Sold out BottleRock music festival draws thousands to Napa

Downtown Napa reverberated with the sound of rock music Friday night as BottleRock re-emerged. The pandemic-delayed festival opened to pent-up demand and new COVID-19 restrictions.

Day one of BottleRock music festival wraps up in Napa
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The three-day event includes headliners such as Guns N' Roses, Miley Cyrus, and Foo Fighters. KTVU Fox 2's Debora Villalon reports.

Nathan Ballard, former Newsom aide, sentenced in domestic abuse case

A political strategist and former aide to Gov. Gavin Newsom was sentenced this week to a six-year, no contact order for domestic violence against his wife and daughter at a Napa Valley resort last year. 

Fire Weather Watch issued for North Bay mountains, East Bay hills

The National Weather Services issued a Fire Weather Watch for the North Bay mountains, East Bay hills and the Diablo range that goes into effect Tuesday. 

Napa joins seven other Bay Area counties with public indoor mask mandate

Napa County on Thursday announced it is joining seven other Bay Area counties and the City of Berkeley with an indoor mask mandate, due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations. 

BottleRock festival will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test

Bottlerock festival will require all attendees to provide proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID test result upon each day of entry, the festival organizers announced Friday.

Napa winery's viral job description sounds 'cult like' to some

Dry Farm Winery's job posting for a loyalty coordinator may seem "cult-like" for some. People who know the industry are not surprised at all.

Napa, Monterey, Santa Cruz counties and others join in recommendation to mask indoors in public

Napa County has now joined the majority of Bay Area counties that recommend its residents wear face coverings indoors when in public to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the highly-infectious Delta variant takes hold. 

Victims killed in Napa County vineyard plane crash were family

The Napa County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the pilot was 73-year-old Robert Nicholas of Murrieta. Also killed were Nicholas’ daughter, Shauna Waite, and her husband, James Waite.

Bay Area red flag warning, dry lightning send extra fire crews to hills

The homes in the hills of Santa Rosa and Napa are where fire crews devoted extra resources throughout the day on Sunday, in anticipation of the 24-hour red flag warning that went into effect that evening.

3 killed in small plane crash in Napa County
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The Friday morning crash happened just south of the Angwin Airport in Northeast Napa, just west of Lake Berryessa. Federal investigators have arrived at the scene of the deadly crash, which is located in a vineyard. KTVU's Christien Kafton reports.

Napa neighbors shocked to learn naturopath accused of offering fake COVID-19 vaccine cards

The case against Juli Mazi began with a tip from someone who claimed she provided his family with pellets to swallow, and claimed they contained tiny amounts of COVID-19, enough to trigger an antibody response.