A witness in the murder trial of Napa dentist Michael Posey testified Wednesday that Posey may have been hiding hundreds of thousands of dollars from his estranged wife at the time she died of a gunshot wound during a domestic struggle at Dr. Posey’s north Napa home.

The first time most Napans heard of Peter Mott was in 2000 when he came out of nowhere to run for mayor.

If Congress passes a law imposing strict penalties and fines for employers of illegal immigrants, the damage to Napa Valley’s $9 billion wine grape industry would be substantial, according to people in all levels of the industry.

The governor signed global warming legislation Wednesday, yet at the same time people recrafting Napa County’s general plan couldn’t bring themselves to use those two words.