Piner’s Nursing Home in Napa sold for $6.25 million and rebranded as Napa Community Health Center, even as a civil elder-abuse lawsuit over a fentanyl overdose moves through county court.
Month: June 2026
St. Helena: where the town’s water comes from
St. Helena’s water runs from an 1878 earthen dam built by Chinese laborers in York Canyon to today’s Bell Canyon reservoir — a 150-year story of dams, droughts, lawsuits and the wine families who started it.
Yountville’s French Laundry faces three labor lawsuits
Three former workers have sued the operators of Yountville’s French Laundry in Napa County Superior Court since March, alleging unpaid hours, missed breaks and off-the-clock work. The restaurant group says it will fight the claims.
The Sonoma County Hall of Justice in Santa Rosa, home to the Superior Court. Photo: Sarah Stierch (CC0).
Sonoma County drops plan to put Measure P update on ballot
Sonoma County supervisors won’t ask voters to strengthen Measure P this November, reversing a plan floated two weeks earlier. The county named auditor Matthew Chavez interim oversight director as it leans on collaboration with the Sheriff’s Office.