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Scooping up a heaping load of black mud, an excavator ripped through a 100-year-old earthen barrier between the Napa River and a 1,400-acre swath of former salt ponds Wednesday afternoon, marking the final step in one of the largest wetlands restoration projects in U.S. history.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, will be in American Canyon on Monday to attend a ceremony during which city officials plan to name a future hiking trail after him. The 2 p.m. public ceremony will be near the corner of Eucalyptus Drive and Wetlands Edge Road.
America's worsening statistics for childhood obesity are a national shame, but don't blame the kids, speakers at a Queen of the Valley Medical Center forum said Thursday.
Instead of demonizing overweight kids, which only makes the problem worse, this country needs to re-examine dysfunctional aspects of today's culture, health-care workers said.
Today Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) was joined by 29 other members of Congress in introducing legislation to protect clean energy initiatives that are important to homeowners in California and the rest of the country.
Rep. Wally Herger wants to junk the new federal health care law, saying small businesses are under siege and "looming devastation" awaits the economy.
Rep. Dan Lungren opts for a more incremental approach, proposing to scrap some reporting requirements for small businesses contained in the law.
Rep. Mary Fallin (R-Okla.)