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Portrait a Day: 2019 420 images Created 4 Jan 2019

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  • "I have been interviewed for positions in Munich and Zurich.  I am not yet sure where I will go but I am very excited."    -Postdoctoral  researcher, Tommaso Patriarchi, contemplates the new year and his future while waiting for his girlfriend outside a coffee shop with their three year old Pomeranian, Kika, in Davis, CA.
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  • George Brisco unloads supplies in Pleasant Hill, CA.
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  • Carlos Jacinto (left) and his crew: Luis, Francisco and Cesar, landscape a yard on Fairview in Calistoga.
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  • "We're spending the night at Nana's.  We enjoy going there."  -Eight year old Alexander and thirteen year old Victoria prepare for a short trip to their Grandmpther's house in Santa Rosa.
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  • "We're spending the night at Nana's.  We enjoy going there."  -Eight year old Alexander and thirteen year old Victoria prepare for a short trip to their Grandmother's house in Santa Rosa.
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  • Newly minted UCLA cinematographer Andre' de Limur relaxes at the home of Sophie Gullung in Saint Helena, CA.
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  • Vendor Jose Nunez weighs a customer's brussel sprouts on a rainy day at the Saturday Farmer's Market in Calistoga.
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  • Mitzi does her civic duty while clearing leaves from a storm drain on South Oak Street while walking the dog on a very rainy day in Calistoga.
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  • Ignacio Barreda works with my neighbor, Fred Constantine, to clear gutters and remove holiday decorations on School Street in Calistoga.
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  • "I opened my studio two years ago, right after my son went off to college.  We're very busy - it's just what this community needed."  -Yoga instructor Anne Seaver walks her dog, Barney, on a wet afternoon in Calistoga.
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  • "I've been doing this work for the past four years.  Last year I went full-time.  I really love the kids."  -Milaflor Castro waits to assist children crossing at the intersection of Cedar and Berry Streets in Calistoga.
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  • “For the past ten years, I've come up once a month so Kelly can make me look younger.  She's beginning to reach the limits of her creativity!"   -Saint Helena resident Richard Partridge sits for Kelly Giannini in Calistoga.
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  • "I'm a patent attorney in San Francisco but I love coming up here to remodel our 104 year old house - it's much more fun."  Daniel Wiley works on a pergola at the front of his home in Calistoga.
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  • "I'm in my second year at the Culinary Institute of America.  I'm a vegetarian and currently in a meat fabrication class.  I'm trying to work through it."  -Seth Osborne selects vegetables at the Saturday Farmer's Market in Calistoga.
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  • Chris Zinn and Jack Ramsey survey the front of their home while anticipating spring gardening tasks on a beautiful winter morning in Calistoga.
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  • "We're hair dressers, originally from San Francisco. and we just moved here from Vermont.  Check out my blog: Hairdressing and Meditation to Recover from Combat".   -Vaughn and Beverly Hood walk in a light rain on Cedar Street in Calistoga.
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  • "I've been instructing for ten years.  Today is my 39th birthday and I feel great."  -Calistoga Fit owner Jen Jaia instructs at her studio on Lincoln Avenue in Calistoga
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  • Alvardo's Landscaping employee Isaac Santarosa performs tree pruning services on Myrtle Street in Calistoga.
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  • "This is a 2002 Gemcar and it's street legal.  I got it for golf but I love driving it around town."  -My neighbor Bill Gerhard drives his electric vehicle with his dog, Fergie,  on School Street in Calistoga.
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  • "I have four 150 year old oak trees on my property and they drop leaves and branches year 'round.  This is getting old."  -Nanci M. Smith takes a break from blowing twigs off her lot at the corner of Silver and Cedar Streets in Calistoga
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  • "We came to Calistoga in December to see a house and it was the same day as the Lighted Tractor Parade.  That did it, we all decided we needed to live here."   -Jon and Heather Loeb head to the basketball courts behind Calistoga Elementary School with their kids Addelie and Ayden.  heather.loeb@yahoo.com
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  • Santa Rosa resident and La Diaz Concrete employee Emilio Cardosa prepares cement forms at a residence at the corner of School and South Oak Streets in Calistoga.
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  • "I am nearly done with my two years of classes.  I will be happy when its all finished."   -Pausing on the Berry Street Bridge, nine year old Antonio Montanz is headed to Church to attend his First Communion class with his six year old brother Sebastian.
