New and unusual wines from Geyserville in Sonoma County
Brad Beard of Mercury Wines talks about one of their newest Chardonnay based creations ... The Orange. One of the very few white wines fermented on the skins. This one will change the way you think about winter whites.
RAW VIDEO: The Soda Rock Winery burns in Kincade Fire
The ornate stone-fronted tasting room and main building of the historic Soda Rock Winery in Healdsburg, Californiia caught fire around 3 a.m. Sunday, hissing and percussive booms could be heard emanating from the structure.
About an hour later, the building was fully engulfed, as massive flames shot up from the roof of the building, blew out windows, and ripped through the interior.
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Kincade Fire: 2,000 people evacuated, 10,000 acres burned
A wind-driven wildfire east of Geyserville is spreading rapidly, already consuming more than 10,000 acres, prompting evacuations of 2,000 people and threatening wineries that dot the area.
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Kincade Fire: Cal Fire and Sonoma County Sheriff's Office update
The blaze ignited near where PG&E cut power to thousands of Sonoma County residents on Wednesday.
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Large, fast moving wildfire in Sonoma County prompts evacuations
A rapidly spreading wildfire in Sonoma County driven by strong winds has prompted evacuation orders for residents east of Geyserville.
The Kincade fire is an estimated 300 acres and has no containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. It is being driven by strong north winds and is moving south, a Cal Fire spokeswoman said Wednesday night. It started in a mountainous area near Kincade Road and Burned Mountain Road, according to preliminary information.
An evacuation order is in place for Geysers Road to California 128, Pine Flat Road and Red Winery Road.
Sonoma County emergency officials sent out an alert to residents about 10:47 p.m.
“There is a fire near Pine Flat Rd and Cervieres Rd. Evacuate now towards Healdsburg,” the alert read.
Residents are advised to leave immediately if they are on or near these roads.
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California wildfire: An apocalyptic scene is emerging in Southern California
California’s biggest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, on Friday admitted its electrical equipment may have ignited the ruinous wildfire spreading over the northern state’s wine country, despite blackouts imposed across the region to prevent blazes.
The disclosure came as firefighters simultaneously battled flames in both northern and southern California: the fire amid Sonoma County’s vineyards, called the Kincade Fire and a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed homes near Los Angeles, in Tick Canyon in the Santa Clarita valley, labeled the Tick Fire.
The fire near the northern California town of Geyserville has burned at least 49 buildings and 34 square miles and prompted evacuation orders for some 2,000 people, the Associated Press writes.
It was driven by the strong winds that had prompted Pacific Gas & Electric to impose sweeping blackouts affecting a half-million people in Northern and Central California. Power was restored to most people by Thursday evening, PG&E said.
PG&E resorted to shut-offs after fallen power lines and other electrical equipment were blamed for several blazes in recent years that killed scores of people, burned thousands of homes and ran up billions of dollars in claims that drove the utility into bankruptcy.
PG&E CEO Bill Johnson said it was too soon to know if the faulty equipment sparked the fire.
He said the tower had been inspected four times in the past two years and appeared to have been in excellent condition.
Investors were leery, though, and PG&E stock fell more than 20 percent during the day.
In shutting off the electricity, PG&E cut power to the distribution lines that supply homes, but not to its long-distance transmission lines.
High winds in northern California had died down on Friday morning they are expected to pick up over the weekend, with gusts of 40 to 60 mph in many places. PG&E warned it may black out an even larger region.
PG&E chief meteorologist Scott Strenfel said Northern California could be in for the strongest offshore winds in years.
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California Chaos: Gov. Gavin Newsom grapples with wildfires, blackouts and more
Despite coming into office with a budget surplus of around $36 billion and enjoying favorable approval ratings, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first year in office has been anything but tranquil.Newsom, who spent the previous eight years as lieutenant governor to Democrat Jerry Brown, has in the first 10 months of his term had to take the helm in dealing with a slew of pressing issues from a massive homelessness crisis and rising housing costs to sky-high gas prices and decaying roads. STRENGTHENING WINDS INCREASE SIZE OF MENACING KINCADE FIRE Now, with the state entering its traditional fire season, Newsom is grappling with massive wildfires everywhere from Los Angeles to the state’s storied wine region, while also fighting to limit blackouts by Pacific Gas & Electric Corp., the state’s largest utility provider -- in what is posing a complex and urgent challenge for his administration. “The next 72 hours will be challenging,” Newsom said during a press conference over the weekend. “I could sugarcoat it, but I will not.” GEYSERVILLE, CA - OCT. 25: Gov. Gavin Newsom surveys a home destroyed in the Kincade Fire, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, in Geyserville, Calif. (Karl Mondon/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images) On Monday, fire crews across the state were battling a blaze in the star-studded hills around Los Angeles, forcing thousands of people to flee in the middle of the night and destroying several large homes. Up north in the Sonoma wine country, firefighters were trying to get a handle on an almost week-old blaze that doubled in just a day to at least 103 square miles. Adding to Californians' frustration was PG&E beginning another round of fire-prevention blackouts that are expected to affect nearly 600,000 customers in 29 counties, or about 1.5 million people, and leave them without power for possibly five days or more. PG&E’s move comes as the company admitted that a PG&E transformer malfunction and one of its power poles falling over may have been responsible for two smaller fires that broke out in the San Francisco Bay Area over the weekend. Despite acknowledging that it was in part his own responsibility to make sure blackouts did not happen, Newsom has roundly criticized PG&E and the state’s other utility companies’ failure to modernize electrical systems. He said shutting off power shouldn't have to be the alternative in a state that is so technologically advanced. MANY HOUSEKEEPERS, GARDENERS WENT TO WORK DESPITE GETTY FIRE EVACUATION ORDER: REPORT I have a message for PG&E: Your years and years of greed. Years and years of mismanagement. Years and years of putting shareholders over people. Are OVER, Newsom said Friday on Twitter. California’s Republican lawmakers were quick to point the blame at Newsom and the state’s Democratic supermajority. “[Gavin Newsom’s] FAILURE: 180,000 evacuated and 1 Million without power due to Democrats' INACTION to clear excess vegetation and secure power lines,” former Republican state
Thousands Told to Evacuate Homes Due to California Wildfires | Viral News
Punishing Santa Ana winds that pushed fires into Los Angeles-area neighborhoods, burning six homes, were expected to last through Friday, October 25 and could prompt more power shutoffs to hundreds of thousands of people.
The wind-whipped blazes broke out Thursday in the Santa Clarita area and the largest remained uncontained. As many as 50,000 people were under evacuation orders.
In Northern California, a fire near the wine country town of Geyserville burned 49 buildings.
No injuries were reported but fire officials say a firefighting helicopter was struck by a bird and its windshield damage, forcing it out of the fight until Friday. Southern California Edison, which cut power to more than 31,000 customers Thursday, was considering additional power cuts to more than 386,000 customers.