Even with California’s budget now signed, Napa County is charging ahead with a lawsuit against the cash-strapped state, whose fiscal crisis has resulted in millions of dollars in deferred payments to California counties this month.

A Bay Area organization bestowed Project of the Year honors on Napa flood control’s reconstruction of the west bank of the river between First Street and Napa Mill.

The controversy over American Canyon firefighter bonuses exploded in 2008 and culminated this week in a report that laid blame at the feet of firefighters, former American Canyon Fire Chief Keith Caldwell and the fire district.

State Sen. Patricia Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa, is calling for a 60-minute blackout.

Matching local expectations, the House of Representatives voted $10.5 million Wednesday for the Napa flood control project.

A 14-year-old Napa boy was taken into custody after a short foot chase by police who found him hiding under a vehicle on Tuesday night.

Police served an arrest warrant at a Napa home and took a 62-year-old man to the county jail on a charge of sexual molestation.

Napa police will be conducting a DUI checkpoint on Friday. They will also be checking motorists for valid driver’s licenses.

SAN FRANCISCO — Last weekend, 890,000 gallons of raw sewage and stormwater spilled into San Francisco Bay from an overloaded World War II-era treatment plant. Five days earlier, a ruptured pipe released 400,000 gallons of filth into the bay.

Thanks to two voter-approved bonds, Napa Valley Unified School District is building and planning a number of construction projects in spite of the economic downturn.

Not many people can say procrastinating during a job search actually paid off, but Julia Wertz can.