Summer youth golf camp continues Aug. 7

When the Civil War series returns to Calistoga Speedway on Saturday, Northern California’s premier touring series for “360” sprint cars will bring a torrid championship battle that could see any one of four drivers inherit the top spot by the end of the night.

St. Helena High is at it again on the home improvement front, with a couple of significant facility upgrades.

What a difference a year makes.

SAN FRANCISCO �” In the 20 months since Eric Johnson last played in an NFL game, he considered quitting football, spent countless hours in rehabilitation �” and lost his job as the San Francisco 49ers’ starting tight end to a rookie expected to be a star for years.

SAN FRANCISCO �” A team representing the U.S. Olympic Committee scrutinized San Francisco’s proposal for hosting the 2016 Summer Games on Thursday, questioning whether the city has appropriate venues for track and field events and the opening and closing ceremonies, among other issues.

When 1962 graduate Mike Ervin took over as Calistoga High’s football coach in mid-June, he wanted his players to realize to that winning equals work.

* Correction on salmon count

The first time Mara Desso picked up a shotgun, at age 12, she amazed her father by breaking 21 out of 25 clay targets.

When 11-year-old Nicholas Zajicek begins the sixth-grade at Silverado Middle School this fall, he'll have one heck of a 'What I did for summer' essay to write.