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  • Conference to again focus on Latino work force

    March 5th, 2012

    As many North Bay companies in the construction, agricultural, manufacturing and other industries hire an increasing number of Latin American immigrant workers, it’s imperative that these companies’ business owners, HR and middle level managers are clear in communication with these employees on safety precautions, rules and procedures on the job.

  • Mike Shapiro: Pacifics ready to play ball

    March 5th, 2012

    SAN RAFAEL — Mike Shapiro is a veteran of over 25 years in the sports and entertainment industries, having served a variety of positions in sports team management, television production and administration, new media production and rights acquisitions, marketing, athlete representation, consulting and golf course management. Mr. Shapiro has worked in a wide range of professional sports including baseball, golf, basketball and hockey. He has also served as a senior executive, legal counsel, managing principal of his own consulting firm and media producer.

  • Firma Design Group acquires RJA&A

    March 2nd, 2012

    PETALUMA — Firma Design Group recently acquired planning and landscape architecture firm Ralph J. Alexander & Associates of Novato.

  • Freight trains to roll during passenger rail construction

    March 2nd, 2012

    UKIAH — Existing freight service will continue between Napa and Sonoma counties while construction on the first phase of the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit line is underway over the next two to three years, according to the North Coast Railroad Authority.

  • 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.

  • Latinos in the Workplace seminar set for March 15

    February 27th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — The seventh annual Latinos in the Workplace Conference will be held on March 15 in Santa Rosa.

  • SMART groundbreaking draws hundreds

    February 24th, 2012

    PETALUMA — Officials from the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District took part in a ceremonial groundbreaking in Petaluma today to celebrate the start of construction for a commuter rail system that is planned to span the entire length of Sonoma and Marin counties.

  • Good Earth re-opens in larger store

    February 15th, 2012

    FAIRFAX — Good Earth Natural Foods’ new store, located at 720 Center Blvd. in Fairfax, opened today at 11 a.m.

  • SMART OKs moving Rohnert Park station near State Farm site

    February 15th, 2012

    SAN RAFAEL — Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit officials today gave final approval for the relocation of a proposed commuter rail station in Rohnert Park, embracing a more central site that proponents said could help spur future transit-oriented development in an area that includes the office complex State Farm Insurance vacated in 2010.

  • Friedman’s signs lease for Deer Creek store

    February 13th, 2012

    PETALUMA — Friedman’s Home Improvement, the largest locally owned home improvement retailer in the North Bay, announced today it’s returning to Petaluma 66 years after brothers Benny and Joe Friedman opened the original store.

  • Ghilotti awarded $10 million sitework contract for 49er stadium

    February 13th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA – The Ghilotti Construction Company has been awarded a $10.4 million public works contract by the City of Santa Clara Stadium Authority to conduct site research and to manage the relocation of underground utilities on the grounds set aside for the new 49er football stadium between Highways 101 and 237.

  • Trio of projects move Sonoma County closer to new transportation future

    February 13th, 2012

    The future of transportation in Sonoma County will get a little closer in 2012, with a trio of simultaneous construction projects set to make travel easier within the North Bay and beyond in the coming years.

  • 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.

  • Target submits plans for Coddingtown store

    February 8th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Target Corp. wants to replace the vacant Gottschalks store building at Coddingtown Mall with a 144,000-square-foot store.

  • Area subs selected for SMART contract

    February 8th, 2012

    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.

  • SMART expects ‘at least’ two more contracts by summer

    February 6th, 2012

    Planners expect to award at least two more contracts for the construction of a commuter rail line between Sonoma and Marin counties by this summer, following the failure of an effort that could have repealed the 2008 sales tax measure that supports the project.

  • Supervisors sign off on airport plans

    January 24th, 2012

    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.

  • Supervisors OK $84 million airport upgrade

    January 10th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an $84 million upgrade to Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport that will enhance safety, add a new passenger terminal, provide longer runways and allow mid-sized commercial jets to land at the airport.

  • SMART board approves first construction contract

    January 9th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Construction of a commuter rail line between Sonoma and Marin Counties could begin as soon as tomorrow after the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit board of directors today voted unanimously to approve a $103 million design-build contract with the joint venture of Alameda-based Stacy and Witbeck Inc. and Herzog Contracting Corp.

  • SMART sells $191 million in bonds to fund construction

    December 20th, 2011

    SAN RAFAEL — updated at 3 p.m. — Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit today announced the sale of $191 million in multimodal rate bonds to fund construction of a train linking Marin and Sonoma counties. The proceeds of the bonds will be put in an escrow account while the group RepealSMART works to collect signatures to repeal Measure Q, which put in place voter-approved sales tax to pay for the commuter line.

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