Although only a handful of Napa flood victims showed up at the first day of a federal assistance program Thursday, officials are bracing for many more in the days ahead.

Manuel Gomez looked stunned and confused as two Napa police detectives put him under arrest just as he clenched a contractor job with what he thought was a Napa homeowner.

More than 90 families across the country were duped by defunct Napa adoption firm Yunona USA for total losses of more than $750,000, according to local police.

There weren't enough chairs in the Napa Valley Unified School District board room to seat all the parents and students from Carneros Elementary School Wednesday night. People were lined along walls and spilled into the hallway, all to show their opposition to the possible closure of their school.

A short pursuit in west Napa ended with arrest of a local woman at an apartment complex.