Long before there was a Measure A to debate in Napa County, voters in Oregon passed a law with the same idea in mind.

One of Napa Valley College's top administrators has resigned, and will be leaving with a sizable retirement package. Sally Ann Fitzgerald, vice president of instruction, began working at NVC during the summer of 2002. She plans to leave the college the end of July.

The campaign war chest of the Napa Valley Land Stewards Alliance, the group pushing passage of Measures A and Z, appears to be bursting at the seams, but the Committee Against Measure A has an even bigger bankroll.

Napa attorney Steve Flinn is putting his money where his bid for the District Attorney's post is.

Bridge open

Plans to widen Jamieson Canyon Road have dragged on for so many years that $1 million worth of environmental data has become outdated and will have to be discarded, local officials report.

Napa City fire crews fought a structure fire on the 120 block of Cesta Street Friday afternoon.

Supporters of Measure H, the half-cent transportation sales tax on the June 6 ballot, are outspending opponents by a 100 to 1 margin.

American Canyon

The elderly couple found dead Tuesday in their north Napa home had medical issues, according to sheriff's Capt. Gene Lyerla.

This week the House of Representatives approved more than $44 million to continue funding three agricultural research programs that benefit Napa County.

American Canyon’s library is doing pretty good business, and supporters hope to see it expand.

Lou Zauner's voice cracked and his eyes glistened with tears as he paused to remember the nearly half million Americans who died in World War II.

Oversized balloons, posters and proud family and friends filled the Napa Valley College gym Friday night. The audience spilled into the hall as they honored Napa College's Class of 2006.

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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.

PITTSBURGH -- Dr. John Yelenic and his wife separated in 2002, agreed to a divorce and even hammered out a property settlement.

DETROIT -- Larry, a 53-year-old heroin addict, has two cardinal rules: Never shoot up alone, and shoot up only one person at a time. If one overdoses, "you need someone there to bring you back," he said.

WEST POINT, N.Y. -- President Bush, likening the war against Islamic radicals to the Cold War threat of communism, told U.S. Military Academy graduates on Saturday that America's safety depends on an aggressive push for democracy, especially in the Middle East.

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia -- A powerful earthquake flattened homes and hotels in central Indonesia on Saturday as people slept, killing at least 3,000 and injuring thousands more in the nation's worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

SONOYTA, Mexico -- Many illegal immigrants no longer hike. They bike.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A U.S. Marine AH-1 Cobra helicopter crashed in an insurgent stronghold in western Iraq on Saturday, and two crew members were missing, the U.S. military said. Hostile fire was not suspected as the cause.