Business briefs: California's wine sales decline (The Monterey County Herald)
29/1/2010
FRESNO State's wine sales decline The wine industry received sobering news this week: California shipments dropped in 2009 for the first time in 16years. Sales figures show wine consumption is up 2.
Sensors put more eyes on California snowpack (The Fresno Bee)
29/1/2010
As five blizzards pounded California's high country last week, people across the state tracked the swiftly growing snowpack without leaving their offices or homes.
Gov. Schwarzenegger plugs Abel Maldonado on brink of his California lieutenant governor confirmation (San Jose Mercury News)
29/1/2010
SAN JOSE ? State Sen. Abel Maldonado, who is bidding to become California's lieutenant governor, got another blessing from Gov.
Bid to legalize marijuana in California takes key step (Los Angeles Times)
29/1/2010
Supporters gather what is likely to be enough signatures to put their measure on the state ballot in November. Proponents of an initiative to make California the first state to legalize marijuana have collected about 693,800 signatures, virtually guaranteeing that the measure will appear on a crowded November ballot.
Wine shipments from California fall in 2009 (Los Angeles Times)
29/1/2010
The drop is the first in 16 years and comes as consumers are shunning tonier offerings from the state in favor of cheaper overseas imports. Talk about a party-pooper: California's wine industry saw its shipments fall in 2009 -- for the first time in 16 years.
California in hybrid vehicle pilot program (UPI)
28/1/2010
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The business management division for California said it deployed a pilot program to monitor the effectiveness of hybrid electric vehicles for the state's fleet.
Poizner tells Sacramento Metro Chamber business leaders his plan to make state a leader again (dBusinessNews.com)
28/1/2010
Before a hundred-plus of the region?s business leaders, State Insurance Commissioner and GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner set down his 10-10-10 plan for putting California back into a leadership position.
Number of mortgage default notices in California (San Francisco Chronicle)
28/1/2010
The number of California homes entering the foreclosure process has declined for three straight quarters. Here is a tally of mortgage default notices: 2009 Fourth quarter: 84,568 Third quarter: 111,689 Second quarter: 124,562 First quarter: 135,431 2008... Mortgage - Foreclosure - Business - California - Loan
California Business for Education Excellence Names Monte Vista and La Primaria Schools to its 2009 Honor Roll (Mid Valley News)
27/1/2010
Monte Vista and La Primaria Schools in the Mountain View School District have been named 2009 Honor Roll schools by California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE). A total of 1,304 California public schools made the Honor Roll this year, and Monte Vista and La Primaria are two of only 395 schools to receive the Star Schools Award as part of the Honor Roll. Honor Roll schools were recognized ...
Primitive Logic Certified as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) by the California Public Utilities Commission (dBusinessNews.com)
26/1/2010
SAN FRANCISCO - Primitive Logic, the premier business consulting and technology services firm, is pleased to announce that it has been certified as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Supplier Clearinghouse, Public Utilities Commission, State of California.
