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been together, they say they've never been asked to leave an establishment. >> we're a group, we're respectful and have been together 17 years, we go to fine dining establishments. which is what some people want to call the napa wine train. >> she says he were about as loud as any other group of 11 people, so they were shocked to be met by police at the st. helena station, and offended to see this facebook page, which has been deleted. it said, if part following verbal and physical abuse towards guests and staff, it was necessary to get police involved. >> that is untrue. we've never touched anyone. >> reporter: pr consultant sam singer says that post was a mistake. he says the police were never called in to make an arrest. >> the police were called to ensure in case there had been liquor consumption that they were okay to drive home. that wasn't the case, it was
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unnecessary to have them there we're trying to reach these club members and women to apologize in person and set things straight. we want to respect them and we want them to respect and enjoy the wine train as well. >> reporter: he said a guest is asked to leave at least once per month for being too loud or intoxicated but that this situation could have been handled better. one year ago today, imagine a 6.0 earthquake that rocked the napa region and caused a lot of damage. there is much left to be done. fema has yet to add up what the quake did to napa's historic buildings. dan ashley is live in downtown napa with our coverage, one year later. dan? >> reporter: ama, thank you. what a year it has been. i was standing on this spot a year ago, it was a remarkable scene at third and brown.
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main street the next block over just to orient you. so much destruction here, taking a look down brown street, you can see our photographer, mike clark shooting the little coffee shop that could is what i like to call it. the next day they were selling coffee, staying open the whole time though other businesses closed for construction. he imagine the last 365 days they've been selling a lot of coffee to construction workers on this street here doing work in downtown napa. but what a year it's been. i talked with many people who still can feel it in their bones when thinking back about that day and the quake tossed them from their beds, shaking their homes to their foundations and turning buildings like this one behind me, into rubble in many respects. >> live in downtown napa... >> reporter: we were here a year ago amid devastation and destruction of the magnitude 6.0
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earthquake that rattled the city of napa and the bay area, one person was dead, nearly two hup people were injured and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage done. instinctively, we knew at the time would it take years to recover from this disaster and it will. one year later, enormous progress. as the work continues, the community celebrates huge steps to recovery so far. a major milestone, though memories are still raw. >> it was absolutely terrify. >> reporter: can you feel it when you think about it? >> my dog shakes the bed i'm right there, back in a moment. >> reporter: when you think back, do you feel like what it was like? >> i think it's one of the traumatic things that just stays with you. >>. >> reporter: yes. i know you're proud at the way the community came together. >> incredibly proud of how the community has come together.
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>> reporter: so much pride around time. i was a difficult time a year ago. to get to this point, they're pleased and proud of how they've solved some of the problems that were created and had grit and determination to rebuild as they have. after a year, we're getting new statistics that are quite eye opening. according to the california earthquake authority, 28% of the homes damaged had chimney damage. 33% had large wall cracks inside or outside, or maybe both, and 15% of the damaged homes could not be fully reoccupied. now, the napa wineries were especially hard hit, that is the life's blood of the area, of course, millions of dollars in wine, lost. this video is from the trafessin family vineyards. the quake did about $80 million in winery damage. most are now back in business doing what they do so well up
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here in the wine country. well, napa celebrated it's perseverance today and it's grit at the veteran's memorial park. the napa strong event is a thank you for the community for standing together over the past year. the mayor says 85% of the construction is complete, really remarkable progress. city leaders are looking to the future, becoming better prepared for the community's next emergency. they were speaking at that park, which is the next spot over. in addition to the businesses and many of them suffered, we talked about what what happened to the wine industry. some neighborhoods received a lot of damage, too, and they didn't get immediate attention. they had a lot of rebuilding and recovery as well. and wayne freedman is with me in napa and has more on that part of the coverage tonight. wayne? you met homeowners who had a
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tough year? >> i did. according to estimates, 300 families still have some $3 million in unmet repair costs. they knew it's going to be a difficult year, but this difficult? it's caught them by surprise. >> reporter: in napa neighborhoods what you see does not reflect reality. it has not been uncommon to find trailers in front of houses. they're not there for recreation. >> it wasn't like camping. shoes were in the trunk of the car. my clothes in my husband's truck. it was a tough week. >> reporter: it would be the first of many tough weeks in a tough year. you know that saying being underwater with a house? elizabeth's last 52 weeks turned the figureative literally. >> how many feet under were you? . >> i don't know if i can define that. >> reporter: cracks to the pool's plaster. a house, shaken off the
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foundation. a new driveway that got in next week and all from a newly discovered fault line beneath their home. >> how do you feel about that? >> i don't feel special. >> reporter: few people did around brown's valley a year ago today, we marvelled at the collapsed car port in an apartment complex not far away. >> a single. >> reporter: michelle remembers how the quake tossed everything she owned, except for one item. >> my cross. >> reporter: that stayed? >> that stayed in the same spot. >> reporter: in this quake, renters may have been the luckier ones. >> fall into the abyss. >> reporter: that is dr. jeffrey referring to the foundation in this home once owned by clark gable. he's one of the 2% of napa residents who had earthquake insurance. >> huge difference.
