A crowd of students witnessed liquid nitrogen turn an innocent rubber ball into a cold, solid mass that could do some damage.

Rodney Stone, a longtime Napa attorney who has served as a commissioner in Napa County Superior Court for nearly two years, was sworn in Friday as Napa County's newest judge.

Napa County Fire crews fought a raging structure fire in Rutherford Thursday evening.

The Napa man accused of the 1997 slaying of Kenya native Edwin Njuguna pleaded not guilty to murder charge Friday.

Napa County residents and media outlets have speculated for days about what brought President Bush to Napa Valley, and the Meadowood resort in particular.

New police chief coming to St. Helena

Bush's day

Associated Press report

An estimated 2,000 people lined Silverado Trail north of Pope Street in St. Helena Friday, some to voice their support and others condemning the Bush administration as President George W. Bush arrived Friday evening at the Meadowood Napa Valley resort.

DENVER (AP) -- A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Sacramento was diverted Friday to Denver International Airport and the passengers evacuated from the plane when somebody said they had a bomb, airport officials said.

GENEVA -- Some 15,000 detainees are being held in Iraq by government ministries in violation of Iraqi law, and nearly as many are being held by U.S.-led multinational forces, a senior U.N. official said Friday.