MARISA ENDICOTT THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Fire crews made gains Friday in their battle against the Pickett Fire in Napa County, even as the blaze grew to more than 3,000 acres, making it the largest

Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties will likely be impacted by smoke from the Pickett Fire, the Air District said Thursday.

The fire was reported before noon at Highway 175 and McKinley Drive near Middletown. Thirty minutes later, authorities spotted a bloody man on Highway 29.

LATEST Aug. 22, 8:20 a.m. A wildfire burning in rural Napa County nearly doubled in size since Thursday night, scorching 2,133 acres in less than 24 hours.

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:13 a.m. in Napa County, California. Heitz Fire has been burning on private land. There is currently no information about the containment efforts for the fire and its cause has not yet been determined.

Timothy Schultz, who is awaiting trial on a child abuse charge linked to the drug poisoning death of his 3-year-old son, was attacked Sunday in the Napa County jail, according to county authorities.

Parents, teachers and former students packed a tiny Napa County school board meeting Tuesday, urging leaders to drop a plan that singled out LGBTQ+ lessons — and they did.