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  • Leases and sales: Week of May 21, 2012

    May 21st, 2012

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

  • North Bay jobs picture shows continued strengthening in April

    May 18th, 2012

    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.

  • SRHC leases space for new Roseland children’s clinic

    May 14th, 2012

    The Santa Rosa Community Health Centers has selected a new location for its Roseland Children’s Health Center, which is currently housed at an elementary school, that will accommodate the growing services by nearly quadrupling the size of the current site. … Kaiser Permanente is joining a nationwide effort to combat what health officials say is a growing epidemic — obesity. … Marin General Hospital’s Cancer Institute received the “Outstanding Achievement Award” from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. Only 106 out of roughly 3,000 cancer centers in the U.S. have recieved the award, according to Marin General, and it has not been given to any other hospital in Marin, Sonoma, San Francisco or San Mateo counties. … Marin General Hospital’s Cancer Institute received the “Outstanding Achievement Award” from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. … Kaiser Permanente’s Napa-Solano region recently awarded $800,000 in grants to local nonprofits in both counties, focusing on five key areas: access to prevention and primary care services; reducing obesity and overweight rates in adults and children; decreasing risky teen behaviors; prevention of community violence; and reducing health disparities.

  • Experts urge caution in ruling on meal and rest breaks

    May 14th, 2012

    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.

  • Leases: Week of May 14, 2012

    May 14th, 2012

    Commercial real estate leases in the north San Francisco Bay Area

  • Three local stores part of Cost Plus purchase by Bed Bath & Beyond

    May 9th, 2012

    Cost Plus Inc. (Nasdaq: CPWM) stores in Santa Rosa, Napa and Greenbrae are part of a $495 million cash deal announced today by the Oakland-based home accessories retailer to sell the operation to New Jersey-based Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBY), which has stores in Santa Rosa, Larkspur and Vallejo.

  • Altec prepares to open green fleet assembly plant in Dixon

    May 7th, 2012

    DIXON – Altec Industries Inc. plans to officially open its newly constructed $5.5 million Green Fleet utility vehicle final assembly plant this month, pending receipt of an occupancy permit.

  • Facing big losses, two Lake County clinics to be closed

    April 30th, 2012

    Sutter Lakeside Hospital announced recently it would close two clinics in Lake County. … The Northern California Center for Well Being, which focuses on employee wellness throughout Sonoma County, recently entered into a contract with Fairfield-based Partnership Health Plan. … Dr. Bo Greaves of the Santa Rosa Community Health Centers was presented with the 2012 Family Physician of the Year award by the California Academy of Family Physicians. … The board of directors of TriVascular, Inc. appointed Christopher G. Chavez as chairman, CEO and president. … Palm Drive Hospital is expected to make a final decision within the next month on an electronic medical records system that could bring the 37-bed facility in line with its strategic partners while improving care. … The Petaluma Health Care District will host a community forum on health care reform on Thursday, May 3, from 6–8 p.m. … On Saturday, May 5, West County Health Centers will participate in the Sonoma County Human Race.

  • Top commercial real estate deals and the people who made them happen

    April 30th, 2012

    The “Top Deals and the People who Made them Happen” represent the top leases and sales for each Marin, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties. They are based on submissions from the largest brokerages and Business Journal research.

  • North Bay unemployment rates rise slightly in March

    April 20th, 2012

    Unemployment rates across the North Bay increased slightly in March, but the still-high rates were well below rates a year ago, according to state figures released this morning.

  • Westfield Solano part of billion-dollar shopping center sale

    April 18th, 2012

    FAIRFIELD — Westfield Solano is part of an eight-property, $1.154 billion pending sale of “non-core” shopping centers across the country announced today.

  • Leases & sales: Week of April 16, 2012

    April 16th, 2012

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

  • Foreclosure rate rises in Lake Co., falls elsewhere in North Bay

    April 12th, 2012

    The proportions of homes in foreclosure in the North Bay last month was below the state average in four of the six counties, and the number of properties at risk of going back to lenders fell in all but Lake County over the past six months, according to data released today from foreclosure data compiler RealtyTrac.

  • Construction on new Sonoma Co. courthouse could start in 2014

    April 11th, 2012

    The State Public Works Board in Sacramento today approved acquisition of three Santa Rosa properties needed to build a $178.7 million new Sonoma County criminal courthouse. It’s one of an estimated $380 million in projects for two new courthouses and one major renovation in North Bay counties in the next few years.

  • Report: Employers more confident about hiring

    April 9th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — Employers in Sonoma County are more confident about the prospect of hiring in the second quarter compared to last year, with 13 percent saying they expected to increase staffing levels, according to a quarterly survey by ManpowerGroup, an international staffing firm with a Santa Rosa location. And overall in the North Bay, employers are generally more confident about the economy than they have been, suggesting that a slow but steady economic recovery is wending its way through region, employment experts said.

  • Leases and sales: Week of April 9, 2012

    April 9th, 2012

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

  • Vallejo property part of $68 million sale of shopping centers

    March 30th, 2012

    VALLEJO — Two East Coast investors today said they purchased Park Place, a 150,766-square-foot neighborhood shopping center in Vallejo, as part of a $68 million acquisition of 837,183 square feet in five properties across the country.

  • Sales taxes rise in Vallejo, Mendocino County and Fairfax

    March 27th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — A majority of new voter-approved sales tax increases taking effect in California on Sunday are in the North Bay.

  • Financial, nonprofit, schools join on financial literacy

    March 26th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — At a time of historic strain on funding for schools in California, a number of local and national efforts are underway to support training in what many say is an important and often overlooked life skill for young adults — personal finance.

  • Leases and sales: Week of March 26, 2012

    March 26th, 2012

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

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