Businesses: Quake cleanup shouldn't deter tourists

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

NAPA, Calif. -- Businesses in California's wine capital on Monday mopped up thousands of dollars in high-end vintages, swept glass from ghostly downtown streets ordinarily bustling with tourists and rushed to reopen in advance of the summer's last holiday weekend, following a severe earthquake that damaged wineries, historic buildings and hotels.

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