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Napa officials are considering what residents want in their next police chief. City manager Steve Potter, himself the former chief, is studying the results of a public survey from June, and he hopes to set a specific plan by the end of the month for picking a new chief. “I see tremendous value in including the public,” Potter said. “I really want to thank all the folks who took the time, whether they were employees, Latinx community members, Napa community, business community, just for ta...

BBC News By Robert Plummer image captionPaul Hollands favourite Black Sabbath album takes pride of place Paul Holland has seen some upheavals in his life over the past year, but his music collection of vinyl albums and CDs has helped him to get through tough times. "Its been massively important," the 35-year-old from Bracknell in Berkshire told the BBC. "Its always there, always accessible when you need it. Thats why I like having physical copies." Pauls collection actually straddles two contin...

BBC News By Robert Plummer image captionThe UK still buys £115m worth of CDs a year Supermarket giant Sainsburys says it has decided to stop selling CDs and DVDs as streaming services take their toll on sales of the products. A spokesperson said Sainsburys customers increasingly went for music and films online instead of buying the shiny silver discs. The firm said sales were being phased out, although it would continue to sell vinyl records in some stores. CD sales have shrunk in the past dec...

A more eco-friendly petrol is coming to filling stations in the UK - but it's not suitable for all cars.

Megan Aubuchon is a decade ahead of the national average in completing a key life goal: buying a home. "It was a really cool opportunity to close out on a home, especially as a first-time buyer," said Aubuchon, 23, after she was able to buy a new home in north Springfield earlier in May. The median age for first-time homebuyers is 33, according to the National Association of Realtors. Aubuchon, though younger than the typical homeowner, is one of many nationwide to take advantage of historica...

BBC News By Robert Plummer image captionWeezy was the first app-based rapid grocery delivery service to launch in the UK "Im amazed it hasnt been done earlier by some of the big supermarket chains," says satisfied customer Kiran Wylie. "To be able to deliver supermarket-quality food within 10 minutes is very enticing." The 28-year-old communications manager lives in Hackney, one of the London boroughs that form the new battleground of grocery shopping. If you live in the right part of the count...

Law enforcement in the United States appears to be at a turning point. The proliferation of video cameras has brought the reality of police brutality and misconduct to the wider public consciousness. It has also highlighted the often unrealistic demands we place on officers, particularly dealing with untreated mental illness and substance abuse, for which a badge and a gun is a poor solution. It is clear that the nature and role of policing needs to be rethought. Even relatively quiet and secur...

Sylvia Macrae Moir, a former chief of police in Arizona and California, will lead Napa Police while the city looks for the next permanent head of local law enforcement. The City Council unanimously approved the 55-year-old Moir as acting police chief at its meeting late Tuesday afternoon. Moir, the first woman and first openly gay person selected for the role in Napa, will replace Robert Plummer, who was the city’s first Black police chief and retired Jan. 1 after a 2 ½-year tenure. Alt...

The successor to Napa’s first minority police chief may be — at least in the near term — the first woman to lead city law enforcement. Sylvia Macrae Moir, who spent four years as chief of police in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe, Arizona before resigning in October, will become interim chief of Napa Police pending an approval vote Tuesday by the City Council. The candidacy of Moir, whose law enforcement career has spanned more than three decades, was disclosed in a council meeting a...