Aimee Guillot will be offering classes in drama for children.  Ms. Guillot has worked professionally as an actor in New York, Los Angeles, and other cities nationally and internationally.

Reaching out to the area’s growing Latino population, the Napa Valley Register’s parent company, Napa Valley Publishing, has debuted Hispanos Unidos (United Latinos).

SAN FRANCISCO — Former bodyguard Alan Beatts took a big gamble by opening a bookstore at a time when chains like Borders Group Inc. and Barnes & Noble Inc. and Internet merchants like Amazon.com were claiming an ever-bigger share of the market.

SANTA ANA — Over lunch at a Japanese restaurant in Newport Beach in 1992, Scott Frasco drew a picture on a napkin and showed it to his old USC fraternity brother and weightlifting buddy Michael Rojas. Both men, in their 30s, were successful, busy and tired of working for others.

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — An acute labor shortage on Hawaii’s Big Island is prompting employers to reach out across the Pacific to fill job openings.

ATLANTA — Satellite-based navigation gadgets can guide motorists from high above, saving bumbling drivers countless hours and extra trips to the gas station. But directing people on a much smaller scale — such as inside an office — is a much greater challenge.