To keep household taps flowing even in dry years, Napa is launching the most expensive public works project in city history, more than doubling the size of its Jamieson Canyon water treatment plant.

A night of drinking landed one Napa man in jail early Saturday morning and another in the hospital with major head injuries. California Highway Patrol officers say that alcohol was a factor in the accident that sent two men to the hospital, and later one of them to jail.

Hundreds of wizards, magical folk and Muggles swarmed to local bookstores Friday night — all in the name of a now-famous boy wizard – Harry Potter.

Since 1957 the Napa Valley Register has seen floods and fires, a move from our old digs to new ones, a change in our name and countless changes in the community, but one constant remains: Geraldine Nalley, a professional in our ad services department, today marks 50 years at the Register.

Gabriel Francis Hernandez was acting strangely early Friday night according to his neighbors.

“It’s a nice honor, but my head doesn’t grow because of it,” said Ed Barwick, a straight-shooting ex-Napa car dealer, ex-council member and for 35 years running the announcer of Napa High School football games.

Add your "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" review here, but please avoid being a spolier for other readers.

Napa will become mostly Hispanic by 2030 — sooner than six other Bay Area counties — as whites decline in numbers and Hispanics multiply. In fact, by 2040 every Bay Area county except San Francisco will be populated mostly by Hispanics, according to recently released numbers from the California Department of Finance

Kaiser Permanente wants a new crosswalk mid-block near its Napa facility to protect employees and patients, but is running into roadblocks.

As the average American lifespan climbs, so do needs for specialized care for seniors.

Pacific Union College officials formally submitted their 391-home eco-village development proposal to the county last week, revealing a more detailed look at their bid to transform Angwin and build an endowment for the college.

Traffic is the local issue that weighs most heavily on the minds of St. Helena citizens, according to early data-gathering efforts by the city's general plan update steering committee.

Fifteen years ago, Odelia Fuentes left her native Oaxaca, Mexico, for a better life in the United States.

By CARLOS VILLATORO

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

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Live one day at a time, without fear, Tammy Faye Messner said earlier this month as she battled cancer, weighing just 65 pounds.

ST. LOUIS -- About 200 people were trapped inside the 630-foot Gateway Arch Saturday for about two hours after an apparent power outage, authorities said.

CHICAGO -- The yellow school bus rumbles through vacant lots and past demolished buildings, full of people who have paid $20 for a tour of what was once among the most dangerous areas of this or any other city in the United States.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Spotty rain helped firefighters battle a massive blaze in central Utah on Sunday, although much more precipitation was needed to get the fire anywhere near under control.

BINHU, China -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight. The culprit was a seasonal pest: the eastern field mouse, also referred to here as the rat.

LOS ANGELES -- For decades, college kids have used stolen milk crates as the basic building blocks of coffee tables and dorm room shelves.

LOS ANGELES -- For decades, college kids have used stolen milk crates as the basic building blocks of coffee tables and dorm room shelves.

SACRAMENTO -- The budget impasse in Sacramento is unwelcome news for the soon-to-be-termed-out legislators who hope to persuade voters next year to let them keep their jobs a little longer.

OAKLAND -- Both sides in a trash company labor dispute resumed talks Sunday in an effort to resolve a three-week lockout that has some residents raising a stink over uncollected garbage.

OAKLAND -- A woman killed in a midday shooting has been identified as a 21-year-old from Berkeley.

PHOENIX -- A judge has dismissed former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit's defamation lawsuit against an Arizona newspaper that said the California Democrat lied to investigators about his relationship with a Washington intern who disappeared and was later found dead.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A purported Taliban spokesman said Sunday that the hard-line militia had extended by 24 hours the deadline for the Afghan government to trade captured militants for 23 South Korean hostages.

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