Property owners at a Lake Berryessa subdivision have managed to stop a proposal to increase water and sewer rates, a hike that Napa County officials said was essential to maintain water and sewer services.

The price of building a new house could rise by $2,240 if Napa Sanitation District approves a proposed hike in the connection fee paid by developers of new homes.

A Napa County caregiver protests a proposed cut in pay in 2008. A federal judge ruled on Friday the state couldn’t cut pay for home care workers, but county officials said they are not canceling a discussion of a new agreement between workers and the county on Tuesday.

Three men and a juvenile were arrested early Thursday morning in Calistoga on suspicion of vandalism after police found graffiti near the city’s Little League Field, according to Calistoga police.

The district attorney is urging residents who fell for an alleged reassessment scam to demand their money back.

Saturday is a Spare the Air day in the Bay Area, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the agency that monitors air quality.

A Napa woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of causing moderate head injuries on her partner, Napa police reported Friday. The incident took place in the 100 block of Brown Street.

An 18-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl were arrested Friday after police stopped the truck the woman was driving without the vehicle’s lights along Trower and Linda Vista avenues, according to Napa police.

LOS ANGELES — Police investigating Michael Jackson’s death looked into his medical treatment Friday, seeking to interview one of the pop king’s doctors and seizing a car that they said may contain drugs or other evidence.

The judge overseeing the Copia bankruptcy case slammed a creditor in the complicated proceeding Friday, even as the case inched closer to resolution.