Calistoga police identified a Napa man Tuesday suspected of killing a Calistoga man on Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco says he’s disinclined to suspend California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage while a lawsuit challenging it proceeds in his court.

Lake Luciana developers delivered a blistering letter to the Napa County Board of Supervisors this week, signaling their intent to sue the county over the decision to reject the championship golf course proposed for Pope Valley.

The two largest Napa public high schools’ career centers may survive budget cuts, but they will do less.

Standing behind four glass cookie jars lined up under a yellow and black market tent, Anne Marie Parker Baker jokes that her new middle name is “the.”

Rodney Friedrich, who’s been trying to build a hotel in South St. Helena since the early days of the Reagan administration, is living proof that persistence pays off.

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SACRAMENTO — The California Senate shut down at midnight Tuesday after failing to approve a stopgap plan to stave off the need for IOUs and ease the state’s $24.3 billion budget deficit.

A memorial service is set for Thursday for Luis Octavio Carrillo, who was shot and killed in Calistoga early Monday morning.

A facial reconstruction bust of a woman whose body was found dumped alongside a Lake Berryessa roadway nearly two months ago has led to the identification of the woman.

Using a facial reconstruction bust, local law enforcement was able to identify a woman whose body was dumped at Lake Berryessa and found in May 2009.

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a fiscal emergency to address California’s deficit and has ordered state offices closed three days a month to save cash.

A 26-year-old Calistoga man was shot and killed early Monday morning on North Oak Street in Calistoga, marking the first reported murder in Calistoga in 22 years.