The preliminary hearing for a Napa man accused of the fatal shooting of 62-year-old George Davis at his Redwood Road apartment last month has been set for July 10.

An American Canyon man who police believed was high on methamphetamine ended up in the county jail after summoning officers to his home twice to search for suspects that didn’t exist.

A Napa man accused of the killing 62-year-old George Davis at his Redwood Road apartment last month appeared in court Thursday, and is scheduled to return July 10 for a preliminary hearing.

Vi Duncan was standing in her living room on Thursday afternoon doing what she does most every day — talking to her sister on the phone.

Roughly 250 Napa County employees will have to find a new health insurance provider next year.

Life hasn’t been easy for Melissa Montano, 28.

Curtis Inglis leaves the Bike to Work Energizer Station after filling up on smoothies and cookies at the Dwight Murray Plaza in downtown Napa on Thursday afternoon.

Police have been looking for Garrett Lars Elshere, who they believe is responsible for an assault on a homeless man on May 12 in front of Mervyns Department store on Main Street. Investigators got a hand in their search when Elshere showed in court Thursday morning for an unrelated matter, Napa Police Sgt. Paul Paniagua said.

Police served a warrant arrest Wednesday on Marilyn Lee Burger at a home in the 300 block of Minahen Street.

On May 11, page A6, the Business Focus column “Business Benchmarks” misstated Melissa Cortez’s relationship to Hugh Jones, the founder of the restaurant Jonesy’s Famous Steak House. She is his great-granddaughter.

An American Canyon man who police believed was high on methamphetamine ended up in the county jail after summoning officers to his home twice to search for suspects that didn’t exist.

Napa County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the death of 10-month-old baby Friday afternoon in Angwin.

LAS VEGAS — Nevada won praise from Democratic attorneys general from several states Thursday for taking steps to stem what a panelist at a round-table discussion called an “epidemic” of methamphetamine use in the state.

WASHINGTON — When it comes to using car pool lanes, only the most fuel-efficient hybrids need apply.

WASHINGTON — Farmworker shortages that have left tons of fruits and vegetables unplanted or unpicked would be relieved under a proposed immigration deal.

WASHINGTON — To the last, neither George Bush nor Tony Blair wavered.

PITTSBURG — Authorities in this San Francisco suburb are investigating a rash of manhole cover thefts that may expose walkers, joggers and even cars to accidents and serious injuries.

WASHINGTON — In a striking reach across party lines, the White House and key lawmakers agreed Thursday on a sweeping immigration plan to grant legal status to millions of people in the country unlawfully.

WEST SACRAMENTO,  — Marine scientists on Thursday used the recorded siren songs of humpback whales in an attempt to lure an injured female and her calf from a shipping channel on the outskirts of the state capital back to San Francisco Bay.

TEMECULA — A concerned mom ordered her bullying daughter to stand in front of different schools with a huge poster condemning browbeating.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — More than a century ago, Buffalo Bill Cody took Wyoming to the world with his Wild West show.

BRATTLEBORO, Vermont — Spring has arrived in this southeastern Vermont town known for its live-and-let-live culture. The trees are less bare, and some local residents are more so.

WASHINGTON — World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz will resign at the end of June, he and the bank said late Thursday, ending his long fight to survive pressure for his ouster over the generous compensation he arranged for his girlfriend.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Three funeral home directors and four former employees of a biomedical supply company secretly removed skin, bone and other body parts from dozens of corpses awaiting cremation at Rochester funeral homes, prosecutors said Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Majority Democrats passed an important test Thursday with approval of a $2.9 trillion budget plan that promises big spending increases for party priorities such as education and health care.

WASHINGTON — Move over Republicans. Democrats, too, are divided over Iraq, the issue that increasingly overshadows all others in Congress and the campaign for the White House.

Nurses at the Veterans Home of California at Yountville call 88-year-old resident Marie Lumos "a pistol," and it's easy to see why.

When it comes to games based on movies, the rule generally is that the game isn't going to be very good. In fact, the game is usually going to be bad -- a poorly created rush job with nothing but money in mind.

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