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.