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Posted on January 27, 2014 by Sonoma Valley Sun

TV reporter-turned author Robin Chapman discusses her new book, “California Apricots: The Lost Orchards of Silicon Valley” on Saturday, February 1.

The work takes readers from the days of the Spanish padres to the time when the Santa Clara Valley ranked as the world’s largest apricot producer to the years when housing subdivisions ate up the orchards.1 p.m. Free. Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W. Napa St. 996.5217.




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