After dozens of hearings and months of negotiations, the reauthorization of the controversial No Child Left Behind Act has reached a standstill, despite numerous assurances from members of Congress that changes would be made to the law before the end of the year.

A friendly crowd greeted Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, in American Canyon Monday night as the lawmaker came to his home district for a conversation with voters about issues ranging from the war in Iraq to education and immigration.

Napa County's elected leaders, planning commissioners and government managers heard the green gospel preached at an all-day anti-global warming conference last week.

After a three-week trial in the Napa County Superior Court, jurors considering a murder case out of Nevada County found Richard Williams guilty Monday of killing his estranged wife with a nail gun.