Sonoma County

Mario Gongaro Castaneda, 53, died Tuesday evening about 7 pm, as he brought his garbage cans to the curb in front of his Petaluma home.

The Glass Fire is only 2% contained Tuesday evening, but there were signs of progress helped by milder weather, Sonoma County officials said at an online briefing.

Here are organizations supporting Glass Fire victims and rebuilding in Napa and Sonoma counties.

The Glass Fire began Sunday as three fires that merged and drove vineyards and mountain areas into eastern Santa Rosa. 

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District, BAAQMD, has extended its ongoing Spare the Air alerts through Friday as the wildfires in Napa and Sonoma counties continued to rage.

Along with the 80 homes destroyed -- 52 in Napa County and 28 in Sonoma County -- 32 other structures have been destroyed in the fire and 10,712 others remain threatened, Cal Fire officials said.

Breezes replaced the powerful gusts that sent the Glass Fire raging through Napa and Sonoma counties Sunday and Monday, scorching more than 66 square miles.

Several school districts in Sonoma County canceled classes Tuesday, even virtual ones, because of the wildfires and evacuations in the area.

Fires in Napa and Sonoma Counties have forced thousands of people to evacuate to avoid the flames.

New fires broke out in Sonoma County on Sunday, leading to evacuation orders in Santa Rosa.

The school said all activities and classes, including ones held online, are canceled for the day. No other information was immediately available

It's not known what penalties, if any, are in store for Rodney Strong Vineyards, the winery south of Healdsburg where the Jan. 22 spill of 97,000 gallons of cabernet sauvignon took place.

And with temperatures and wind increasing, the National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for the North Bay hills beginning Saturday morning and continuing through Monday evening. PG&E has already warned they may have to shut off power if the winds get too strong. 

There weren't any evacuations ordered.

According to authorities 41-year-old James Watkins was driving a 2011 white Toyota Prius when it went off the road, over the pavement and hit a 53-year-old man.

The robbery, reported to police at 3:45 p.m., left the woman with several injuries and she was taken to the hospital.

The suspect is possibly armed with a knife, according to police.

About 100 people took part: parents, students and teachers who are upset that the pandemic will keep everyone out of the classroom until 2021, regardless of the progress the county makes in its Covid-19 data.