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  • Business news: Week of May 21, 2012

    May 21st, 2012

    Bank of the West is one of the leading bank lenders to U.S. agriculture, according to an American Bankers Association online ranking, Top 100 Farm Lenders. … Travis Credit Union began what it calls an industry-first cultural immersion training exercise meant to increase employees’ level of service for Hispanic customers. … The California State Board of Equalization offers a free mobile software application, BOE ePay. … Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced that it paid franchise fees and property taxes of almost $286 million to 49 counties and 243 cities in which it operates. … Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) announced American Samoa Telecommunications Authority selected the Calix Unified Access Portfolio and Calix Professional Services to support and implement the authority’s Broadband Linking the American Samoa Territory (BLAST) project. … HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc., focused on water-management solutions, is releasing three new WeatherTRAK products, extending the line of “smart” irrigation and central control products this year. … California executive and entrepreneur John Kalb started EV Charging Pros. …

  • Leases and sales: Week of May 21, 2012

    May 21st, 2012

    Commercial real estate leases and sales in the north San Francisco Bay Area

  • 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.

  • Volvo acquires North Bay construction equipment rental business

    May 18th, 2012

    AMERICAN CANYON — A subsidiary of Sweden-based manufacturer Volvo AB acquired a North Bay construction rental equipment company as part of a rapid nationwide expansion.

  • North Bay jobs picture shows continued strengthening in April

    May 18th, 2012

    Unemployment rates across the North Bay had the seasonal drop in April from March but were markedly improved from figures for the previous April, as private-sector hiring increased in some counties while it remained flat in others, according to state figures released today.

  • Autodesk first quarter beats expectations

    May 17th, 2012

    SAN RAFAEL — Software maker Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today reported first-quarter revenues rose 11 percent from a year before and net income jumped nearly 14 percent.

  • April foreclosures fall and sales rise for most of North Bay

    May 17th, 2012

    NORTH BAY – Home sales and median prices increased while new foreclosures decreased across the Bay Area in the month of April, with more varied trends in the North Bay counties, according to a duo of reports released today by foreclosure and real estate tracking firms RealtyTrac and DataQuick.

  • Petaluma’s Cyan names CEO to guide international expansion

    May 15th, 2012

    PETALUMA — Telecommunications systems and software developer Cyan today said Chairman Mark Floyd is taking on the additional role of chief executive officer as the company expands outside the U.S.

  • Kaiser to launch family medicine residency program

    May 14th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Kaiser Permanente’s Santa Rosa Medical Center will launch a family medicine residency program to expand the number of primary care physicians being trained in Sonoma County, it was announced today.

  • Marin Community Foundation distributes $2 million in health care grants

    May 14th, 2012

    NOVATO — Grants totaling $2 million were distributed by the Marin Community Foundation to various health care agencies in Marin County as part of a$10 million, five-year grant established by Sutter Health.

  • St. Joseph Health System changes name

    May 14th, 2012

    St. Joseph Health System, which owns and operates Santa Rosa Memorial, Queen of the Valley and Petaluma Valley hospitals in the North Bay, is officially dropping “system” from its formal name, which is now just St. Joseph Health.

  • Agilent local group revenue increases 5 percent, orders up 13 percent

    May 14th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Agilent Technologies’ (NYSE: A) Santa Rosa-based Electronic Measurement Group again led growth in orders and revenue in the company’s fiscal second quarter results, reported today, but the group’s growth is expected to flatten in the next several months.

  • Airport traffic up nearly 3 percent in April

    May 14th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Airline passenger volume at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport in April increased nearly 3 percent from a year before and slightly from the previous month, according to figures released this morning.

  • Large Marin, Sonoma office properties for sale

    May 14th, 2012

    Two major owners of commercial property in Marin and Sonoma counties have put 20 office buildings with 951,000 square feet on the market for sale in recent weeks in what some market watchers are anticipating will test institutional investor views of the long-term outlook for the North Bay business community.

  • Vintners Co-Op, M.A. Silva expand to Napa Valley

    May 14th, 2012

    AMERICAN CANYON — Sonoma County Vintners Co-Op, Inc., which provides wine storage, distribution and fulfillment for a few hundred vintners along the West Coast, has expanded further into Napa Valley with a new warehouse, and the first customer is M.A. Silva USA’s rapidly growing wine bottle business.

  • Hudson Street Design expands to Napa

    May 14th, 2012

    NAPA — A year after it significantly expanded a high-end residential interiors dealership in Marin County, Healdsburg-based HLC Inc. is planting roots in Napa Valley.

  • SRHC leases space for new Roseland children’s clinic

    May 14th, 2012

    The Santa Rosa Community Health Centers has selected a new location for its Roseland Children’s Health Center, which is currently housed at an elementary school, that will accommodate the growing services by nearly quadrupling the size of the current site. … Kaiser Permanente is joining a nationwide effort to combat what health officials say is a growing epidemic — obesity. … Marin General Hospital’s Cancer Institute received the “Outstanding Achievement Award” from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. Only 106 out of roughly 3,000 cancer centers in the U.S. have recieved the award, according to Marin General, and it has not been given to any other hospital in Marin, Sonoma, San Francisco or San Mateo counties. … Marin General Hospital’s Cancer Institute received the “Outstanding Achievement Award” from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. … Kaiser Permanente’s Napa-Solano region recently awarded $800,000 in grants to local nonprofits in both counties, focusing on five key areas: access to prevention and primary care services; reducing obesity and overweight rates in adults and children; decreasing risky teen behaviors; prevention of community violence; and reducing health disparities.

  • Sunset of perks bumps SBA demand down — current borrowers more aggressive

    May 14th, 2012

    NORTH BAY – The volume of small business lending in the North Bay backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration was 29 percent lower for the first half of fiscal 2012 compared to the same period last year, with a corresponding 16.7 percent decrease in dollars across Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties, according to the SBA.

  • Spotlight: Leading SBA lenders 2012

    May 14th, 2012

    Spotlight: SBA Lenders 2012

  • 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.

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