Napa Valley’s air quality plunged into “very unhealthy” territory for a time Wednesday, even in the south county which had escaped the worst of Glass Fire smoke. Air quality in the city of Napa started off “healthy” Wednesday, but degenerated into the

The death toll from a wildfire raging in northern California’s Cascade foothills climbed to four on Wednesday as firefighters battling that blaze and another wreaking havoc in wine country near San Francisco braced to confront a new bout of high winds.

Diminished winds across northern California assisted fire