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  • Kaiser residency program expands unique efforts

    May 21st, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Kaiser Permanente’s recent announcement that it will launch a family residency program for Sonoma County reflects both local and national health care issues, as providers seek to attract and retain physicians in lieu of a heightened emphasis on expanding primary care capabilities to best serve the community.

  • iHub, SSU event to shine light on innovation

    May 21st, 2012

    ROHNERT PARK — Entrepreneurs and all that support them take note. The iHub and Sonoma State University are putting on a new event to showcase startups, both existing and potential.

  • Wineshipping investing millions in Napa fulfillment facility

    May 21st, 2012

    SONOMA — Increasing sales of wine plus greater demand for direct shipments has fulfillment services provider Wineshipping packing for a major expansion to Napa Valley.

  • Leases and sales: Week of May 21, 2012

    May 21st, 2012

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

  • 12th annual Women in Business Awards recipients announced

    May 18th, 2012

    The North Bay Business Journal has announced 15 recipients of its 2012 Women In Business Awards.

  • 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.

  • Petaluma’s Cyan names CEO to guide international expansion

    May 15th, 2012

    PETALUMA — Telecommunications systems and software developer Cyan today said Chairman Mark Floyd is taking on the additional role of chief executive officer as the company expands outside the U.S.

  • Kaiser to launch family medicine residency program

    May 14th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Kaiser Permanente’s Santa Rosa Medical Center will launch a family medicine residency program to expand the number of primary care physicians being trained in Sonoma County, it was announced today.

  • St. Joseph Health System changes name

    May 14th, 2012

    St. Joseph Health System, which owns and operates Santa Rosa Memorial, Queen of the Valley and Petaluma Valley hospitals in the North Bay, is officially dropping “system” from its formal name, which is now just St. Joseph Health.

  • Agilent local group revenue increases 5 percent, orders up 13 percent

    May 14th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Agilent Technologies’ (NYSE: A) Santa Rosa-based Electronic Measurement Group again led growth in orders and revenue in the company’s fiscal second quarter results, reported today, but the group’s growth is expected to flatten in the next several months.

  • Airport traffic up nearly 3 percent in April

    May 14th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Airline passenger volume at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport in April increased nearly 3 percent from a year before and slightly from the previous month, according to figures released this morning.

  • Large Marin, Sonoma office properties for sale

    May 14th, 2012

    Two major owners of commercial property in Marin and Sonoma counties have put 20 office buildings with 951,000 square feet on the market for sale in recent weeks in what some market watchers are anticipating will test institutional investor views of the long-term outlook for the North Bay business community.

  • 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.

  • Managing your workplace within the law

    May 14th, 2012

    There are a multitude of laws that tell us how we can and cannot treat our employees. Mistakes in this area can be very costly, in terms of both time and financial impacts. Human resources laws that apply to you will vary based on where you do business. There are both Federal and State Laws that apply to your business. In addition, some cities have local ordinances as well. Here in California we have a lot of human resource laws that go well beyond the Federal requirements.

  • Leases: Week of May 14, 2012

    May 14th, 2012

    Commercial real estate leases in the north San Francisco Bay Area

  • Assembly approves Casino in Rohnert Park

    May 10th, 2012

    ROHNERT PARK — The California State Assembly today approved a pact between the state and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria that will allow for a Las Vegas-style casino on the outskirts of Rohnert Park, a move that all but assures construction will begin on the controversial project.

  • Santa Rosa Chamber to move offices

    May 10th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — The Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce said today it plans to relocate its downtown offices to a business park in the west central area of the city this summer.

  • Healdsburg wine company gets $2.5 million investment

    May 10th, 2012

    HEALDSBURG — A San Francisco venture capitalist is investing $2.5 million in a 5-year-old wine producer, the company announced today.

  • 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.

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