It's fire season, and there are fires. The Geyser fire is raging in Sonoma County not far from where we drove through last week; the Chronicle reports that Alexander Valley is full of 'acrid smoke.' Since Sunday more than 14,000 acres have burned.
Blogger Dori Smith lives nearby; she's writing and worrying...the California Fire Department has 2,6000 people working and says it will be 100% contained by Tuesday.