Disaster training offered

Store closures last year at Bel Aire Plaza to make room for Whole Foods Market were a boon for competing businesses in north Napa.

On Jan. 12, 2002, native Napan Garrett Van Scyoc was a passenger on an uneventful ride along Monticello Road when his life changed forever. The car he was riding it collided with a tree, and Van Scyoc suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury.

Wal-Mart received a new round of endorsements from the American Canyon Planning Commission in the effort to finish construction of the empty shell of its Superstore and open its doors.

The abnormally dry rainy season is taking its toll on St. Helena's water supply. The City Council imposed "Phase II" water restrictions on its residents and businesses last week, forcing residents to water their lawns or irrigate on alternating days and continuing to push for voluntary conservation efforts. Even tighter water restrictions may be on the near horizon.

To college or not? That's the decision that thousands of young people make after graduating from high school and on Saturday at Napa Valley College 250 or more high school and middle school students from all over the county were given several reasons to choose the former.

As March Madness fans know Saturday afternoon was college basketball's Final Four time. Coach K, Duke University's Mike Krzyzewski, and his team were not around this year, but a different Coach K was out patrolling the Napa Valley College sidelines, urging his team on to victory.