All smiles and pride at NVC graduation
Even though Margarita Jones, has completed all her classes at Napa Valley College, it hasn’t yet hit her that she’s finished.
Quakes strike in hills west of valley
Two small earthquakes rattled Upvalley residents in recent days. On Friday morning, a quake measuring 2.2 on the Richter scale struck in the Mayacamas range, west of Oakville.
School honors teacher Jim Sheldon while he’s still here to see it
Jim Sheldon didn’t fit the image of a school teacher in the early 1970s. He had long hair and a long beard, and the superintendent of the Napa Valley Unified School District was hesitant to hire him.
Blended families keep it together
Napan Sheila Molles was a parent long before she gave birth to her 3-year-old son, Steven. Molles met her stepson, Scott, when he was just 13 months old. Scott, now 11, has been Molles’ stepson for a decade.
Unions asked to pitch in on city budget
The city of Napa will open public hearings on budget cutbacks with some employee groups still debating $800,000 in requested wage and fringe benefit concessions.
Carving out a niche for underground spa, wine bar at Meritage Hotel
Under the watchful eye of a rose-crowned statue of Mary, the Meritage Hotel’s new underground spa, wine bar and event facility has opened for business.
A mother, in jail for drugs, mourns her baby’s death
Summer Pearce only got to be mother a very short time. For part of that time, Pearce, 26, was behind bars at the county jail on a drug charge.
British authorities identify 4 human cases of bird flu
By JENNIFER QUINN
Between-meal snacks can be a good thing for the elderly
By DESIREE HUNTER
Friendship and the fight for better benefits unite widows of America’s wars
WASHINGTON — Marie Jordan Speer and Jessica Byrd each sent a husband to war. Each became a widow in her early 20s.
Big-city mayors face the music on global warming while Washington fiddles
NEW YORK — Bold new initiatives against global warming have come out of major cities around in the world over the past few weeks — with the notable exception of Washington.
At least 5 killed in Texas storms, flooding
DALLAS — Forecasters predicted more heavy thunderstorms in the Plains over the holiday weekend after two days of storms and flooding that left five people dead and one missing in central Texas.
Political boot camp trains female future office-holders
DENVER — Mary Walsh, a single mother of three and a student at the University of Wyoming, lives off loans and grants so she can spend evenings with her children. The 28-year-old wondered about how she could make the jump into politics — running for city council in Laramie — because the prime time for knocking on doors soliciting votes was family time.
Guestworker program fed by network of recruiters who often extort from Mexican migrants
MONTERREY, Mexico — Standing in the baking sun outside the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, hundreds of Mexicans wait anxiously for temporary work visas. But even before they were fingerprinted and interviewed for the permit, many had already paid recruiters thousands of dollars in hopes of easing the way.
Iran says it has U.S. spy network
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Saturday it has uncovered spy rings organized by the United States and its Western allies, claiming on state-run television that the espionage networks were made up of “infiltrating elements from the Iraqi occupiers.”
Library holiday hours
From Register Staff
Memorial Day events around Napa County
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Start Smart
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Tech junk benefits Easter Seals
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Next week’s lane closures
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In Darfur, a mass grave and horrifying memories feed fears of new surge in war
MUKJAR, Sudan — Uncovered by a restless wind, skulls and bones poke above the thin dirt in this corner of Darfur, lying surrounded by half-buried, rotting clothes.
Around the globe
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