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.

 It’s been nearly two years since the New Year’s Eve flood of 2005, but the city of Napa and Napa County are still struggling to recover millions of dollars in federal reimbursement for cleanup costs and road damage.

Whether you ride a car, pedal a bike or take the bus, the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency wants to hear your ideas about improving how people get around.

The Napa County Office of Education, in partnership with local schools and nonprofits are presenting a workshop, “Communication, The Most Critical Life Skill,” today at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Hall, 960 Napa St., Napa.

Joe Hennessey, a Marine veteran, waves a peace flag on the Third Street Bridge for an anti-war demonstration with other Napa residents during the evening rush hour.

Negotiations between American Canyon and Napa County officials have not gone far and both sides continue to disagree on the location of the city’s future borders, according to recent letters and comments from city and county representatives.

A Napan giving two out-of-towners a ride to a convenience store Tuesday ended up having her car stolen instead.

There’s nothing doing on Laurel Street in West Napa at 3 a.m.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is willing to move up the construction of flood defenses on Napa Creek by three years, but that is still not as soon as creek residents want.

Almost all transit systems in the Bay Area will offer free rides today, including Napa County’s VINE, because of predicted heavy air pollution.

Police are warning the public to be on the lookout for an e-mail scam that promises recipients they will receive $80 for participating in an online customer satisfaction survey about the Internal Revenue Service.

Thursday is the second Spare the Air Day in a row, with most Bay Area transit systems offering free rides, including the VINE, the American Canyon Shuttle and the Yountville Shuttle.

SACRAMENTO — Former U.S. Marine Ron Muzio served his country in the Korean War, but on Wednesday he had another battle to fight.

Your mom? The guy who picks up the garbage? The workers in the vineyards? A middle-school teacher?

NEW ORLEANS  — Two years after Hurricane Katrina, much of the “city that care forgot” still lies in ruins. But Otis Biggs’ task as he shuffles his Tarot deck this moist August day is to peer into the future to 2015, the storm’s 10th anniversary.

SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco performance artist was arrested early Tuesday after allegedly burning the namesake effigy of the Burning Man counterculture festival four days ahead of schedule.

WASHINGTON  — Five years into a national economic recovery, the share of Americans living in poverty finally dropped.

Combined math and reading SAT scores for the high school class of 2007 were the lowest in eight years — a trend the College Board attributed largely to the good news that a more diverse pool of students is taking the exam.

NEW ORLEANS — When Freddy Yoder returned to his flooded Lakeview home after Hurricane Katrina, he was taken aback by the big orange “X” spray-painted on the plywood covering his front door. There was a notation in each quadrant, indicating the date searched, by which agency, whether the house was entered, and if any corpses were found.

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad boldly declared Tuesday that U.S. political influence in Iraq is “collapsing rapidly” and said his government is ready to help fill any power vacuum.

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ replacement — whoever that may be — faces a potentially nasty Senate confirmation and a beleaguered Justice Department badly in need of leadership.

BOISE, Idaho — A defiant Sen. Larry Craig denied any wrongdoing Tuesday despite his guilty plea this summer in a men’s room police sting, emphatically adding, “I am not gay. I never have been gay.”