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With the filing deadline for Napa City Council two days away, city of Napa Planning Commissioner Gordon Huether announced he will not be a candidate.

The American Canyon City Council Tuesday voted to approve new city boundaries, cementing a wide-ranging deal with Napa County that settles several land use and resource issues.

Faced with having to fend off a November ballot challenge to approval of a north Napa hotel, a Sacramento developer has pulled the plug on the proposed Kimpton Hotel on Solano Avenue.

FORBESTOWN, Calif. — A wildfire that threatened about 70 homes in rural Butte County more than doubled in size Tuesday when firefighters had to briefly retreat from unpredictable winds unleashed by passing thunderclouds, California fire officials said.

Acknowledging low odds of success at the polls, the Napa County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday ditched a proposal to place a half-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot to pay for local road repairs.

Acknowledging low odds of success at the polls, the Napa County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday ditched a proposal to place a half-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot to pay for local road repairs.

A Napa Superior Court Judge earlier this week set bail for a teen accused of tagging numerous places in Napa.

In the Napa of the future, apartment projects increasingly will be three stories and areas now set aside for industrial or commercial use will be used for housing.

Yountville broke ground on its new community center Tuesday, even as the $10 million-plus building is the center of the political storm in town.

The Napa police are doing their part this Friday to get drunk drivers off the road.

Army Pfc. Jennifer Cole earned many honors in her short military career before her life was cut short last weekend.

On Thursday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that a fiscal emergency prompted him to lay off some 22,000 part-time and temporary workers.

Alex Huntsinger, 12, changes the bedding in his pigs’ pen at the Napa Valley Exposition, on Tuesday. The Napa Town and Country Fair runs today through Sunday at the Expo with a livestock auction scheduled for Saturday.

NOTHING BUT NET — Sky Tabarez, left, goes up for a shot against Geraldo Dominduez during a pick-up basketball game at McPherson Elementary. Late in the afternoon when the weather cools down, the action heats up on two full-courts with players waiting on the sidelines for the next game.

Are you seeing graffiti around the area where you live, work, go for a walk, take a drive or more?

County Supervisors decided Tuesday to drop plans for a November ballot initiative for a half-cent sales tax dedicated to Napa County road upgrades, citing the poor economic climate in California and the nation.