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  • "We came to Calistoga in December to see a house and it was the same day as the Lighted Tractor Parade.  That did it, we all decided we needed to live here."   -Jon and Heather Loeb head to the basketball courts behind Calistoga Elementary School with their kids Addelie and Ayden.
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  • "I travel around the country wearing this.  You wouldn't believe how many selfies I've been in."  Nevada City resident Joe Anderson turns heads in Davis, CA
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  • Retired fireman Pat Cunningham walks his scotch terrier, Islay, near his home in Ronert Park, CA.
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  • "I love it because the assignment was to choose to do a portrait of anyone and she chose me."  Calistoga Elementary School's fourth grade teacher Tegan Henry holds a portrait by student  Itzia Eniquez in the style of artist Amedeo Modigilani.
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  • "I usually work with flowers and, at my age,  this work is a bit much for me.  Still, its therapeutic and a great work-out."   -Carmen Gleffe unloads gravel at a residential project on Cedar Street in Calistoga.
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  • "I grew up in Headsburg.  I started working here a year ago but, soon after, asked to head out on an extended travel.  They let me go but accepted me back when I returned.  This may be the perfect job."   -Jim Town Store employee Megan McCallister stands inside the historic Jim Town Store built in 1895 on Highway 129 in  Sonoma County's Alexander Valley.
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  • "I work for the government.  I go back to work tomorrow and I'm a little bit nervous.  The work has really piled up and I'm not sure what we'll find.   -Brad Darfler sweeps up in front of his house before heading back to San Francisco.
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  • "I bought this house two years ago and have completely remodeled it.  Now it's time to do the outside."   -Len Curti works on the landscaping around his home on Second Avenue in Calistoga.
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  • Alberato's Landscaping employee and American Canyon resident Alberto Flores compacts leaves at a residential site on Myrtle Street in Calistoga.
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  • "I found her when she was working at the book store.  I had a dream about her working for me and I hired her on the spot.  We've been working together for the past 28 years."  -Martha Casselman and her literary assistant, Judith Thomas, tackle projects every Wednesday at Martha's home in Calistoga.
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  • Martha Casselman holds a painting by Pat Branstetter at her home in Calistoga.
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  • "Winters was all apricots when I got here in 1974.  Now, it's all walnuts - a much easier crop.  I'm up and down ladders three times a year.  This might be a labor of stupidity."   -Apricot farmer Jamie Fjord stands outside the ACE Hardware store in downtown Winters, CA.
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  • Field workers remove old growth to prepare for the new season in Calistoga
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  • "I've lived in Calistoga for 56 years.  My husband and I bought 257 acres here in 1963.  It turned out to be a very good investment."  Lydia Kohler samples one of the soups at The Calistoga Art Center annual Soup-er Bowl fund raising event.
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  • "At fifteen years and eleven months, my wife or I need to take him out every two hours.  This might be the end of the line for this little guy."   -Calistoga resident Steve Torrigino stands in his back yard with his dog, Champ.
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  • "Today's my day off and I'm taking advantage of a break in the weather."  Twenty two year old Erik Valencia heads to his mother's house on Fair View in Calistoga.
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  • Linemen with PAR Electrical Contractors inspect a tower along Pine Flat Road east of Hearldsburg, California.
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  • Gardenworks employees Jose and Santiago contemplate what to do after finding an irrigation pipe at the bottom of a large hole while planting at a rediential project at the corners of South Oak and School Streets.
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  • "I worked the fields in this area for 30 years.  Now, I can only do a small amount of gardening around the house."  -Prinitivo Romero transplants a palm with assistance from his son, Hector, in their front yard on Second Street in Calistoga.
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  • Hydro Grill employee Fidelina Rumirez returns from a dumpster run in downtown Calistoga.
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  • During a random "drive-by shooting", groomsmen pose with a vintage Mercedes convertible prior to the Moscati wedding in Saint Helena, CA.
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  • "Pretty much where ever we go, it's chaos."   -Kate Pace  comments about her sons Ryder (5) and Greason (2) as they sprint to board a plane to Kauai at the Oakland International Airport.
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  • "I am a personal assistnt for the 1%, who have muliple homes and one on Kauai.  These flowers will soon greet a family who arrives in the morning."  Tina Glosser selects locally grown flowers at the Koloa Farmer's Market, Kauai, Hawaii.
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  • Mother and daughter pack up after a day at Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii
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  • A young woman waits for the sun, Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii
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  • Kauai Tree Care employee cuts the top of a tree in Hanapepe, Kauai, Hawaii.
