SF News Bail Set for $1.5M for Napa Mother Arrested In DUI That Left Two Kids Dead A mother who was arrested and charged with DUI and vehicular manslaughter last week made her first court appearance Monday after being released from the hospital in Napa County.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Pro Artem Chigvintsev Won't Be Charged In Napa Domestic Violence Case The Napa County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday that Artem Chigvintsev will not face charges relating to a domestic violence arrest last month that made national headlines.
SF News Toll Fire In Napa Burns 50 Acres, Prompts Evacuations We now have a wildfire near Calistoga that broke out Tuesday morning, and it has grown to 50 acres and counting in the area of Old Lawley Toll Road.
Arts & Entertainment Napa’s Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa Returning for Labor Day Weekend, Thankfully Without Dave Chapelle Emceeing The Blue Note Jazz Festival is somewhat scaled-down, moved to later in the summer, and is not bringing back Dave Chapelle, but still boasts an impressive lineup featuring John Legend, Andre 3000, and Jill Scott.
SF News Napa Considers Moving ‘Welcome’ Sign Because Too Many People Run Across Highway 29 to Instagram It A Napa County Instragam trap is causing worries that it could become a death trap, and the county is considering moving its picturesque “Welcome” sign because of unsafe behavior by motorists and pedestrians seeking pictures of it.
SF News Fault That Caused Massive 2014 Napa Earthquake May Be Far More Dangerous Than We Realize New geological research indicates that the West Napa Fault, which caused the destructive and deadly 2014 Napa quake, may be nine miles longer and potentially much deadlier than previously thought.
SF News Car Theft Suspects Caught In Oakland After Leading Police on 40-Mile Chase, Throwing Tools at Cop Cars A 2:30 a.m. Friday morning car chase started when two auto theft suspects were allegedly casing cars in Napa County, and police chased them all the way to Oakland, despite that the suspects were hurling construction tools at the police vehicles along the way.
SF News Napa Homeowner Allegedly Stabbed By Trespasser Pulls Knife Out of His Own Back, Stabs Suspect A Napa County resident engaged in a seriously cinematic act of self-defense on Saturday morning, attacking his attacker with the same knife he was stabbed with.
SF News Wildfire Season Already? Four Fires This Weekend In Bay Area and Beyond Spur Concerns This weekend's Snell Fire in Napa County is now 100% contained after burning 103 acres, but despite this year’s rainy winter, a weekend of several NorCal fires has officials warning that precautions are still very much necessary.
SF News 103-Acre Snell Fire in Napa Now 80% Contained, Cal Fire Confirms [Updated] The vegetation fire is just southeast of Middletown in Napa County, but forward progress has been stopped and there are no reported injuries or damage.
SF News Floods Force Road Closures Across Bay Area; Ducks Were Swimming On I-580 In Oakland The latest round of storms have left flooded roads that have stranded hundreds in the Santa Cruz Mountains, with flood advisories in effect for several Bay Area counties, and a flooded I-580 in Oakland was taken over by a paddling of ducks.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Snowfall In Napa Causes Travel Woes On Hwy 29 Snow fell on part of Highway 29 in Calistoga last night and immobilized some cars; a sinkhole swallowed an SUV in San Mateo; and infectious disease experts are watching the growth of a new U.S.-borne variant of Omicron.
SF News Remains of Two-Year-Old Boy Who Police Say Was Killed In Oakland Found In Napa Oakland police are investigating the possible murder of a toddler two days before Christmas, whose body was later found buried in a shallow grave in Napa County.
SF News RH Drops $25 Million on Napa Resort Full of Crumbling, Formerly Glorious Structures Napa’s Soda Springs resort has been out of use and in disrepair since the 1960s, but RH (formerly Restoration Hardware) just bought it for $25 million and hopes to put it back on the map as a winery and resort.
SF News 12 People Need Rescue When Napa Fair Double-Ferris Wheel Breaks Down Mid-Ride Children as young as eight years old were stuck in the sky when a ride malfunctioned Saturday night at the Napa Town & Country Fair, requiring a fire department ladder truck to get them all down safely.
Arts & Entertainment New Belgium Brewing Trolls Napa Residents With Highly Implausible Beer-Themed Amusement Park Proposal A bizarre alcohol-themed amusement park proposal called Voodoo Ranger IPA Action Park claims it’s “Coming Soon to Napa,” and residents are already organizing against it, though the whole thing may just be a sudsy publicity stunt.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Napa Wildfire Reaches 570 Acres, Evacuation Order Lifted The Old Fire in Napa is now 15% contained and Tuesday's evacuation orders have been lifted, Oakland is limiting rent-controlled rent increases to 3%, and the Marin sheriff has agreed to stop sharing license plate data from highway cameras with federal agencies.
Arts & Entertainment BottleRock Announces 2022 Lineup With Metallica and Pink for Memorial Day Weekend, Tickets On Sale Tuesday It’s back to Memorial Day Weekend for the Napa Valley music festival BottleRock, and tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday, with Metallica, Pink, and Twenty One Pilots headlining.
SF News Newell Fire In Napa County, Possibly Caused By Arson, Reaches 132 Acres The Newell Fire, which began as a quickly moving grass fire Monday evening in American Canyon and was soon threatening homes and American Canyon High School, is 60% contained and only reached 132 acres as of Tuesday morning.
SF News Cal Fire Investigation Comes Up Short on Evidence, Can't Pinpoint Cause of Last Year's Glass Fire The official cause of the Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties last fall will remain undetermined pending the revelation of more conclusive evidence, and Cal Fire investigators say they have not found enough to make a determination.
SF News Napa Man With 'White Privilege Card' and Accomplice Charged With Plotting to Blow Up Democratic Headquarters 45-year-old Ian Benjamin Rogers of Napa and 37-year-old Jarrod Copeland of Vallejo are in some hot water over their Trump-fueled rage following the 2020 election.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Napa Suddenly Has More Vaccine Shots Than People Who Want Them A San Rafael man was arrested after allegedly attacking his roommate and her daughter with an axe, Newsom will address the drought today, and Napa suddenly sees a drop in vaccine demand with plenty of supply.
SF News Eight of Nine Bay Area Counties Now In 'Orange' Tier The future is looking cautiously brighter as of Tuesday in the Bay Area, now that Sonoma, Napa, and Contra Costa counties have all graduated to "Orange" tier status, and people can go back to drinking at outdoor bars without ordering food in eight out of nine Bay Area counties.
SF News [Update] Veterans Home In Yountville Locks Down on Report of Armed Woman; No Suspect Is Found Three years after a former patient at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville shot and killed three women, the complex is on lockdown following reports of an armed woman on the campus.
Arts & Entertainment Two Napa Brothers Build Mini Version of Disney's Matterhorn Rollercoaster In Their Backyard A pair of brothers up in Napa have constructed a rollercoaster in their backyard, which one person can ride at a time, styled like Disneyland's Matterhorn, complete with abominable snow monster.
