An initial ruling to suspend the high school exit exam has left thousands of California students' lives in limbo. Earlier this month, after local schools spent months offering weekend seminars and other programs to help students pass the exam, a judge has deemed the test unfair and unnecessary.

Napa cousins critically hurt in a crash in Idaho last month continue their slow road to recovery.

Just as local lawmakers are going to the voters next month for transportation funds, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers are planning to seek $20 billion for highway and road projects on the November ballot.

Are you a Gulf War veteran? The Register would like to talk with you for an upcoming story about Memorial Day. Contact Register reporter Pat Stanley by Monday at 256-2220 or e-mail pstanley@napanews.com./Register

A Napa woman has been booked in county jail on felony criminal charges related to the death of a Napa motorcyclist on Wednesday morning.