Coats for Kids kicks off

For politics watchers, the most compelling question regarding Tuesday's Napa City Council election boils down to this: Will Harry Martin survive this year's challenge?

They won't be popping popcorn anytime soon at a proposed 14-screen movie theater in south Napa.

The Napa County Elections Department is inviting the public to watch processing and counting of absentee ballots for the Nov. 7 election at the Napa County Elections Department, 900 Coombs St. Room 256 in Napa. The ballots -- those received before Sunday at 4:30 p.m. -- will begin to be counted at 9 a.m. on Monday. On Tuesday, more counting will begin at 9 a.m.

A wall has literally come between the two sides in a dispute over the potential noise at a community pool proposed for Logvy Park in Calistoga.

GILROY -- South of San Jose, Santa Clara County stretches into its past, the state's third largest metropolis giving way to suburbs surrounded by vineyards, crops and pastureland.

A business-oriented group has entered the Napa City Council election at the last minute to promote the candidacies of Juliana Inman and Peter Mott.

Register Staff Writer

Is it legal to tax voters for parks and open space without the consent of a two-thirds majority of voters?