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News for Tuesday, September 16, 2008

State may have budget by end of today

SACRAMENTO — State lawmakers are considering a compromise plan to end California’s longest-ever budget stalemate, while acknowledging it will not solve the state’s ongoing fiscal problems.

Napa teen recovering from bone marrow transplant

Four days after receiving a bone marrow transplant, 16-year-old Grant Beltrami was playing video games at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Monday as his parents waited for signs that the operation was a success.

2 lead a large group for tops in Football Pool

Two players are battling it out for top honors in week No. 2 of napavalleyregister.com's Can You Beat Randy? weekly pro football pool.

School district going digital

Napa Valley Unified School District is changing with the times.

Napa shows off wonders of water-wise landscaping

As the state grapples with drought conditions, Napa is looking at long-term strategies for saving water.

Driver in hit-and-run ordered to Napa State Hospital

Armando Hurtado was ordered by the court on Monday to Napa State Hospital for treatment for his mental illness.

Napan arrested in molestation of 11-year-old

A Napa man was arrested after an 11-year-old girl confided in her mother that the man, whom she knows, had molested her, police said.

Sex offender arrested in Calistoga

Calistoga police picked up Ricardo Javier Alvarez, a convicted sex offender, on Sunday for failing to register with Calistoga law enforcement when he moved from Lake County to Calistoga, police chief Jonathan Mills said.

Grandparents event toasts the Winiarskis

For the Register

Staglin festival raises $3 million for mental health

Rutherford vintners Shari and Garen Staglin hosted the 14th annual Staglin Family Music Festival for Mental Health on Saturday — tasting some of Napa Valley’s most sought-after wines, dancing to the Pointer Sisters and raising about $3 million to research mental health problems.

Boat crash at Lake Berryessa

Sunday was not a good day at Lake Berryessa for Frank Ross Capriato.

Argument ends in arrest

A man told deputies he was assaulted by Steven Ray Odell when he gave Odell a ride from a service station to Monticello Road early Sunday morning, Capt. John Robertson said.

Fire at apartment complex leaves 16 homeless

A three-alarm fire early this morning at the Willow Glen Apartments on Wilkins Avenue in east Napa engulfed six units, sent a man to the hospital with critical burns and left 16 tenants, including children, homeless.

Napa man critically burned in apartment fire

Did you Beat Randy in the week's pro football pool?

Bill Forsythe of Lincoln (CoachBill) knocked off all 298 others this week, taking top honors in Week No. 2 of NapaValleyRegister.com’s Can You Beat Randy? pro football pool.

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