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  • Napa’s Charter Oak Bank six-month earnings up

    July 28th, 2009

    NAPA – Charter Oak Bank showed an increase in year-to-date earnings with operating income of $708,196 for the six months ending June 30, up from $596,000 for the same period in 2008. However, the bank reported a net loss of $256,000 for the second quarter due to a $744,000 increase in its allowance for loan [...]

  • Summit State Bank earnings rise

    July 28th, 2009

    SANTA ROSA – Summit State Bank reported net income of $713,000 for the second quarter ended June 30, a 22 percent increase over the same period last year.

  • Appellate court upholds ‘Gateways’ redevelopment approval

    July 28th, 2009

    SANTA ROSA – A California appellate court has upheld the June 2006 approval of the “Gateways” plan to redevelop 1,100 acres along a four-mile stretch of central Santa Rosa.

  • Raptor Pharmaceutical to merge with TorreyPines Therapeutics

    July 28th, 2009

    NOVATO – Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. has agreed to merge with TorreyPines Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: TPTX), giving the Novato developer of drug-targeting platforms and mid- to late-stage clinical development candidates a listing on Nasdaq. The merged company will most likely retain the Raptor name, executive team and Novato location.

  • Palm Drive board to hire management firm after ousting CEO

    July 28th, 2009

    SEBASTOPOL – The Palm Drive Health Care District board voted Monday evening to hire Tennessee-based management firm Brim Healthcare Inc. after officials ousted Chief Executive James Russell earlier this month in the wake of continued public contention.

  • 2009 Executive Legal & Accounting Guide

    July 27th, 2009

    Insightful and cutting-edge articles by legal and accounting professionals on issues impacting your business right now. (Click on the image to open as a PDF file in a new window. Right-click on the image to download as a PDF file.)

  • Inertia wins New Vine assets in $4.5M bid

    July 27th, 2009

    SAN FRANCISCO – Napa-based wine e-commerce conduit Inertia Beverage Group acquired the assets of Napa-based wine order fulfillment provider New Vine Inc. for $4.5 million in a foreclosure auction sale here today.

  • Property owners scramble to meet irrigation cuts

    July 27th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – Landscapers and commercial property owners are making tough choices on how to maintain curb appeal while complying with new local rules for cutting irrigation by up to half this summer to avoid a state ban next year on watering.

  • Big sound, big solar and from Petaluma

    July 27th, 2009

    PETALUMA – The World Games are being played in the world’s first solar-powered sports stadium, a showplace project in Taiwan that boasts the largest 100-percent solar-powered acoustical and audio system ever designed.

  • Petaluma micro-brewer Lagunitas builds ‘beer sanctuary’

    July 27th, 2009

    PETALUMA – North Bay master micro-brewer and $20-million beer powerhouse, Lagunitas Brewing Co., will soon unveil the results of a recent $1.7 million infusion into the company’s Petaluma stomping grounds, including the introduction of its first tap room and true-to-its-name, “beer sanctuary.”

  • Empire College updates IT courses to ‘virtual’ machines

    July 27th, 2009

    SANTA ROSA – Information technology students at Empire College have been brought into the future with the addition of virtual computers to the classroom.

  • Inventory control takes center stage

    July 27th, 2009

    NORTH COAST – From consumer cellars to store shelves to restaurant wine lists to distributor warehouses, the buzzword in wine distribution is inventory.

  • Wine: Feds pump $5.7 million into reservoirs

    July 27th, 2009

    Winegrape growers facing severe restrictions on how much frost-protection water they can tap from waterways key to spawning protected fish will have some federal funds to help build ponds to store winter rains or install water-saving equipment.

  • Inertia Beverage launches direct-to-trade shipments

    July 27th, 2009

    NAPA – Inertia Beverage Group reached a milestone this month toward its goal of simplifying the trade wine buying process to the point-and-click convenience U.S. consumers in many states have enjoyed in the past several years.

  • Health Care: Huffman questions Sutter on Marin General profits

    July 27th, 2009

    Also: Napa launches drug discount card; Internet service expands offerings

  • Sutter’s SF medical foundation opens Novato physician center

    July 27th, 2009

    NOVATO – A San Francisco-based medical foundation opened the doors to a new multispecialty care center in Novato this summer with the hopes of helping to retain local doctors and bring new providers to the area.

  • Santa Rosa’s Reach expands to Riverside; Texas site in pipeline

    July 27th, 2009

    SANTA ROSA, MARIN COUNTY – Sonoma County-based Reach Air Medical Services opened a new southern California base this month, signaling the first of extended plans to double the company’s presence during the next few years.

  • Napa clinic adding pediatric center; sees new surge in uninsured

    July 27th, 2009

    NAPA – In the wake of a sudden 20 percent surge of newly uninsured patients, Napa’s federally qualified health center will soon construct a 3,500-square-foot pediatric center.

  • Santa Rosa surgery group creates ‘Hand Center’

    July 27th, 2009

    SANTA ROSA – Established in Sonoma County more than 60 years ago, Santa Rosa Orthopedics has launched the region’s first “Hand Center” aimed at integrating rehab and surgery procedures.

  • Commentary: Putting social networking to work for your business

    July 27th, 2009

    Social networking is one of the hottest topics in business today. Most everyone is familiar with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and weblog applications. Many of us have accounts, and tweet, paste, connect or blog at least occasionally.

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