North Bay Business Journal

College of Marin hired Jonathan Eldridge as new vice president of Student Services. …

Attorney Michael Pfeifer has joined Santa Rosa-based law firm Smith Dollar PC. Mr. Pfeifer will head the firm’s office in Orange. … Also joining the firm’s Orange County office are attorneys Annabelle de la Mora and Libby Wong. …

Buckelew Programs named Steve Eckert, LCSW, as the organization’s new executive director. …

Kim Kaselionis has been named to the governing board of the Women’s Inititative for Self-Employment, a national organization headquartered in Novato, and elected to the Marin Women’s Hall of Fame. …

The Press Democrat appointed Jennifer Williams as director of advertising. …

Blu Homes, Inc. announced that Gary Martell has joined the company as chief financial officer, based in Vallejo. …

Visit Napa Valley promoted Sonyia Grabski to vice president, consumer direct marketing. …

Cline Cellars and Jacuzzi Family Vineyards promoted Keith Morris to vice president and national sales manager. …

VALLEJO — Blu Homes, a manufacturer of prefabricated and sustainability-focused homes and structures from its plant in Vallejo, today announced that it acquired the intellectual assets of San Francisco-based Modern Cabana.

Anheuser-Bush’s round-the-clock Fairfield brewery has cut energy usage by 30 percent since 2003. …

Investment in California- and Massachusetts-based Blu homes has doubled. …

Three years after first announcing its plan to develop a new all-electric vehicle in California, Coda Automotive’s first five-seat sedan rolled off of the final assembly line. …

Fairfield-based Partnership HealthPlan of California is expanding significantly. …

Vacaville-based Travis Credit Union has increased business-lending efforts. …

BENICIA — Three years after first announcing its plan to develop a new all-electric vehicle in California, CODA Automotive’s first five-seat sedan drove off of the final assembly line in Solano County this March. …

VALLEJO — The amount of money invested in California- and Massachusetts-based Blu homes doubled in March, reaching $50 million after a $25 million infusion from the Netherlands-based Skagen Group and Brightpath Capital Partners. …

NAPA and VALLEJO — A new phase of North Bay home manufacturing is rolling out of factories in Napa and Vallejo.

VALLEJO — Massachusetts-based Blu Homes today opened a 250,000-square-foot factory in Vallejo, where the company plans to eventually employ 500 and turning out that many of the company’s high-tech, high-green manufactured dwellings annually.

ROHNERT PARK — Codding Enterprises LP shut down a 5-year-old Rohnert Park factory for making light-gauge steel framing panels for rapid construction, but panelized construction ventures in Napa and Vallejo are expanding.