Oct. 9 (UPI) -- An Oregon man won more than $15,000 when his giant pumpkin tipped the scales at more than 2,000 pounds at a California weigh-off.
Steve Daletas came in first Monday at the 45th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay with a 2,170-pound pumpkin he grew at his Pleasant Hill, Ore., home.