Containment on the 6,803-acre Pickett Fire in Napa County has grown to 17%, Cal Fire officials said Tuesday. The marine layer extended Monday night into the Pickett Fire’s footprint,while temperatures ...

Though the cause of the North Bay region’s largest wildfire so far this year remains under investigation, Cal Fire officials have been working in and around a Napa County site where emergency dispatch ...

Here’s one to put on your calendars right away. The fourth annual Doors Open California event, sponsored by the California Preservation Foundation, has just announced its full schedule of events ...

The Pickett Fire, which has burned more than 6,800 acres in Napa County since last week, has caused at least $65 million in crop losses, according to preliminary estimates from the county agricultural ...

Authorities on Tuesday lifted all evacuation orders and warnings connected to the Pickett Fire, which has burned 6,819 acres in east Napa County. Orders for five zones and warnings for two others were ...

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Every month or so, at the headquarters of Amy’s Kitchen in downtown Petaluma, the exterior picture-box windows are employed as a kind of walk-by art gallery. The six sidewalk-facing windows feature an ...

Fire crews Sunday were able to keep Napa County’s Pickett Fire within its established footprint of more than 6,800 acres across mountainous terrain and strengthen and expand containment overnight, ...

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Let's talk about, “Weapons,” Zach Cregger's latest hit mystery/thriller/horror, which is still drawing crowds after two weeks in theaters. “Weapons” combines a realistic character-building mystery ...

More than 300 people attended a fundraiser with author Blair Imani and Internet-famous librarian Mychal Threets on Aug. 9 at Copperfield’s Books in Petaluma, according to event organizers. Imani is ...