LOS ANGELES — Jurors in Phil Spector’s upcoming murder retrial should be allowed to hear testimony about blood evidence and the autopsy of the actress he is accused of shooting, prosecutors argued in court documents filed this week.

A petition campaign by a hotel workers’ union against a Kimpton hotel in north Napa has enough signatures to qualify as a voter referendum, City Clerk Sara Cox said Friday.

The Napa County Flood Control District is funding a study of flood solutions to Redwood Creek between Browns Valley Road and Dry Creek Road.

Caltrans will be doing maintenance under the Maxwell Bridge next week, narrowing the waterway for boats, the city reported.

A private contractor will make $254,000 worth of repairs to sections of the Salvador Channel that eroded in the New Year’s Eve flood of 2005.

They beat the French at their own game.

The Napa Valley Wine Train on Friday made an emergency stop north of Napa Friday when a passenger fell and injured his face, according to the Napa Fire Department.

The Red Cross swim program at the St. Helena city pool has been saved, thanks to donations from local nonprofits and the city.

Low-income seniors in Napa are slated to get a formidable financial shot in the arm, as more than $20 million in tax exempt bonds and federal tax credits will benefit Rohlffs Manor.

CalFire fire crews made a grim discovery early Saturday morning as they battled a small brush fire along Mount Veeder Road — a dead body inside a Jeep Wrangler that was parked near the burning brush.

On Friday night in Napa, two teens suspected of stealing alcohol from Lawler’s Liquors on the 2200 block of Jefferson Street led police in a vehicle pursuit to North Napa, where they crashed into a tree near Redwood Road and Dry Creek Road, Napa Police reported Saturday.

On Friday, at around 9:30 p.m., a 27-year-old Napa man was arrested at the wheel of a stolen car after the owner saw it driven southbound on Soscol Avenue, Napa Police reported Saturday.

On Friday, a little before 4 p.m., a man walked into the Subway on Jefferson Street and demanded an unknown amount of cash from the register, Napa Police reported Saturday.