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Wine Auction Raises $160,000

St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church’s Cellar Classic event co-chairs Steve Pepe (co-owner of Clos Pepe Vineyards) and Brooks Firestone (owner of Curtis Winery) have gratefully announced that the 3rd Annual Cellar Classic: An Auction of Rare & Fine Wines, held on Saturday, July 28, 2012, and attended by 150 guests, raised an estimated net of $160,000—the largest single-event fundraiser in church history. (The first two Cellar Classics in 2010 and 2011 raised approximately $103,000 and $118,000 net respectively.)

Changing Climates

California weather is influenced by the entire Pacific basin, but subtle shifts in the jet stream, increased hurricanes from Mexico, and more can make a world of difference along the West Coast.

Ditching the Press Corps

Perhaps Americans should get beyond the dated concept that the White House press corps in aggregate is tantamount to the public relations arm of the Democrat National Committee.

Rape Is Rape

What is “legitimate” rape?

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