THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY
A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance
JULY 19, 2019
WINE QUEST Calera, Eden Rift wineries worth the trip P6 CALENDAR OF EVENTS P8 | WILDFIRE PREPARATION P14 | REAL ESTATE P19
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EDITOR’S NOTE
A wine journey “Wine is a quest,” Laura Ness writes in her cover story this week (page 6), and she certainly took an adventure. Ness visited two wineries on the edge of San Benito County: Calera Wine Company and Eden Rift Vineyards. She describes their long-standing histories and unique wine-making methods. As Ness points out, their location can’t be beat. Also in this issue, we highlight a
new business that recently formed in Hollister. White Mountain Inventory creates an inventory of one’s home belongings for insurance purposes in case of a disaster. With wildfires becoming deadlier and more frequent, its an unfortunate reality California homeowners have to prepare for. ERIK CHALHOUB
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OUT & ABOUT HOLLISTER
KITE FLYING Fly a Kite at Vista Park Hill to celebrate National Parks and Recreation Month. R.E.A.C.H. San Benito Parks Foundation invites everyone to put the afternoon winds to work. Attendees are welcome to bring their own kites or use one of R.E.A.C.H. SBPF’s. Assembly will begin at 3:30pm and kites will be airborne by 4pm, Tuesday, July 23 at Vista Park Hill Park, 498 Hill Court. For information, visit tinyurl.com/y2wnqcqx.
GILROY
BENEFIT CONCERT The third annual “The Squeeze” benefit concert will feature headliner Cripple Creek Band. Guests will enjoy a night of country and Southern rock music, dancing, beer, wine and food. Guests will also have the chance to enter the mechanical bull riding competition for a chance to win prizes. Must be 21 or older with a valid ID. All proceeds will benefit Rebekah Children’s Services. Saturday, July 19, 5:30-11pm at Gilroy Gardens, 13050 Hecker Pass Highway. For tickets, visit thesqueezeconcert.com.
HOLLISTER
STREET FESTIVAL
FLYING HIGH
The sky will be filled with colors in celebration of National Parks and Rec Month at the Fly a Kite event July 23.
The Hollister Downtown Association is presenting the 33rd annual Street Festival Car Show. This year’s event features two stages of live entertainment and music, more than 200 vehicles on display and a Kids Zone. It also includes free watermelon, vendors, refreshment concessions, raffle prizes, free admission, free parking and more. Saturday, July 20, 10am-4pm in Downtown Hollister. For information, visit downtownhollister.org/street-festival-car-show.
PAICINES
ART OF EATING JULY 19, 2019
“The Art of Eating: A Farm-to-Table Benefit for the Arts” features a fourcourse open-air dinner showcasing locally sourced food and wine, a farm talk, live music and more. Guests are encouraged to bring their own artistic plates to the event. All proceeds benefit the Arts in Education Program, which brings the arts to more than 6,000 local students every year. Sunday, July 21, 5-8pm at Paicines Ranch, 13388 Airline Highway. Tickets are limited. For information and tickets, visit sanbenitoarts.org.
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Somewhat east of Eden San Benito wineries Calera and Eden Rift a worthy quest for wine lovers BY LAURA NESS
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ine is a quest. And making great wine is the quest of a lifetime. Just ask Josh Jensen, founder of Calera Winery, one of the world’s most renowned producers of pinot noir. In 1974, he purchased a stunning, water-starved, bleak piece of land in the wilds of San Benito, as far off the beaten path as one can possibly get in these parts, precisely because he believed in its potential. It possessed the holy grail of limestone, making him hopeful that he could craft fine pinot noir in the style of Burgundy from this middle earth of heat and stone. � 10 JULY 19, 2019
WHAT A VIEW Visitors to Calera Wine Company can take in this view as they sip wine.
