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Previous: March 12, 2010

Friday 03.19.2010

• Sacramento River Cats tickets go on sale Saturday
• Employment slips in 100 biggest markets
• Apple now accepting iPad-focused apps
• Workers at Sutter Roseville vote pro-union, again
• Caltrans director accepts job in Contra Costa County
• Delta study finds actions to protect fish 'justified'
• AT&T to plant trees for customers who go paperless
• RT to move light-rail station at 7th and K
• New tax incentives benefit employers who hire unemployed workers

Thursday 03.18.2010

• Umpqua Bank offers program for small businesses
• Sacramento home sales flat, as prices rise
• Report: iPad's debut sales could outpace iPhone's
• Placer County to launch $33M energy efficiency program
• Army Corps awards $1.26M for solar installations
• Bank of the West hires former Citi exec as CFO
• Powers: Toyota ranks high in dependability
• Sacramento County charging credit-card fee
• California offers $30M cleantech loan program
• Mortgage rates little changed
• Folsom panel OKs Alleghany Properties hotel near Gold Rush site
• Thunder Valley Casino reopens renovated bar
• Tony's Fine Foods installs disaster recovery software
• Genentech hires Cytokinetics founder for new position
• Google, Intel team up on TV project
• Google phone maker HTC plans Apple fight
• Hewlett-Packard wins ink cartridge patent resolutions
• United Airlines: You fly, your bags get shipped

Wednesday 03.17.2010

• State Fair is all about adventure
• SunPower to build solar system for Yolo County
• Dow hits highest close since 2008; Sacramento companies see gains
• TV sendup of Steve Jobs planned called 'iCon'
• Wachovia to pay $160M settlement
• Sacramento attorney indicted for tax evasion
• Report: Apple will ban iPhone screen covers
• Sierra College wins grant to train energy technicians
• Sacramento Unified gets $19M construction bond from stimulus
• Global solar photovoltaic installations set record
• Recession scares workers into showing up on time
• CalSTRS promotes Wirth to private equity director
• Hewlett-Packard taps top India executive
• Cash gap grows between tech giants, rivals
• Sacramento City Council approves analysis for new arena
• Green energy business grows 11%
• Honda recalls 410,000 vehicles

Tuesday 03.16.2010

• Airport inks deal with Hiltachk marketing
• Reports: Simon prepares sweetened deal for General Growth
• Wells Fargo to cut 415 Sacramento call-center jobs
• Intel, AMD shares and competition heat up
• Report: Apple hires wearable computing expert
• Rain boosts Delta water supply allocations
• SAP sneers at Oracle’s acquisitions
• Pier to head Folsom Lake College’s arts center
• Regional Transit plans to cut 194 workers
• VSP partners up for eye-care clinics
• Solar Power inks deal to build RV parking structure
• Sacramento delinquency rate tops 12 percent
• H-P apologizes for defects in China
• Comcast to broadcast Masters on 3D channel
• Toyota: No reason for ‘runaway Prius’

Monday 03.15.2010

• Sutter Health to jump-start its $400M EHR installation in NorCal
• Sac State to host Med Tech Showcase
• SEIU-UHW employees ratify Sutter contract at Alta Bates/Summit Medical Center
• Sacramento considers 5% bid advantage for local small businesses
• CalPERS seeks voting uniformity among portfolio firms
• Premier Power earned $4.1M in Q4
• Foreclosures slow in Sacramento region
• Continental Airlines' free food days are over
• PG&E, EnerNOC partner to save energy
• Workers at Sacramento nursing home petition to join NUHW
• CalPERS to hold retirement planning fairs
• Portion of J Street in Sacramento to be opened to two-way traffic
• Los Rios chancellor joins board of American Council on Education
• Sacramento County median home sales price rose in February
• China probes H-P handling of consumer complaints
• Report: BofA eyes China expansion
• Macy’s folds gift-wrapping services
• PBS to air 'Earth Days' first on Facebook
• FAA orders emergency 737 inspections
• First day of iPad orders tops 120,000

