Last week Wednesday, May 15, LangeTwins Winery & Vineyard christened their Press Room – their recently completed, sleek yet organic looking tasting room, located right alongside their barrel room beneath their crush pad – with their first-ever guest chef/winemaker dinner. Their choice of guest chef – in several ways, very much “LangeTwins,” and very much “Lodi” – was Dan Landsberg of DragonFly Restaurant in Dallas, Texas’ Hotel ZaZa.  Chef Dan’s five courses were exquisitely fine, balanced, strikingly contemporary, yet honest, almost plain (only in the sense of being easily perceived) in its power and freshness – just like LangeTwins’ Lodi.. VIEW MORE »... Read More

Students in Laguna Creek High School’s Green Energy Technology Academy (GETA) took home four of the top awards at the 2nd Annual Northern California Solar Regatta, sponsored by SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utilities Agency) on Friday, May 17 at Rancho Seco Lake.

Laguna Creek entered two teams in the competition this year – a senior team and a junior team.  The senior team won the Slalom and Sprint competitions, as well as the Best Boat Design Award.  By finishing first in the races and earning the Best Design Award, the senior team amassed the highest point total for the day and took home the Regatta Cup.  The award-winning senior team consisted of the following students: Santana Marin and Kerstin Wallinger.  The junior team included the following students: Kayleen Carter, Michael McCurdy and Jericho Avery.