Pumpkin from Pleasant Hill wins grower $10,650
Giant Pumpkin Contest
Thad Starr from Pleasant Hill, Ore. poses for a photo with his winning pumpkin at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Weigh-off contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. The pumpkin weighed 1,775 pounds, making it a new California record. Starr wins six dollars for each pound, which equals $10,650. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)