Joy Craft, a consistently high bidder, raises her paddle to win the Screaming Eagle lot at the Auction Napa Valley live auction. She won the lot with her bid of $500,000. Bid spotter Ben Hoover, left, yells to the auctioneer.

A brutal attack against a Napa woman landed a Napa man in jail Saturday evening.

Buoyed by cooling breezes, a great meal and the stable economy, generous bidders drove the 27th Auction Napa Valley to a near-record mark Saturday night, spending $9.8 million for everything from exclusive wine tours to scarce wines, from vacations in Vietnam and Mexico to the first luxury hybrid from Lexus.

One word can describe Auction Napa Valley 2007 — Lots.

St. Helena city officials are hoping to start construction on the city’s flood control project within weeks, but numerous issues relating to permits, finances, litigation and property acquisition must be resolved before work can begin.

The world of foster children is little understood. Young people shuttle from family to family and home to home — sometimes with stops in the juvenile justice system or in the care of the county.

Police arrested a former Churchill Manor employee Sunday on suspicion of twice trying to rob the business.

A 17-year-old being held in connection with the death of Anthony Gee last January said in court today that a 17-year-old from Vallejo fired the shot that killed Gee.

From The Associatd Press

From The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no need any longer for her “I’m Ruth, Not Sandra” T-shirt. She could, however, use Sandra Day O’Connor’s vote.