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		<title>Circle Bank donates 50,000 pounds of food to local food banks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kim Kaselionis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOVATO – In celebration of its 50th profitable quarter, Novato-based Circle Bank announced today that it will donate 50,000 pounds of food to two Bay Area food banks, the San Francisco and Marin Food Bank and the Redwood Empire Food Bank.]]></description>
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		<title>$180,000 gift to SSU creates Hugh Codding Entrepreneur-in-Residence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROHNERT PARK -- Sonoma State University’s School of Business and Economics will soon add an “entrepreneur-in-residence” to its program, a move funded by an $180,000 donation from Codding Enterprises and one that Dean William Silver said would help create an “entrepreneurship pipeline” linking students, the North Bay Innovation Hub and the regional economy.]]></description>
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		<title>Napa flight school to end operations after 40 years</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/49405/napa-flight-school-to-end-operations-after-40-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAPA -- After more than 40 years in Napa, the International Air Service Company, better known as IASCO, will be suspending flight operations and moving its remaining 25 students to the company’s second facility in Redding on March 4, according to company President Robert Walters.]]></description>
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		<title>Sales abroad boost Medtronic CardioVascular third quarter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Sonoma Valley Hospital seeking parcel tax renewal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SONOMA -- Sonoma Valley Hospital is seeking a five-year extension of a parcel tax that provides more than $2 million in annual revenue for the district hospital, which officials say is vital to maintaining core and emergency services in eastern Sonoma County]]></description>
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		<title>Buckelew, Family Service Agency merger represents two-fold trend</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent merger of two Marin nonprofits represents a two-fold trend affecting nonprofit mental health providers: increased consolidation of services amid the prolonged economic downturn and a shift toward larger, more integrated organizations as a result of health care reform, according to experts.]]></description>
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		<title>Bergin University expands with Rohnert Park move</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/48246/bergin-university-expands-with-rohnert-park-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At nearly 15,000 square feet, the former administrative building for the Cotati-Rohnert Park School District will allow the nationally renowned college to host a greater number of students and conduct many training and recreation activities for dogs on-site.]]></description>
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		<title>Marin General finalizes acquisition of sixth practice</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/48944/marin-general-finalizes-acquisition-of-sixth-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GREENBRAE -- Marin General Hospital has finalized the addition of a sixth medical practice to an expanding network of clinics it will now operate, a development seen as pivotal for the hospital as it looks for ways to attract and retain physicians amidst an increasingly consolidating, reform-driven health care landscape.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Defective&#8217; trusts may boost 2012 tax exemptions</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/49074/defective-trusts-may-boost-2012-tax-exemptions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keeping a family-based wine or vineyard business alive from one generation to the next is difficult enough, seen in a recent industry survey that one in three vintners wants to get out in coming years, but many small to relatively large family operations may be able to avoid an estate-tax "liquidity crisis" by accelerating transfers of business assets to a multigenerational trust under federal tax law provisions currently set to end this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Mother Nature, we forgive you for &#8217;11; now let it rain</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47213/grape-market-insights-on-harvest-2011-in-preliminary-crush-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47213/grape-market-insights-on-harvest-2011-in-preliminary-crush-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Clements</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brokers, growers, grape buyers, winery financial execs and marketing wizards are all complaining about Mother Nature because she was stingy this last harvest.]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of Marin digs deeper into wine</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/49139/bank-of-marin-digs-deeper-into-wine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOVATO -- Bank of Marin is making a determined effort to extend the wine-related expertise of its commercial lending team into the industry with expansions into Napa and Sonoma counties over the past 12 months.]]></description>
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		<title>Steel rises up for new Sutter hospital</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/48979/steel-rises-up-for-new-sutter-hospital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction continues to progress at the site of Sutter Health's forthcoming $284 million new hospital, next to the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Northern Santa Rosa, that will replace its aging, seismically unfit Chanate facility. ... Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa announced the appointment of Vincent Morgese as the hospital's executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief medical officer. ... Clinic Ole in Napa recently celebrated an open house for its newest location on Old Sonoma Road at the county Health and Human Services campus. ... The Marin County Board of  Supervisors approved a contract of more than $500,000 to Homeward Bound, which will provide housing and case management services for mentally ill homeless people in Marin. ... Tim McDonald of Cloverdale was recently elected to the board of directors at Alexander Valley Healthcare, formerly known as  Alexander Valley Regional Medical Center. Mr. McDonald previously worked as a senor executive in HR at Watson Pharmaceuticals, PriceWaterhouse, Paramount Pictures and MTV. ... 
