North Bay Business Journal

Register to attend the North Bay premiere screening of “Challenges,” from the acclaimed HBO series, “The Weight of the Nation,” Wednesday, June 27, 7:30-10:30 a.m., Sonoma County Sheraton, Petaluma.

Business Journal Event: 2012 Top Manufacturers in the North Bay awards reception. Thursday, July 19, 2012, 4-6:30 p.m., Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center, Rohnert Park

Bank of the West is one of the leading bank lenders to U.S. agriculture, according to an American Bankers Association online ranking, Top 100 Farm Lenders. … Travis Credit Union began what it calls an industry-first cultural immersion training exercise meant to increase employees’ level of service for Hispanic customers. … The California State Board of Equalization offers a free mobile software application, BOE ePay. … Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced that it paid franchise fees and property taxes of almost $286 million to 49 counties and 243 cities in which it operates. … Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) announced American Samoa Telecommunications Authority selected the Calix Unified Access Portfolio and Calix Professional Services to support and implement the authority’s Broadband Linking the American Samoa Territory (BLAST) project. … HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc., focused on water-management solutions, is releasing three new WeatherTRAK products, extending the line of “smart” irrigation and central control products this year. … California executive and entrepreneur John Kalb started EV Charging Pros. …

Business-related events in the north San Francisco Bay Area

March 23-24, 2012: Chef Charlie Palmer’s seventh annual ‘Pigs and Pinot’ weekend was held at the Hotel Healdsburg in Healdsburg.

Unemployment rates across the North Bay had the seasonal drop in April from March but were markedly improved from figures for the previous April, as private-sector hiring increased in some counties while it remained flat in others, according to state figures released today.

April 4, 2012: To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation held their 2012 grant awards reception at Servino’s restaurant in Tiburon

NORTH BAY – The volume of small business lending in the North Bay backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration was 29 percent lower for the first half of fiscal 2012 compared to the same period last year, with a corresponding 16.7 percent decrease in dollars across Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties, according to the SBA.

NORTH BAY — A recent state Supreme Court decision has greatly clarified the long contentious issue of when and how employers must provide meal and rest breaks — or at least the opportunity for meal and rest breaks — but employers still need to think carefully about the matter, employment law experts said.

California for-profit businesses now can legally converge social responsibility and environmental awareness objectives with traditional economic and profit goals under two new forms of incorporation that became effective Jan. 1.

Construction Carilile Macy, a Santa Rosa-based civil engineering, landscape architecture and surveying firm, has hired Christopher Brown as its  finance manager. Health Care Chris Bandy, MD, FACS, has been named trauma medical director of Kaiser Permanente’s Vacaville Medical Center. Dr. Bandy joins Kaiser Permanente from Enloe Medical Center in Chico where he was a trauma and [...]

Send Calendar items to the North Bay Business Journal, Attn: Calendar, 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401; fax 707-521-5292; or email news@busjrnl.com. This Week Habitat for Humanity – National Women Build Week Sponsor: Lowes and Habitat for Humanity Date: May 7-13, 7:30a.m.-2:00p.m. Cost: Free Place: Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards, Windsor Info: 707-578-7707 North Coast Business Exchange- [...]

Send Calendar items to the North Bay Business Journal, Attn: Calendar, 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401; fax 707-521-5292; or email news@busjrnl.com. This Week “Leveling the Playing Field” at the Schulz Museum Sponsor: Chas M Schulz Museum Date: May 14  Cost: $5 -$10 Place: Chas M Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane Info: 579-4452 2012 Construction [...]

Event: Thursday, June 28, 5:30-9 p.m., DoubleTree, Rohnert Park. At the 2012 gala, we honor the legacy of Peanuts creator and women’s athletics supporter Charles Schulz with keynote speaker Missy Park, founder of Title Nine clothing, remembering Title IX federal law that changed women’s sports forever.

Feb. 11, 2012: Anova’s held its 3rd Annual ACE of Hearts Pink & Red Ball at the Friedman Event Center in Santa Rosa

  Biotech Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. announced the appointment of Shalini Sharp as chief financial officer and senior  vice president of finance, effective May 21.  Ms.  Sharp will be a member of the senior management team and will be responsible for leading the corporate finance function. Ms. Sharp joins Ultragenyx from Agenus Inc. (formerly Antigenics Inc.), [...]

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.

Forty professionals younger than 40 who have made a significant contribution to the business community of the north San Francisco Bay Area.

These 2012 Forty under 40 nominees, though not winners this year, have proven to be successful young professionals to keep an eye on.

The Business Journal has created an exclusive forum for winners of its Forty Under 40 awards over the years.