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News for Sunday, March 11, 2007

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Pain at the pump

Misael Rosales, 55, feels he's getting too old to look for a part-time job to augment his full-time one -- but that's what he feels he has to do to feed his truck's eight cylinders.

Under construction until 2015

Flood control officials have abandoned the fiction that central Napa can have full flood protection by 2011. The new estimated completion date has been pushed back four years to 2015.

AmCan's law, though struck down, not so different from other campaign regulations

If American Canyon's political sign law is illegal, what does that mean for other nearby jurisdictions?

Vintage students protest a shift in curriculum emphasis

The pressure to improve academic standards at public schools brought unrest to Vintage High School on Friday, as students demonstrated against curriculum changes that may de-emphasize arts classes and other electives.

FUELING CHANGE

Every time Glenn Picard heard or read about climate change, he pondered switching to a cleaner-burning fuel.

Maguire spent $59,000 on two AmCan races

Paul Maguire, who in recent weeks won a lawsuit against American Canyon related to his failed 2006 bid for mayor, has separately turned in campaign finance documents revealing that he spent nearly $59,000 of his own money in two runs for office in 2006.

False alarm: Sheriffs call off search for suspicious man

Residents around the area of Vichy Avenue can breathe a sigh of relief today. The Napa County Sheriff's Department announced Saturday that they called off an investigation into a man who asked two young girls to help him dry his vehicle, prompting them to call the cops.

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