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Monday, October 09, 2006

Hands-on at the pumpkin patch

Halloween is only a few weeks away and 12-year-old Eric Nilsson doesn’t know what he wants to dress as, he said. But that didn’t stop him from having some fun at Domaine Chandon’s Pumpkin Fest and Sustainability Day Saturday afternoon.

Tuition drops at NVC

Starting next year, attending Napa Valley College will be easier on the checkbook. Effective Jan. 1, 2007, the California community college tuition fee will be reduced from $26 per unit to $20 per unit.

Career politician, entrepreneur battle for insurance commissioner

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s insurance commissioner grapples with some weighty issues, from busting fraud to enforcing rates.

Opening Doors into the past

Ray Manzarek doesn’t just remember the ’60s. He lived the ’60s to their psychedelic, mind-bending hilt as the keyboardist for the legendary rock band, the Doors.

Health Week focuses on local Latinos

For about five years now, Jose Alfaro has wrestled with high cholesterol. On Sunday morning he was among the hundreds of individuals participating in a community health and wellness fair held at Clinic Olé.

Allen didn't disclose stock options from corporate board

RICHMOND, Va. — For the past five years, Sen. George Allen, has failed to tell Congress about stock options he got for his work as a director of a high-tech company.

U.S. troops, Shiite militia battle in southern Iraqi city, killing 30 militiamen

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S.-led coalition said it killed 30 fighters in a battle Sunday with the country’s most powerful Shiite militia amid growing American impatience with the Iraqi government’s inability to stop militias responsible for escalating sectarian violence.

Bus rate hearings

The Napa County Transportation Planning Agency will hold two public hearings in Napa on proposed fare increases for VINE and VINE Go buses and vans.

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