Register Staff Writer

Food distribution for low-income residents

In an effort to help guide seniors through the new Medicare prescription drug program, Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, has introduced legislation that would add $100 million to for State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) funding. Known as HICAPs in California, they are federally mandated to provide Medicare beneficiaries with unbiased information about their coverage options.

The Napa County District Attorney's Office has determined that a Napa County Sheriff's deputy was justified in shooting and killing a Yountville man in December.

On the football field Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Montana scored myriad touchdowns and led the 49ers to four Super Bowl titles, but on Saturday afternoon Montana scored a touchdown of a different kind for the students of Blue Oak School.

A strong-arm robbery ended with a 48-year-old Napa man taken into custody Friday night. Napa Police officers arrested Guy Kreig Bartlett on suspicion of armed robbery hours after he robbed another man at an automated-teller machine, Napa Police Sgt. Pat Manzer said.