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the damage to the property is more than the deductible. >> reporter: that applies to many places and it could have been worse if not for the old growth douglas fir timbers used to build napa in the 1870s, contractor brian jones never could have saved it. >> if it jumped this way, three feet, and came down three feet. >> reporter: what was your reaction when you saw that? >> oh, my god. >> reporter: sounds familiar. >> those 26 seconds changed our lives. >> reporter: 52 weeks later, elizabeth looks at the road back. now, because of the 26 seconds, she and her husband will be retiring later than planned. >> reporter: what if there is another quake? >> the new foundation had better well stand up.
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>> reporter: wayne freedman, abc7 news. good luck to them and thanks to wayne with me here in napa. about 200 people were injured in this earthquake. one person died as a result of what happened. but the number of the injuries were serious, one young victim of the quake is reflecting on the year that just passed. nick dillon broke his hip when a chimney fell on him a year ago. he survived the collapse and has undergone multiple surgeries since. he remembers the moment that quake hit vividly. >> i thought i was going to pass away. many things ran through my head this, is my last moment. there are so many things i wanted to do. so many opportunities i didn't jump on. now, every opportunity i get, i'm going to jump on it. >> reporter: nick is a sophomore at new technology high school, he turns 15 next month. he is grateful for support
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received and believes the quake brought people together. nick is a great young man, glad to say, he's doing really well now. this earthquake did bring the community together in many ways and i'll be here live in downtown napa throughout the hour, when we come back, we'll take a look at one of the other communities, not just napa, hard hit by this earthquake, coming up later on the hour, but ama, for the moment, let's go back to you. >> we'll check back with you, thank you, dan. moving on to other news, some with investments on wall street look at today as buying opportunities. others may wonder what is next? the dow dropped more than a thousand points, then regained almost 900 in the next couple hours. in the end it was the worst day in four years, down almost 600 points. abc7 news reporter david louie says an e-mail from apple may have stopped it from being worse. >> reporter: like most companies apple doesn't talk about sales between quarterly reports but
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ceo tim cook told a financial reporter that sales in china, thought to be weak because of a slowing economy were strong in july and august. that had an immediate impact. >> it stabilized his stock in the first hour of trading and that tended to knock about 700 points off the dow as well. for a while. >> reporter: by the close, the dow was down about 3.5%. the loss of a thousand points in two days left this 69-year-old sarah ward resetting her retirement goal. >> i am the age of getting close to wanting to retire. but, with it going down like that, i don't have that many more years to catch it up. i'll probably work until i'm 90. >> reporter: volatility may continue. the federal reserve signalled an interest rate hike may be on the horizon.
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>> it's been unrealistically low. i don't know why people get upset they may go up. >> reporter: he is one of several people we've interviewed. moef were aware of the nearly 1100-point crop but are not bailing out of the market. >> don't do anything foolish, meaning that you just divest. that would not be wise. so i don't plan to do anything. >> reporter: in palo alto, david louie, abc7 news. well, still ahead tonight as part of our live coverage of the napa earthquake anniversary we're going to take a look at vallejo, almost overlooked after the quake, but now able to make a full recovery. also ahead tonight a controversial plan to take out dozens of trees to make room for a new san francisco muni line. high school band's invitation to play at carnegie hall is jeopardized when a
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good evening, once again. dan ashley live in napa on the one-year anniversary of that 6.0 earthquake. napa got most of the attention in the days and weeks that followed, the city of vallejo got a pretty good shaking as well, we must remember. laura anthony is live with a look at what the last 365 days have been like.
