I took two-and-a-half hours to do my hair that morning. It had to be perfect. When my father walked into the room every half hour he'd just shake his head and laugh.

With a half-cent transportation sales tax on the June ballot, the campaign to win over Napa County's more than 65,000 voters is about to begin.

A sea of students dressed in red, white and blue greeted Staff Sgt. Edward Clunies-Ross earlier this month, when he picked up goods for fellow deployed soldiers from students at St. Apollinaris Elementary School.

When Sgt. Jeremy Profitt arrived in Iraq for his first tour of duty, he told his mom he felt like he wasn't supported by his nation. Sindy Biederman responded to her son by starting American Canyon Troop Support, working out of her home to send care packages to American troops deployed around the world.

A federal court has ordered Oscar Braun, who owns a trailer at Lake Berryessa's Pleasure Cove resort, to vacate the premises.