Months after cost overruns in the renovation of two farmworker camps caused a political stir all over Napa Valley, local government agencies have unveiled a plan to share the burden of what is now estimated to be $2.2 million in unexpected expenses.

Monica Klyce, left, twirls Linda Nations, 4, center, and Olivia Ostler, 3, during their swimming lesson at Makai Swim School in Napa Monday as the thermometer hit 92 degrees or more by late afternoon.

It’s the busiest time of year in vegetable gardens, as green thumbs plant the last rounds of seeds and seedlings for a fruitful summer crop.

Why is Andrea Schrader, owner of a local title insurance company, pumping nearly $1 million into the new city-county parking garage about to begin construction on Main Street?

Napa County residents will soon be able to contact an array of community services — for emergency or everyday needs — with one phone call.

Health and nature were on the agenda Saturday in American Canyon.

A 15-year-old Oakland runaway was stabbed after he left a gathering of several other guests Sunday night at a home in Napa.

A motorcyclist suffered massive head injuries when his bike was hit by a construction utility truck on Soscol and Maplewood avenues in east Napa during the evening commute hours on Tuesday.

Charles Humphries was taken into custody after the vehicle he was driving slammed into a parked car in the 3200 block of Scenic Drive on Sunday night.

Police responded to a report of a suspicious man in the area of the Laurel Street apartments on Friday.

Police are looking for the men believed to be involved in the attack of a 13-year-old boy in the 500 block of First Street as he was walking home.

Police pulled a vehicle over late Saturday night on Flosden Road in American Canyon for not having its headlights on, American Canyon Police Sgt. Craig Nickles said.

WASHINGTON — In a triumph for the pharmaceutical industry, the Senate on Monday killed a drive to allow consumers to buy prescription drugs from abroad at a significant savings over domestic prices.

LOS ANGELES — A trip to the grocery store is becoming a lot more fashionable as environmentally conscious consumers look to designer totes to bag their greens and express their style.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Further evacuations were ordered Monday in windy, parched Florida as a wildfire crept within a quarter-mile of several homes, one of numerous blazes that occupied crews around the country.

WASHINGTON — The gunman who killed 32 people at Virginia Tech failed to get the mental health treatment ordered by a judge who declared him an imminent threat to himself and others, a newspaper reported Monday.

PLAYAS, N.M. — Inside an adobe house in New Mexico’s remote southwestern corner, a terrorist cell has set up shop. Outside, a 12-member SWAT takes up positions, slaps an explosive on the door, blows it in, storms the place, and opens fire, the pop-pop-pop echoing through the desert.

MBANGA-PONGO, Cameroon — Investigators focused Monday on the possibility a Kenya Airways jetliner lost power in both engines during a storm just after takeoff and was trying to glide back to the airport when it plunged into a mangrove swamp 12 miles from the runway.

CAMARILLO — The Rev. Bill Lowe was ordained as the first married priest in the Los Angeles Roman Catholic Archdiocese.

TOPEKA, Kan. — Flooding forced hundreds of people from their homes Monday and blocked streets and highways following a weekend of violent thunderstorms across the central Plains.

SAN DIEGO — A Marine officer charged with failing to properly investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis heads to a Camp Pendleton courtroom Tuesday, the first hearing in the biggest U.S. criminal case involving civilian deaths in the Iraq war.

WASHINGTON — Washington turned out adoring schoolchildren and ladies in hats for Queen Elizabeth II’s visit. The White House laid on special touches, too, at President Bush’s first-ever white-tie state dinner to honor America’s closest ally and make the queen feel welcome.

GREENSBURG, Kan. — The death toll from a tornado that nearly obliterated this farming town climbed to 10 on Monday, but residents said it could have been far worse if not for a 20-minute warning that gave them time to take shelter in storm cellars and basements.