St. Helena Hospital and Health Center has big plans to have a brand new look, from the ground up.

For the second day in a row, bus systems throughout Napa County are offering free rides today because of expected high pollution and heat.

A Napa real estate agent was assaulted by a what she thought was a potential buyer Wednesday afternoon.

Memories of redevelopment's controversial history in Napa hung over a community meeting Thursday night on plans for a new revitalization project along the Soscol Avenue gateway.

It isn't August yet, but it sure feels like the dog days of summer.

Once upon a time, chemical fertilizers and pesticides were in vogue.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. suggested Thursday it has limited ability to shoot a North Korean missile out of the sky and spurned suggestions of a pre-emptive strike on the ground. Still, it warned the Koreans would pay a cost for a missile launch.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Roman Catholic bishop of Santa Rosa failed to immediately report an admission of child abuse by a priest who has since left the country, authorities said Thursday.

SAN JOSE -- Mayor Ron Gonzales, a top aide and a garbage hauling company were indicted by a county grand jury Thursday amid an investigation into a secretly negotiated trash contract.

WASHINGTON -- The GOP-controlled Senate gave an election-year endorsement to President Bush's Iraq policy on Thursday, soundly rejecting Democratic demands to withdraw troops from the three-year-old war that has grown increasingly unpopular.

WASHINGTON -- The Earth is running a slight fever from greenhouse gases, after enjoying relatively stable temperatures for 2,000 years.