The Register is seeking former Mare Island Naval Shipyard workers and those who moved to Napa County because they or family members were working at Mare Island to tell us their stories: The best of times on Mare Island, the worst, fond memories and otherwise forgotten history. If you have a story to tell, please contact reporter Jay Goetting at 256-2260, jgoetting@napanews.com or care of the Register, P.O. Box 150, Napa, CA, 94559./Register

SACRAMENTO -- Is Napa failing foster kids or improving its services? A battle over the way the state Legislature interprets foster care data may determine the answer.

Saying that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has failed to bargain in good faith, nearly 100 nurses and other union workers at the Veterans Home of California at Yountville rallied at the entrance to their facility Wednesday.

Sunday's page one story about the Napa Valley Museum incorrectly reported the name of the president of the Napa County Historical Society. She is Robin Hart.

The Napa City Council gave the go-ahead Tuesday for staff to begin negotiating with the Napa Valley Museum to build a campus in downtown Napa.

A citizen who put out a house fire while on his way to work was honored by the Napa City Council Tuesday with a certificate of recognition and a standing ovation.

Tallying Napa's flood damage

Weather permitting, Molly's Angels will distribute furniture to needy families on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. Molly collected the furniture from donors to give to victims of the New Year's Eve flood. If the weather does not permit, Molly's Angels plan to distribute furniture the following Saturday. For more information, call Molly's Angels at 224-8971./Register

Two pit bulls are scheduled to be destroyed after they attacked a black Labrador in its owner's front yard in Napa on Wednesday morning.

Two young men armed with handguns forced their way into the First Pacific Credit Union in American Canyon Wednesday and made off with a sack full of cash, police said.

Napa criminal defense attorney Steven Flinn has announced he is in the race for Napa County District Attorney.

A two-story workshop on Lincoln near Silverado Trail was ravaged by a fire Wednesday afternoon.

NEW YORK -- The federal government is boosting its effort to look for bird flu in migratory birds, planning to test five to six times as many birds this year alone as it has screened since 1998.

Track owners face struggle to devlop land

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-- An oil spill in Alaska's North Slope could end up being one of the region's largest, officials said Wednesday as the cleanup continued.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge here ruled that the Bush administration is violating a 1992 law aimed at increasing the country's use of alternative fuel vehicles.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Two teenage women who claimed a pair of former U.S. Marine Corps sergeants raped them in a Ukiah recruiting office sued the military Wednesday in federal court for failing to properly train and supervise recruiters.

SAN BERNARDINO -- A sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted voluntary manslaughter in the videotaped shooting of an unarmed man who had been riding in a car pursued by the deputy.

SACRAMENTO -- Republican lawmakers are not to blame for the lack of a deal so far in negotiations over a massive public works proposal that faces a Friday deadline to make the June ballot, the GOP Assembly leader said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON -- The State Department outlined human rights abuses in Iraq on Wednesday, including reports of torture and politically motivated killings that contrast with assessments by President Bush and others of progress since the U.S.-led invasion three years ago.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles Wednesday, an unsettling reminder of the reclusive communist regime's ability to cause instability in the region where a standoff persists over its nuclear program.