Schwarzenegger and some other big names are on tomorrow's primary ballot, but most of the local heat centers around the letters A, H and Z.

Napa County's nearly 40,000 Kaiser members will benefit from a $1 billion dollar investment in Kaiser Permanente's medical facilities in Solano County.

Napa City Council

A recent background check of the six American Canyon City Council candidates on the June 6 ballot revealed that two candidates had filed for bankruptcy while a third had been involved in a court battle with tenants of a building he owned in Alameda County.

Who knows whether a kiss from "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest or the shrill "woo-hoos" from actress Geena Davis pushed Auction Napa Valley's biggest bidding war past the million-dollar mark. Maybe it was simply that the dueling bidders, who live in the same Woodside community, were both secretly striving to one-up their neighbor.

Save for one mind-blowing, record-breaking bid, the 26th edition of Auction Napa Valley proved to be a relatively uneventful affair.