A four-run fifth inning by St. Mary’s-Albany was the difference Wednesday, as the visiting Panthers eliminated Justin-Siena High School from the CIF North Coast Section Division IV baseball playoffs, winning 6-2 before a large crowd.

VALLEJO — In a prize fight of a softball game, Justin-Siena answered St. Patrick/St. Vincent’s 1-2 punch in the bottom of the first inning with two runs of its own in the top of the second.

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Back in 2003 at the Napa Valley Opera House, I was in the audience the night stage and screen actor Ben Gazzara — a one-man show — took on the role of the one and only Lawrence Yogi Berra in a bittersweet performance titled “Nobody Don’t Like Yogi.”

The islands of Hawaii are known for their beaches, marine life and warm tropical climate.

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Thursday in the Napa Valley:

The Wine Country Classic Historic Car Races return to Sonoma, May 30-31, as the best in vintage racing and the Sonoma Valley Wine Country converge on Infineon Raceway.

The Napa Valley Register’s coverage of the 2008 Louie Vermeil Classic for sprint cars at Calistoga Speedway has won an award from a national organization of motorsports writers and broadcasters.