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PAINTING WORKSHOP
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The Impressionist and Post Impressionist periods will be explored at the painting workshop, “Painting with the Masters and Georgesse.” Students will develop an understanding of composition and color mixing, and better control over acrylic painting and oil pastels, while working from world-renowned paintings. Upon mastering the technique of their favorite impressionist painter, students are invited to create original paintings from their own reference photographs or still lifes. All materials are included in the $35 workshop fee. Friday, July 26, 5-7pm at ARTspace ANNEX, 217 Fifth St, Hollister. For tickets and information, visit tinyurl.com/yy8uvc6y.
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HOLLISTER RECYCLING EVENT San Benito County residents are invited to San Benito County Integrated
Waste Management’s Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Event. This free event, held the third Saturday of each month, allows participants to bring up to 15 gallons
or 125 pounds of hazardous material per trip, and recycle it free of charge. Saturday, July 20, 9am-noon at John Smith Landfill, 2650 John Smith Road. For information, visit tinyurl. com/y5g8kyr4. MARQUEE EVENT Calera Wine Company’s marquee event features live music, Spanish-themed food pairing stations with seasonal tapas and Calera’s summer sippers. The event is also an opportunity to tour Calera’s caves and taste barrel samples from future vintages and current release offerings. Saturday, July 20, 1-4pm at Calera Wine Company, 11300 Cienega Road. Reservations are required, guests must be 21 and over to attend and pets are not permitted at this event. For tickets and information, visit duckhorn.com.
LEGO CLUB Children of all ages are invited to Lego Club at the San Benito County Free Library. Children only need to bring their imaginations, Legos will be supplied and snacks will be provided. Sunday, July 21, 2-3pm at San Benito County Free Library, 470 Fifth St. For information, visit sbcfl.org. ART CAMP At STEAM Summer Art Camp, inspired by the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) movement, campers will create hands-on art projects that bridge different disciplines in new ways. This condensed three-day summer camp workshop offers two sessions, 10am-noon for 5- to 7-yearolds and 1-3pm for 8- to 13-year-olds, Tuesday-Thursday, July 23-25, at ARTspace ANNEX, 217 Fifth St. Registration is $50 per student,
SUPERHERO 5K
ARTIST SHOWCASE
including all materials and a snack. For information and to register, visit sanbenitoarts.eventbrite.com.
Smokin Summer Celebration, featuring live music by Anthony Presti and food by Smoking Pig BBQ Company. Attendees will choose from several barbecue entrees, including a vegetarian entree option, as well as classic barbecue style sides and Dorcich Family Vineyards wines. Saturday, July 20, 4-7pm at Dorcich Family Vineyards, 11775 Watsonville Road. For tickets and information, visit dorcichfamilyvineyards.com.
Superheroes of all ages are invited to join the Superhero 5k Run/Walk and Kids’ Fun Run. Trophies will be awarded for timed Fastest Finishers and Team Costume Contest, and the first 400 runners to cross the finish line will receive a customized medal. Registration includes a cape and commemorative T-shirt. Saturday, July 27, 8-11am. Race start and finish is located at 649 San Benito St, Hollister. For information and to register, visit hollistersuperhero5k.com.
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
MORGAN HILL MUSIC SERIES Morgan Hill’s
GILROY SMOKIN CELEBRATION Dorcich Family Vineyards is hosting its free, family-friendly
DOWNTOWN LIVE Gilroy’s family-friendly Downtown Live free concerts return Thursday nights, with live music, vendors and a kid zone. Food trucks will also be onsite for hungry attendees. Attendees are advised to bring along folding chairs and dancing
shoes. Americana band Low Noon will hit the stage Thursday, July 25. Downtown Live will be held Thursdays, 5-9pm in Downtown Gilroy. For information, visit tinyurl.com/y5zhlg66.
