Berryessa boats sink in windstorm
Whipping, strong winds caused swells on Lake Berryessa, causing three boats to sink on Sunday afternoon.
DUIs for July 2007
The Napa Valley Register publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence in Napa County. Statistics are published the first Monday of each month.
Napan facing 200 years in prison for child molestation
Renald David Dominguez, a former Napa foster parent, is looking at 200 years to life in prison.
Home invasion robbery rocks quiet Calistoga apartment complex
Calistoga Police are on the hunt for four men, considered armed and dangerous, responsible for a home-invasion style robbery at a Calistoga apartment complex that happened early Saturday morning.
Banking on AmCan
Seeing the explosive growth in American Canyon, local banking veterans and community leaders have launched a plan to create a new American Canyon Community Bank.
St. Helena flood project delayed till ’08
One month after construction of the city’s flood protection project was scheduled to begin, St. Helena city officials say time constraints have forced them to postpone construction until next year.
Tree tunnel still facing obstacles
The situation was bleak two years ago when an upsurge in Dutch elm disease threatened to sweep through St. Helena's historic Tunnel of the Elms on Highway 29.
American Canyon approves new car wash, with some reservations
It may be known as the Big Easy and have a New Orleans jazz theme, but a proposed new car wash in American Canyon has had a rough ride towards approval before the American Canyon Planning Commission.
Home invasion robbery rocks quiet Calistoga apartment complex
Calistoga Police are on the hunt for four men, considered armed and dangerous, responsible for a home invasion-style robbery at a Calistoga apartment complex that happened early Saturday morning.
Secret call log at heart of challenge to president's domestic wiretap program
SAN FRANCISCO -- In open court and legal filings it's referred to simply as "the Document."
'The Daily Show' lines up presidential candidates
NEW YORK -- Four presidential candidates are lined up to visit Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" over the next three weeks as Comedy Central's satirical news review ramps up its "Indecision 2008" coverage.
Montana governor declares emergency after wildfire forces evacuations
HELENA, Mont. -- A state of emergency was declared in Montana on Sunday because of wildfires, including one northeast of Missoula that had forced the evacuation of 200 homes.
Hi-tech fighter's arrival meets criticism
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The U.S. Air Force's most technologically advanced -- and expensive -- fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor, is designed to be a stealthy killer capable of downing bogies at supersonic speeds.
Investigators employ high-tech tools to solve mystery of Minnesota bridge collapse
MINNEAPOLIS -- A helicopter with a camera similar to those used in Hollywood movies will soon peer into the wreckage of last week's bridge collapse.
At many freshman orientations, campus safety is topic No. 1
At colleges around the country this summer, one topic has vaulted to the top of the agenda at freshman orientation: campus safety.
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Seven gunned down in Oakland as leaders mourn slain journalist
OAKLAND-- As community leaders gathered to mourn the brazen slaying of an Oakland journalist and to denounce the city's chronic violence, gunfire claimed seven more lives in separate incidents over a two-day span.
US military says it killed Golden Dome minaret bomber; 13 civilians dead in mortar attack
BAGHDAD -- U.S. troops killed the al-Qaida in Iraq mastermind of the bombing that destroyed the golden dome of a famed sacred Shiite shrine last year and set in motion an unrelenting cycle of sectarian bloodletting, the military said Sunday.
China bans crude, insensitive family planning slogans
BEIJING -- China has banned crude and insensitive slogans promoting the country's 'one-child' family planning policy, such as "Raise fewer babies but more piggies," which have stoked anger in rural areas, state media said Sunday.