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  • 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.

  • Santa Rosa said to be home for reborn Aptera electric roadster

    May 7th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — A Chinese vehicle manufacturer recently purchased the Aptera electric roadster project, which underwent a highly visible shutdown in December amid a cash crunch, and has moved it to Santa Rosa with plans to start assembling thousands of the futuristic-looking vehicles locally by year-end.

  • Altec prepares to open green fleet assembly plant in Dixon

    May 7th, 2012

    DIXON – Altec Industries Inc. plans to officially open its newly constructed $5.5 million Green Fleet utility vehicle final assembly plant this month, pending receipt of an occupancy permit.

  • Agilent to acquire part of Centellax

    April 27th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A), whose Electronic Measurements Group is based in Santa Rosa, today announced it signed a deal with Centellax to acquire the 11-year-old Santa Rosa company’s test-and-measurement business.

  • Marmot expanding with lease of former Next Level site

    April 23rd, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Marmot Mountain LLC is on track to meet its goal of doubling sales and the number of its new branded stores worldwide, and that has the 38-year-old maker of premium outdoor gear for serious expeditions and sports apparel for technical and everyday use preparing its headquarters and local production facility for a trek to a high-profile Rohnert Park location twice the size this summer.

  • TriVascular names new CEO as it prepares for growth

    April 18th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — The board of directors of TriVascular, Inc. appointed Christopher G. Chavez as chairman, CEO and president, effective immediately. Mr. Chavez takes over from TriVascular co-founder Michael V. Chobotov, Ph.D., who was appointed chief technology officer and will continue to serve on the company’s board.

  • Merger to give Sebastopol apple processor wider reach

    April 9th, 2012

    SEBASTOPOL — Ninety-year-old apple processor Manzana Products Co. Inc. has merged with a large France-based agricultural products co-operative, giving the European company an entry point to U.S. markets for its apple products and Manzana backing for growing sales.

  • Report: Employers more confident about hiring

    April 9th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — Employers in Sonoma County are more confident about the prospect of hiring in the second quarter compared to last year, with 13 percent saying they expected to increase staffing levels, according to a quarterly survey by ManpowerGroup, an international staffing firm with a Santa Rosa location. And overall in the North Bay, employers are generally more confident about the economy than they have been, suggesting that a slow but steady economic recovery is wending its way through region, employment experts said.

  • Petaluma uke maker doubles size

    April 2nd, 2012

    PETALUMA — Kala Brand Music Co. is more than doubling the size of its Petaluma base of operations as sales expand for the 6-year-old producer of exotic ukuleles and novel bass guitars.

  • General Dynamics plans big Healdsburg expansion

    March 26th, 2012

    HEALDSBURG — General Dynamics plans to nearly double the size of its Healdsburg Operations Facility this summer to accommodate rapidly growing workforce and production needs.

  • Nominations for 2012 North Bay Manufacturing Awards due now

    March 23rd, 2012

    Nominate a company for the 2012 North Bay Manufacturing Awards. Winning companies will be featured in a special publication inserted in the North Bay Business Journal and will be recognized at an awards celebration. Deadline for nominations is April 27.

  • 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.

  • Homes roll out of North Bay factories

    March 19th, 2012

    NAPA and VALLEJO — A new phase of North Bay home manufacturing is rolling out of factories in Napa and Vallejo.

  • Mark Wood: BioMarin leads promise of high-wage sector

    March 5th, 2012

    NOVATO — Mark Wood is vice president of human resources of BioMarin Pharmaceutical, which has approximately 700 employees. He joined the pharmaceutical company in 2004 and oversees all HR functions as well as public relations and corporate communications. Before joining BioMarin, he was a sole proprietor of an HR consulting practice from 2002 to 2004 and previously worked as vice president of human resources and consulting for AG Consulting. He also previously was manager of compensation and quantitative analysis at Genentech and held numerous HR positions with Wells Fargo Bank.

  • Remy Gross: Buck Institute and seeds of new companies

    March 5th, 2012

    NOVATO — Remy Gross is currently the vice president of business development and technology advancement at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. His duties at the Buck include the increase of deal flow through global corporate collaborations and new company formation.

  • PG&E offers rate reduction to spur economic development

    March 1st, 2012

    Pacific Gas and Electric Co. today announced it asked state regulators for the right to offer a competitive electric rate to attract large employers to California and convince other large employers already in the state to maintain or expand their operations rather than leave.

  • Sales abroad boost Medtronic CardioVascular third quarter

    February 21st, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Sales growth outside the U.S. boosted revenue for the Santa Rosa-based division of Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) by 8.1 percent in its fiscal third quarter, the medical device maker reported today.

  • Two large Marin nonprofits merge

    February 13th, 2012

    SAN RAFAEL — Buckelew Programs and Family Service Agency of Marin, two major Marin nonprofits, today announced they will merge, making the agency a “major operating division” of the larger Buckelew organization.

  • Buckelew Programs, Family Service Agency of Marin announce nonprofit merger

    February 13th, 2012

    SAN RAFAEL — Buckelew Programs and Family Service Agency of Marin, two large nonprofit organization based in Marin, announced they would merge operations, with Family Service Agency becoming a “major operating division” of the larger Buckelew organization.

  • Q&A: Remy Gross, The Buck Institute on Age Research

    February 13th, 2012

    NOVATO — Remy Gross is director of technology transfer for The Buck Institute on Age Research. He will be a featured speaker at the Business Journal’s Impact Marin Conference on MArch 14. Business Journal: The Life sciences and biotech industries seem to be on an upswing in Marin County, with numerous companies expanding in and [...]

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