By DAN ROSS

Within a split second, life the way Elizabeth Carpol knew it was gone forever.

When Monique Langhorne-Johnson was a first-grader in Norfolk, Va., her teacher looked at the color of her skin and told her the best she could hope to become was a maid.

American Canyon's City Council race may include a familiar name -- former City Manager Mark Joseph.

A series of five small fires burned near Highway 29 in southern Lake County Monday afternoon, destroying a handful of buildings and temporarily closing the highway. The fire is still burning, but fire officials ay they expect to contain the blaze Thursday.