The runner-up for most beautiful pumpkin sits on the ground at the annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Monday. This year's event saw two pumpkins topping a ton, with the winner at 2,175 pounds. Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo
Officials said the pumpkin marked a new state record -- beating last year's record-setter by 5 pounds -- and was the second pumpkin weighed in California this year to top 2,000 pounds.
The pumpkin fell sort of the world record, a 2,624-pound one grown in 2016.