FELTON MOONLIGHT TRAIN PARTY Roaring Camp’s Moonlight Dinner Train Party will start the night with a barbecue dinner followed by a leisurely train ride aboard vintage railway cars. At the Bear Mountain stop guests will sit around a glowing campfire while enjoying hot cider and entertainment as well as hot apple pie and a live band on their return. Vegetarian options will also be available. Saturday, July 20, 6-10pm at Roaring Camp, ➝ 11
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LIVE TUNES The Shawn Andrews Band will perform a night of blues and classic ’70s tunes. This blues band is roots-oriented yet contemporary, with infectious grooves, vocal harmonies and an overall powerful sound. Saturday, July 20, 9pm-1am at Daisy’s Saloon, 213 Third St. For information, visit shawnandrewsband.com.
2019 Friday Night Music Series– Rockin’ the UpBeat Vibes, runs Fridays through Aug. 30. The event features music, booths offering local goods and services, local wines, and free admission and parking. No outside alcohol permitted; beer, wine, food and more are available for purchase on site. All food proceeds from this event will benefit community youth scholarships. Friday, July 19, 6-9:30pm at Morgan Hill Downtown Amphitheatre, 17000 Monterey Road. For information, visit morganhill.org.
El Teatro Campesino’s fourth artist showcase, Palabra/Word, features a weekend full of live theater, music, poetry and more. New and returning artists will take the stage. All tickets will be $10 and sold at the door. Open seating in the theater will begin 30 minutes prior to performance times. Thursday-Saturday, July 25-27, 8pm and Sunday, July 28, 2pm at El Teatro Campesino, 705 Fourth St, San Juan Bautista. For information, visit elteatrocampesino.com.
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WINE EXPERTS Christian Pillsbury (left) is the proprietor of Eden Rift Vineyards and Cory Waller is the winemaker.
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Ask also Christian Pillsbury, who in 2017 rescued a spectacular 230-acre vineyard nearby. The property, most recently called Pietra Santa, has a view of a great uplift of crinkled mountains called the Swanson Bluff, just to the east. It’s a dramatic white cliff of crumpled rock visible from the windwhipped hillside vineyards that ring the Eden Rift estate. Pillsbury fell in love with the epic scale, the sweeping views, the eternal calm. The land here, brooding under fog and gleaming in the blaze of sun, rewards the eye with vastness. He called it Eden Rift, being somewhat east of Steinbeck’s fabled Eden of the Salinas Valley, and proximal to the San Andreas fault. This property was once owned by Almaden Wine Company, one of its many caretakers since it was
first planted in 1849. It was also owned by Hiram Walker for a time. The only other winery close by is DeRose, with whom Eden Rift shares a driveway. DeRose has some of the oldest vineyard plantings of cabernet franc and zin in the state, and also a very rare varietal called Cabernet Pfeffer, known for its almost sneeze-inducing black pepperiness. Accessing great wine is also a quest. You don’t stumble on these wineries in the wilds of San Benito County unless you are looking for the Hollister Hills off-road park and pass it accidentally. Wine tasting here is an intentional pilgrimage. Eden Rift and Calera share a boundary with the old limestone mine for which Calera was named: it means “limekiln” in Spanish, and that symbol on the Calera label is just that: an old limekiln.
