Incumbent District Attorney Gary Lieberstein appears well on his way to avoiding a November runoff, pulling more than 60 percent of the vote with nearly half the precincts reporting in tonight's election.

Ask most any Upvalley retail merchant about business this year and one word is likely to pass their lips -- rain.

SACRAMENTO -- Handcuffed by new laws, public anxiety and the objections of politicians, state corrections officials are struggling as never before to find housing for a steady stream of high-risk sex offenders after they are released from prison.

Myra Strehlow is one of the pillars of American democracy. The Yountvile resident has worked nearly every election since the start of World War II.

A Dixon man drowned after diving Sunday from a popular but dangerous outcropping of rocks at Lake Berryessa.

An American Canyon man was in critical condition at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Monday afternoon after crashing his motorcycle in Napa on Sunday evening. He is also facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol.

A Napa jury decided last week that a woman's allegations that she was sexually abused by a Napa Valley vineyard owner were unproved.

SAN FRANCISCO -- President Bush on Monday declared a federal disaster in Napa and 16 other Northern California counties struck by storms and flooding in March and April.

After five years filled with public hearings and intense debate, the Bureau of Reclamation today released its long-term plan for the future use of Lake Berryessa.