The sun was shining, music was playing and dancers were dancing at the Napa Valley Expo Sunday, during a first-time festival designed to bring Latino and Anglo cultures together.

Jim Asbury is doing what no other person in Napa County has been able to do in recent memory: organizing the community to begin to meet the needs of local foster care children and foster parents.

How much does a DUI cost? A lot.

Napa County Sheriff's deputies arrested an El Sobrante man in the latest of a string of burglaries that have plagued a Napa business.

On a lovely Friday evening in mid-July at Napa's Chefs Market, Debbie Sampson sipped wine and enjoyed conversation with a few close friends. She was not alone. Dozens of people routinely have a taste at Chefs Market, taking in the sights and sounds of the summertime events that have become a sort of community social hour for many Napans.

CHICAGO -- Fire swept through a three-bedroom apartment on Chicago's North Side early Sunday, killing six children and injuring their mother and three siblings, authorities said.

WASHINGTON -- The federal government has fallen back to prosecuting international terrorists at about the same rate it did before Sept. 11, according to a study based on Justice Department data.

GARDEN GROVE -- Gelia Crayton is the picture of conservative California. She worships at the Crystal Cathedral, Orange County's gleaming megachurch, and opposes abortion and gay marriage. She thinks illegal immigration is the scourge of the state.

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico -- Tropical Storm John threatened to cause flash floods and mudslides Sunday as it passed over Mexico's Baja California peninsula, drenching local fishing villages and American vacationers after throwing a scare at the luxury resorts of Los Cabos.

PASHMUL, Afghanistan -- Warplanes and artillery pounded Taliban fighters hiding in orchards Sunday during a big Afghan-NATO offensive that the alliance said killed more than 200 militants in its first two days. Four Canadian soldiers also were killed.

DARMSTADT, Germany -- Europe's first spacecraft to the moon smashed into a volcanic plain as planned Sunday, signaling in a bright flash the end of a successful mission to test a new propulsion system and navigation technology for flights to other planets.