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News for Thursday, March 20, 2008

Time tunning out to fill in your March Madness brackets

Can North Carolina run the table and grab another National Championship?

Two-way First Street proposed

Saying it is essential to improving shopping in downtown Napa, a group of property owners is floating a plan to return First Street to two-way traffic between Main and Jefferson.

Two busted for drugs in Calistoga

A traffic stop landed two out-of-county men in jail facing felony drug charges.

Easter egg hunt at Kennedy Park

The Napa Active 20-30 Club invites kids to bring their favorite Easter baskets to the annual Easter egg hunt at Kennedy Park in Napa on Saturday at 11 a.m. There are age-group specific hunts for children 0-12. Face painting, balloons, a Napa fire engine, a storyteller and costumed character greetings begin at 10:15 a.m. We also expect a special visit from the Easter Bunny. The Easter Egg Hunt includes candy, prizes, free children’s books and more. Info, 287-4410.

Critic taps Ubuntu for best restaurant list

For a place dedicated to the serene art of yoga, Ubuntu is generating a lot of excitement.

Napa High students march for teacher facing deportation

With neon-colored signs made from poster board and markers, with cut-out photos of Spanish teacher Esther Colorado, with chants of “Let her stay!” about 50 students marched through the Napa High campus Wednesday, to the district building where three assistant superintendents waited.

Traffic cones come down at Bel Aire Plaza

Anyone driving through Bel Aire Plaza might notice it’s become less orange.

Transferring bus companies

After 17 years with one management company, the VINE bus system and VINE-Go paratransit will have a new operator on July 1.

CHP find man’s Porsche, stolen in 1969

It’s been almost four decades since Stephen Christensen patted the fenders of his beloved 1960 Porsche Roadster.

Pot garden found at Napa home

A parole search at a home in east Napa netted a pot garden and the arrest of two men.

7 tied for first in March Madness Hoops Challenge tourney

OK, folks, March Madness is finally here, and so is the Napa Valley Register's Hoops Challenge college basketball tournament brackets.

104 molestation counts filed against Napa man

Audelino Gonzalez was booked Wednesday afternoon on 104 felony counts of child molestation.

Arrest made in 2003 murder of Vets Home guard

Napa County Sheriff’s detectives have arrested the man who they believe killed a popular Veterans Home of California at Yountville security officer more than four years ago.

Napa council wants to reel in vacation rental properties

 The Napa City Council wants to bring order to a segment of the tourism industry that allows domestic stays in homes in the city’s neighborhoods rather than in hotels or B&Bs.

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