
Water flows in Carriger Creek in Sonoma County. (Don Ford/CBS)
NAPA, Calif. (CBS/AP) — Last month’s earthquake in California’s wine country has residents marveling at the sight and sound of water running in some local creeks again.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that last week’s 6.0-magnitude quake near Napa had the side effect of pushing groundwater up out of the bedrock and into previously dry streams.
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