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  • Share your thoughts: Raise California taxes or cut education?

    February 28th, 2012

    California already has made major cuts to health care and the state prison system, and education would be next on the chopping block without higher taxes, according to State Controller John Chiang. Do you support increasing taxes in California to bridge the funding gap for education and other services? If so, who should carry the burden of those increases?

  • Entrepreneur group, city back business education course

    February 27th, 2012

    One of the provisions in the current package of favorable gift and estate tax conditions – the ability to take on the exemption of one’s deceased spouse – has received an extended deadline from the Internal Revenue Service. … One of the provisions in the current package of favorable gift and estate tax conditions — the ability to take the exemption of one’s deceased spouse — has received an extension from the Internal Revenue Service.

  • Cost of high drop-out rate hitting home

    February 27th, 2012

    This newspaper has been worrying out loud for much of the last two decades about the human and economic costs of too many young people dropping out of high school. For much of that time, economic growth masked some of the impact. But the Great Recession put an end to all that.

  • Business advisory group formed for effort with San Rafael City Schools

    February 24th, 2012

    An effort to foster a mutually beneficial partnership between the business and education communities in San Rafael reached an important milestone this month, after the formation of a 12-member business advisory group and the first meeting between that group and leaders from the San Rafael City Schools.

  • $180,000 gift to SSU creates Hugh Codding Entrepreneur-in-Residence

    February 23rd, 2012

    ROHNERT PARK — Sonoma State University’s School of Business and Economics will soon add an “entrepreneur-in-residence” to its program, a move funded by an $180,000 donation from Codding Enterprises and one that Dean William Silver said would help create an “entrepreneurship pipeline” linking students, the North Bay Innovation Hub and the regional economy.

  • Napa flight school to end operations after 40 years

    February 22nd, 2012

    NAPA — After more than 40 years in Napa, the International Air Service Company, better known as IASCO, will be suspending flight operations and moving its remaining 25 students to the company’s second facility in Redding on March 4, according to company President Robert Walters.

  • Bergin University expands with Rohnert Park move

    February 20th, 2012

    At nearly 15,000 square feet, the former administrative building for the Cotati-Rohnert Park School District will allow the nationally renowned college to host a greater number of students and conduct many training and recreation activities for dogs on-site.

  • Napa hotel projects a sign of expanding tourism sector

    February 13th, 2012

    NAPA COUNTY — A bevy of forthcoming or proposed hotel expansion projects this year could have the Napa Valley well positioned if the tepid economic recovery takes full swing in 2013 — and early indications show signs of business returning to pre-rececssion levels, according to hotel managers and tourism experts.

  • People: Week of Feb. 6, 2012

    February 6th, 2012

    Civil Engineering Santa Rosa-based 15000 Inc.  hired Jacob Miller, a mechanical designer. Mr. Miller is a graduate of California State University, Chico and a current member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.  He has volunteered his time with the Marin Municipal Water District shadowing the engineering design, drafting, surveying, and construction inspection departments. Commercial [...]

  • Wine Business Management Certificate online course applications due Feb. 6

    February 2nd, 2012

    Sonoma State University’s Online Wine Business Management Certificate launches its second round of foundation classes next week. Monday, Feb. 6, is the last day to apply. This new certificate program kicked off in the fall and concluded with great feedback on the four-week foundation level course taught by Tim Hanni.

  • Wine executive MBA coming to Napa Valley

    January 17th, 2012

    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.

  • SRJC wines to be the taste of The Wineyard

    January 16th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Santa Rosa Junior College’s Shone Farm Winery, part of the community college’s winemaking and viticulture training program, has teamed up with a new collective tasting room in the city to provide a higher-profile venue for the school’s award-winning wines and eventually other planned packaged agricultural products from the 365-acre west Sonoma County property.

  • As graduates face challenging job market, colleges help

    January 16th, 2012

    Recognizing challenges in the job market, institutions of higher learning have been making focused efforts to help their graduates find and be prepared for work, and North Bay colleges and universities are no exception.

  • Dominican hosts leadership event; upcoming seminars for business and finances

    January 16th, 2012

    Dominican University featured a number of the region’s business leaders during a breakfast event titled “North Bay Executives Share and Discuss 2012 Leadership Action Plans” last Wednesday. It was the sixth “Business Edge” event since March, sponsored by the school’s Institute for Leadership Studies. Speakers included Mike Cohill, president of Sutter Health – West Bay; [...]

  • Computer devices leaving art of touch typing behind

    January 9th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Everywhere you look these days you see young and old alike using two fingers, or thumbs, to input text on laptop keyboards or handheld devices.

  • 2011 top stories: New hospital, tech advances define year of the economy

    January 2nd, 2012

    The national and local economy was on everyone’s mind in 2011. But as the Business Journal editorial staff set out to develop its Top Ten Stories of the Year, it quickly became clear that the North Bay was blessed with multiple economy-boosting projects and new commitments job creation.

  • National ’114th Partnership’ begins effort in San Rafael schools

    December 19th, 2011

    The effort seeks to reproduce the success seen in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.

  • Dominican, company explore promising approach to graphene

    December 12th, 2011

    Dominican University in San Rafael has joined forces with a Marin company producing graphene from carbon dioxide.

  • Manufacturers, schools join in ’100-in-100′ program

    December 12th, 2011

    NORTH BAY – This week will see the kickoff for enrollment in “100-in-100,” an innovative program to put high school students up close with local manufacturers.

  • $20 million B. Robert Burdo Culinary Arts Center set to serve students and public

    December 5th, 2011

    In addition to serving the needs of the county’s only professional culinary program, the 22,000-square-foot building will also be serving up food and treats to the public.

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