Police looking for killer
of homeless man
1 p.m. Napa police and the coroner’s office are looking for help identifying the man stabbed to death Saturday night in downtown Napa and help finding who killed him.
Highway 29 closed due to snow
6:45 p.m. updateA severe weather front blowing through Napa County Tuesday caused temperatures to dip enough for snow to fall in the morning and late afternoon hours, making for a nice sight but causing some traffic nightmares.
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Four teens arrested in AmCan murder
Sheriff’s detectives have arrested four teenagers in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy at an American Canyon birthday party last month.
College lab gives boost to students learning English
A new computer lab at Napa Valley College is giving English as a Second Language and foreign language students some high-tech tools, and putting a twist in the way teachers offer instruction.
Price tag for transit center going up
Construction of a new downtown Napa transit center may require city and county help because of sharply higher estimated costs for land acquisition.
No name yet on stabbing victim
Napa Police have not released the name of the man stabbed to death last weekend, pending notification of next of kin.
AmCan forum postponed
The American Canyon Cares forum scheduled for Wednesday in the Community Center gymnasium has been postponed until further notice.
Learning English
When Martin Perez came to the U.S. in 1989, he didn’t know how to write in his native language.
Millions more for Jamieson Canyon
Can proposed state funding to widen Jamieson Canyon Road survive last-minute political challenges in Sacramento, and is it possible local leaders will see $21 million added for the project?
AmCan’s empty Wal-Mart gets power supply
A Napa County Superior Court judge on Monday gave Wal-Mart permission to power up its empty American Canyon store for the building’s fire sprinkler system.
Confusion Arises Over Blast, 18 Deaths
1 p.m. BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Police and Iraqi state television said a car bomb exploded Tuesday near a park popular with young soccer players, killing at least 18 boys in Ramadi, a city west of Baghdad.
Iraqi Cabinet approves draft oil law seen as major breakthrough
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Cabinet approved a draft law Monday to manage the country’s vast oil industry and distribute its wealth among the population — a major breakthrough in U.S. efforts to press the country’s Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish groups to reach agreements to achieve stability.
Olympian Gardner survives small plane crash
Scrambling out of a downed, waterlogged airplane, swimming to shore through an icy cold lake, spending the night exposed in the freezing, desert chill, then walking away with little more than bumps and bruises and the urgent need of a nice, warm bed.
Garlic doesn’t lower cholesterol, study finds, but scientists think it may still have benefits
CHICAGO — Garlic doesn’t do much for the breath and it stinks for lowering cholesterol. That’s the conclusion of the most rigorous, head-to-head study of raw garlic and popular garlic supplements, despite promoters’ claims to the contrary.
U.N. court: Serbia cleared of Bosnian genocide, but blamed for not preventing it
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The U.N.’s highest court cleared Serbia Monday of genocide against Muslims in Bosnia’s bloody war.
Bomb narrowly misses Iraqi vice president in troubling security lapse
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Shiite vice president narrowly escaped assassination Monday as a blast ripped through a government meeting hall just hours after it was searched by U.S. teams with bomb-sniffing dogs. At least 10 people were killed.
Federal Reserve sponsors immigrant money program
WASHINGTON — Even as the federal government is starting to crack down on companies that hire illegal immigrants, it’s been helping those same workers send money home, cheap.
Postal Commission backs ‘forever’ stamp, 2-cent hike in letter rate
WASHINGTON — Say goodbye to those pesky 1- and 2-cent stamps that used to clutter up desks and purses every time the price of mailing a letter went up.
Nicaragua struggles to rid nation of land mines left over from civil war
SAN FERNANDO, Nicaragua — In the steep, pine-covered hills of northern Nicaragua, grade-schoolers get a workbook that looks like any other. But it doesn’t say “See Spot Run.”
Gunmen storm Guatemalan prison, kill police suspected of slaying Salvadoran politicians
CUILAPA, Guatemala — Gunmen stormed a Guatemalan prison and shot to death four jailed police officers in a mafia hit aimed at stopping investigators from finding out who ordered the slayings of three politicians from neighboring El Salvador, Guatemala’s leader said Monday.