A small Napa County winery was thrown a last-minute lifeline when an appeals court judge temporarily paused enforcement of a multi-million dollar fine in a long-simmering permit dispute.

In the case of Napa County v. Hoopes Vineyard, the California 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco stayed enforcement of nearly $4 million in fines and lawyers’ fees on April 8, just two days before the county would have been able to collect.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.