The Napa County Housing Authority passed its first budget Tuesday, marking the end of a turbulent chapter in the history of Napa County farmworker housing.

Parking lots were full. Lines were long.

With more than 1,000 new residents, American Canyon remains one of California’s fastest-growing cities, the state Department of Finance reported Tuesday.

Napa County Superior Court Judge Ronald Young’s bid for a disability retirement — 15 months after Young applied for it — has been accepted by state officials.

Assistant fire chief Glen Weeks was promoted to the fire chief position by a vote of the City Council, which also serves as the American Canyon Fire District Board, Mayor Leon Garcia said Tuesday.

Kathleen Margo Johnston showed no emotion Wednesday morning when she learned she will spend the next six months of her life behind bars at Napa County jail.

Picketers lined the entrance of Napa State Hospital Wednesday to request wages comparable to those offered for similar jobs at the California Department of Corrections.

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House failed Wednesday to override President Bush’s veto of an Iraqi war spending bill with timetables for troop withdrawals. Lawmakers went directly to the White House to talk about a new version.

From the Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a Democratic war spending bill that would have compelled him to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, four years after he triumphantly landed on an aircraft carrier to announce the end of “major combat operations.”

HOUSTON — A new food pyramid, designed to encourage Latinos to eat healthier, touts the staples of traditional Latin-American cooking as the path to better nutrition.

OAKLAND — Tough anti-terrorism rules designed to limit who can transport hazardous materials on highways don’t prevent people with checkered backgrounds from becoming truckers, experts and regulators acknowledged Tuesday.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas police officers had seen leftover methamphetamine ingredients just like the mess they found in a suspected cook’s trash can last month. What gave them pause this time were the packets of strawberry-flavored children’s drink mix next to the bin.

SAN DIEGO  — A two-star general who commanded Marines in Iraq when 24 civilians were killed in Haditha is set to testify in the first hearing in the case, a lawyer said Tuesday.

SOUTH EL MONTE — The fatal plunge of a circus performer during a show packed with children is under investigation by the state’s workplace safety division, officials said Tuesday.

SACRAMENTO  — Sacramento school officials on Tuesday cleared a science teacher who was accused of forcing a 14-year-old boy to urinate into a Gatorade bottle in class.

LOS ANGELES — Nationwide immigration rallies Tuesday produced only a fraction of the million- plus protesters who turned out last year, as fear of raids kept many illegal immigrants from coming out and organizers and activists began channeling their energies elsewhere.

JERUSALEM — Allies and opponents clamored Tuesday for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s resignation after scathing criticism from an official commission of his performance during last year’s Lebanon war. Olmert, visibly drained by the ordeal, insisted he could ride out the storm.

HAVANA — There was no sign of a convalescing Fidel Castro as hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched through Havana’s Revolution Plaza to celebrate May Day, casting new doubts on his recovery and whether he will return to power.

WASHINGTON — The World Bank’s ethics committee wasn’t consulted and didn’t approve of a hefty compensation package for bank president Paul Wolfowitz’s girlfriend, says the man who was the panel’s chairman at the time.

Ron Saxen does not remember eating three pounds of chocolate in a single sitting. What he does remember is waiting in his darkened bedroom for his father to come home from work and beat him.

WAY KAMBAS NATIONAL PARK, Indonesia — Promoting the sex life of a stud Sumatran rhino from Los Angeles is an intricate affair involving mud, massages and frequent foot rubs. His species may be heading for extinction, but a male still has needs.

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