• Pickett Fire threatens wineries in Napa Valley, California

    The Pickett Fire has burned 2 642 ha (6 531 acres) of land north of Calistoga, Napa County, California, since August 21, 2025. Nearly 200 residents have been forced to evacuate, and multiple prominent wineries in the Napa Valley are under threat.

  • “South Napa” M6.0 earthquake mapped from space

    ESA's fledgling satellite Sentinel-1A has been used to map the rupture caused by strong M6.0 earthquake that hit San Francisco Bay Area on August 24, 2014, the largest earthquake to impact the Bay Area since the 1989 M6.9 Loma Prieta earthqu

  • Inside the “South Napa” M6.0 earthquake

    On August 24, 2014, the northern San Francisco Bay Area was struck by the largest earthquake to impact the Bay Area since the 1989 M6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake. "South Napa" M6.0 earthquake occurred west of mapped traces of the West Napa Fault, the most