Friday 03.12.2010

• UCD's new nursing school lands $900K in grants
• Sacramento ranked No. 13 on list of green cities
• U.S. wine exports fell 9.5% in value last year, 14.9% by volume
• Red Hawk Casino operator lost $2.4M in Q4
• UC Davis performs four kidney transplants through 'paired exchange'
• FAA proposes $787,500 in civil penalties against American Airlines
• WaMu holding company reaches settlements with FDIC, Chase
• Mechanics Bank senior exec joins Umpqua
• State Fund nearly doubled its income in '09
• Sacramento City school district gets $250K for community service programs
• UFL seeks fan input on name for Sacramento team
• Placerville tax preparer barred from preparing federal returns
• Horizon offers flights from Sacramento to Spokane, Boise
• Two members reappointed to workers' comp Rating Bureau board
• BofA: Loan modifications grow under HAMP
• Sacramento County assessor to retire
• February retail sales up slightly
• Operations boss leaves McCormick & Schmick’s

Thursday 03.11.2010

• Joyce Raley Teel regains spot on Forbes' rich list
• Solar Power Inc. delays earnings report
• California Forward, lawmakers seek to reform state government
• Special interests spent $1B to influence California voters
• California cash receipts over state’s guess for third month
• Arena task force recommends Kamilos plan
• Conan O'Brien tour to hit Sacramento in May
• California's January exports jump 18.5%
• American, Southwest carry most passengers
• Postal boss says 'no' to three-day delivery
• Mortgage rates stay below 5 percent
• 10% of iPhone apps are iPad ready, so far

Wednesday 03.10.2010

• Report: Colleges will need $1.5B more in 2019
• First Tech Credit Union to merge with Addison Avenue
• Drexel expands internship program to Sacramento
• State Fair accepting entertainment applications
• Citi to double private bankers over several years
• St. Patrick’s Day party closes L Street
• Earthquake authority chief testifies to Congress
• Drexel names Fry new president
• Unemployment tops 13 percent in Sacramento region
• Gus Vina named interim city manager
• Target launches mobile coupons
• Toyota sales still up from '09
• Robert Half: Legal hiring looking brighter in Q2

Tuesday 03.09.2010

• Raley’s collects $150,000 for Haiti
• Sacramento accountant pleads guilty in $13M fraud case
• Drexel board meets Wednesday to vote on president
• KB Home offers pre-wired homes for electric car owners
• Chevron to cut 2,000 jobs, $1B in spending
• Blue Shield foundation announces "nearly" $9M in Q1 grants
• SynapSense hires Boone for VP post
• Frontier puts $1.3M into Elk Grove network
• H-P Slate counters iPad ad, with Flash
• Solar Power nabs $24M in stimulus funds
• General Growth adds $3.9B to Brookfield plan

Monday 03.08.2010

• AECOM to consolidate offices in midtown
• William Jessup to host career fair
• Trumpette donates $350K of clothes to Haiti relief
• Report: Californians need to be better prepared for earthquakes
• Conference Board employment index boosts job-growth hope
• US Airways fined $40K for ticket-price disclosure failure
• Sacramento-area gas prices soar
• Gender wage gap improved slightly in 2009
• Former Folsom prison guard convicted of insurance fraud
• Pacific Ethanol enters new debt agreement
• Bargain prices lure homebuyers in February

Friday 03.05.2010

• Arden Fair bags national marketing award
• UC extends labor contract with lecturers
• State Housing Finance Agency gets $700M to help struggling homeowners
• H-P cuts Q1 profit by $73M in restatement
• Cordova Restaurant Casino to open March 12
• California's January jobless rate rose to 12.5%
• Wells Fargo could hire 10,000 more advisers
• State Department of Insurance to lower some fees
• Local postal employee indicted on workers' comp fraud charges
• Banks may eat billions in bad loans
• Pier 1 Imports' same-store sales rise 6.5%
• February weather takes $15M toll on Southwest Airlines
• Sacramento County extends CEO's contract
• Stem cell research center to open at UCD med center
• Regional Transit gets $488,000 grant from U.S. DOT
• Apple stores get iPad April 3, pre-orders on March 12
• Postal consultant: Consider 3 days of delivery
• Thunder Valley Casino and Resort to hire 600