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		<title>Target submits plans for Coddingtown store</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Target Corp. wants to replace the vacant Gottschalks store building at Coddingtown Mall with a 144,000-square-foot store.]]></description>
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		<title>Area subs selected for SMART contract</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- A number of local companies have been selected for first part of the recently awarded $103 million design-build contract for underlying construction in the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit commuter rail system.]]></description>
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		<title>Airport passenger traffic rises 2.3 percent in January</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Shareholders approve AltaPacific merger with Stellar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>SSU conference includes timely forecast, state controller, food industry visionary</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Sutter, nurses&#8217; union agree on contract</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>PlumpJack acquires Stags Leap property</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/48218/plumpjack-acquires-stags-leap-property/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Sixth-annual Forty Under 40 nominations close Friday, Feb. 10</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/48111/sixth-annual-forty-under-40-nominations-close-friday-february-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiana Sandoval, Event Development Manager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Nurses, NUHW hold daylong Kaiser strike</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/48038/nurses-nuhw-hold-daylong-kaiser-strike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>SMART tax repeal effort fails</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47970/smart-tax-repeal-effort-fails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>RepealSMART campaign submits ballot signatures</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47880/repealsmart-campaign-submits-ballot-signatures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Forecast: Wine, grape prices to rise in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47703/forecast-wine-grape-prices-to-rise-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Supervisors sign off on airport plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Sanovas plans Sausalito expansion for production</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism bureau, Alaska Air to jointly promote region</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Marin, Sonoma unemployment lowest in three years; Napa&#8217;s rate rises</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47486/unemployment-in-december-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara&#8217;s to leave Petaluma</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47480/barbaras-to-leave-petaluma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Westamerica cites rate pressure in 2011 earnings decrease</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47469/westamerica-cites-rate-pressure-in-2011-earnings-decrease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Hennessy Advisors increases dividend</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47463/hennessy-advisors-increases-dividend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Net income jumps at Bank of Napa for 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47456/net-income-jumps-at-bank-of-napa-for-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47456/net-income-jumps-at-bank-of-napa-for-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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."]]></description>
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		<title>Bulk-wine inventory hits 12-year low</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47443/bulk-wine-inventory-hits-12-year-low/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47443/bulk-wine-inventory-hits-12-year-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian Clements]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ciatti Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Proctor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Schaffner to leave Sonoma County Alliance</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47381/schaffner-to-leave-sonoma-county-alliance-in-march/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Horizon to add San Diego flights; Vegas out</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47385/alaska-air-to-add-san-deigo-santa-rosa-flights-drops-vegas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Seattle-based Alaska Airlines announced today that it is adding daily nonstop service from San Diego to Santa Rosa, but will discontinue service between Santa Rosa and Las Vegas to support the new route. The decision to halt service to Las Vegas came from Alaska Airlines, and the Sonoma County Airport will seek other potential carriers to replace the route, according to an airport spokeswoman.]]></description>
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		<title>Wine executive MBA coming to Napa Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. HELENA -- Sonoma State University's master of business administration degree program targeted at wine industry executives is coming to Napa Valley this spring under a partnership with a large local trade association announced today.]]></description>
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		<title>Craig Nelson named CEO of Nelson Family of Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SONOMA -- Craig Nelson will become chief executive officer of Sonoma-based The Nelson Family of Companies as a result of its recent sale of the WorkForceLogic division to Orlando-based ZeroChaos.]]></description>
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