Pirates and deckhands filled the Napa High lecture hall Wednesday morning. Each deckhand hoped to learn from the experience and knowledge of the pirates.

As a young child Marguerite Rice, 101, spent her Sundays reading Bible stories and spending time with her family at a special place they called the "Sunday Tree," up the hill from their 26-acre prune ranch on Larkin Way.

Napa County Sheriff's deputies recovered the body of Victor Seminario, 49, of Concord, from Lake Berryessa Saturday evening. Seminario drowned at the lake on Aug. 11, in an area of the lake known as The Narrows.

Resurfacing of many Napa residential streets is taking place. City road crews are applying a chip seal made from a mixture of asphalt and about 6,400 used tires that will be recycled and used for this resurfacing treatment.

The city of Napa's effort to force a Browns Valley property owner to pay back taxes for allegedly renting out two homes to vacationers may bog down because of the property owner's troubled finances, county records indicate.

More than 120 Angwin residents turned out Wednesday evening at the Seventh-day Adventist church on the Pacific Union College campus for the latest in a series of meetings about the future of the mountain community, where PUC has proposed developing a portion of the more than 1,800 acres under its control.

A photo caption accompanying page one article on Aug. 23 regarding a Marine returning from Iraq misspelled the name of a friend of the family. She is Yvonne Harp.

Northbound traffic on Silverado Trail in Napa was diverted for most of the day Thursday as work crews repaired a water and gas line break near Lincoln Avenue.