If Napa County voters create a countywide parks and open space district by approving Measure I on Nov. 7, there would be no question who would serve on the new district board.

Cheryl and Mike Blair thought they would be proud parents when they signed a $15,000 contract to adopt children through Napa adoption facilitator Yunona USA.

Former employees of Napa dentist Michael Posey took the stand Monday to bash their former boss Monday, calling him controlling, mean, moody and violent.

Blank space in Christina Walton’s Vintage High School classroom is almost non-existent.

SHANNON, Ireland — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she cannot recall then-CIA chief George Tenet warning her of an impending al-Qaida attack in the United States, as a new book claims he did two months before the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

LONDON — A man who scaled the back fence of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s residence on Downing Street was charged Monday with assault on a police officer and possession of a knife, authorities said.

SACRAMENTO — During a lifetime in politics, Phil Angelides has turned to all kinds of consultants, pollsters and advisers, many of them the best in their field.

NEW YORK — Are models too thin?

NICKEL MINES, Pa. — A milk-truck driver carrying two guns and a grudge stormed a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday, sent the boys and adults outside, barricaded the doors with two-by-fours, and then opened fire on a dozen girls, killing three of them before committing suicide.

When he was 16, Gonzalo Llamas left his home in Zacatecas, Mexico, and illegally crossed the border by paying $20 to use an American citizen’s passport.

The Oct. 4 Paratransit Coordinating Council meeting is canceled. The next PCC meeting is Nov. 1 at 1:30 p.m. at the Napa County Transportation Planning Agency NCTPA Conference Room, 707 Randolph St., Napa./Register

Ev Parker