St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake, formally known as Red Bud Community Hospital, received a $25,000 donation from Rotary Club of Clearlake.]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Charles Guenther, CEO, Palm Drive Hospital</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/48961/qa-charles-guenther-ceo-palm-drive-hospital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEBASTOPOL -- Charles Guenther is acting CEO at Palm Drive Hospital.  He has nearly 40 years of experience in the development and management of hospitals, health care systems, health maintenance organizations and related insurance enterprises.  He has been a senior executive in large health care organizations, including Sutter Health and Dignity Health (formerly known as Catholic Healthcare West) as well as CEO of a small rural health care system.  In addition to serving as a CEO of health care enterprises, he has been a consultant, university professor and a director of many for-profit and not-for-profit corporations.]]></description>
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		<title>NLRB delays posting notice for second time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Guest Submisssion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CALIFORNIA -- The National Labor Relations Board has postponed the effective date of its employee rights notice-posting rule until April 30, 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>California can&#8217;t recover without regulatory reform</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/48945/california-cant-recover-without-regulatory-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Bollinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO &#8212; President Obama last month said he wants regulations on business to be more effective and less burdensome. He ordered federal agencies to make a plan to review regulations to see how they could be modified, streamlined, expanded or repealed. state Senate leader Darrell Steinberg agrees that regulations need to be streamlined and duplication [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calendar: Week of Feb. 20, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Send Calendar items to the North Bay Business Journal, Attn: Calendar, 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401; fax 707-521-5292; or email &#110;&#101;&#119;&#115;&#064;&#098;&#117;&#115;&#106;&#114;&#110;&#108;&#046;&#099;&#111;&#109;. This Week North Bay Forum Sponsor: Keiretsu Forum Date: Feb. 22, 2:30 p.m. &#8211; 6:30 p.m. Place: San Rafael Corporate Center, San Rafael Info: &#110;&#105;&#110;&#097;&#064;&#107;&#101;&#105;&#114;&#101;&#116;&#115;&#117;&#102;&#111;&#114;&#117;&#109;&#046;&#099;&#111;&#109; Willie Brown, Jr. to Speak at SRJC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business News: Week of Feb. 20, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commercial Real Estate Cooke Orthodontics has acquired the “Mrs. McDonalds” building at 3392 Solano Ave. across from Vallergas Market at Redwood Plaza in Napa.  The 4,000-square-foot building will be the new home for Dr. Mary Cooke&#8216;s orthodontic practice. The  opening date is anticipated in fall 2012. Cathy D’Angelo Holmes of Coldwell Banker Commercial Brokers of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People: Week of Feb. 20, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banking and Finance Bank of Marin has hired Norma Saavedra to manage the Business Banking Deposit Service Group. Prior to Bank of Marin she was with PacificCoast Bank in Oakland as senior vice president of cash management and senior deposit relationship officer in charge of cash management and deposit services. Ms. Saavedra has more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leases and sales: Week of Feb. 20, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commercial real estate leases and sales in the north San Francisco Bay area]]></description>
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		<title>AltaPacific completes Stellar merger</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- AltaPacific Bancorp. (OTCBB: ABNK) today announced it has completed a merger with Covina-based Stellar Business Bank, a move first announced in September and approved by shareholders earlier this month.]]></description>
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		<title>Redwood Credit Union posts growth in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Redwood Credit Union posted growth across several fronts in 2011, adding members and assets while opening four branches in Sonoma County.]]></description>
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		<title>Sonoma Bank, Sterling cut staff 6%</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA — Sterling Financial Corp., the Spokane Wash.-based parent company of Sonoma Bank and Sterling Savings Bank, has cut 6 percent of staff across all levels of its 175-branch organization, according to a company spokeswoman.]]></description>
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		<title>Beringer, Chateau St. Jean boost Treasury Wine&#8217;s year-end domestic sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAPA -- Sales volume for North Coast wine brands Beringer Vineyards and Chateau St. Jean second half of 2011 were key to "stabilized" unit sales in the Americas for Treasury Wine Estates, the Australia-based company reported today as part of its fiscal half-year results.]]></description>
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		<title>North Bay foreclosures dip in January</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH BAY -- The proportion of homes in foreclosure in the North Bay last month was below the state average in four of the six counties, with the number of properties at risk of going back to lenders falling throughout the region in recent months, according to a report released today from foreclosure data compiler RealtyTrac.]]></description>
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		<title>The phenomenal success of Measure M and Highway 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Bollinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's important not to forget how critical the passage of Measure M in 2004 was to Sonoma County transportation -- and just how bad traffic on Highway 101 would be today without it.]]></description>
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