This massive network of wildfire cameras helps California save lives
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ALERTWildfire technicians work to install a camera at the Kennedy Gold Mine in Jackson, California on April 21.Max Whittaker, Special to the SF ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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An ALERTWildfire camera is mounted on the top of the head frame of the Kennedy Gold Mine in Jackson, California.Max Whittaker, Special to the SF ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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An ALERTWildfire camera is mounted on the top of the head frame of the Kennedy Gold Mine in Jackson, California.Max Whittaker, Special to the SF ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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ALERTWildfire technician Andrew Main mounts a camera to the head frame of the Kennedy Gold Mine in Jackson, California.Max Whittaker, Special to the SF ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
DAN BERGER
If you parsed the worldâs wine grapes into three categories based on widely acknowledged quality, a tiny percentage would be called âgreat,â a few would be very good, and the rest, in the many thousands, would be ordinary just or drinkable.
The Hollywood connection
Working for merchant Dennis Overstreet, Randall was exposed to common-grape greatness. And it was there that he drew connections to paradigmic enological history that only wine lovers of many decades experience ever see. Some never do.
During his retailing days, he had access to classic examples of current wines as well as earlier vintages. That provided him a unique perspective.