27-10-2017 23:45 via ocregister.com

Memorial service held for Coachella Valley native killed fighting NorCal wildfires

Firefighter Garrett Paiz, a Coachella Valley native who died in a car crash while battling the recent wildfires in Northern California,was remembered today as a hero who died doing what he loved and like his fellow firefighters, never put his safety before others.
Paiz, 38, died on Oct. 16 after the water tender he was driving overturned down a steep hillside in Oakville. Paiz was delivering water tofirefighters battling the Nun Fire, one of several deadly brush fires that scorched Napa and Sono
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