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News for Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Napa City Update

New flood risk maps on the way

Face off

Why does the new parking garage called the Fifth Street Parking Garage when it faces Main Street? Because it was inspired by Napa’s big sister, San Francisco, which has a parking garage at Fifth and Market streets?

February 2009 DUI report

The NapaValleyRegister.com publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence in Napa County. Statistics are published the first Monday of each month.

Rohlffs rescue rolls on

Rohlffs Manor/Concordia Manor, Napa’s largest housing complex for low-income elderly, has a new owner with plans to spend $6 million on remodeling and improved safety systems.

All Lake Berryessa resorts may be closed for 2009

At least four and perhaps all seven privately run Lake Berryessa resorts may be closed for the summer of 2009, as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced Monday that it needs to rebid contracts for all the lakeside resorts.

'Paesanos' play on

In the early 1940s, a group of friends from Alta Heights decided to form the “Paesano Poker Club” to play cards. More than six decades later, the Thursday night poker club with an Italian bent endures.

Locals form to tank state budget deal

A handful of Napans is launching a campaign against Proposition 1A, the proposed state spending cap that has critics emerging from both sides of the aisle in California.

What do you do for St. Paddy's Day?

My mom is Irish, so you bet I've been involved in plenty of St. Patrick's Day activities throughout the past few decades.

Kaiser cuts Napa data center jobs

Kaiser Permanente is cutting 860 employee positions, including 275 in Northern California and a fraction of those at the company’s Napa data center.

School district decision on closures Wednesday?

The fates of Capell Valley and Wooden Valley elementary schools may be decided as early as Wednesday by the Napa Valley Unified School District board of trustees.

Thompson seeks to capture AIG bonuses

WASHINGTON — Talking tougher by the hour, livid Democrats confronted beleaguered insurance giant AIG with an ultimatum Tuesday: Give back $165 million in post-bailout bonuses or watch Congress tax it away with emergency legislation.

County reworks housing plan

The Napa County Board of Supervisors agreed to make major, last-minute changes to the county’s long-term housing plan Tuesday in an attempt to allay fears over what might be perceived as the fast-tracking of Napa Pipe.

Napa won't enter same-sex marriage debate

The public testimony on behalf of gay marriage was impassioned at Napa City Hall Tuesday afternoon, but failed to win any new City Council support.

City battling Napa Pipe plan

The city of Napa, fiercely opposed to a large-scale residential project just outside the city’s border, has revitalized efforts to help Napa County solve its affordable housing problem without counting on full development of the more than 150-acre Napa Pipe site.

Strange letters cause jitters for St. Helena Hospital staff

There were some tense moments on Monday at St. Helena Hospital, when three letters delivered to the hospital were found to be leaking a brown, granular substance.

Four juveniles arrested in AmCan

American Canyon police say four teenage boys were caught trying to break into a residence on Via Belliago on Tuesday morning.

Napa woman spots man, rams his vehicle

A Napa woman landed in jail after Napa police say she used her car to ram into the rear of a vehicle driven by a man she had argued with earlier.

Drug bust in Napa

Amy Varie Larson was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance Monday after she agreed to let officers search her purse. They had determined she was under the influence, Napa police said.

Napa Sanitation goes green

Napa Sanitation District is receiving a $114,440 rebate check from Pacific Gas & Electric for installing high-efficiency turbo blowers at its treatment plant.

Word play

Alta Heights Elementary kindergartner Isabella Soto, bottom, entertains Briley Laret, top left, and William Roman Flynn with a puppet show during the school’s Family Literacy Festival Wednesday night.

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