When veterinarian, Dr. Joanna Robson treats a horse, people take notice.

The California State Fair is looking for the oldest businesses in California’s largest industry — agriculture — for consideration to the prestigious California Agricultural Heritage Club.

Blue Oak School business officer, Brad Cates was elected to a two-year term as president of the Independent Schools Business Officers Association.

Santen Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of global ophthalmic pharmaceutical company Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., of Osaka, Japan, announces that Susan Schneider, M.D., who joined Santen last May as vice president, clinical affairs, has been named vice president, chief medical officer.

Frank Howard Allen Realtors has been named the “Best Real Estate Company in the North Bay for 2008” for the seventh year in a row.

Cousins Debbie Ball and Stacie Patrick have been hard at work for the past few months launching Napa’s newest scrapbook store — Scrapper’s Depot.

Peter Sykes said his love of music began when he was 7 years old.

Only in America can a 19-year-old kid launch a million dollar business from a dorm room and grow it to a billion dollar empire.

Real estate terminology changes with the market. REO’s (Real Estate Owned, i.e. owned by banks), short sales and foreclosures are terms of the day as the market deals with an oversupply of homeowners unable to keep pace with rising loan payments and falling home values.

Coincident with the tomato scare, the county health and ag departments are starting to move toward inspecting and certifying the increasing numbers of gardens planted by restaurants wanting to feature their own fresh produce.

Occasionally I will have someone ask me if a college education is really worth the time and money it takes to obtain it.