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Bay Area Family Campgrounds Burned in Rim Fire
Fire only 7 percent contained as of Sunday.

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.
Fire only 7 percent contained as of Sunday.

U.S. Coast Guard responds to incident early Sunday morning.
A weekly round-up of interesting news from the state Capitol.
Free concerts are Friday night through Sept. 13 at Veterans Park in downtown Napa.
Weekend arrests/citations total at least 8 for DUI, 1 felony warrant and 5 license violations.
Pablo Ramirez was shot in April by an NSIB agent in self-defense, report says.
Your Napa Valley weekend: Aug. 23-25, 2013.
Have you seen any of these Napa County suspects?
Jewelry identified as having been sold at pawn shop.
Event, co-sponsored by Safe Schools Foundation, is 5 to 8 p.m. at Compadres.
Man found outside a Sonoma County Sheriff's substation in Boyes Hot Springs in Sonoma Valley.
Fire has so far burned more than 16,000 acres; only 5 percent contained.
Bay Bridge will close Wednesday, Aug. 28 and reopens Tuesday, Sept. 3.
39-year-old transient is arrested by Napa Police.
Joint effort of Soroptimist International of Napa and Community Resources for Children.
4 alleged drug dealers taken into custody.
Napa motorcycle rider suffers head injury in crash.