After running Vintage High School for six years, Principal Eric Schneider is leaving the Napa Valley this summer to take his career in a new direction.

An early morning house fire in the Carneros District caused approximately $100,000 in damages, CalFire reported.

Boats lined up to launch at Lake Berryessa this Memorial Day weekend, but with most resorts closed, police and fire officials reported few incidents at the lake.

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SAN FRANCISCO — A dozen representatives of faiths ranging from Buddhism to Judaism led hundreds of San Franciscans in prayer and song the night before the California Supreme Court is expected to decide whether a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage is legal.

SAN FRANCISCO — The state Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday provided lawmakers with a detailed list of cuts to close the state’s $21 billion deficit, proposing that California eliminate welfare for 500,000 families and terminate health coverage for nearly 1 million children.

OAKLAND — A BART officer says an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by another officer failed to comply with her commands before he was killed.

OAKLAND — The former BART officer who grew up in Napa and is charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed man is due back in court Tuesday.

Here are some excerpts from the California Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that upheld the state’s gay marriage ban while also preserving the marriages of the approximately 18,000 couples who wed before the ban took place.

The state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriages in California, should stand.

A series of local groups supporting same-sex marriages in California have a rally and march planned for later this afternoon in Napa.