Most of the nursing homes in Napa County have avoided serious violations during state inspections in recent years, while others are alleged by state regulators to have abused and, in some cases, endangered their residents. However, state health inspectors are slow to make public their findings on allegations of health and safety violations.

Opal Daniels knows the end is coming sometime soon. Her ailing kidneys, she says, make her heart problems seem tame by comparison.

Pleasant Care Napa nursing home failed Bob Harrison.

They were dancing in the conference room at Queen of the Valley Hospital on Saturday.

Napa Valley kids are surrounded by vineyards, see wineries on the side of the county's main thoroughfares and often have family members who work in the wine industry. Now, a group of Calistoga kids too young to drink will be able to play a constructive role in Napa's wine world.