The state government has reported a $1.7 billion budget surplus during one of the worst downturns in the country’s history, helped by a $945 million boost in royalty income.
Wildfires Rip Through California Wine Country, Thousands Flee
Tue Sep 29 , 2020
Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes in California’s Napa Valley on Monday as wildfires fanned by fierce winds ripped through the region’s world-famous wine country. Under an opaque orange sky and a sweltering new heatwave, vineyards were consumed and houses devastated by the blaze that erupted at […]
