Certified Divorce Financial Analysts Help Splitting Couples Follow the Money

Statistically speaking, marriage is a leap of faith. About half of all first marriages end in divorce, and the rates for second marriages are only a little better. One of the biggest knots to untie when a marriage fails is financial, and that is where a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst like Nick Ventimiglio, CDFA, of …

Danville’s Just Tix Puts You in the Game

Have you ever wondered how people get great seats for great events? Can you see yourself on the 50-yard line at the Super Bowl or in the front row at AT&T Park? Are you dieing to get out of the balcony and into the orchestra? If so, Just Tix in Danville may have just the …

Flex Fitness & Pilates in Danville Offers Alternative to Standard Gyms

Have you ever wondered who might have sweated on the treadmill right before you jumped on for your workout? Or…did they wipe off the equipment? Or…whether or not your self-devised training program was really ideal? If any of that has crossed your mind, or if you are interested in a personalized approach for improving your …

Major League Baseball Alumni Help Lazarex Cancer Foundation Raise Funds

If you like to play golf, hang out with former major league baseball players and support a local organization that gives end-stage cancer patients hope and another chance, then there is an event next month that might be for you. On May 16 and 17 members of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) …

Local Baseball Fans Celebrate SABR Day in America

The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) celebrated its first SABR Day in America on Jan. 30 at 34 locations around the world, including Armadillo Willy’s restaurant in Dublin. SABR is a member-driven nonprofit organization made up of nearly 7,000 members who are fans of baseball and its rich and varied history. Although a sizable …

College Basketball Excellence Right in Our Own Backyard

One of the best kept secrets in all of college basketball is the St. Mary’s Gaels Men’s Basketball program as run by head coach Randy Bennett. Since his arrival before the 2001-2002 season, Coach Bennett has taken a program that was 2-27 in 2000-2001 and turned it into a consistent contender in the West Coast …

Village Theatre Peanuts Exhibit Showed Baseball for the Fun of It

There is perhaps no better embodiment of the old saying that “it’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game,” than Charley Brown’s baseball team from the old Peanuts comic strip. Several dozen of those strips, dating as far back as 1952, were on display from Nov. 14 to Dec. 20 …

Uniforms Provide Style and Context for the Games We Watch and Play

Often, a small child’s first favorite outfit is a sports uniform, and middle-aged men and women can be seen wearing team jerseys and other logo apparel at professional and college games throughout the Bay Area. In the world of sports, uniforms can provide a rallying point for fans, especially considering the rate at which players …

Sabean Shares Giants Course with Season Ticket Holders

On September 24 the Giants effectively fell out of the Wild Card race when Brian Wilson gave up a two-run homerun in the ninth inning, directly leading to a 3-2 Giants loss. That loss put the Giants four back of Colorado with nine to play, and ten games back of the Dodgers in the division …