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The Buck Institute for Research on Aging - Buck Seminars: Ovarian Aging and Women’s Health
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The Buck Institute for Research on Aging - Buck Seminars: Ovarian Aging and Women’s Health

Ovarian Aging and Women’s Health

Speaker: Jennifer Garrison, PhD, Assistant Professor, Buck Institute

The Buck Institute is hosting in-person (with zoom option) monthly conversations with geroscience experts about how people can live longer, healthier lives. Speakers in the Live Better Longer Seminar Series will share the latest insights into sleep, exercise, nutrition, mental health and how people of any age can optimize their health and fitness.

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Basin Street Properties Broker of The QuarterTony Sarno of JLL
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Basin Street Properties Broker of The QuarterTony Sarno of JLL

Basin Street Properties is pleased to announce JLL's Vice President, Tony Sarno, has been named our Broker of the Quarter for Q4 2024. This quarterly award, presented by Basin Street Properties, recognizes outstanding brokers with whom we are privileged to collaborate with, acknowledging their noteworthy contributions to our industry, communities, and the success of Basin Street. A $1,500 contribution will be made to Tony's foundation of choice, Petaluma National Little League.

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Sonoma County Tourism Celebrates 20 Years of Partnership and Progress
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Sonoma County Tourism Celebrates 20 Years of Partnership and Progress

Sonoma County Tourism (SCT), the nation’s first Destination Stewardship Organization, celebrates 20 years of advocating for Sonoma County as a premier travel destination. A Sonoma County Board of Supervisors resolution officially recognized the anniversary on January 7, 2025, highlighting the organization’s groundbreaking contributions to the county’s economic growth, cultural vibrancy, and environmental stewardship since its founding on November 29, 2004.

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The LIME Foundation Announces VESSEL Homes Initiative
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The LIME Foundation Announces VESSEL Homes Initiative

The VESSEL Homes are here! If you’re in Santa Rosa, you can see the beginning of this exciting project at 3362 Fulton Road, at the River Road intersection.

This initiative is more than just affordable housing—it’s about creating opportunities. It will provide hands-on, paid training for our youth, equipping them with invaluable skills. Even more inspiring, it opens the door for those same young people to become homeowners or find affordable housing in their own community.

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Dominican University Researchers get Grant to Improve Arts Access for Neurodivergent
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Dominican University Researchers get Grant to Improve Arts Access for Neurodivergent

People with autism or other sensory conditions might find attending cultural events less stressful thanks to researchers at Dominican University of California in San Rafael.

Associate professor Caroline Umeda and a team of doctoral students in occupational therapy have received a three-year, $600,000 federal grant to study solutions for people who experience so-called neurodivergent disabilities.

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Dominican Program Connects Collegiate Athletes, Schoolchildren
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Dominican Program Connects Collegiate Athletes, Schoolchildren

featured Dominican’s Allen Sports Club, which provides a free afterschool sports program for Marin County middle school students three days a week. The students are primarily from San Rafael’s Davidson Middle School and Venetia Valley (camp staff pick up and drop off students from both schools). About 30 Dominican athletes volunteer in the sports club, which was created in 2015 by trustee emeritus John F. Allen. 

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