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		<title>Manufacturing Awards 2011: Special Award: La Tortilla Factory wins top SBA recognition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[North Bay Business Journal 7-18-2011]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- In 1977, La Tortilla Factory opened with $75,000 -- including a $50,000 loan through the U.S. Small Business Administration.]]></description>
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		<title>Bankers: Regulatory expansion will drive industry consolidation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allen Christensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atlantic Pacific Bank - AltaPacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of Marin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of Napa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Schrader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charter Oak Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Circle Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consolidation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mergers and acquisitions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[North Coast Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rabobank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Byrne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russell Colombo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sonoma Valley Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summit State Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamalpais Bank]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- The high cost of complying with burgeoning regulation will be the cause of even more bank consolidation than has occurred as a result of the recession, experts say.]]></description>
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		<title>News in brief: Week of July 11, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Digest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Register]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marin County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa County]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[HEALDSBURG -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a high-technology company in Healdsburg, recently had a electric system installed.]]></description>
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		<title>Funding activity increases for startups</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking and Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iHub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keiretsu Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marin County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Bay Angels]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sonoma State University School of Business and Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venture capital and angel investments are starting to pick up after a lull in the last few years, because of a strengthening economy and the ability to fund a company with a lot less capital than was needed historically.]]></description>
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		<title>Sources of capital for startups</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[friends-and-family startup capital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to venture capitalists and angel investors serving the North Bay, entrepreneurs have a number of sources of capital sources to get their companies started. Credit card or small-business loan: Often the first funding entrepreneurs will seek is a simple credit card or a small line of credit from their financial institution. Friends and family: The next stage is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Bay angel investors and venture capitalists</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/36123/north-bay-angel-investors-and-venture-capitalists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/36123/north-bay-angel-investors-and-venture-capitalists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: These firms are located in the North Bay or heavily involved with local entrepreneurial efforts. Cascade Capital Corp. 187 Forrest Ave., Fairfax, 415-456-1001. Cascade Capital Corp. specializes in agriculture, alternative energy, biotech, business services, clean tech., consumer, industrial and information technology. It funds in the $100,000 and up range and prefers expansion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palm Drive Medical Center expands footprint</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/36302/palm-drive-medical-center-expands-footprint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[expansion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sebastopol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEBASTOPOL -- Three years after it opened, Palm Drive Medical Center is expanding to larger quarters.]]></description>
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		<title>MV Transportation names Carter Pate as CEO</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/36213/mv-transportation-names-carter-pate-as-ceo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/36213/mv-transportation-names-carter-pate-as-ceo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carter Pate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfield]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FAIRFIELD -- MV Transportation Inc., the largest private provider of paratransit services and the largest privately owned transportation contracting firm in the U.S., today announced renowned company turnaround artist Carter Pate as chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors,  beginning Aug. 15.

