Napa health officials confirmed Monday that a Calistoga man has tested positive for the West Nile virus, the first case in Napa County this year.

Antonio Martinez wants to follow the legal path to bring his wife to Napa from her home in Michoacan, Mexico.

Guy Kay, long a presence on the local environmental and public service scene, has been awarded the Sierra Club’s annual Earl Thollander Environmental Award.

A former police investigator testified Monday that Dr. Michael Posey had a fresh blood blister on his hand the day his wife died, suggesting that Posey loaded the weapon shortly before it fired, killing Elizabeth Posey.

Napa Girl Scouts worked with the city’s police department Saturday to show girls about general bicycle safety and how to pick out the right sized bike to ride, during a Bicycle Rodeo and Safety Day.

NEW YORK — In a blow to the tobacco industry, a federal judge ruled Monday that a jury should decide whether tobacco companies must pay tens of millions of smokers up to $200 billion for allegedly duping them into buying light cigarettes over the past three decades.

WASHINGTON — Shawna Marsh, a weekly business traveler, likes to pack shampoo and toothpaste in her carry-on bag when she flies, just in case her checked bag gets lost or delayed.

BURBANK — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, flanked by activist actors George Clooney and Don Cheadle, signed legislation Monday to end state investment in Sudan in an effort to pressure the nation to halt genocidal violence in its Darfur region.

SAN DIEGO — Three Camp Pendleton Marines will face courts-martial on murder and kidnapping charges in the killing of an Iraqi man in the town Hamdania, the Marine Corps said Monday, setting the stage for the latest trial of U.S. troops accused of wartime abuses.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A teacher for more than three decades and an advocate for women’s rights, Safia Ama Jan ran an underground school for girls during Taliban rule. On Monday, two men on a motorbike gunned her down as she left for work — identifying their target despite her full burqa.

WASHINGTON (AP) — There is no mystery or manipulation behind the recent fall in gasoline prices, analysts say. Try telling that to many U.S. motorists.

TORONTO — The long-awaited Air India inquiry opened Monday with emotional testimony from families of some of the 329 people killed in a plane bombing 21 years ago — Canada’s worst case of mass murder.

Night construction will continue through Thursday at First Street and California Boulevard, requiring motorists to take detours.