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  • People: Week of May 21, 2012

    May 21st, 2012

    John Meislahn has joined the business development team at Exchange Bank as vice president and SBA business development officer. … Mary Celestre and Judy Reynolds have each been promoted to vice president. … Minh Tran, who has been assistant county counsel for Napa County since July 2009, was named by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to the top attorney position. … KGO radio anchor and reporter Jeffrey Schaub moved to KCBS All News AM 740/FM 106.9. … Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced two additions to its Marin County management team: Joanne Zavlaris as assistant manager and Kevin Kearney as assistant manager. … VML Winery‘s Virginia Lambrix hired Alex Kanzler to direct quality control for the company’s wines made at the Russian River Valley winery in Healdsburg. … Mike Meneghelli joined Napa-based wine bottle supplier Global Package as sales representative. … Seghesio Family Vineyards has appointed Ned Neumiller as the winery’s head of grower relations.

  • Experts urge caution in ruling on meal and rest breaks

    May 14th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — A recent state Supreme Court decision has greatly clarified the long contentious issue of when and how employers must provide meal and rest breaks — or at least the opportunity for meal and rest breaks — but employers still need to think carefully about the matter, employment law experts said.

  • Managing your workplace within the law

    May 14th, 2012

    There are a multitude of laws that tell us how we can and cannot treat our employees. Mistakes in this area can be very costly, in terms of both time and financial impacts. Human resources laws that apply to you will vary based on where you do business. There are both Federal and State Laws that apply to your business. In addition, some cities have local ordinances as well. Here in California we have a lot of human resource laws that go well beyond the Federal requirements.

  • New laws create benefit, flexible-purpose corporations

    May 14th, 2012

    California for-profit businesses now can legally converge social responsibility and environmental awareness objectives with traditional economic and profit goals under two new forms of incorporation that became effective Jan. 1.

  • Assembly approves Casino in Rohnert Park

    May 10th, 2012

    ROHNERT PARK — The California State Assembly today approved a pact between the state and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria that will allow for a Las Vegas-style casino on the outskirts of Rohnert Park, a move that all but assures construction will begin on the controversial project.

  • At $300,000 for the Human Race and running

    April 16th, 2012

    Am I dreaming, or is it really time for the Human Race (yes, May 5, 2012)? Hopefully, this is not your recurring nightmare to receive my annual letter asking (groveling) for your help ($), to stop cancer and save lives.

  • Are you an employee or independent contractor?

    April 16th, 2012

    With the recent passage of California Senate Bill 459, it is more important than ever that employers closely analyze any independent contractors with whom they work to verify that they do indeed meet the state and federal guidelines for that classifications. As discussed in the following article, the penalties for misclassification are now substantial.

  • Construction on new Sonoma Co. courthouse could start in 2014

    April 11th, 2012

    The State Public Works Board in Sacramento today approved acquisition of three Santa Rosa properties needed to build a $178.7 million new Sonoma County criminal courthouse. It’s one of an estimated $380 million in projects for two new courthouses and one major renovation in North Bay counties in the next few years.

  • Santa Rosa Community Health Centers joins suit against state on reimbursement rates

    April 10th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Santa Rosa Community Health Centers is among a group of health organizations suing the state of California over planned reimbursement rates for certain services that are lower than what a group of federally qualified health centers say they are entitled to under federal rules.

  • St. Joseph Health faces class-action lawsuit over patient data exposure

    April 9th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — A class-action lawsuit has been filed against St. Joseph Health System, which operates Santa Rosa Memorial, Petaluma Valley and Queen of the Valley hospitals, for allowing private patient data to be searchable online for 31,800 patients across the system’s California hospitals, including about 10,000 patients locally.

  • Employers urged to stay the course on health care reform — for now

    April 9th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — With the federal health overhaul hanging in the balance of what will most certainly be a politically charged U.S. Supreme Court decision, insurance brokers in the North Bay offered a familiar refrain to employers on what changes, if any, they should make to their health plans: wait and see and stay the course.

  • Grady Ranch decision delayed on regulator concerns

    April 3rd, 2012

    SAN RAFAEL — The Marin County Board of Supervisors today listened to two hours of testimony for and against filmmaker George Lucas’ proposed Grady Ranch digital movie studio project northwest of San Rafael but put off action on an appeal of earlier project approval, agreeing with staff that newly obtained input on the project from state and federal regulators on the project needed further consideration.

  • Sonoma County health extends mental, drug services to Cloverdale center

    April 2nd, 2012

    Sonoma County’s Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with the Alexander Valley Health Center in Cloverdale to bring “essential mental health and substance abuse treatment services” to Northern Sonoma County through its Path2Health program, but its future is now somewhat clouded with the prospect of health care reform being struck down by the Supreme Court.

  • Santa Rosa woman wins suit against 47.5 percent loan penalty

    April 2nd, 2012

    SANTA ROSA – A 61-year-old Santa Rosa woman has won a suit against a Florida-based mortgage lender after being hit with what a Sonoma County judge called a “gigantic” 47.5 percent fee for prepaying a commercial property loan. The Santa Rosa law firm that represented the woman, Beyers Costin, called the ruling a victory for borrowers over questionable lending practices.

  • If there’s pot, what is the lender’s responsibility?

    March 26th, 2012

    Lenders throughout California today face the risk of losing real estate collateral if that collateral is associated with illegal drugs.

  • Napa County CEO proposes consolidation of departments to create ‘one-stop shop’ for permits

    March 19th, 2012

    NAPA — In an effort to streamline its permitting process while reducing costs, Napa County is proposing to consolidate divisions currently within the Department of Environmental Management into the Department of Conservation, Development and Planning, while all general service functions would be operated out of the Public Works Department, creating a “one-stop shop” for permits.

  • Mullen & Filippi to move to downtown Santa Rosa

    March 19th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Mullen & Filippi, a law firm that specializes in workers’ compensation litigation and related legal services, is relocating its practice to about 6,000 square feet in downtown Santa Rosa from the Fountaingrove Executive Center.

  • Neighbors appeal Lucas project approval

    March 14th, 2012

    SAN RAFAEL — An organization representing neighbors of a proposed 270,000-square-foot Lucasfilm digital movie production studio in Lucas Valley northwest of San Rafael has appealed the recent project approval by the Marin County Planning Commission.

  • State tax agents checking licenses, permits in north Santa Rosa

    March 9th, 2012

    OAKLAND — This month, the Board of Equalization’s Statewide Compliance and Outreach Program teams contacted businesses in the 95403 ZIP code area, which includes north Santa Rosa, the Wikiup-Larkfield-Mark West area and the Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport industrial parks, about a planned door-to-door check of licenses and permits.

  • Spotlight: Law firm managing partners

    March 5th, 2012

    (Listed alphabetically by firm name.)

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