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Got Coffins? Entries Now Accepted for Napa Valley Coffin Races Saturday, Oct. 26
Entry deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 23; Limit is 75 teams.

I grew up in Philadelphia, but I moved to the West Coast in 1989 and have been here ever since. I started out in Portland, Oregon, later migrating to Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area. I lived in the North Bay for about 10 years, where I was a reporter for the Marin Independent Journal.
I left Marin in 2006 and spent time at newspapers in Oregon and Washington state before returning to the North Bay, this time in Sonoma County at Healdsburg Patch. In March 2013, I transferred to the editor post at Napa Valley Patch.
I am passionate about sharing my journalism skills and experience to enhance the lives of people in Napa Valley.
Entry deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 23; Limit is 75 teams.

Have you seen any of these Napa Valley Crime Stoppers fugitives?
Event will include free, no-questions-asked firearms disposal.
Federal park employees were back to work today after a 17-day government shutdown forced closures of 401 National Park throughout the United States.
Napa Valley commuters switch to ferry from Vallejo or 37 west to the Golden Gate Bridge.
Breast Cancer Awareness fundraiser runs 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday in Yountville.
Driver was a 80-year-old Calistoga woman.
Napa Valley Weekend, Oct. 17 through 20, 2013.
Special place welcomed by vets, students, community.
Stocks rise on last-minute agreement.
Ceremonies to take place 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23.
Napa City Council wants more local contractors included.
Yountville's Walker & Bowes Glass Pumpkin Patch opens for previews today through Friday; opening reception is 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday.