February 1st, 2021
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to terms with right-handed pitchers Adrian De Horta and Yacksel Ríos on minor league contracts with invitations to major league spring training. The Rays have also invited four of their minor league players to major league spring training: infielder Wander Franco, first baseman/outfielder Dalton Kelly, infielder Esteban Quiroz and catcher/outfielder Brett Sullivan. These invites increase the spring roster to 55 players.
De Horta, 25, was part of the Los Angeles Angels 60-man player pool for the 2020 season and spent the summer at the alternate training site at Long Beach State University. He was originally signed by the Angels as a minor league free agent prior to the 2018 season. He split the 2019 season between Double-A Mobile, Triple-A Salt Lake and the Rookie-level AZL Angels, and combined to go 0-2 with a 5.33 ERA (52.1-IP, 31-ER) and 76 strikeouts in 18 appearances (eight starts). H
Fence at the Top
Honor Jackson points to a flip chart in the office where, pre-COVID-19, he would normally meet twice a month with Sonoma County youth.
Photo by Robert Grant
By: Cassandra May Albaugh
January 22, 2021
As a journalist, I enjoy sharing the many community programs available in Sonoma County. Fence at The Top, a registered 501(C)(3) non-profit out of Santa Rosa is one such program. It’s a “comprehensive mentoring program for at-risk youth in Sonoma County.” Under the direction of founder Honor Jackson, it’s been around since 2007. I had the pleasure to interview Jackson on January 14. You can also read about the program at their website: www.FenceAtTheTop.com.
Pope family reunites to run Pi Artisan Pizzeria
By BY WALTER CHIHARA - | Dec 31, 2020
From left, Paula, Jack and John Pope, and Ben, Rell and Laura Tomko, at their family restaurant, Pi Artisan Pizzeria.
LAHAINA The Pope family of Lahaina manifests the strength and integrity of the positive energy of the West Side community. Maintaining their altruistic and hard-working values in life, they have embarked on a new journey in acquiring Pi Artisan Pizzeria at the Outlets of Maui along Front Street in Old Lahaina Town. Pi Artisan Pizzeria offers pizza, pasta, salads and sandwiches featuring homegrown herbs and vegetables from their family garden in a unique, European-style sidewalk cafe setting that looks out with unobstructed views across the Lahaina Roadstead to Lanai and beyond.