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News for Wednesday, August 22, 2007

STAR test results for Napa County schools

Listed in the table below is every Napa County school and the percentage of students who tested "Proficient" or above (at grade level) in the 2007 STAR tests.

Sustaining hope

The banks along the creek that meanders through the Jonquil Vineyards used to slowly erode during the rainy season.

A more legal labor force?

A federal regulation that’s scheduled to take effect in September is designed to keep employers from hiring undocumented workers, and many Napa businesses are bracing for the effects it could have on the valley’s workforce.

Suisun woman drowns at Berryessa

Lake Berryessa claimed its first drowning victim this year.

Planning to get Napa on track

Small woman. New job. Big problems.

For the Record

A Tuesday news story about Harold Moskowite should have said he will retire his post in January 2009.

Crash closes Hwy 29 over Mount St. Helena

A two-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning shut down Highway 29, north of Calistoga. The closed stretch of highway is the main thoroughfare over Mount St. Helena from Lake County to Napa County.

At fair, Dems pick Hillary by a landslide

Which Democratic candidate will rise above the rest and make a go for the White House? If an informal straw poll conducted at the Napa Town and Country Fair earlier this month holds true, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, has the best chance of winning the primary.

Vehicle search turns up ammo, gun and drugs

An American Canyon officer on patrol made a traffic stop after running the license plates of the vehicle and learning they did not belong to that vehicle.

54 years to life for convicted killer

Onesimo Garcia was sentenced to 54 years to life this morning for the shooting death of his on-again off-again girlfriend Sandra Hernandez.

Dangerous dogs ordinance coming to Napa

After a year’s delay, an ordinance toughening controls on dogs deemed potentially dangerous or vicious is about to come up for adoption by Napa County and the city of Napa.

County: Vintner's farmworker camp is illegal

Napa County prosecutors are going after what they allege is an illegally-established farmworker housing operation just south of Calistoga.

Calistoga puts brakes on adult-oriented businesses

Before any sexually oriented business, could expose itself to Calistoga, the City Council Tuesday voted 5-0 to change a city ordinance requiring a conditional use permit to open any sex-related business locally.

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