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laura? >> well hi, dan. yes. vallejo had millions of dollars in damage, like this department store behind me. unlike this building behind me, most of it in the past year has been repaired. >> it was just scary. unusual. my dog gave me a warning but i didn't pick up the warning. >> reporter: just 16 miles down the road from napa, vallejo had significant damage during last year's quake. so much so, some thought the epicenter was beneath them. >> i felt a twitch in my house. someone was just shaking. >> reporter: many old mansions on captain's row coughed up their chimneys. the roof of this vacant department store crashed and on tennessee a row of stores had glass shattered. >> we came down to the church. >> reporter: two historic churches had significant damage. one of them was red tagged.
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but not until after a full day of sunday services were held inside. >> it wasn't until monday morning that we had a chance to look deeper and we saw the top of the bell tower separated one side from another. >> reporter: there were 40 structures damaged but recovery came quickly. with few exceptions is nearly complete. >> the napa quake was a wake up call for us. it was a great exercise for our team to understand what might happen when a bigger quake comes. >> reporter: vallejo survived and city leaders learned from it and say they will be better prepared next time. laura anthony, abc7 news. >> reporter: thank you very much, from napa. napa high school is at long last on the road to recovery. it's not been an easy process.
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abc7 news was at st. john baptist high school today as the first group of contractors began work fixing up the school. the 90-year-old building sustained close to $800,000 in damage. repairs were delayed because restoration had to follow policy so there was red tape and protections involved. school officials are hoping the four damaged classrooms will be repaired by the christmas holiday. at least that is their goal. social media played such a big role last year, today, we're seeing compelling images of how napa recovered like this photo from julie barns, tweeting $50,000 later our house is 99% fixed from the damage. that is great news, julie. we invite you to share pictures or video of the recovery effort. post them now with the hashtag abc7 news now. the posts and tweets help us help the city in different ways so we appreciate getting that
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information. i'll be back a little later on in the hour. let's go back to the studio. ama is there. i know you're going to talk about weather what. a great day for the napa strong celebration. >> yes, wonderful event of the people and how strong they've been. they're making their way through this. >> a lovely day to be out recognizing the anniversary of the quake. it doesn't bring back the memories. we have a pleasant evening here in the bay area, sunny skies and clouds have been lurking well off shore for a while. but they haven't made a run at us yet. winds brisk right now. breezy around the bay area, mild to cool, though, here is a live view looking at blue skies. it's 68 degrees in san francisco. low 70s in oakland. mid 70s in san jose. half moon bay, 66 degrees,
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golden gate, clear skies. 78 degrees in santa rosa. and another live view from our emeryville camera looking at western skies. mild to warm through mid week, and there may be a drizzle moving in saturday. higher air mass southeast and cooler to the northwest. we don't have extremes in either direction at the moment but cool air is making a run at us that will drop temperatures going into the weekend. they've dropped rainfall friday morning into saturday. we'll get rain, and that is good news for firefighters. and residents that will improve fire conditions. low temperatures around 60 degrees. tomorrow's highs from upper 60s to mid and upper 70s around the bay. upper 80s to low 90s.
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tag. the price was $6.49. at san francisco, a grocery chain, the cheapest was $3.19. eggs if free range hens can go for more than $ni9 per dozen. >> there have been large dioffs of chickens because of disease. >> the roll out of prop 2, requiring all eggs to come from cage free chickens. they had to build new facilities and pass along costs to consumers. a truck driver from pacifica who lost a license because of a police officer's mistake has it back because of an i-team investigation. gail catrell was given a fix it ticket but got a number wrong on
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the license. the sfpd filed a petition to dismiss the case. >> i just am glad to be done. it's just great to know you can get that help. you know? for them to look at my case. just to really look at it. see what is going on. >> the dmv waived almost $500 in fees. she can't work without the license so viewers chipped in, helping her pay the rent. coming up, a controversial plan to take out dozens trees to make room for a new san francisco muni line. >> reporter: i'm dan ashley live in napa. coming up we're going to visit a napa church that was damaged i
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put a focus on helping our agricultural customers through the drought. when they do an energy efficiency project and save that money they feel it right in their pocket book. it's exciting to help a customer with an energy efficiency project because not only are they saving energy but they are saving water. we have a lot of projects at pg&e that can help them with that and that's extremely important while we're in a drought. it's a win for the customer and it's a win for california. together, we're building a better california.
