North Bay Business Journal

  • Airport passenger traffic rises 2.3 percent in January

    February 3rd, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Passenger volume at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport in January was up 2.3 percent from a year before, according to figures released this afternoon.

  • Shareholders approve AltaPacific merger with Stellar

    February 3rd, 2012

    Shareholders have approved the merger of AltaPacific Bancorp and Covina California-based Stellar Business Bank, a deal first announced in September and one that nearly doubles the value of assets held by AltaPacific Bank, according to a release today.

  • SSU conference includes timely forecast, state controller, food industry visionary

    February 3rd, 2012

    The annual Sonoma State University Economic Outlook Conference Feb. 23, which for nearly two decades has been one of the benchmark events in the North Bay, will include a unique combination of high-level presentations from one of the region’s leading economists, the founder of the area’s private natural foods producer and a top state budget official.

  • Sutter, nurses’ union agree on contract

    February 2nd, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Registered nurses and Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa have reached a tentative agreement for a new collective bargaining contract for some 350 RNs represented by the California Nurses Association, the union announced today.

  • PlumpJack acquires Stags Leap property

    February 1st, 2012

    NAPA VALLEY — PlumpJack Group today said it acquired the 40-acre Steltzner Vineyards property in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley to produce estate-grown wines from that region.

  • Sixth-annual Forty Under 40 nominations close Friday, Feb. 10

    February 1st, 2012

    Do you know an exceptional professional under 40 years old? The North Bay Business Journal is looking for nominations for its sixth-annual Forty Under 40, a special publication and gala reception that will recognize 40 professionals under the age of 40 who fit certain profiles.

  • Nurses, NUHW hold daylong Kaiser strike

    January 31st, 2012

    NORTH BAY — The National Union of Healthcare Workers is holding a day-long strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities throughout Northern California, including hospitals in Santa Rosa, San Rafael, Vallejo and Vacaville, as the union negotiates a new contract with the health system.

  • SMART tax repeal effort fails

    January 30th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — An effort to allow voters to repeal the 2008 sales tax measure that funds a proposed commuter rail system in the North Bay has failed after election officials in Sonoma and Marin counties collected fewer than the minimum signatures required to advance the matter to the ballot.

  • RepealSMART campaign submits ballot signatures

    January 27th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — Election officials in Sonoma County have completed an initial count of 5,471 signatures submitted today in support of a ballot measure to overturn the quarter-cent sales tax voters approved in 2008 to fund construction of a North Bay commuter rail project. Staff at the Marin County Registrar of Voters office will conduct an informal count on Monday. RepealSMART, the group spearheading the repeal, submitted the signatures hours before an end-of-the-day deadline and six months after their efforts officially began in August.

  • Forecast: Wine, grape prices to rise in 2012

    January 25th, 2012

    SACRAMENTO — The prices of wine on U.S. store shelves could start rising this year because of an “emerging shortage” of winegrapes and wine plus a sales and marketing “blitz” last year, according to experts speaking at a major wine industry trade event this morning.

  • Supervisors sign off on airport plans

    January 24th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — The Sonoma County Supervisors today officially signed off an $84 million safety upgrade and expansion of Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport but tabled a proposed health and noise study on the project. Construction could start in August if the Federal Aviation Administration OKs the plan by April as anticipated.

  • Sanovas plans Sausalito expansion for production

    January 24th, 2012

    SAUSALITO — Sanovas Inc. today announced it will expand its corporate headquarters in Marin County’s southernmost city and start local assembly of key components for its microsurgical devices, used in diagnosing and treating cancer and other chronic diseases. The startup plans to hire 20 locally this year.

  • Tourism bureau, Alaska Air to jointly promote region

    January 20th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Just days after Alaska Airlines announced changes to its flights into Santa Rosa, the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau and the airline today announced a joint promotion of visits and flights to the region in the first half of 2012 — known as the tourism off season.

  • Marin, Sonoma unemployment lowest in three years; Napa’s rate rises

    January 20th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — Unemployment rates across the North Bay in December edged downward slightly or remained at essentially the same high levels as in November, and Marin County’s jobless rate fell below 7 percent for the first time in nearly three years.

  • Barbara’s to leave Petaluma

    January 19th, 2012

    PETALUMA — Weetabix North America, owner of the Barbara’s brand of Puffins breakfast cereals and other snacks, today announced plans to relocate its local operations to Massachusetts in the next six months, affecting 24 jobs.

  • Westamerica cites rate pressure in 2011 earnings decrease

    January 19th, 2012

    SAN RAFAEL – Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ: WABC), the parent company of Westamerica Bank, said in a report today that a low interest rate environment pressuring the banking industry led to a decrease in income in 2011.

  • Hennessy Advisors increases dividend

    January 19th, 2012

    NOVATO – The board of directors for Hennessy Advisors (OTCBB: HNNA), the Novato-based investment management firm, announced a 25 percent increase in its annual cash dividend today; from 10 cents to 12.5 cents per share for calendar year 2012.

  • Net income jumps at Bank of Napa for 2011

    January 19th, 2012

    NAPA – Bank of Napa, N.A. (OTCBB: BNNP) announced today that its net income for 2011 was $1.14 million, an increase from $247,000 in the previous year and one the bank attributed to “strong core deposit growth.”

  • Bulk-wine inventory hits 12-year low

    January 19th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — The tightest inventory of top varieties of wine available for purchase in bulk in a dozen years and a dwindling supply of those winegrapes could extend the rise in pricing for those fine-wine components into this year, but wineries are hard-pressed to pass those cost increases to consumers who are continuing to look for discounts, according to experts at a major local wine industry seminar this morning.

  • Schaffner to leave Sonoma County Alliance

    January 19th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Lisa Wittke Schaffner plans to step down after seven years as top executive of the Sonoma County Alliance, a 380-member political action group.

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