A Napa motorcyclist was killed on Silverado Trail Wednesday morning when his Harley-Davidson collided with a van.

Jamieson Canyon Road is considered the poster child for Measure H, the transportation sales tax on the June ballot.

The new Meritage Resort has to pay $3,000 in fines for failing to control erosion this past winter, the Napa City Council voted Tuesday.

In cooperation with the county, the Napa Police Department is hiring an outreach worker to assist the city's growing homeless population.

Sue Dee Shenk, director of Napa Valley Community Housing, received the Housing Hero award Tuesday from the Napa County Affordable Housing Committee.

The Napa City Council endorsed the creation of a Napa County Arts and Cultural Commission Tuesday.

Helmet secured and pants Velcro-strapped to his leg, Doug Johnson braves Highway 29 by bicycle three times a week.

Thanks to an alert Upvalley hiker, drug agents rooted out a large marijuana garden west of St. Helena.

A Napa motorcyclist was killed on Silverado Trail Wednesday morning when his Harley-Davidson collided with a van.

A May 13 front page article about district attorney candidate Steve Flinn misstated his tenure in the Napa County District Attorney's Office. Flinn worked for the DA's office from 1985 to 1998.

The girls were dressed in long, dark blue dresses and pearl necklaces, the boys wore tuxedos with bow ties. On Tuesday afternoon at Pacific Union College in Angwin, the members of the Napa High Choir anxiously awaited their chance to shine.

NEW YORK -- One of the most detailed comparisons yet of human and chimp DNA shows that the split between the two species was a long, messy affair that may even have featured an unusual evolutionary version of breakup sex.

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said for the first time Wednesday that officials are at odds over whether a new Army manual should endorse different interrogation techniques for enemy insurgents than are allowed for regular prisoners of war.

Brothers wanted for murder

WASHINGTON -- The Senate agreed to give millions of illegal immigrants a shot at U.S. citizenship and backed construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday. Prospects for legislation clearing Congress were clouded by a withering attack against President Bush by a prominent House Republican.

WASHINGTON -- In a burst of activity that ended 16 months of political gridlock, the House ethics committee Wednesday launched a flurry of investigations -- focusing on a Republican linked to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a Democrat at the center of a separate bribery probe.

SACRAMENTO -- A Wall Street bond house raised California's credit ratings Wednesday, breaking the state's long-standing tie with hurricane-ravaged Louisiana for the worst credit marks in the nation.