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.

5:30 p.m. update Napa and Solano counties will get $74 million to widen Jamieson Canyon Road/Highway 12 to four lanes, the California Transportation Commission voted Wednesday.

Cold and wet weather blowing through Napa County Tuesday caused temperatures to dip enough for snow to fall in the mountains ringing Napa Valley, making for a nice sight but causing some traffic nightmares.

Former Napa High School math teacher Jorge Covarrubias, found guilty last August of sexually molesting a high school student, remains free on bail as his sentencing has been delayed.

Taxes fund public schools. But tax dollars don’t always reach the students.

Napa police and the county coroner’s office believe they know the identity of the man who died after being discovered with multiple stab wounds in downtown Napa Saturday night, but they are looking for more information as well as help finding a suspect in the case.

5 p.m. update Two Vallejo teenage brothers arrested in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy at an American Canyon birthday party appeared in court Wednesday to face murder charges.

12 p.m. FORT LAUDERDALE -- A 96-year-old mobster accused of overseeing robberies, money laundering and bank fraud for the Genovese crime family pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy Wednesday, but because of his age, he likely won't be sent to prison.

12 p.m. ROLLA, Mo. -- A graduate student whose bomb and anthrax threats shutdown the University of Missouri-Rolla was charged Wednesday with making terrorist threats and assaulting a law enforcement officer, the county prosecutor said.

CHICAGO — One in four U.S. women ages 14 to 59 is infected with the sexually transmitted virus that in some forms can cause cervical cancer, according to the first broad national estimate.

LOS ANGELES — Walker Edmiston, an actor who was the voice of many cartoon and puppet characters, including Ernie the Keebler elf in TV commercials, has died. He was 81.

UNITED NATIONS — An international panel of scientists presented the United Nations with a sweeping, detailed plan on Tuesday to combat climate change — a challenge, it said, “to which civilization must rise.”

LAS VEGAS — Hal Rothman, a writer, professor and expert on all things Las Vegas, has died after a yearlong battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 48.

SEATTLE — Russell C. Brooks, an attorney best known for challenging Endangered Species Act protections for salmon, steelhead and orcas — protections he deemed government overreaching — has died of a heart attack, the Pacific Legal Foundation said Tuesday. He was 41.

WASHINGTON — The nation has three-quarters of a million homeless people, filling emergency shelters through the year and spilling into special seasonal shelters in the coldest months, the government said Wednesday.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Lone Star State has long welcomed Hispanic immigrants, no matter how they got across the state’s 1,200-mile border with Mexico.

SAN FRANCISCO — The flow of immigrants into California has helped increase wages and job opportunities for native-born workers, according to a study released Tuesday that challenges the long-held belief that newcomers take jobs from Americans.