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Office Of The Governor Gov. Schwarzenegger Directs Coordinated Firefighting Efforts and Resources to Combat Wildfires Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has directed the California National Guard and all state ...

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More than 500 fires sparked by lightning were burning across Northern California Sunday as firefighters struggled against rough terrain and rising temperatures.

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CalFire says that approximately 120 area firefighters based in San Diego County are getting ready for deployment to Northern California to fight hundreds of fires.

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Lightning is the cause of many of the 400 or so fires burning around Northern California today.

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A grass fire burning since 4 p.m. Saturday in the Twin Sisters area of unincorporated Solano County spread to 750 acres and prompted mandatory evacuations.

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A vegetation fire in unincorporated Napa County burned about 25 acres and two outbuildings Thursday, according to fire officials.

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You hardly use it anymore. But you pay for it. It takes up room. It's on day and night, burning energy.

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A teen accused of killing a 16-year-old Fairfield boy said Wednesday he wished he had gotten into the car and driven away a year and a half ago, rather than taking and shooting a .22-caliber pistol outside an ...

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Honoring accomplishment in the face of adversity, Napa's Valley Oak High School graduated 49 students at Memorial Stadium Tuesday morning.

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Senetek PLC - Senetek PLC Announces Key Personnel Appointments Monday June 9, 10:09 am ET A dedicated Chat Room for Senetek PLC, has been created at STOCKWIRE.com to discuss this news event.

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First Street in Napa will be closed on either side of the Napa River starting today as a bridge replacement project gets under way, the city of Napa announced.

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Given today's depressed housing market, is this the time to be approving a new townhouse project on Redwood Road? This concern and doubts about the salability of three-story homes got batted around by the Napa ...

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Agriculture protection, housing and traffic will likely be core issues in the Napa County Board of Supervisors District 5 November run-off, the two top winners said.

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"There is no subject more interesting to every man than the subject of government.

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Napa County voters rejected Measure N, an ordinance that would have capped growth in the county, according to unofficial final election results on Tuesday night.

The measure needed majority approval to pass. The vote was 51.8 percent against and 48.2 percent in favor, a difference of 684 votes.

Voter turnout in the county was 29.5 percent of registered voters.

The six-page measure would have limited the amount of new residential development built annually to 1 percent of the county's housing stock, and would have required 15 percent of residential developments to qualify as affordable housing.

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Your News: Handsome Harry's hosting summer wine dinners Submitted by Kathy Prutos 12:12 a.m., Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Larry Luizzi Jr., general manager at Handsome Harry's Third Street Bistro, announced today the ...

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Napa police are looking for the driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed a toddler over the weekend.

Police say 2 1 2-year-old Mattea Reynolds was found unconscious along a curb on Old Sonoma Road early Saturday morning and later died from her injuries at the hospital.

Family members say the child wandered off from their apartment around 5 a.m., and her grandmother had reported her missing.

Witnesses to the crash say they saw Mattea walking alone on the road when she was hit by a 1980s sedan.

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