But the occupancy rate was 56.5%, up from 54.3% the year before, said Clay Gregory, president and chief executive of Visit Napa Valley. In all, Napa County officials said, the major fires here (Atlas, Nuns and Tubbs) killed seven people and burned 69,979 acres. Among the more than 400 wineries in Napa County, Napa Valley Vintners spokeswoman Patsy McGaughy said, five sustained significant damage. Info: Visit Napa Valley, Napa Valley Welcome Center, 600 Main St., Napa; (707) 251-5895Sonoma CountyChristopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times Downtown Sonoma. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)The fires were a catastrophe shared by Napa and Sonoma counties, but the greatest damage was done in Santa Rosa, Sonoma’s biggest city.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 14, 2018 13:52 UTC