Even government officials and nonprofit organizations dedicated to eradicating homelessness in Napa have their doubts the problem will ever completely go away.

They are the socks heard ‘round the world.

It’s a warm Monday afternoon in March and about a dozen young boxers are training inside Napa County Sheriff’s Activities League gym at Napa State Hospital. Some of the boxers spar inside the ring, others pound on punching bags while a few do sit-ups.

A new Napa County government organization debuted this week, bringing together elected leaders of Napa County and its five cities to discuss issues of the day.

When a Napa car dealer scans the license plate frames in local parking lots, the sight is a depressing one. The vast majority of the frames promote dealers in other towns.

Napa will take a fresh look at the city’s prohibition against A-frame signs outside of downtown after hearing from merchants upset over a recent sweep of illegal signs.

A page one story March 20 about two fatal accidents misstated the location where traffic backed up after an accident.

By a slim margin today, Congress passed a $124 billion Iraq War spending bill that sets deadlines for progress in Iraq for the Bush Administration and Iraqi government. It also outlines timetables for redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq based on firm benchmarks of progress.

Police are investigating the death of a man found in an abandoned fifth wheel trailer on Gasser Drive, behind Home Depot in South Napa Marketplace.