Calistoga’s long-standing plans to build a community swimming pool appear to be back on track after a clash with neighbors of the park where the facility would be built.

A Napa man learned Sunday afternoon that he could run and hide, but he couldn’t escape the law.

The St. Helena City Council on Tuesday stuck by a 2006 decision to reject a 78-room hotel project on the south side of town, but developer Rodney Friedrich is putting forward a scaled-back plan that he hopes will gain city approval.

Napa’s Downtown Trolley has never been the tourist success desired by merchants, but now there is a plan afoot to tweak it, not kill it.

A March 18 page one story about American Canyon's plans for July 4 festivities misstated the day of the week of the holiday this year. July 4 will fall on a Wednesday.

Have you ever seen a 92-year-old man master the tango?

Family law matters are some of the most difficult for judges, attorneys and the individuals engaged in highly personal, sometimes volatile cases involving divorce, child custody and other sensitive topics.

An attempted burglary landed a transient and a Napa woman in jail early Saturday morning.

Federal prosecutors on Monday announced a 19-count indictment against a Sausalito businessman for his role in a 2005 blaze that destroyed a warehouse and millions of dollars worth of bottled wine.

A former Napa city assistant planning director pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possession of more than 1,000 child pornography photos and videos.

Near a cluster of purple petunias in a Thousand Oaks greenhouse sprouts a key weapon in the nation’s ambitious push into biofuels.

SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands of marchers, angry but energized by a sense of growing support for their cause, closed down a major downtown thoroughfare Sunday in a largely peaceful display of opposition to the Iraq war.

WASHINGTON  — The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday he intends to subpoena White House officials involved in ousting federal prosecutors and is dismissing anything short of their testimony in public.

BAGHDAD — Sunni insurgents, resilient despite the five-week security crackdown in the capital, killed at least six more U.S. troops over the weekend. A Sunni car bomber hit a largely Shiite district in the capital Sunday, killing at least eight people.

WASHINGTON — An Army contract to privatize maintenance at Walter Reed Medical Center was delayed more than three years amid bureaucratic bickering and legal squabbles that led to staff shortages and a hospital in disarray just as the number of severely wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan was rising rapidly.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., posts regular “HillCasts” to talk about her positions on equal pay, health care and Iraq.

SAN LEANDRO — A federal politician who publicly acknowledged last week that he doesn’t believe in God appears to enjoy healthy support among constituents.

CHILTON, Wis. — A man who spent 18 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit was convicted Sunday of murdering a photographer, whose charred bones were found in a burn pit outside his home.

WASHINGTON — When climate scientist Andrew Weaver considers the idea of tinkering with Earth’s air, water or sunlight to fight global warming, he remembers the lessons of a favorite children’s book.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two-time runner-up Ramy Brooks was disqualified from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for abusing his dogs.

SACRAMENTO — Former Assemblywoman Wilma Chan is hoping to survive the musical-chairs game created by California’s term limits and win a state Senate seat next year.