Major wine industry groups are calling on Napa County to explore running its own fire department for rural areas, rather than contracting with Cal Fire to do the job.
The groups also endorsed the countyâs recent decision to explore creating a quarter-cent sales tax ballot measure for wildfire prevention. They advised the county to strengthen local firefighting capabilities.
âIt is apparent that this multi-layered issue requires a multi-pronged solution,â the groups said in a July 9 letter.
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Wildfire season is here and Napa County is considering whether it needs another locally-based water-dropping helicopter to try to prevent the next Glass or Hennessey fire.
Cal Fire recently based a former U.S. Army Boeing Chinook helicopter retrofitted to hold water at Napa County Airport. But that helicopter can be called to other counties in the region.
On Tuesday, the county Board of Supervisors will discuss if more should be done. It will discuss going out to bid for a helicopter to serve the county for the rest of the fire season.
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Kayla Maynard of the American Canyon 4-H club exhibited her pig
Chunk for bidders at Saturday s annual Napa Junior Livestock
Auction, which took place in the pavilion of the Napa Valley Expo.
After a one-year swtich in 2020 to an online format in response to
the COVID-19 pandemic, the auction returned to an in-person event
with seating for more than 500 people.
Howard Yune, Register
Auctioneer Randy Parnell took bids from an audience gathered at
the Napa Valley Expo pavilion during Saturday s Junior
Livestock Auction, which returned to the fairground on Third Street
after the 2020 event was moved online due to the coronavirus