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News for Thursday, July 31, 2008

June 2008 DUI report

Napavalleyregister.com publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence — and so-called “wet reckless” convictions — in Napa County.

Fire near Yosemite hurts tourist business

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.  — Vendors along one of the main roads leading to Yosemite National Park were finally seeing business turn around following a massive rock slide that kept tour buses away for the previous two years.

Hunger strike by recovery house owner to prevent foreclosures

The founder of Serenity Homes of Napa Valley, a drug and alcohol recovery program, is camped out on Silverado Trail this week, vowing not to eat until he can lift the threat of foreclosure to two of his group homes.

July 2008 DUI report

Napavalleyregister.com publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence, and so-called “wet reckless” convictions in Napa County.

Road to Yosemite reopens as fire crews gain ground

The main western highway into Yosemite National Park reopened Wednesday after firefighters kept flames from leaping across a steep river canyon and drawing perilously close to the park.

Evacuees from Yosemite-area fire return home

FRESNO, Calif. — Residents are returning home Thursday after being forced to flee by a wildfire raging outside Yosemite National Park, but not all are certain what they’ll find when they get there.

New state Web site allows parents to measure schools

Parents who take a more proactive role in their children’s education now have a new tool to help them find out how Napa Valley schools measure up.

Cooking on Thursdays

Picking through an alphabet soup in search of two Es, two Ds and an I, Eddie David from Milwaukee attempted to spell out his first name using the jumbo-sized recycled metal letters found at Fred Grandy’s Chefs Market booth.

Race shapes up for school board

A longtime school volunteer has decided to make it a race for the American Canyon spot on the Napa Valley Unified School District board of trustees.

Solo crash destroys railroad shed

A solo crash on Solano Avenue and Darms Lane on Wednesday morning wiped out a Wine Train shed, one that contains machinery that helps operate the railroad crossing gates.

Schwarzenegger orders cuts amid fiscal crisis

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday, trying to avoid a “full-blown” financial crisis in California, eliminated thousands of part-time and temporary positions and ordered that up to 200,000 state workers receive the federal minimum wage.

Where is the graffiti in your area?

Are you seeing graffiti around the area where you live, work, go for a walk, take a drive or more?

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