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  • Seventy eight year old Portuguese/Hawaiian Vincent Furtado spends his time weaving local reeds into useful items in Hanapepe, Kauai, Hawaii.
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  • "When I go to the beach, I like to be prepared."  Alaskan Bart Simons walks toward the water in Hanapepe, Kauai, Hawaii.
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  • "I do construction and take care of my folks.  If at all possible, I surf every day."  -Kele Hanohano heads home after an afternoon of surfing at Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii.
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  • Mitzi walks on Poipu Beach on a sunny morning in Kauai, Hawaii
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  • "It took me a while to think backwards."  -Local printmaker Charlie Hiramoto displays one of his linoleum cuts at his shop, Kauai, Hawaii.
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  • "There's a point in life when you begin to finally appreciate a woman who loves you.  I need to get home."  -Guitarist and songwriter Darby Slick reflects druing a visit to Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii.  fretlessone@live.com     "Cease and desist.  Do not use these images.  You have used me as fodder in a bullshit "art" context.  I told you that I don't currently have an attorney, but that I am the son of an attorney, and I can acquire representation should I deem it necessary.  Cease and desist, and if any of these images is already exposed in a public forum, remove them immediately."  -Darby Slick
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  • Hula dancers perform at the Grand Hyatt Kauai, Hawaii
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  • Six year old Jack Bolinder checks out the Pacific Ocean at the Grand Hyatt Kauai, Hawaii.
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  • "We've been fishing here since we were three years old."  -Kawika and Ryan (yellow jacket) fish the surf near Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii.
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  • A woman awaits her departure at Lihue International Airport, Kauai, Hawaii
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  • "Since I was a little kid I've always gone nuts when I saw a tow truck.  I like solving problems - being the good guy.  Nineteen years, livin' the dream."   -Tow truck driver John Wilson fills his tank at a gas station in Pleasant Hill, CA.
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  • "I love playing basketball.  My coaches play for the highschool girl's varsity team.  Our team is the Crazy Cats."  -Six year old Isabela Leoner practices basketball in the front of her home in Calistoga.
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  • Jaime Morillo prepares Cement as a crew sets flagstone at a residential project on Second Street in Calistoga.
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  • "My grandmother had arthritis and they started coming up for the baths in the 1940's, eventually moving here.  I grew up in Marin County but we came up all the time.  I moved here twenty five years ago."   -Apartment Manager Robert Doyle walks home after completing yard work at his apartment complex in Calistoga.
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  • At the home of his grandparents, Michael Constantine (right) pauses with his friend, Roland King, on School Street in Calistoga.
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  • Dynamic weight engineer Ray Bolger replaces the cable guides on his tow truck in the yard of Calistoga Towing.
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  • "I'm exercising my new hip while Ari chases sticks.  This is great for both of us."  - Scott Cooper runs his dog on a vacant lot across the street from his home on Myrtle Street in Calistoga.
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  • "It often takes both of us to make a selfie."  Chicago residents Steve and Mary pause to record the moment at Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii.
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  • "Though my cat might disagree, for me, there can't be too much rain."  -Sara Kozel and her assistant, Amanda Peter, walk on Cedar Street on a rainy day in Calistoga.
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  • We’re closing the flood gates as a precaution and closing for the day.  We want to make sure everyone gets home safely.”      -Before heading home for the day, Duckhorn Winery employee Josh Martin sets out signs during a day of heavy rains and flooding near the Napa River.
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  • Life long Calistoga resident Nancy Fisher enjoys having her hair curled each month at Ultimate Kerr in downtown Calistoga.
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  • Jesus Beltran, directs the construction of a deck at a residentail  project on South Oak Street in Calistoga.
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  • "I don't have a back up plan.  I love climbing trees and I want to do this as long as I can."  -Franz Valley Tree Service employee Brian Rector climbs a giant redwood at a neighbor's home on School Street in Calistoga.
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  • Franz Valley Tree Service employee Brian Rector cuts a tree on a neighbor's property on School Street in Calistoga.
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  • Arturo Castillo works in the toasting room at Nadalie USA Cooperage in Calistoga.
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  • Shawn Paris vacuums the stage prior to the opening of the doors at the 2019 Annual Soroptimist International Crab Feed at the Napa Fairgrounds in Calistoga.  shawn@calistogaskincareandwaxing.com
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  • "We moved in about a month ago but, today, we have our new bed delivered.  This makes it official."  -Restaurant manager Scott Trace stands in front of his home with his sixteen month old daughter, Hazel, on Myrtle Street in Calistoga.
