A sheriff’s detective was roughed up by a witness to a fatal June shooting in Napa Thursday, sending the man to county jail, booked on felony battery charges.

Napa saw its second stabbing in less than five hours on Wednesday morning.

Napa Police detectives have arrested two suspects in connection with the rash of home burglaries in the downtown area.

Redwood Middle School’s controversial dress code is heading to the California Court of Appeal, even before there is a final ruling in the legal challenge to the code brought by several Redwood parents and students.

At 56, Dave Quick has taken on a new family.

An infill project of nine townhomes near the entrance to Browns Valley won praise — and votes — from all but one Napa council member Tuesday.

Stop signs are scheduled to be installed Tuesday on Sandalwood Street at Moffitt Drive in north Napa.

A sergeant at Travis AFB received Mayor Jill Techel’s Shining Star award Tuesday for helping a Napa motorist in a medical emergency.

Responding to grand jury criticism, the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency is conceding that the Downtown Trolley isn’t a tourist mover, but declares it could be someday.

WASHINGTON — More and more foods bear a mishmash of warnings that they might accidentally contain ingredients that could seriously sicken people with food allergies.

SAN LUIS OBISPO — A former Nipomo school teacher on trial for allegedly French kissing a 9-year-old student said he kissed the girl on the lips, but not for sexual gratification.

LONDON, Ky. — Detective Brian Lewis returns to his desk after lunch, scanning e-mails he missed.

WASHINGTON — The government will distribute nearly $1 billion to states and cities to fix communications problems that still hamper police and fire departments six years after the Sept. 11 attacks.

SALT LAKE CITY — A group of state lawmakers wants the federal government to reimburse Utah millions of dollars for the cost of educating the children of illegal immigrants, saying the children wouldn’t be here if Congress did more to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the US.

BAGHDAD — The U.S. command announced on Wednesday the arrest of an al-Qaida leader it said served as the link between the organization’s command in Iraq and Osama bin Laden’s inner circle, enabling it to wield considerable influence over the Iraqi group.

NEW YORK — An underground steam pipe explosion tore through a Manhattan street near Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, swallowing a tow truck and killing one person as hundreds of others ran for cover amid a towering geyser of steam and flying rubble.

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