Topic: Napa

Minimum wage: San Francisco tops $10 an hour

Minimum wage for workers in San Francisco will be $10.24 in 2012. San Francisco is the first US city to have a minimum wage over $10 an hour.

JetBlue flight sits on tarmac for seven hours. Will anyone be fined?

Airlines can be fined $27,500 per passenger for flights that sit on the tarmac for more than three hours. But critics say enforcement has been too soft. The JetBlue delay could be a test.

'Girl Talk' youth program counters school bullying with mentoring

As a teen Haley Kilpatrick felt the sting of school bullying herself. She started the youth program 'Girl Talk' to stand up to it.

Obama adminstration, Eric Holder will not stand idly by if Calif. voters legalize marijuana

Attorney General Eric Holder said the Feds would vigorously enforce federal law against anyone carrying, growing or selling marijuana if voters pass Calif. Prop 19 to legalize the drug.

Mentoring juveniles before they become adult criminals

Law school graduates Whitney Louchheim and Penelope Spain founded Mentoring Today, a Washington, DC program where volunteers are mentoring juveniles, trying to help keep them out of jail in the future.

A glossary of Asian vegetables and how to prepare them

Don't overlook these tasty vegetables for American menus.

A quiet revolt against heirloom tomatoes

Foodies and gardeners swoon over the old-fashioned varieties, but sometimes they can be mealy and bland.

The Transplanted Gardener in the Big Valley, distracted by little landscapes

Brentano's Paris shuts its doors

New networks take nature’s pulse

Outdoor advances such as low-power chips and tiny solar panels let computers get a breath of fresh air.

Schools tap '21st-century skills'

To prepare students for a fast-changing future, teachers are reaching beyond the R's.