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  • Venture Greenhouse branches out with ‘Affiliate Program’

    May 7th, 2012

    The Venture Greenhouse, Dominican University’s business incubator and accelerator program, has implemented a number of new initiatives since its official unveiling in October, including a pilot “Affiliate Program” that stands to broaden the incubator’s support for environmental and socially focused startups in Marin.

  • With state funding slimmer, SRJC’s Petaluma campus charts future

    May 7th, 2012

    PETALUMA – The Sonoma County Junior College District is charting a future for its recently expanded Petaluma Campus, considering strategies at a time when reductions to state funding have stymied plans to increase enrollment and kept attendance hovering at about half the facility’s capacity.

  • Leases and sales: Week of May 7, 2012

    May 7th, 2012

    Commercial real estate leases in the north San Francisco Bay Area

  • Psych hospital opening pushed to August

    May 5th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — The long-awaited opening of a 93-bed psychiatric hospital in Santa Rosa has been pushed back until August due to construction delays, according to the forthcoming hospital’s chief executive officer.

  • May 15 event: Contractor rules, regulations and today’s projects

    May 5th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — State regulators are cracking down on contractors trying to cut corners on employment and licensing law to win jobs amid the steep contraction in the building industry in the past six years, while local governments increasingly have been actively looking for ways to speed projects that will revive the economy and tax base, according to experts set to speak at the Business Journal’s 2012 Construction Conference next week.

  • AltaPacific announces share repurchase, first-quarter earnings

    May 4th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA – AltaPacific Bancorp (OTCBB: ABNK), the parent company of AltaPacific Bank, announced today that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $1 million of outstanding common shares through April 30 of next year.

  • Hennessy declares dividend after profitable quarter

    May 3rd, 2012

    NOVATO — Hennessy Advisors, Inc. (OTCBB: HNNA), a Novato-based investment manager, reported total revenue of $1.73 million in the first three months of 2012, and the board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 3.125 cents per share.

  • Doctors Company declares dividend

    May 3rd, 2012

    NAPA — The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest medical liability insurer, today announced a $21 million dividend for its member physicians and surgeons.

  • Developer buys Napa Town Center after council OKs downtown plan

    May 2nd, 2012

    NAPA — A major proposed redevelopment of 156,000-square-foot shopping center in the heart of downtown Napa will now go forward, after the Napa City Council unanimously approved a 20-year plan to guide the area’s development and the months-long suitor for the property purchased it.

  • SMART completes $199 million bond sale

    May 2nd, 2012

    NORTH BAY – The Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District announced that it has successfully sold more than $199 million in bonds, securing an overall 3.3 percent interest rate that the agency said will net $171 million to fund construction.

  • Calix reports 10 percent revenue boost in first quarter

    May 1st, 2012

    PETALUMA – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), a Petaluma-based provider of broadband communications equipment and software, announced that company revenue rose 10 percent during the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year, according to a regulatory filing from the company.

  • North Bay health centers get $11.8 million in construction grants

    May 1st, 2012

    A handful of health centers in and near the North Bay received grants totaling $11.8 million as part of a national program under the health care reform law, it was announced today.

  • Share your thoughts on the proposed Rohnert Park casino

    May 1st, 2012

    ROHNERT PARK — A Las Vegas-style Indian casino has been proposed — and is nearing approval — for the outskirts of Rohnert Park, prompting a high-pitched debate on whether the city and the county are properly suited for the project.

  • Enphase widens European expansion with new testing lab

    April 30th, 2012

    PETALUMA — Enphase Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENPH), today said it is setting up a new laboratory in Lyon, France, for local testing of the company’s European products.

  • Summit State Bank declares dividend as income rises 30 percent

    April 30th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Summit State Bank (NASDAQ: SSBI) today reported net income increased 30 percent in the first three months of 2012 than during the same period in 2011, and the bank’s board of directors approved a 9 cent dividend.

  • Investor buys Hess winery building

    April 30th, 2012

    AMERICAN CANYON — A Rochester, N.Y.-based private real estate investment trust today said it acquired The Hess Collection winery, warehouse and distribution building for $27.8 million.

  • Direct Flow Medical names new chief medical officer

    April 30th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Direct Flow Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on minimally invasive implant to treat patients with heart valve disease, announced the appointment of Charles Davidson, MD, as chief medical officer.

  • Marin-Sonoma IPA expands into new space

    April 30th, 2012

    NOVATO — Responding to continuous growth over the last two years, the Marin-Sonoma IPA is moving into a larger space at Hamilton Landing in Novato, from about 12,000 square feet to more than 20,000 square feet.

  • Commercial property shopping rises

    April 30th, 2012

    Businesses are out in greater numbers shopping for real estate to buy and lease, but local commercial property experts are quick to note that it’s not the surge of activity seen in recent months in other parts of the Bay Area.

  • Loss of Lucas project could reverberate for years

    April 30th, 2012

    SAN RAFAEL – The decision by Lucasfilm to withdraw advanced plans for a new digital movie studio in San Rafael’s Lucas Valley will reverberate throughout the Marin County economy for many years and result in the loss of hundreds of jobs and tens of millions of dollars to the regional economy.

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