County officials are set to unveil a plan to anticipate growth in the jail population on Tuesday, but the governor’s proposal to send some of the county’s prison inmates back to Napa could make planning for the jail’s future a harder prospect.

Last week’s protest, and Thursday’s forum, at Vintage High School in Napa signaled an increased level of debate about the future of schools.

Putting the baseball needs of kids above the noise concerns of neighbors, Napa’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission endorsed a half-finished Little League batting cage at Garfield Park.

When police dispatchers received a call late Wednesday from two people who said they were being chased by man with a gun, several deputies and the SWAT team responded.

After several months of surveillance and investigation, Napa County drug agents scored this week, arresting four suspects and netting a cache of marijuana and weapons.

Anti-Angwin buildout meeting Sunday

When police dispatchers received a call late Wednesday from two people who said they were being chased by a man with a gun, several deputies and the SWAT team responded.

The reported dismissal of American Canyon Middle School's athletic director has whipped up a storm of protest.

After several months of surveillance and investigation, Napa County drug agents scored this week, arresting four suspects and netting a cache of marijuana and weapons.

Four months after a court blocked construction of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in American Canyon, lawyers for the retail giant say they have done the necessary studies to comply with the law.

The ewe baah-ed in dismay as Judd Redden led her into the arena, oversized electric razor in hand. When the sheep bucked and tried to run for it, Redden simply grabbed the animal's forelegs and calmly began shaving off the bleating sheep's thick winter coat.

CAMP PENDLETON -- If Building 18 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center represents the nadir of outpatient care for wounded military personnel, the Marine Corps is hoping that a former maternity ward here represents the opposite.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge told prosecutors Friday to consider dropping pot-growing charges against self-proclaimed marijuana guru Ed Rosenthal.

CHICAGO -- Thirteen-year-old Eli Rogatz applied months ago for a passport so that he could fly to Israel with his family for his bar mitzvah. To his family's great relief, it finally came through on Friday, with just days to spare.

WASHINGTON -- A major manufacturer of dog and cat food sold under Wal-Mart, Safeway, Kroger and other store brands recalled 60 million containers of wet pet food Friday after reports of kidney failure and deaths.

DETROIT -- Young gang members cornered an older teen who they suspected had covered up their group's graffiti, and a 14-year-old shot him and killed a 13-year-old bystander, police said.

BALTIMORE -- Police arrested a 7-year-old boy, handcuffed him and hauled him down to the station house on a charge of riding a motorized dirt bike on a sidewalk.