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  • Friends and Napa Landscape employees Fleming Martinez (hat) and Jose Jair Rojas prepare to head home at the end of a day's work in Calistoga
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  • "I graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1996 and I've been baking for 22 years."  -Pastry Chef Sandra Coltrin prepares chocolate at Bella Bakery in downtown Calistoga.
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  • "My Italian grandfather was a merchant in the Midwest in the early 1900’s.  He always warned me to never open a business in someone else's building.  After six fabulous years we have been forced out of this location.   I truly believe that as one door closes, another one opens.  There are so many possibilities of things to do! The only thing I will miss if we can’t eventually find a spot  in Calistoga is all the wonderful people I’ve come to know."    -Blackbird owner Nancy Putney-Abernathy will close her shop in downtown Calistoga by the end of the month.
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  • Workers agree to postpone their lunch break for a group  shot with newly completed barrels at Nadalie USA Cooperage, Calistoga.
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  • "Due to all the rain, this is only our fifth practice of the year."  -Coach Earl Caruthers works with members of the Calistoga High School baseball team.  Catcher Joe Valencia, his teammates and Coach Caruthers take a break from their practice to pose for a team photo.
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  • "Yes, it's a cold wet day, but we had to get out of town."   -Concord resident, chef and owner of Planted Table, Lauren Mahlke visits Calistoga with her family and their recreation vehicle.
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  • "I used to play this when I was a kid.  The goals are only 20 feet apart, but I'm totally spent."  -My neighbor Peter Fitzpatrick plays street hockey with his son, Leo, and friend, Dante, in front of their house on Cedar Street in Calistoga.
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  • Second year coach Chenoa Olson test helmets with her new tee-ball team on their first day of practice at Calistoga Elementary School.
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  • Fairmont Hotel Chefs Arwi Odense and Travis Spear attend the annual job fair at the Culinary Institute of America.
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  • “I played softball when I was in junior high school.  As this is my senior year, I decided to go out for the team.”  -Jessica Vasquez warms up at softball practice.
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  • Chief Steve Campbell and Engineers, Ryan Smithers and Jaime Orozco put their new fire truck into service at the Calistoga Fire Department.
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  • "My favorite color is yellow."  -Animal Science major Sophia Hoffman enjoys a warm sunny evening with her border collie, Newt, on Grant Street in Calistoga.
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  • "This barn was part of the Shaddy Brook Resort, advertised as a 'working man's resort' in the early 1900's.  My plan is to save all the wood, rebuild the structure and have a living space on the top floor.  There are those who believe I may be misguided."   -Engineering contractor Jason Pasquetti stands in front of his recently acquired barn at 1998 Cedar Street in Calistoga.
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  • "I planted these as sticks with my friend Joni Stoneberg, 30 years ago.  This was her idea and we were so surprised with every tree lived.  March is when they flower and it is my favorite time of year."  Calistoga resident Barbara Brown stands her flowering plum trees lining her driveway.
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  • Flamenco dancer Savahhah Fuentes performs with musicians Jose Moreno and Pedro Cortes at the Calistoga Arts Center.
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  • Flamenco musician Jose Moreno practices after a Tuesday evening performance in Calistoga.
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  • Middletown plumber Rafael "Rafa" Garcia works on a residential project on Myrtle Street in Calistoga.
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  • "After years of working as vineyard employees, my brother and I started our own small vineyard management company four years ago."   -Daniel Alfara pauses in front of his home in Calistoga.
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  • Five year old Alexia Gutierrezpeers from beneath her umbrella on a very rainy day in Calistoga.
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  • "I'm a skateboarder but this is his first time.  He's a little afraid of the board."  -Thirteen year old Kaia Netter runs her dog, Phoenix, along Cedar Street in Calistoga.
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  • "I saw this suite online and I had to have it."  -Twenty two year old resort housekeeper Roberto Ponce walks along Washington Street on a wet afternoon in Calistoga.
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  • Linus reached escape velocity, broke away from his mother's hand and peddled off on his own - never looking back.   "Our twins, Linus and Gertrude, just turned four yesterday and they each got a new bike.  They're really getting the hang of it!"  -Michelle Deasy assists her son Linus with his new bicycle near their home on Cedar Street in Calistoga.
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  • Professional painters Israel Hernandez (front),  Efrain Choc and Juan Choc, from F.E. Quero Painting of Sacramento, prep a historic residential project at the end of Cedar Street in Calistoga.
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  • Spring flowers are transported at Home Depot in Santa Rosa.
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