The city is doubling development fees in the Big Ranch Road area to pay for overdue street improvements north of Trancas Street.

The duel between the Napa Coalition for Responsible Growth and the developers of the Napa Pipe property is spilling into ballot pamphlets and political endorsements.

Accused killer Alex Taylor gave a shaky interview to investigators in the wake of the 2007 shooting of George Davis, alluding to his own fragile mental state and Davis’ deteriorating physical condition.

NEW YORK  — A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down a state law requiring airlines to give food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers stuck in delayed planes, saying the measure was well-intentioned but stepped on federal authority.

 A competency hearing is scheduled Wednesday for the Napa man accused of crashing into a teenage bicyclist earlier this month.

Across Napa, school Dumpsters are overflowing with desks, chairs and tables. In some, plastic chairs are stacked neatly, filling Dumpsters to the brim. In others, desks are thrown helter skelter, silver legs jutting out of the bins and into the air.

A federal judge Monday ordered John Patrick McGuire, who associated with the anti-government Freemen militants in the 1990s, to be immediately released from prison.

The trial of a young Napa man accused of shooting an elderly male acquaintance in 2007 got under way Monday with opening statements from defense attorney Jess Raphael and Napa County Deputy District Attorney Gary Van Camp.

SACRAMENTO — Kate Hanni’s vacation was intended to be a relaxing trip that would give her family a chance to bond and help her recover from an assault she suffered while working as a real estate agent.

A hearing takes place this afternoon in Napa for the Angwin mother whose baby died when she left the infant in the family car for more than six hours.

SAN FRANCISCO — The new western approach to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is expected to open to traffic next month — seven months ahead of schedule.

One by one, custodians are removing desks and chairs from Dumpsters across Napa Valley Unified School District.