Cesar Chavez's words, deeds and passions changed the lives of many Napa residents, just as they changed the work conditions and hopes for the future of thousands of farm laborers in the 1960s and 1970s.

1927 -- Cesar Estrada Chavez born on March 31, in a tiny town near Yuma, Arizona.

Ginny De Vasto refuses to wear a wig. She prefers animal hats.

Campaign finance records show that property rights group the Napa Valley Land Stewards Alliance has about 20 times more cash in its coffers than its opponents so far this election season.

Measure J doesn't expire for 14 years, yet two agricultural advocates are already planning a campaign to extend the measure's agricultural land protections until 2040.

Well-intentioned efforts to smooth the flow of traffic on major Napa streets are ruffling motorists' feathers.

Napa flood control officials on a sojourn this week to Washington, D.C. have been knocking on doors and extolling the virtues of the local flood project to secure more federal funding.

MIAMI -- Assuring the judge he is working to become "a new man," disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced Wednesday to nearly six years in prison for committing fraud in the purchase of a fleet of gambling boats.

WASHINGTON -- People will have 30 more days to let the Forest Service know what they think of its plan to sell more than 300,000 acres of national forest to help pay for rural schools in 41 states, agency officials said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON -- Congress could have used stronger ethics rules when former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, now in jail, was "ripping off the taxpayers of tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars," Sen. John McCain said Wednesday.

Reiner steps down from preschool commission

Local employers are planning a $500,000 public relations campaign on behalf of Measure H, the half-cent transportation sales tax on the June 6 ballot.

Overcast weather and sporadic rains hit Napa this weekend, yet the vibe inside Studio Arts of Napa Valley was strictly tropical.