Napa County is finding itself on the short end of the stick when it comes to competing with the state for psychiatrists.

* Time: 3:30 p.m. Tuesday (No evening session)

The holiday season is supposed to be a time of gift-giving, family traditions and togetherness. For many people, however, the season can also bring on overeating, too little sleep, family quarrels and mountains of emotional stress.

Four-year-old Yaneli Barrera has never attended pre-school but come next year she will be introduced to a world of learning, playing and being a member of a kindergarten class at McPherson Elementary School.

The sweet sounds of mariachi music resonated from the cafeteria at Napa Valley College Sunday afternoon in anticipation of a rare visit from the governor of Michoacan, Mexico. Hundreds of Michoacanos gathered at the college to meet Gov. Lazaro Cardenas Batel and display their love and pride for Michoacan.

Boy Scout Troop 832, sponsored by Elks Lodge 832, made the trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains to trek the trails in the Emigrant Wilderness between Sonora and Yosemite. The contingent of Scouts -- William Brazelton, Jacolby Martin, Svend Santos, Jerry Sharp, Greg Spinelli, Joshua Thornton and Gabriel Zarate -- was led by four adults on the adventure.