drugs.
Study: Racial differences in smoking-related risks of lung cancer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Blacks who smoke up to a pack a day are far more likely than whites who smoke similar amounts to develop lung cancer, suggesting genes may help explain the racial differences long seen in the disease, researchers say.
Cracking down on the sex-tourism industry
SAN FRANCISCO -- Americans caught paying children for sex in foreign countries can be prosecuted in the United States, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in upholding a two-year-old law criminalizing such behavior.
Chertoff says U.S. opposes Mexico giving maps to migrants
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday the United States opposes "in the strongest terms" a Mexican commission's plan to publish maps of the Arizona desert and distribute them to people illegally crossing the border into the United States.
Only 29 soldiers have sought reimbursement for protective gear
WASHINGTON -- Just 29 Army soldiers have sought reimbursement so far for body armor and other equipment they bought to protect themselves on the front lines.
Two clandestine tunnels discovered at U.S.-Mexico border
SAN DIEGO -- U.S. and Mexican authorities said Wednesday they had found another cross-border tunnel that was apparently designed for smuggling people and drugs into the United States.
State and National briefs
Man commits suicide outside of gun shop
Sago Mine probe stalled by dispute over union's involvement
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Plans to begin gathering evidence inside the Sago Mine fell apart Wednesday when International Coal Group Inc. refused to let members of the United Mine Workers of America accompany state and federal investigators underground.
Police: Couple who left Louisiana after hurricane die in murder-suicide; two children found alive
AUSTELL, Ga. -- A man who fled New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina fatally shot his girlfriend and himself in their home, leaving her 4-year-old son with a gunshot wound to the face and the couple's infant daughter wailing in an upstairs bedroom.
Inspector general finds holes in security at Lawrence Livermore lab
WASHINGTON -- There are inadequate controls over security badges at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, according to a report Wednesday by the Energy Department's inspector general.
LA suburb prohibits police from work with immigration agents
MAYWOOD -- The City Council in this predominantly Hispanic Los Angeles suburb has passed a resolution prohibiting local police from taking on immigration enforcement duties.
Ruling Fatah Party expected to win, but may have to work closer with opposition
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Islamic Hamas militants fared better than expected in landmark Palestinian elections Wednesday, and the ruling Fatah Party, though slightly ahead, might be forced to invite them into a coalition government and put Mideast peacemaking at risk, according to exit polls.
Jury convicts accused Iraqi agent on six of seven counts
INDIANAPOLIS -- A man accused of trying to sell the names of U.S. operatives and agents to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime for $3 million was convicted Wednesday of six of the seven charges against him.