Both wineries make pinot noir their raison d’etre. Both wineries share more than that, though: The winemakers are brothers. The elder, Mike Waller, is at Calera; the younger, Cory, is at Eden Rift. They both have plenty of toys, keeping rivalry at a minimum. At Eden Rift, visitors can taste daily (11am-4pm), in the classic old Dickinson farmhouse, named for the man who purchased the property in 1906, expanding planted acreage until Prohibition put an end to the party. This vineyard site has continually produced wines for 170 years, and is the oldest planting in San Benito County. When it was planted, the property was then part of Monterey County, and precedes Chalone Vineyard by 70 years. Browse the historic trove of old photos and tear sheets from the properties’ storied past in the
paneled dining room, or just sit outside and drink in the tranquil vineyard setting, surrounded by vines much older than yourself. Something for every taste is available on the menu, with a range of price points, but don’t miss the Pinot Rosé, Terraces Pinot Gris, the Terraces Chardonnay, the Reserve Pinot and the Dickinson Block Zinfandel. Each one, well-crafted by Cory, is exemplary and speaks of place. Calera, also open daily (11am-4:30pm), provides a different perspective, as you look down from its lofty perch, upon sand dune-like alluvials of white limestone. Climb to the top of the crush pad of this seven-level gravity operated winery and you totally grasp the concept of how winemaking of any scale was done before power and pumps. It all flows naturally down from destemmer to press to tank and barrel Then there are the caves lined with barrels, some bearing inscriptions of exhausted yet celebratory harvest crews commemorating the vintage, not unlike petroglyphs on a rock wall of a canyon depicting the success of a hunt of a long ago. The single-vineyard pinots here are the stuff of legend. There’s the ripe red cherry velvet of Jensen, the rhubarb, strawberry, white pepper and autumnal potpourri of Reed, the voluptuous cassis-laden and tannic de Villiers, and the plummy, savory earthiness of Mills. The Mt. Harlan Chardonnay walks a line between stone and tropical, yielding a wine of precision and depth. This piece of paradise, somewhat east of Eden, lies 15 minutes south of Hollister. Your cell service and GPS will probably peter out, but you’ll know you’re almost there when you see the DeRose tasting room on your right. Take the next right and follow the signs to the house by the palm trees on your right. Just a little over a mile past Eden Rift on Cienega Road, you’ll come upon Calera. It’s a quest worth making. Eden Rift Vineyards is located at 10034 Cienega Road in Hollister. For information, visit edenrift.com. Calera Wine Company is located 11300 Cienega Road in Hollister. For information, visit calerawine.com.
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9 GARLIC FESTIVAL Celebrating 41 years of family fun, the Gilroy Garlic Festival features three days of garlicky food, celebrity chefs, live music and entertainment on three stages, a children’s area, arts and crafts and more. At Gourmet Alley, famous “Pyro Chefs” put on a flame-up show and hundreds of volunteers prepare garlicky gourmet dishes, cooking competitions including the Great Garlic Cook-Off, and beer and wine tasting. FridaySunday, July 26-28, all day at Christmas Hill Park, 7050 Miller Ave, Gilroy. For information, visit gilroygarlicfestival.com.
WETLAND WILDLIFE
Watsonville Wetlands Watch presents its first annual Wetland Wildlife Family Night. This free event features a live bird show, free snacks, children’s games and many live animals that attendees will have an opportunity to see and touch. Open to the entire family, this event is also accessible and bi-lingual. Saturday, July 27, 6-8pm at Patrick J. Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center, 500 Harkins Slough Road, Watsonville. For information and to register, visit watsonvillewetlandswatch.org.
5401 Graham Hill Road. For information, visit roaringcamp.com.
EVENTS
SUMMER DANCING San Benito County Arts Council and Hollister Recreation have partnered to present Dance @ Dunne. Get moving at a Zumba class and stay to learn a new style of dance beginning at 6:15pm. This program is free, and all ages and abilities are welcome to attend. Friday, July 26, 5:30-7:30pm at Dunne Park, 600 West St, Hollister. For information, contact the Arts Council at 831.636.2787 or info@sanbenitoarts.org.
