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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

5.6 quake shakes Bay Area, Napa

SAN JOSE — A magnitude-5.6 earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay area Tuesday night.

Stabbing at Napa gas station

A female gas station clerk is recovering from stab wounds after being attacked at work Tuesday night.

Free Wi-Fi for Napa deal dies

Plans to saturate the city of Napa with wireless Internet service, allowing computer-users to log on practically anywhere, have crashed.

South Napa up in arms over dirt

Residents along South Jefferson Street want to shut down the flood project's only active soils dump site, a source of noise and dust for the past two years.

New life, new digs for women's gym

More than 1,500 local Lady of America gym members were locked out earlier this month, when the south Napa gym abruptly closed. Six months behind in rent, franchise owner Laura Dayton was subsequently removed as owner of the facility at River Park Shopping Center.

Women arrested for domestic violence

Two Napa women were arrested on suspicion of domestic violence in two separate incidents on Monday.

Staying safe among ghosts and goblins

It's Halloween. A time for trick-or-treating, bobbing for apples, lots and lots of candy and scary creatures invading our neighborhoods.

Lake Berryessa scout camp to be made over into overnight retreat

An old scout camp at Lake Berryessa could soon get a new life as an environmental education center.

Rep. Thompson to host phone meeting with constituents

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, will host a live Town Hall meeting via telephone on Thursday, 7-8 p.m.

Loved ones affected by SoCal fires?

Do you have relatives or friends who have been intimately affected by the raging fires in Southern California? The fires have devastated many residential areas and hundreds of thousands have been forced to evacuate. If the people you’re close to have experienced tales of heartbreak — or heroism, the Register wants to hear about them. Contact Register staff writer Natalie Hoffman at 256-2260 or nhoffman @ napanews.com

Diabetes fair at the Queen

A free Pre-diabetes and Diabetes Health Fair at the Wellness Center, 1000 Trancas St., on Saturday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. features speakers, health screenings, demonstrations and more. Info, the Diabetes Wellness Program at 252-4411, ext. 2391./Register

Homebuyers' workshop

A homebuyers' workshop is coming to Fidelity National Title Tuesday, 6-7 p.m. The workshop is presented by Mark Hagler of CTX Mortgage, Andrea Clark of Housing Authority, Gina Ware of Century 21 Exclusive and Kim Rafael of Fidelity National Title. Refreshments will be served. No children please. 905 Jefferson St., Napa. R.S.V.P. to Mark Hagler at 251-0153, ext. 230./Register

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