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controversial plan to get rid of dozens of trees to make room for muni buses. abc7 news has the story. >> reporter: 193 trees from mission street to lom bard are on the chopping block. notices have been sent to neighbors that the oaks and eucalyptuses are scheduled for removal for the rapid transit system that is slated for construction next year. wilt take over the median and one lane in each direction. >> it's going to increase travel speeds by 32% along van ness. it's something tens of thousands of people travel along every day. >> reporter: sfmta plans to replace the mature trees with 400 new ones. still a disappointment to some
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like friends of the urban forest, pushing for a less drastic option. >> the fact they're going to be taking down trees makes us feel better but not great. >> reporter: he says san francisco has a lower percentage of trees than other major stories. the department of public works managed to keep 12 trees standing. >> i wish the trees would win, but the cities has to balance the needs. >> reporter: one tree, this oak dedicated to rosa parks will be relocated. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. a celebration in paris for three sacramento area men who stopped a gunman's plan to rampage on a high speed train. they were bestowed with the nation's highest honor.
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there were frustrated rider as cross the bart system today after a death on the tracks. cell phone video shows this train at 12th street oakland station packed. the pitsberg bay point line was crossing the track when a man jumped in front of the train this afternoon. they reopened it an hour ago. police are investigating a sexual assault case against a city of san jose recreation leader. mark west allegedly had a relationship with a 15-year-old girl he met on line. he has been charged with soliciting and molesting a minor and placed on administrative leave pending the investigation. an east bay sales executive pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud. he resigned last year after being arrested. authorities say he devised a scheme to get mortgages for
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unqualified buyers at the height of the housing crisis. he could face up to 30 years in prison. time now to go back to abc7 news anchor dan ashley in napa on this, the one-year anniversary of the quake, dan? >> reporter: hi, ama. thanks. it's been a dramatic year and a productive year, too. as we've seen tonight, this area, the heart of wine country has come a very long way but in someplaces they have a long way to go. in one particular instance, that really is a matter of choice. once again, with me here in wine country, abc7 news reporter wayne freedman. at the first presbyterian church, this is what the pastor described as their most-important mission. feeding the needy, five days per week. a table ministry. like a fine cloth, napa can count on this.
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they never missed a meal though the building suffered. the devil is in the details. that crooked weather vain used to be a landmark. now? >> it's a reminder of the city of napa. the total damage is $1.5 million to restore the church that hadn't missed a sunday service in 140 years. until the quake. >> were you disheartened? >> the church is the people. it's not the building. >> reporter: napa's first presbyterian church is on the national register of historic places. no wonder tourists visit every day. where they marvelled at architecture, now, she see glass shattered. bones, lay bare. >> wow. more damage than expected. >> reporter: it's more than the damage you see. it's also the kind of damage napa no longer hear. mike gibson led me to where, as
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of last week, the historic bell remained on august 24th. getting it in place and ringable again is symbolic. a new birth, or a rebirth for a community celebrating new ones after the quake. true, the church is the people. not the building. but in practicing their faith, it's members miss their sundays spent in this wonderful place, to preach. >> reporter: napa strong, to be sure. i'll have final matters on my what really matters commentary at the end of the newscast. for now, let's go back to ama in san francisco. >> all right, dan, thank you so much. still to come how did a local high school band get to carnegie hall? fund raise, fund raise, fund
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he was able to make things right. >> thank goodness. carnegie hall? >> it's a big deal. >> yes. it is. the marching band needed to raise $100,000 to send 80 members to new york city. they learned the merchant accepting the discount coupons they bought to sell at the fund-raiser. the band played during the spring semester's closing picnic, invited to perform at the new york wind band festival. they sold these promotional cards and coupons supposed to be good at area merchants. >> businesses didn't know about the card and weren't honoring them. >> the band director says the goal was making $8,000 but sales
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stopped when word got out many weren't accepting them. others declined to talk with us. the confusion left people who supported the fund-raiser unhappy. >> a lot of them wanted their money back. >> suddenly, band members weren't sure if they'd make it to new york. >> we worked hard to get here. >> parents sprang into action but that it wasn't enough to reach the goal. >> i was afraid. this is my senior year. i wanted to be able to do something. >> the families were not able to fund raise the costs down per
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student. >> there was a issue of getting to the cards they didn't sell. the band refused to pay for the cards, but that didn't matter. since hd fund raising had a debit card on file. >> they used our card and took $4,000. >> the band contacted 7 on your side. we contacted the fund raising k. >> all of a sudden, 7 on your side contacted them, i got a call out of the blue from them. >> reporter: after long negotiations, the company agreed to refund $3,000 out of the $4,000 so all 80 members made it to carnegie hall. families who lacked funds were given scholarships from private donations. >> it was earth shaking. >> just a wonderful experience for all of us.
