During his state of the state address last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed $43.3 billion in new bonds for a wish list of state projects, ranging from funds to house the state’s over-capacity prisons to even more money than the voters approved last year to improve roads and highways.

On Saturday, thousands will fill the streets of San Francisco in the Walk for Life West Coast.

A new door-to-door evening bus service aimed at Napa Valley College students and people who work at night will start within Napa city limits Wednesday.

The St. Helena Police Department has lost one of its most familiar faces: Investigator Jane Hinshaw is leaving for the Napa County District Attorney’s office.

Ward Connerly, the noted African-American activist who argues for the end of laws that allow race-based preferences, gave a speech at the Silverado Brewing Company north of St. Helena this week, addressing the topics of education and immigration.

Napa County Court Commissioner Monique Langhorne-Johnson was not alive when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., struggled on behalf of Civil Rights across the country.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The ice storms that have been blamed for at least 19 deaths continued to lash much of the nation Sunday, as crews tried to restore power to hundreds of thousands and slick roads spawned accidents.

CAIRO, Egypt — The boys’ deaths — scattered in the United States, in Yemen, in Turkey and elsewhere in seemingly isolated horror — had one thing in common: They hanged themselves after watching televised images of Saddam Hussein’s execution.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Fire ravaged an apartment building, killing at least seven people, including a child, and authorities said Sunday that they feared the death count could grow.

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s $1 billion citrus industry suffered a second night of record-low temperatures this weekend, and agriculture officials continued to worry about widespread crop destruction.

NEW YORK -- A huge international study has identified a gene that apparently can raise the risk of developing the most common form of Alzheimer’s disease, a discovery that may help scientists develop new treatments.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The Iraqi foreign minister called Sunday for the release of five Iranians detained by U.S. forces in what he said was a legitimate diplomatic mission in northern Iraq, but he stressed that foreign intervention to help insurgents would not be tolerated.

SANTA ROSA — Vintners have been using byproducts from milk, eggs, wheat and even fish guts in the winemaking processes for centuries.

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Police increased their patrols of churches Sunday after fires broke out at two Baptist churches during the night and a break-in was discovered at a third.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Saddam Hussein’s half brother and the former head of Iraq’s Revolutionary Court were both hanged before dawn Monday, Prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon said, two weeks and two days after the former Iraqi dictator was executed in a chaotic scene that has drawn worldwide criticism.

10:20 a.m. RICHMOND -- A fire broke out at an oil refinery Monday morning, burning one employee, sending flames as high as 50 feet into the air and prompting an order for residents to stay indoors, authorities said.

8:40 a.m. ST. LOUIS -- As the death toll from a powerful winter storm rose to 30 across six states, utility crews worked on Monday to restore electricity to about 330,000 Missouri households and businesses.