DAVIS — Playing in its first Sac-Joaquin Section Div. I final in 12 years, the second-seeded Napa High volleyball team took six-time defending champion Nevada Union to the wire Thursday night, winning the first and fourth games before the Miners prevailed 24-26, 25-23, 25-23, 21-25, 15-12 at UC Davis.

Sherry Abblett, Bob Fornachon and Jacob Crabtree traveled to Las Vegas, Nev., Nov. 11-17 to compete in the 12th Annual WABDL World Bench Press and Dead Lift Championships held at the Riviera Hotel.

The seven players from the Oakland Athletics’ organization currently playing in this year’s Arizona Fall League have a lot in common.

It was a clear and unusually warm fall morning in the hills above Napa.

Danielle Riechers (right) and her mom Carla caught a 4-pound smallmouth bass and a 4-pound rainbow trout on a recent outing to Lake Almanor.

ALAMEDA — When the Oakland Raiders drafted Michael Bush in 2007, they felt as if they had stolen a player with first-round talent in the fourth round because of a broken leg that ruined his senior season.