One of the first things Marine Corps Cpl. Juston Braden did when he came home was take a hike in Skyline Park.

David Marr and Gene Bernard are first cousins, but they live half a world apart. They probably never would have met had it not been for a coincidental glance at the pages of the St. Helena Star.

Members of Napa County Central Republican Committee got the rare opportunity last weekend to rub elbows with a nationally-known pollster who helps Republicans develop strategies to win elections at local, state and national levels.

The Napa Valley Register publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence in Napa County. Statistics are published the first Monday of each month.

 

Some people play video games for fun, others do it as a hobby. But for two Napa Valley College students it has become a chance of a lifetime.

A high-speed chase along Jefferson Street Friday evening ended when the 14-year-old driver of the vehicle crashed into a traffic pole, causing her major injuries. Police say that alcohol was a factor in the collision.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. command has ordered changes in flight operations after four helicopters were shot down in the last two weeks, the chief military spokesman said Sunday, acknowledging for the first time that the aircraft were lost to hostile fire.

8:15 a.m. WASHINGTON -- President Bush sent a $2.9 trillion spending plan to a Democratic-controlled Congress on Monday, proposing to spend billions more to fight the war in Iraq while squeezing the rest of government to meet his goal of eliminating the deficit in five years.

NEW YORK — As the popularity of stomach surgery has skyrocketed among obese adults, a growing number of doctors are asking, “Why not children, too?”

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Small amounts of toxic ammonia leaked from a fluid line Sunday as two astronauts conducted the second of what could be a precedent-setting three spacewalks in nine days, upgrading the international space station’s cooling system.

SACRAMENTO — Leaving the congestion and sky-high housing prices of the San Francisco Bay area for a quiet retirement near the state capital seemed like a no-lose idea to Achilles Melendres.

WASHINGTON  — The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee sought to weaken support for a resolution opposing President Bush’s Iraq war strategy, saying Sunday that proponents are intellectually dishonest.