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This massive network of wildfire cameras helps California save lives FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 ALERTWildfire technicians work to install a camera at the Kennedy Gold Mine in Jackson, California on April 21.Max Whittaker, Special to the SF ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of5 An ALERTWildfire camera is mounted on the top of the head frame of the Kennedy Gold Mine in Jackson, California.Max Whittaker, Special to the SF ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of5 An ALERTWildfire camera is mounted on the top of the head frame of the Kennedy Gold Mine in Jackson, California.Max Whittaker, Special to the SF Chro...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Jenifer Elchico carries a bike and skateboard during The Salvation Army Kroc Center food and toy distribution event, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic) The Salvation Army brings holiday joy to hundreds of Solano families SUISUN CITY — It took a village to bring a holiday meal and toys to Solano County families. More than 600 families were expected to drive through the Kroc Center Tuesday morning to pick up food and gifts that were provided by those contributing via red kettles, the Angel Tree, in-kind donations and cash. “Very, very challe...

About Napa Valley, where modern American wine began FacebookTwitterEmail NAPA VALLEY’S HISTORY Napa Valley has long been farmland. It just wasn’t always vineyards. Once, its primary outputs were prunes and walnuts. Wine grapes became a part, if not the dominating role, of Napa’s agricultural identity beginning in the mid-1800s, thanks to fur trapper George C. Yount, reportedly the first to plant grapes here. There were about 140 wineries in Napa by the late 19th century, but then came the grape virus phylloxera and, later, Prohibition. The region’s modern history — indeed, American ...