Dress code comes to court
To hear Napa Valley Unified School District lawyers tell it in court Wednesday, chaos would ensue if the Redwood Middle School dress code is overturned by a court injunction.
Napa now on the EU map
Vintners can’t make Champagne in the Napa Valley. Now, vintners in any of the 27 states that make up the European Union can’t make Napa or Napa Valley wines.
Police on the lookout for the unbelted on Napa roads
Buckle up or pay up.
Sheriff’s officials estimate 120 degree temp in car where Angwin infant died
The temperature inside the black Honda where a 10-month-old Angwin baby was left for six hours Friday could have reached up to 120 degrees, according to authorities.
Rum spills across highway
It could have been one big party. But it wasn’t the right place or the right time.
Napa prosecutor wins top honors
Napa County’s chief deputy district attorney has been honored by a group of his peers.
Memorial Day events around Napa County
From Register Staff
Two big rigs, one big mess
A crash involving two big rigs, one of which overturned, closed Silverado Trail for at least two hours on Thursday afternoon.
Paula Abdul breaks nose, fractures toe while trying to avoid stepping on her pet dog
From the Associated Press
Berkeley Housing Authority fires staff
From Register Staff
Washington state 14-year-old wins competition on knowledge of geography
WASHINGTON — What city, divided by a river of the same name, was the imperial capital of Vietnam?
Member of radical Earth Liberation Front sentenced to 13 years in prison for arson
EUGENE, Ore. — Declaring that fires set at a police station, an SUV dealership and a tree farm were acts of terrorism, a federal judge Wednesday sentenced a member of a radical environmental group to 13 years in prison.
More resources called in for Sierra wildfire
RENO, Nev. — Incident commanders called in reinforcements Wednesday to battle a stubborn forest fire in the Sierra Nevada foothills west of Reno.
Gonzales aide says he tried to review his version of firings with her amid probe
WASHINGTON — A former Justice Department official told House investigators Wednesday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales tried to review his version of the prosecutor firings with her at a time when lawmakers were homing in on conflicting accounts. Gonzales has testified he hasn’t spoken with witnesses.
Senate slashes guest worker program, toughens security provisions for immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats placed strict new conditions on a broad immigration measure Wednesday, as the White House and the bipartisan group that crafted it fought to keep their compromise intact.
First hydrogen fueling station in Florida opens in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s only hydrogen station opened Wednesday for the first U.S. fleet of Ford shuttle buses powered by the alternative fuel, testing a technology that can lower greenhouse gases and eventually help wean the nation off foreign oil, Gov. Charlie Crist said.
Commanding the console
Last year, "Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II" provided a good example of how a real-time strategy game could succeed on a game console.
Authorities arrest three dozen in international heroin ring investigation
From the Associated Press
15 goats found shot to death in Oakland hills
From the Associated Press
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From the Associated Press
Family says body found in river is that of missing U.S. soldier
BAGHDAD — A body recovered by Iraqi police from the Euphrates River south of Baghad Wednesday was identified as one of three American soldiers abducted in an ambush claimed by al-Qaida, relatives and officials said.