Fairfield-based MV Transportation employs more than 13,000 transit professionals in 100 locations and operates more than 190 paratransit, fixed-route, shuttle and Medicaid contracts in 26 states, the District of Columbia and British Columbia.]]></description>
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		<title>Charter air company Solairus triples size</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35887/charter-air-company-solairus-triples-size/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35887/charter-air-company-solairus-triples-size/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Drohan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petaluma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PETALUMA -- Petaluma-based charter air company Solairus has tripled in size since it launched in 2009.
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		<title>Q &amp; A: Sterling Financial CEO Greg Seibly reflects on a bank&#8217;s turnaround</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35907/q-a-sterling-financial-ceo-greg-seibly-reflects-on-a-banks-turnaround/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35907/q-a-sterling-financial-ceo-greg-seibly-reflects-on-a-banks-turnaround/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greg Seibly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Rosa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA/SPOKANE, Wash. -- Spokane, Wash.-based Sterling Financial Corporation, parent company of Sonoma Bank, successfully navigated its way through an October 2009 order by regulators to repair its balance sheet.]]></description>
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		<title>Banking &amp; finance: Clairmail gains new security certification</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35923/banking-finance-clairmail-gains-new-security-certification/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35923/banking-finance-clairmail-gains-new-security-certification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking and Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank of Marin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ClairMail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marin County]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Summit State Bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Clairmail, Inc., a mobile banking and payment solutions company, has taken its security levels up a notch with RSA Secured Partner Program. ... Bank of Marin Bancorp has officially opened its Santa Rosa branch office at 50 Santa Rosa Ave. The bank had been operating a loan production office at this location since October and is now open to the public for all banking business, including ATM services. ... Exchange Bank hired Robyn Hettrich as Senior Human Resources Business Partner. ... Summit State Bank in Santa Rosa is now offering technology that allows customers to make deposits from anywhere and anytime with new mobile options. Checks can be deposited from most smartphones and desktop scanners. ... Bank of Marin hired Kathi Metro to lead its commercial lending efforts out of the Napa office at 600 Trancas St. Ms. Metro is a longstanding member of the Napa community and a well-established banker with more than 35 years of banking experience in that market. ... North Valley Bank announced that Jim Hubbell has joined its team as a mortgage loan officer in Santa Rosa. Mr. Hubbell will cover the Santa Rosa, Ukiah, Willits and Garberville communities. ... Umpqua Bank, a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corporation, hired Samantha Foster as vice president, commercial relationship manager and Erick Ransome as assistant vice president and senior commercial underwriter for the bank’s Santa Rosa commercial banking center. ... Rabobank, N.A. ranked highest in customer satisfaction among retail banks in California, according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal agency asking public for comment on real estate disclosures</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35925/federal-agency-asking-public-for-comment-on-real-estate-disclosures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35925/federal-agency-asking-public-for-comment-on-real-estate-disclosures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- When someone purchases a home, there are scores of documents to sign including several disclosures forms.]]></description>
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		<title>International group increases capital requirements for banks</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35933/international-group-increases-capital-requirements-for-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35933/international-group-increases-capital-requirements-for-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Atlantic Pacific Bank - AltaPacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of Marin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of Napa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basel Committee on Banking Supervision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Circle Bank]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[First Community Bank]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, an international forum for standardization on bank rules, has approved increasing the risk-based ratio for financial institutions from the current 8 percent to about 10.5 percent over the next several years.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal bills would raise cap for credit union lending</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35659/federal-bills-would-raise-cap-for-credit-union-lending/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35659/federal-bills-would-raise-cap-for-credit-union-lending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA – A bill is being considered in Congress to allow credit unions to lend more to small businesses.]]></description>
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		<title>Should firms periodically change auditors?</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35715/should-firms-periodically-change-auditors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ SANTA ROSA -- The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the entity that oversees firms that audit public companies, is considering term limits on relationships between auditors and public companies.]]></description>
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		<title>IRS extends some foreign account deadlines</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35719/irs-extends-some-foreign-account-deadlines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- Foreign bank account holders with no financial interest have been given a year extension in filing the required paperwork with the Treasury and Internal Revenue System.]]></description>
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		<title>Accounting: Tax credit for small business hiring extended</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35721/accounting-tax-credit-for-small-business-hiring-extended/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Institute of Certified Public Accountants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burr Pilger Mayer - BPM]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mergers and acquisitions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only $37 million of the $400 million allocated to the California New Jobs Credit created for the 2009 tax year was used and the program is being extended. … The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, in consultation with state boards of accountancy, the Board of Examiners, and other major stakeholders, spent two years studying an international accounting examination delivery program. … Burr Pilger Mayer opened a Hong Kong office and plans to acquire San Jose accounting and tax operations of CBIZ.]]></description>
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		<title>Repeal of 1099 requirements called a ‘victory’</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35723/repeal-of-1099-requirements-called-a-%e2%80%98victory%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH BAY – Provisions in the two laws passed by Congress in 2010 that would have imposed burdensome Form 1099 reporting requirements on taxpayers were repealed in what the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants President and Chief Executing Officer Barry Melancon called “a victory for taxpayers.”]]></description>
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		<title>BioMarin to buy plant in Ireland for expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35602/biomarin-to-buy-plant-in-ireland-for-expansion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35602/biomarin-to-buy-plant-in-ireland-for-expansion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top News Item]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top News Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BioMarin Pharmaceutical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOVATO -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical has entered into an agreement to buy a 133,000-square-foot Pfizer manufacturing plant in Cork, Ireland, for $48.5 million.]]></description>
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		<title>Marin foundation to give $6 million to education programs</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35584/marin-foundation-to-give-6-million-to-education-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35584/marin-foundation-to-give-6-million-to-education-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marin Community Foundation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Peters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NOVATO – Marin Community Foundation announced more than $6 million in grants to help low-income students and students of color succeed academically.

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		<title>Novato remains the final step before freight can roll</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35559/novato-remains-the-final-step-before-freight-can-roll/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35559/novato-remains-the-final-step-before-freight-can-roll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top News Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freight rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marin County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch Stogner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Coast Railroad Authority]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit - SMART]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH BAY -  The board of the North Coast Railroad Authority approved everything it needed to to run freight and is just waiting for the final vote from Novato on the consent agreements.

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		<title>Amy’s Kitchen in early stages of exploring restaurant concept</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35468/amy%e2%80%99s-kitchen-in-early-stages-of-exploring-restaurant-concept/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35468/amy%e2%80%99s-kitchen-in-early-stages-of-exploring-restaurant-concept/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food and Beverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospitality and Tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy's Kitchen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sebastopol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sonoma County]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA – Amy’s Kitchen, producer of packaged all-natural frozen foods, is considering a restaurant concept in the North Bay.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Tiny house&#8217; builder Tumbleweed locates in Sebastopol</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35500/tiny-house-builder-tumbleweed-locates-in-sebastopol/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35500/tiny-house-builder-tumbleweed-locates-in-sebastopol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Shafer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M4 Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sebastopol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sonoma County]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEBASTOPOL – Tumbleweed Tiny House Company recently leased a small warehouse at 400 Morris St. in Sebastopol.]]></description>
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		<title>Roseland, Waldorf schools  collaborate on garden, other projects</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35507/roseland-waldorf-schools-collaborate-on-garden-other-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35507/roseland-waldorf-schools-collaborate-on-garden-other-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrea Johnston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Alhas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Arredondo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA/SEBASTOPOL – The Roseland School District and Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm serve students of very different demographics, but have come together through a garden project to learn about each other and about sustainability.]]></description>
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		<title>Lender takes back Pinnacle properties</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35212/lender-takes-back-pinnacle-properties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 11 reorganization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Lawson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Dowd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA – Pinnacle Homes, a longtime Santa Rosa homebuilder, has shuttered its doors after two properties totaling $3.865 million fell out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and were taken back by San Rafael-based Westamerica Bank.]]></description>
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