CAMP NIGHT Gilroy Gardens is hosting a Camp Out and Movie Night inside the park in honor of the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Attendees will camp overnight and then enjoy Gilroy Gardens the next day. This campout features a family movie shown in the park’s amphitheater. Packages include three meals, movie with free popcorn and park admission the following day. Saturday, July 27, 4pm at Gilroy Gardens, 3050 Hecker Pass Highway, Gilroy. For information, visit gilroygardens.org. COMEDY NIGHT Comedian Jeff Applebaum will headline The GardenShoppe’s Comedy Night
WOMEN OF SONG Crēdo Studio is presenting its Women of Song music series. Attendees will be treated to a pairing of music, food, wine and art. Gypsy Soul will take the stage with their soulful blend of roots, pop, blues, soul and jazz Saturday, July 27, 7:309:30pm at Crēdo Studio, 1 Polk St, San Juan Bautista. For tickets and information, visit tinyurl.com/ y3ns2jxe. QUEEN TRIBUTE Queen Nation, a tribute to Queen, takes the stage at Hollister Concerts at Pepper Tree Ranch. Queen Nation is a tribute act with a mission to pay homage to the golden age of Queen concerts. Opening performance will be by Billy Idol Tribute, Idol X. Barbecue items, beer, wine and soda will be available for purchase. Saturday, Aug. 3, 6:309:30pm at Pepper Tree Ranch, 500 John Smith Road, Hollister. For information and tickets, visit hollisterconcerts.com. FRAMING A STORY The San Benito County Arts Council presents its new photography exhibition, “Framing a Story, a Fine Art Photography Exhibition.” This exhibition of local photographers features photographic essays—sets or series of photographs intended to tell a story, more so than through a single image. View the exhibition through Aug. 4 at ARTspace ANNEX, 217 Fifth St, Hollister. For information, call 831.636.2787 or email marisanned@yahoo.com.
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VINES & VIBES Guglielmo Winery presents its summer concert series, Vines & Vibes. Attendees are invited to bring a picnic dinner or purchase a meal onsite and relax while enjoying a bottle or glass of Guglielmo’s award-winning wine. Area bands will perform throughout the series. Attendees must be 21 or over, and no outside alcohol is permitted. Wednesday, July 24, 6-9pm at
Guglielmo Winery, 1480 E. Main Ave, Morgan Hill. For information, visit guglielmowinery.com.
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVING Fremont Peak’s expansive views and astronomical observatory will be on display with public programs. The Solar Public Program offers the chance to view solar weather, sunspots and prominences with special telescopes and filters. An evening public program features a media presentation and the opportunity to observe the night sky through a 30-inch telescope. Both programs will be held Saturday, July 27; the solar program runs 2-5pm and the evening program is 8pm-midnight or later at Fremont Peak Observatory, San Juan Canyon Road, San Juan Bautista. For information and updated program times and availability status, visit fpoa.net.
on the Patio. Food, beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks will be available for purchase at the show. Attendees are invited to bring their own food, but outside beverages are not allowed on the property. Cocktail hour begins at 6:30pm and comedians will begin at 7:30pm, Saturday, July 27, at The GardenShoppe, 364 Seventh St, Hollister. Space is limited. For information, visit tinyurl.com/ y5ryp37l.
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TAKING INVENTORY A new business creates an inventory of one’s home belongings in case of a disaster.
Home inventory business launches JULY 19, 2019
By ERIK CHALHOUB
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ohn White remembers living in San Jose when the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake struck the state. He had just gotten home from his job at IBM and was turning on the TV to catch the World Series. “It started like a freight train,” he recalled. Soon, everything hanging from the walls and placed on shelves came crashing down, shattering as they slammed on the floor. White estimated that he lost about $4,000 worth of items. Many people who experienced that earthquake would consider him lucky.
