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Napa County has launched a fuel break blitz to help protect communities from the next big wildfire and it begins with Circle Oaks. Circle Oaks consists of about 200 homes nestled in oak-covered hills between the city of Napa and Lake Berryessa. The rural community faced close calls from the 2017 Atlas Fire and 2020 Hennessey Fire. Chain saws buzzed on Wednesday as workers cut tree limbs and vegetation. Some workers used ropes to climb trees to reach branches high in the air. Support local news coverage and the people who report it by subscribing to the Napa Valley Register. “We're basic...

Napa County is firmly in the state’s orange COVID-19 tier this week, but is some distance from making the leap to yellow. Yellow is the highest tier with the fewest restrictions. A yellow rating would allow fitness centers and winery tasting rooms to further boost indoor capacity, among other things. “Path to the yellow brick road,” is how Dr. Karen Relucio, county public health officer, put it during her pandemic update to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Support local news coverage and the people who report it by subscribing to the Napa Valley Register. For now, the coun...

Napa County might use a high-tech system to try to detect fires soon after ignition, with the hope an early warning gives firefighters the jump they need to prevent raging, massive wildfires. Ten or so poles topped with the artificial intelligence-based IQ FireWatch fire-sensing technology could provide coverage for 94% to 97% of the county, county officials said. The system can detect heat disturbance from fires even before smoke is visible. The concept is that "it’s about as early detection as you can get,” county Public Works Director Steven Lederer said. Support local news cover...

Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight W&B Edge Out Shanklin In Six-Goal Thriller To Go Top By Jamie White Whitecroft and Barton (W&B) have gone top of the Isle of Wight Saturday Football Division 1, after beating title rivals, Shanklin. In front of a crowd of around 200 people at the County Ground, the visitors got off to the perfect start, taking the lead inside the first ten minutes. An out-swinging corner was flicked on for Matt Evans to nod the ball in from inside the six-yard box. Featuring several Wessex League players, the away side doubled their l...

Noah Berger, Associated Press  A firefighter runs past flames Oct. 1 while battling the Glass Fire in a Calistoga vineyard. A local group wants to lease two Fire Boss rapid-response planes to be based in Napa County that can dump water on wildfires. Advocates trying to bring two water-dropping, single-engine planes to Napa County to get a quick jump on fighting wildfires will have their day before the county Board of Supervisors. Supervisors at their Tuesday meeting said they want the issue of the planes equipped with Fire Boss water systems on a future agenda. The discussion could happen as...