North Bay Business Journal

This Week 51 Errors Workshop Sponsor: CEO Focus Date: May 21. Cost: $49 Place: Hyatt Vineyard Creek, Santa Rosa Info: ceofocus-norcal.com; 707-324-5531 Win with Your Boss: An In-Depth Look at Internal … More »Calendar: Week of May 20, 2013

In my column last month (Social media strategy increases odds for success, April 1, 2013), I wrote about how imperative it is to have a plan for your social endeavors. ... Read more » More »First rule of social media, know thy audience

Awards The Napa Chamber Foundation and Mechanics Bank, with additional support from The Doctors Company, announced the following awards to residents in the Napa Valley: Doris Gentry, community booster … More »People: Week of May 20, 2013

Construction FARROW Commercial Construction has completed renovations for a homeowners association of a well-known shared ownership resort in Scottsdale, AZ. FARROW’s portfolio includes the award-winning … More »Business News: Week of May 20, 2013

Unemployment rates across the North Coast continued to fall, with every county improving its jobless rate over both the last month and over the year, according to figures released by ... Read more » More »Unemployment rates fall across North Coast

YOUNTVILLE and SANTA ROSA – Goosecross Cellars, the boutique luxury winery located in Yountville, has been sold to Golden Equity Investments, a private equity firm located in Golden, Colo. that was formed … More »Goosecross Cellars acquired by Golden Equity

PETALUMA -- The nonprofit organization Committee on the Shelterless, better known as COTS, announced a shift in leadership, with Mike Johnson, the agency's chief operating officer, assuming the role of … More »Nonprofit COTS picks new CEO

A Sonoma County-based nonprofit and several others with ties in the North Bay are among 48 organizations across the state to share in $37 million in outreach and education grants ... Read more » More »North Bay groups recieve grants from state health exchange

SANTA ROSA -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) reported today that its Electronic Measurement Group (EMG) saw second quarter revenues drop 13 percent since the same period last year. The loss ... Read … More »Agilent local revenues slide 13 percent

NORTH BAY – The U.S. Department of Commerce gave final approval to an application submitted by the Port of San Francisco last October to expand its Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) ... Read more » More »Trade zone extension to North Bay gets final approval

NOVATO -- Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. (Nasdaq: RPTP), after steadily growing its pipeline over the past 12 months, will relocate its corporate headquarters to a nearly 31,000-square-foot space at 7 Hamilton … More »Raptor to relocate headquarters to Hamilton

SAN RAFAEL -- Korean food has been topping trendy cuisine charts for the past few years, and now the Marin County natural foods entrepreneur who helped make it a household ... Read more » More »Korean food pioneer Annie Chun returns with new venture

NORTH BAY -- More capital is flowing to North Bay small businesses through loan programs backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration, with a 10.4 percent increase in dollar volume ... Read more » More »North Bay SBA lending up fiscal year’s first half

ROHNERT PARK -- Efforts continue to secure full funding for constructing an outdoor pavilion at Sonoma State University's Green Music Center, one of a number of construction projects at the ... Read more … More »SSU student center nears completion

(Listed alphabetically by institution.) Alden Macabales AltaPacific Bank 3725 Westwind Boulevard, #100, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, www.apbconnect.com; 707-236-1500 Alden Macabales is a senior vice president … More »Spotlight: SBA lenders 2013

NORTH BAY -- Legislation has been introduced that could significantly help grape growers and other farmers in the region utilize an additional resource for securing water during the dry season. Assembly … More »Bill would study ag water storage

A bill recently signed by Gov. Jerry Brown seeks to eliminate a two-month long delay on the state level in processing business applications. Assembly Bill 113, authored by John Pérez, D-Los ... Read more … More »Bill seeks to close business license backlog