The incident got him thinking: How many people made insurance claims but didn’t have an inventory of their things? Chances are, many people didn’t receive their full claim, simply because they didn’t know everything they had. The idea of forming an inventory business remained in the back of his mind throughout his three-decade career with IBM. Now retired for a year and living in Hollister, White launched White Mountain Inventory on July 1. Using the Complete Home Journal software, White inputs photos of any and all items throughout a
home. The software then creates a detailed inventory report, from which room in the house a certain item is located in to serial numbers and other information crucial to an insurance claim. When one makes an insurance claim for damaged, lost or stolen property, the insurance policy requires the claimant to show the quantity, description and possibly the amount of loss associated with each item. “People don’t remember what they’ve accumulated over the years,” White said. White said he is offering the services, which are priced depending on how intensive the inventory is, to homes and small businesses in San Benito County and the South Valley. He plans to expand its reach as the business grows. White added that there aren’t many other similar businesses; the closest one he found is in San Diego. Such disaster planning is an unfortunate reality for California residents. According to statistics released by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, insurance claims topped $9 billion in losses suffered from the deadly Camp, Woolsey and Hill fires in 2018. The recent 6.4 magnitude and 7.1 magnitude earthquakes in Ridgecrest were a reminder that a devastating earthquake could strike at any time. “With climate change, natural disasters are getting worse,” White said. White, an Army veteran, earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and mathematics from the University of South Dakota, and a master’s in industrial engineering from Florida Institute of Technology. His 30-year career at IBM saw him hold positions of software engineer, project manager and program manager. For information, visit whitemountaininventory.com or call 831.902.9535.
Locals enjoy savings on admission this summer Evenings by the Bay Make Saturday nights special this summer with live music and amazing food. Locals pay only $25 per adult and $15 per child after 6 p.m.
Summer Sundays Spend your Sunday afternoons with us. Locals are invited to arrive after 2 p.m. to save $10 on each general admission.
Remember to park in the Downtown East Garage (340 Tyler Street, Monterey) and hop aboard the MST trolley for a fast, fun and free ride to the Aquarium!
For more information, visit
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PREPARING FOR WILDFIRE
Unclutter the gutter residents to harden their homes against embers and/or to maintain those ember-resistant features, and to practice ember-safe housekeeping and landscaping. For information, visit www.emberaware.com.
Tip No. 2: Unclutter the gutter
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CLEAR THE WAY Remove all dried leaves, pine needles or other materials from rain gutters before fire season.
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Dried leaves in gutters are easily flammable By DWIGHT GOOD
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o matter where you live, the most common reason homes burn during a wildfire is because embers land on something easily ignitable around the home. Remove leaves and pine needles from your rain gutters. Make changes now to reduce the ember threat to your home. Most people believe that wildfires ignite homes through direct contact with flames, but it is rare to
have a home ignite this way. Flaming brands and embers can travel a mile or more ahead of the active front of a wildfire and up to 60 percent of wildland/urban interface home ignitions result from embers. Most of the activity that makes a home less vulnerable to ignition focuses on the home and its immediate surroundings. The Ember Aware campaign is intended to educate people on the risks of ember cast and the actions they can take to reduce those risks, to encourage
Rain gutters attached to the edge of your roof are perfect for catching embers during wildfire. Burning embers can land in the gutters, and if they are filled with dried leaves, pine needles and twigs, a fire can start and possibly ignite the roof, roof sheathing and fascia. Even houses with fire-rated roofs are vulnerable to this type of ember attack. Rain gutters made of vinyl will melt and drop into flower beds, igniting plants next to the house and maybe even combustible siding. To keep your home safe, we suggest that you: • Remove all dried leaves, pine needles or other materials from your rain gutters before fire season. Over the winter, debris often accumulates in them. • Keep a ladder handy and check your rain gutters throughout the fire season, cleaning them out as necessary. • If a wildfire is approaching and there is no time to clean out the debris, plug the rain gutter downspout with a tennis ball or something similar so that the rain gutter fills with water. Fire Marshal Dwight Good, MS, EFO, serves the Morgan Hill Fire Department, South Santa Clara County Fire Protection District and CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit. He has 24 years of fire service experience. For questions or comments, email Dwight.good@fire.ca.gov or call 408.310.4654.
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on the second floor, where they are joined by two full baths. The kitchen includes a Viking six-burner range, Sub Zero refrigerator, wet bar and more. Other amenities include a three-car garage, a three-quarter-acre lot and a small pond complete with a waterfall. The home is listed at $989,000 by Realty World-South County. For information, visit tinyurl.com/ y2qf2dn8.
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