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a bay area woman is overjoyed, reunited with a family heirloom she thought was gone, forever. jonathan bloom explains it happened because of a free website started by a police officer. >> nellie still marvels on the inscription on the painting. signed by the artist to her parents on a trip to paris. >> it just threw me into the forest. >> her mom told her she can have
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it. >> my mother was ill and it was painful. >> she searched and found stolen 911.com. >> post as much information as possible. tell a story. >> the detective created the site in case whoever stole it decides to return it. nellie didn't hear back for months and figured it was gone, but then got a strange phone call from an unknown number. >> a voice said ellen, are you an art dealer? no. >> the caller said he googled and found this. >> as far as i can see it wasn't mistreated. >> i had a lot of vehicles recovered and things like that. but art work, this is the first.
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>> now, she says it earned a prime spot over the fireplace. >> the napa strong celebration is just winding down. cooled down nicely here. it's been a beautiful day for the celebration. we've got sunny skies as dan mentioned. it's cooled down quite a bit. here is a look at the tropical fa civic. we have tropical depression that weakened and moved southwest. it's expected to become a category 1. back to california, sunny skies, warm to hot conditions, highs in the 90s in chico, yosemite.
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100 in fresno. here in the bay area we'll have sunny skies and low clouds. upper 70s around the bay. here is the accu-weather forecast. it's going to be nice and warm. and partly cloudy over the weekend and rainy. light showers saturday. we're hoping for light showers but as the moment, it contain more than that. >> this will reduce the risk of fires which is good and going to cool things along. so here in the bay area we need rain.
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import jared hanes is still working to make the roster, right, coach. hanes has no loss because there are other teams that would love to have this guy. the former rugby star has amazing composure for a guy that never played american football before, never wore a helmet or pads. >> i was looking for a towel because i couldn't see. i get on the field and my head is everywhere. and i lost the ball straight away. the opponent said get there as quick as you can. and i lost the ball. and i turp turned back and was
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just getting my read on the way down. just put my hands out and thought i was going to roll off backwards. just going to do this. >> imagine how good he could be if he threw the ball. mike purcell for a touchdown in the win over the cowboys. purcell has been on the practice squad for a couple years. last night, got to show off some of his moves. >> what is going through your mind? >> oh, made the play. it's a blur. >> love that hair. patriots signed reggie wayne today. wayne spent 14 years with the
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colts. and some banged up receivers. to make a move like this with 37 games in the season. a few base running mistakes and they lead the league. most runners thrown out at the plate. ron washington will take over tonight in seattle. and driver jeff fi wilson died as a result of injuries received in yesterday's race. unfortunately wilson was in the wrong place at the wrong time. parts of his car flew through the air and a large piece of debris hit wilson in the head. it's a one in a million type of thing. he was in a coma and died today. justin wilson was 37 years old.
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abc7 sports brought to you by bank of the west. >> very tragic. larry, thank you very much. be sure to join me atonight at 9:00. the stock market lowering and its impact on u.s. markets at 9:00, then, at 11:00, paying a price. a car insurance company agreeing to pay millions over claims it overcharged women. then, on jimmy kimmel live, guests are bob owedencoat and patricia clarkson. now, final thoughts have dan ashley live in napa. dan? >> reporter: ama, thanks very much. a few thoughts about what really
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matters. what a difference a year makes. a year ago i was standing at the gracious wine country uncorked by that 6.0 earthquake. you know we know we live with this risk here in the bay area. we never expect it to happen somehow. they didn't here in wine country. over three decades on the job and i have never ceased to be moved by the compassion of strangers in a time of crisis and resilience of people when disaster strikes. whenever it happens, good people volunteer time, donating services and goods and knock on doors to make sure strangers are okay. just the first week after the quake, literally hundreds of volunteers came out to help strangers begin the process of clean up and recovery. they hauled away debris, distributing supplies and did everything to help people who needed it. i saw the same kindness and
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concern after hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and fires. the columbine high school shootings. here in wine country there is a lot of recovery work to be done but they're doing it. they've made great progress. with the next disaster, good people will jump into action as they do. bad things happen sometimes in the world. often at the hands of bad people. what matters is that good always wins in the end. doesn't it? always love to hear what you ti. follow me on twitter and facebook at danashley abc7. from now, reporting from napa, i'm dan ashley. >> great to hear from the people there. dan, thank you very much. we'll see you later tonight. i'm ama daetz, be sure to look for breaking news on twitter on abc7 news bay area, from the entire news team, have a great evening. >> thank you.
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