By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer
FREMONT - For Judge Kathleen M. Banke, appreciating life these days is about smelling the grapes, rather than the roses.
Last year, the California native swapped a nasty, hour-plus commute on the freeway to Oakland - one of the most maddening in the Bay Area - for a picturesque drive through the vineyards of south Livermore Valley. I... (continued)
Daily Journal Staff Writer
FREMONT - For Judge Kathleen M. Banke, appreciating life these days is about smelling the grapes, rather than the roses.
Last year, the California native swapped a nasty, hour-plus commute on the freeway to Oakland - one of the most maddening in the Bay Area - for a picturesque drive through the vineyards of south Livermore Valley. I... (continued)