TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Truck driver hauling water to firefighters killed – Newest fires strike Sugarloaf area, Rutherford as Nuns Complex spreads over the Mayacamas. Sonoma City battle eases – Updated 8:19 a.m. PDT 10/16/17

• Firefighters say drones interfered with their work — one pilot cited
• Wine Institute Media Update: Wildfires in Northern California
• Napa lifts order to boil water for remaining rural customers
• In Aftermath of Wildfires, PG&E Says Nearly All Electric Customers to be Restored by Late Monday with Continued Progress for Remaining Gas Outages
• Napa fire battle fought Monday in front of gawkers on Highway 29
• Napa Wildfires Update: Hoarse Voices And Cautiously Good News
• Police arrest woman in credit card, checkbook thefts from fire victims

• California wildfire evacuees allowed home as crews search for bodies
• UPDATED: Evacuation information for Sonoma County
• Evacuation shelters close at college, American Canyon
• Mandatory evacuation lifted for Circle Oaks area
• Calistoga slowly returns to life after evacuations lifted
• Napa County lifts evacuations at Berryessa Highlands

• Cleanup From California Fires Poses Environmental and Health Risks
• Return to normalcy seems distant in fire-ravaged Sonoma Valley
• Napa wine growers hopeful after wildfires
• Calistoga picks up the pieces after Tubbs fire
• Wildfires raise fear of a ‘mass exodus’ by residents unable to afford housing
• California wine country tries to get back to business despite wildfire destruction
• 'What are we going to do with people who no longer have a home?'
• How Will We Recover from the Fires?
• Homecomings ease frustration, erase hope

• Sonoma, Napa winemakers need property access to salvage grapes, monitor fermentation
• Sharp decline expected in grape yield due to Sonoma, Napa county fires
• Why the Wineries Affected by the Wildfires in Napa Will be Fine
• Economic Impact of California Wine Country Wildfires: Preliminary Analysis
• Monterey County Hospitality officials come together to accommodate visitors in wake of Wine Country Fires
• Six Misconceptions About Smoke Taint
• Napa Valley workers harvest last fruits of season by night
• A closer look at the 22 wineries damaged by Wine Country fires

• Marijuana could get more expensive after California wildfires wiped out a year's supply of weed

• Fire Recovery Business Resources
• How to get relief from TTB if you experienced damage from Northern California wildfires
• Here are resources for Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Lake fire-affected businesses and employees
• Additional Fire Recovery Business Resources

• Wells Fargo provides an additional $850,000 for California wildfire relief
• Quest Makes Contribution For California Wine Country Fire Relief
• Napa DA offers tips for charitable donations after fire disaster
• Napa Wildfires Update, Part Two: 6 Specific Actions For Moving Forward
• Salvation Army reports meal totals, asks for donations
• First Presbyterian Church offering 2 days of free day care
• Napa County one-stop disaster aid shop opens
• Press, normally a high-end restaurant, serves up comfort foods to first responders and those affected by fires
• California Wildfire Relief
• WA's Red Mountain wineries rally to help people of fire-ravaged Wine Country
• Schools offer aid to Wine Country fire victims
• California Wine Country Needs Your Help
• Fund set up to support Sonoma’s fire victims
• Wine country fires: Buy Napa and Sonoma wines to support their communities

• How the massive firestorm in California became one of the worst in state history
• Forest-thinning project saved homes but highlights obstacles

• Vineyard owners share stories of loss and salvation amid wine country wildfires
• Remembering The Fire Victims
• More Thoughts on the Wine Country Fires

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