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News for Saturday, February 24, 2007

Crash into house injures four

A two-vehicle crash on Friday morning at the intersection of Pueblo Avenue and Main Street sent four people to the hospital, including a 2-year-old boy, with moderate to minor injuries.

Trade auction nets more than $2 million for Napa Valley Vintners

A sell-out crowd of some 600 retailers and restaurateurs spent more than $2 million Saturday for close to 200 lots of wine handcrafted solely for the trade attending Premiere Napa Valley.

Parks district IDs projects, starts modestly

The fledgling Napa County Parks and Open Space District is on its way to approving a budget that keeps its promises to voters.

Spellbinding 'Zodiac' has reporter on edge of her seat

It was like a trip back in time.

In the wake of the Zodiac

On Sept. 27, 1969, Napa County Deputy Sheriff Dave Collins was on routine patrol. All that changed quickly, changing Collins' life forever.

Toy store robbed in Bel Air

Napa Police investigators are searching for the people responsible for a strong-arm robbery at a children's toy store on Bel Air Plaza Thursday evening.

Evans bill would expand tracking of abusive caregivers

Assemblywoman Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, introduced a bill Friday to allow the state to track abusive caregivers of developmentally disabled people.

Vineyard vs. county in erosion debate

After a year-long battle of wills, Napa County is gearing up to sue a Mt. George-area vineyard over what county officials claim are rogue hillside vineyards.

Adult Sharpshooter found in Napa County

An agricultural inspector found an adult female glassy-winged sharpshooter on a batch of Orange County nursery plants arriving at a Napa nursery Thursday morning -- the first discovery of an adult specimen of the dreaded insect yet in Napa County, according to the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner's Office.

Girl Scouts cut trans fats from all cookies

NEW YORK -- For much of the country, it's Girl Scout cookie time again. And this year, all those cookies, not just the Thin Mints and a few others, will come nearly free of harmful trans fats.

Gates: Some blamed for Walter Reed problems to be 'held accountable'

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that those found to have been responsible for allowing substandard living conditions for soldier outpatients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center will be "held accountable."

Rat race in New York: Rodents invade KFC and Taco Bell restaurant

NEW YORK -- New Yorkers are used to seeing rats where they catch their trains -- not where they buy their burritos.

Bush decision to let Mexican trucks far into U.S. faces criticism

WASHINGTON -- The news that Mexican trucks will be allowed to haul freight deeper into the United States drew an angry reaction Friday from labor leaders, safety advocates and members of Congress.

Giant sinkhole swallows homes in Guatemala City neighborhood; 2 killed

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala -- A 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed two teenage siblings when it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood.

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