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.

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.

On Labor Day weekend, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be closed. This closure, along with an arts festival in Sausalito, are expected to cause significant traffic congestion on the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway 101 between the Richmond Bridge and San Francisco.

Paul Deleon Pena is behind bars after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her Wednesday at his residence in the 300 block of Cross Street in Napa, police said.

A Napa burglary victim did some detective work on his own and has been reunited with his long-lost property.

Napa police officers made a bicycle stop late Monday night on Soscol Avenue, near First Street.

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

As if being on guard for the glassy-winged sharpshooter and the light brown apple moth weren’t enough, Napa’s wine industry is now on the lookout for the western grapeleaf skeletonizer.

Attendance was up, if only slightly, at this year’s Napa Town and Country Fair, giving Napa Valley Exposition a chance to end the year in the black, according to Expo CEO Joe Anderson.

NEW ORLEANS — Hike up those pants. Droopy drawers that bare skin or underwear might soon be forbidden fashion on the streets of Alexandria and Shreveport, and violators could be forced to part with some cash.

WASHINGTON — After finding no evidence of astronauts drinking before launching into space, NASA said Wednesday it is considering limited alcohol testing of its employees, including astronauts.

WASHINGTON — A new airport screening policy for turbans and other headwear has the country’s Sikhs concerned they are being unfairly targeted.

RALEIGH, N.C. — In 1981, rookie congressman Bill Hendon left a Capitol Hill intelligence briefing convinced that there were American prisoners of war from Vietnam still alive and in captivity in Southeast Asia.

QALA-E-KAZI, Afghanistan — Taliban militants released 12 captives in a series of handovers Wednesday, part of a deal with Seoul to free all 19 South Korean hostages that one Afghan minister warned would embolden the insurgents.

NEW ORLEANS — President Bush delivered an optimistic promise to residents of this battered city Wednesday. “New Orleans, better days are ahead.” But many wondered why it is taking so long and whether better times really are coming.