Ackerly, Dana C. — Washington

Napa County Sheriff’s detectives continue to investigate the drowning of a Napa teen at Pope Creek Bridge on Sunday, a day before her 14th birthday.

SACRAMENTO — Skyline Park is just the governor’s signature away from being on the county’s list of hot property buys.

NAPA — Convicted child molester Renaldo Dominguez was sentenced to almost two centuries in state prison Tuesday for sexually molesting three young boys who were in his foster care.

When Napan Hank LeMieux recently phoned the Social Security Administration for assistance with his costly prescription medications, he said, they suggested the 70-year-old diabetic return to work full-time to pay for them himself.

NAPA — A planned redevelopment project along the Soscol Avenue-Silverado Trail approach to downtown will be scrutinized by the Planning Commission Thursday night.

AMERICAN CANYON — Pastor Morris A. Curry Jr. announced his candidacy for the fifth district supervisor seat Tuesday at the American Canyon city council meeting.

Richard William McBride ended his Labor Day weekend behind bars at the Napa County jail facing felony DUI charges.

A page one story on Sept. 4 about the drowning of a teen at Lake Berryessa misstated several facts, including the last name of the victim, her age and some of the circumstances at the time of her death.

Law enforcement got a break this Labor Day weekend with felony arrests at Lake Berryessa down 60 to 70 percent from past three-day holiday weekends, according to sheriff’s Capt. John Robertson.

NAPA — A Napa boy was airlifted to Children’s Hospital in Oakland from Queen of the Valley Medical Center after he was hit by a car as he crossed Lincoln Avenue, near Jefferson Street on Tuesday morning.

NAPA — A Napa motorcyclist was killed early this morning when he crashed his bike into a guard rail while fleeing from a pursuing California Highway Patrol officer.

VALLEJO — A two-year-old giraffe died Wednesday morning in a barn fire at a Six Flags amusement park that authorities have blamed on a faulty electrical outlet.

Smoke from a distant fire is clouding Napa skies this morning, as winds push ashes from the Moonlight Fire in Plumas County.

LOS ANGELES — A prosecutor unleashed a fierce attack on the Phil Spector defense Wednesday, accusing the team of using the music producer’s money to “buy” scientific opinions, calling witnesses who sought the limelight and dragging the reputation former Napa County resident Lana Clarkson through the mud.

Upvalley restaurants and wineries felt the sting of impatient customers and uncooperative equipment Wednesday after a broken insulator caused more than 500 PG&E customers to lose power between noon and 5 p.m.

Planning Commissioners spoke out Wednesday about their ideas for the village of Angwin and Pacific Union College, but falling far short of issuing their recommendation for the Napa County Board of Supervisors.