A Napa County civil grand jury said in June that decades of sediment in the St. Helena water mains had never been assessed and had no repair plan. Twenty-four days later, a bus hit a hydrant.
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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.