A May 22 front page story on a court ruling related to placement of mentally ill inmates stated that Napa State Hospital will not change the way it manages its waiting list despite a Sacramento Superior Court ruling that the hospital admit individuals from Sacramento on an expedited basis. The hospital is required to admit Sacramento individuals on an expedited basis, or seek a court order to show why it cannot.

Demolition of the county-owned block at Third and Coombs streets is in high gear. The site is being cleared of a collection of older residential and service buildings, including the Sullivan adult homeless shelter. Shelter residents moved to new facilities in south Napa. The $112,000 demolition clears the way for a possible parking garage or a county administrative building. The photo was taken Monday from the roof of the county building across Coombs, looking west, with First Presbyterian Church in the distance. Greg Hess/Register photos

The highest ranking federal official ever to visit the Napa flood control project returned a second time Wednesday to offer praise, but not extra money.

An elderly Napa couple are dead in what investigators say was a murder-suicide that happened late Tuesday in a north Napa home.

LOS ANGELES -- Ian Copeland, the rock music agent and entrepreneur who represented The Police, R.E.M., Adam Ant, The Go-Go's and other seminal rock groups that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s New Wave and Punk scenes, has died. He was 57.

Napa County Supervisors Tuesday adopted a resolution terminating the state of emergency that had existed since massive flooding occurred last New Year's Eve.

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated the state high school exit exam as a graduation requirement for this year's senior class, but the ruling may have little effect on Napa-area students.

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In what appears to be a murder-suicide, an elderly couple was found shot to death inside their North Napa home late Tuesday.

Mary Jane Meikle has waited 60 years for today.

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WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Sunday he believes journalists can be prosecuted for publishing classified information, citing an obligation to national security.

Study: Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders

WASHINGTON -- Faced with evidence that an FBI informant was working for the country she was hired to spy on, bureau officials repeatedly turned to her supervisor, who brushed aside the concerns.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The 6-year-old boy kicked, screamed and hit his mother in the head. Her 2-year-old son tried to run away. Her 16-month-old laughed, thinking it was a game.

WASHINGTON -- The White House said Wednesday the formation of Iraq's new government presents an opportunity to review the need for U.S. troops but cautioned against setting timetables for withdrawals.

WASHINGTON -- In rare, election-year harmony, House Republican and Democratic leaders jointly demanded on Wednesday that the FBI return documents taken in a Capitol Hill raid that has quickly grown into a constitutional turf fight beyond party politics.

COVINGTON, Ga. -- A man accused of driving a car that struck two sisters and their three small children outside a McDonald's restaurant hit them intentionally, authorities said Wednesday. One of the children died later Wednesday at a hospital, a relative said.

WASHINGTON -- Demonstrators would be barred from disrupting military funerals at national cemeteries under legislation approved by Congress and sent to the White House Wednesday

LOS ANGELES -- Taylor Hicks, the mop-topped manic dancer who wooed TV audiences with his raw singing style and boisterous personality, was named the new "American Idol" Wednesday in a pop star-filled finale that included Prince and Mary J. Blige.

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney could be called to testify in the perjury case against his former chief of staff, a special prosecutor said in a court filing Wednesday.