"Northern California Quake: 'It's a Disaster'"

"NAPA -- Many people awakened by Sunday's earthquake described it as long, rolling, almost gentle. Near the quake's epicenter in the North Bay, however, it was anything but soothing.

'It's a disaster,' said Will Wright, surveying the broken wine bottles spread across the floor of the Bounty Hunter restaurant in downtown Napa. 'But we'll clean up,' he said. 'We'll get through it.'

Erica Gregory, who was brewing coffee while working by herself at the 24-hour Shell gas station on Highway 29 in Vallejo, said items started to fly off the shelves when the 6.0-magnitude quake hit just northwest of nearby American Canyon at 3:20 a.m."

Jill Tucker, Suzanne Espinosa Solis, Henry K. Lee and Kevin Fagan report for the San Francisco Chronicle August 24, 2014.

SEE ALSO:

Many quake stories on the San Francisco Chronicle front page

"California Wine Country Shaken By 6.0 Quake, Dozens Hurt" (Reuters)

"Napa, Calif., Gets Back To Business After 6.0 Quake" (USA TODAY)

"Damage From California Quake Could Top $1 Billion" (New York Times)