North Bay Business Journal

  • Vallejo wine warehouse arsonist sentenced to 27 years

    February 7th, 2012

    A federal judge in Sacramento today sentenced a 63-year-old Sausalito man to 27 years in prison and ordered him to pay $70.3 million in restitution related to the October 2005 fire at a Vallejo warehouse that destroyed an estimated $200 million to $250 million in wine.

  • Report: Napa-Solano commercial real estate stabilizes

    February 6th, 2012

    FAIRFIELD — Industrial real estate vacancy in Napa and Solano counties fell 1.4 percentage points in 2011, but immediate availability of office space in the two counties increased a percentage point over the year to even higher levels, according to reports released today.

  • Wellpoint, Anthem to put higher premium on primary care

    February 6th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — WellPoint Inc., the nation’s largest health insurance company and parent of Anthem Blue Cross, said it will pay physicians a higher reimbursement rate for primary care, a move aimed at reducing overall costs by rewarding preventative and quality care while hopefully addressing a nationwide physician shortage.

  • Nurses, NUHW hold daylong Kaiser strike

    January 31st, 2012

    NORTH BAY — The National Union of Healthcare Workers is holding a day-long strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities throughout Northern California, including hospitals in Santa Rosa, San Rafael, Vallejo and Vacaville, as the union negotiates a new contract with the health system.

  • Marin, Sonoma unemployment lowest in three years; Napa’s rate rises

    January 20th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — Unemployment rates across the North Bay in December edged downward slightly or remained at essentially the same high levels as in November, and Marin County’s jobless rate fell below 7 percent for the first time in nearly three years.

  • Raydiance weighs Petaluma expansion

    January 16th, 2012

    Raydiance, developer of next-generation laser technology, is considering a major expansion in Petaluma this year. Other items in this commercial real estate column: Santa Barbara-based multifamily property investment firm Nevins Adams Lewbel Schell, or NALS, purchased the 292-unit Rolling Oaks luxury apartment complex at 3700 Lyon Road in Fairfield for $52 million, or about $178,000 a dwelling. … Prima Fluer Botanicals of San Rafael signed a five-year lease for the 14,400-square-foot warehouse and offices at 23 Pimentel Ct. in Novato. … An affiliate of San Francisco-based industrial real estate investor Lowenberg Corp. purchased a 101,700-square-foot warehouse in American Canyon, Lowenberg’s ninth North Bay holding. … As part of planned projects around the Bay Area, San Ramon-based gym chain 24 Hour Fitness has been upgrading its North Bay facilities.

  • California getting majority of electric vehicle VC, study finds

    January 9th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — A December report by the Next 10 public policy group showed that California brought in $840 million in venture capital invested in electric vehicle technology, 80 perent of the U.S. total.

  • TricorBraun acquires Trilogy Glass

    January 3rd, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — As the TricorBraun WinePak division relocates early this month to a much larger, automated warehouse in Solano County, its St. Louis-based parent company today said it acquired wine container competitor Trilogy Glass and Packaging, Inc. of Santa Rosa.

  • Partnership HealthPlan sets big employment push

    January 2nd, 2012

    FAIRFIELD — Partnership HealthPlan of California said it is undergoing a significant expansion that includes plans to grow its 280-person workforce by as much as 30 percent through 2014, while having created over 60 jobs in 2011.

  • Health Care: BloodSource leases space for permanent facility

    December 19th, 2011

    BloodSource, a Sacramento area-based blood supplier of hospitals in Central and Northern California, has leased nearly 7,200 square feet at 3505 Industrial Drive in Santa Rosa, which will be the company’s permanent location for Sonoma County. … OffSiteCare, a telemedicine company founded by Sebastopol physician Dr. James Gude, has opened a central hub in San Francisco, where it it intends to provide nighttime hospitalist and specialist consultations for seven Northern California Hospitals, including several in the North Bay, the company said. … Daymon Doss, the current executive director of the Northern California Health Care Authority and former Petaluma Healthcare District CEO, has taken a three-month consulting job as interim executive director of the Mt. Diablo Health Care District in eastern Contra Costa County. … Marin Commuinty Clinics was awarded $460,000 by the Marin County Board of Supervisors to help adults suffering from the onset of serious psychiatric illness, along with other mental health services. … Napa County has selected San Diego-based McAlister Institute to operate a short-term residential and detox center on the campus of Napa State Hospital.

  • Leases and sales: Week of Dec. 19, 2011

    December 19th, 2011

    Commercial real estate leases and sales in the north San Francisco Bay area

  • Business news: Week of Dec. 19, 2011

    December 19th, 2011

    Solano County’s chambers of commerce recently honored local businesses and community members, such as Meyer Corp. and Travis Credit Union, for their contributions to the community at the Spirit of Solano luncheon. … Fairfield-based MV Transportation, Inc. announced the opening of its new Dallas location in the well-known and centrally located Premier Place Building at 5910 North Central Expressway. … Napa Valley Vintners, a nonprofit trade association representing more than 420 wineries in the appellation, announced that the country of Thailand has recognized Napa Valley with Geographic Indication (GI) Status that will protect the American wine region from misuse of its name in wine labeling in that country.

  • Stevenson Supply acquires Vallejo store from Ruoff

    December 16th, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — Stevenson Supply, which specializes in products to manage rainwater runoff and the dirt it moves, made its a further step toward expanding sales further into the Bay Area by acquiring Al Ruoff & Son in Vallejo.

  • North Bay unemployment rate continues decline in November

    December 16th, 2011

    [Updated Dec. 20] Unemployment rates in the North Bay either dropped slightly or rose incrementally in November, reaching the lowest rates in the past two years but remaining at high levels, according to figures released by the Employment Development Department.

  • NorthBay HealthCare gets ‘heart attack hospital’ designation

    December 12th, 2011

    NorthBay Medical Center has been designated by Solano County as the preferred hospital for heart attack patients, a designation that comes just two months after the 132-bed hospital became the county’s first level III trauma center.

  • Calendar: Week of Dec. 5, 2011

    December 5th, 2011

    Business-related events in the north San Francisco Bay area

  • Leases and sales: Week of Dec. 5, 2011

    December 5th, 2011

    Commercial real estate lease and sales in the north San Francisco Bay area

  • Large manufactured-home factory opens in Vallejo

    December 1st, 2011

    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.

  • Leases and sales: Week of Nov. 21, 2011

    November 21st, 2011

    Commercial real estate leases and sales for the north San Francisco Bay area.

  • Jobless rates: Marin, 7.2%; Napa, 8.3%; Sonoma, 9.3%

    November 18th, 2011

    Unemployment rates across the North Bay dropped slightly in October, with some counties posting job gains and others essentially flat, according to figures released this morning by the California Employment Development Department.

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