Sacramento & Real Estate News
Sacramento Real Estate News
2009-01-20 09:56:08 - BayBio Expands Board of Directors to Deliver Broad Agenda (Centre Daily Times)BayBio today announced the election of its new chairman and four new executives to its board of directors for 2009. This select group joins BayBio in its on-going effort to serve the life sciences industry in Northern California.
2009-01-19 16:56:05 - MLK day takes on milestone (Orange County Register)
We want to know, is this MLK Day any different than other years?
2009-01-19 16:56:05 - Where will the tax dollars be spent? (Lodi News-Sentinel)
I thank Steve Jarrett and John Johnson for their efforts to improve the city of Lodi. These two are both good men but sometimes poorly informed.
2009-01-19 12:56:12 - Baby Boomers Are ?Exploring Life After 55? with New Publication (PR.com)
After 55? Housing and Resource Guide launches navigational guide for adults age 55+ [PR.com - September 27, 2007]
2009-01-19 09:55:44 - Australian firm sells Kansas City, Kan., office building (BizJournals)
Rubicon America Trust has sold a portfolio of government-anchored properties, including one in Kansas City, Kan., for $485 million.
Sacramento Business
2009-01-20 09:56:08 - Local Rice Business Booming (CBS 13 Sacramento)People are cutting back on expenses and businesses are slashing jobs during this rough economy, but the rice industry is booming, even doubling their prices from last year.
2009-01-20 08:04:33 - Retail watch: Sacramento art shops in a minimalist period (The Sacramento Bee)
Barry Smith, owner of Smith Gallery in downtown Sacramento, above, says business has fallen off, but he doesn't subscribe to a doom-and-gloom outlook as he still sees demand for works such as landscapes of the capital city, below. The veteran art dealer has taken a lease on a larger space, saying quality art, hard work and good marketing on his part will keep the money flowing. It's a ...
2009-01-20 08:04:33 - Business Owners Bracing for Late State Payments (KPBS San Diego)
California's state controller is preparing to delay nearly $4 billion in state payments next month?and that has many business owners and social service program recipients bracing for the worst. Marianne Russ reports.
2009-01-20 08:04:33 - Laid Off? California Association of Business Brokers Suggests Getting Back to Work With Your Own Business (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
You have been laid off -- now what? How about joining the increasing number of people who have decided to take control over their future and buy a business? With interest rates remaining low and pricing favoring buyers right now, this is a great time for an inspiring entrepreneur to take that business ownership leap.
2009-01-20 08:04:33 - Johnson visits D.C. to seek city aid, watch inauguration (The Sacramento Bee)
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has spent the past three days in Washington, D.C., and a large part of his trip has been about making sure his hometown gets all the financial help it can. The timing is perfect: today, the City Council is going to hear just how bad things are. As Johnson attends the galas, media appearances and power meetings surrounding the inauguration of Barack ...
Sacramento Jobs & Employment
2009-01-20 09:56:08 - H-2A Re-Engineering, Braceros (Migration Dialogue)The US Department of Labor (DOL) "re-engineered" its H-2A regulations effective January 17, 2009, converting the H-2A program from a certification to an attestation program. DOL reduced the roles of State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) in determining whether farmers need H-2A workers to fill jobs.
2009-01-20 08:04:34 - The Bottom Line: Employment outlook for 2009 (San Francisco Chronicle)
No brainer: grim job news for Bay Area and beyond Mayors from the Bay Area probably weren't surprised when they got the latest job outlook forecast. But it didn't make the reading any less unpleasant. According to a report compiled for the U.S. Conference of...
2009-01-20 08:04:34 - Tight economy means tough competition for financial aid (Carteret County News-Times)
CHERYL BURKE BROAD CREEK ? With a tight economy expected to create fierce competition for federal student financial aid this year, Croatan High School senior Maggie Nelson said she?s getting a head start on filling out the Free Application for Student Federal Aid (FAFSA) forms.
2009-01-19 22:55:17 - The Bottom Line: Employment outlook for 2009 (San Francisco Chronicle)
No brainer: grim job news for Bay Area and beyond Mayors from the Bay Area probably weren't surprised when they got the latest job outlook forecast. But it didn't make the reading any less unpleasant. According to a report compiled for the U.S. Conference of...
2009-01-19 04:55:03 - Tight economy means tough competition for financial aid (Carteret County News-Times)
CHERYL BURKE BROAD CREEK ? With a tight economy expected to create fierce competition for federal student financial aid this year, Croatan High School senior Maggie Nelson said she?s getting a head start on filling out the Free Application for Student Federal Aid (FAFSA) forms.
Sacramento Finance
2009-01-20 09:56:09 - Fearful Stocks for Greedy Investors (The Motley Fool)A Fool peers in through Wall Street's out door.
2009-01-20 08:04:34 - Now on FBI's most-wanted list: More agents (The Sacramento Bee)
Anyone with dreams of pursuing mobsters as Elliot Ness did, or aliens as Fox Mulder did, needs to get past Nancy Wedick first. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in its largest hiring blitz since Sept. 11, 2001, and is on the hunt to fill about 3,000 positions. Of those, 850 are for special agents ? the organization's famed G-men who battled gangsters in the 1930s and have spent the ...
2009-01-20 08:04:34 - Calif. board agrees to free up $650 million for infrastructure projects (KFTY TV50 Santa Rosa)
A California board has agreed to modify a freeze on public works spending that it imposed last month because of the state's budget crisis.
2009-01-20 08:04:34 - Brute Pt. 3-"The Day Of The Fight He Died" (The Sweet Science)
SIMMS: "Now, every time I get paid, all the money I make goes back to make up for the months that went by when I didn't fight."
2009-01-19 22:55:18 - No budget, no money (Poly Post)
The possibility of even more budget cuts has university officials planning for the worst.
Sacramento Politics
2009-01-20 09:56:09 - Californians keep their cool as aides in D.C. pressure cooker (The Sacramento Bee)Five young Californians who serve as congressional aides in Washington, D.C., show off their credentials Monday in the nation's capital. From left are Sary Stefanki, Mary McVeigh, Sam Stefanki, Matt Pennington and Shane Maharaj. Sam Stefanki began his political career pushing a portable vacuum cleaner around Sacramento Congresswoman Doris Matsui's office. "I started working for Mrs. ...
2009-01-20 08:04:35 - Californians keep their cool as aides in D.C. pressure cooker (The Sacramento Bee)
Five young Californians who serve as congressional aides in Washington, D.C., show off their credentials Monday in the nation's capital. From left are Sary Stefanki, Mary McVeigh, Sam Stefanki, Matt Pennington and Shane Maharaj. Sam Stefanki began his political career pushing a portable vacuum cleaner around Sacramento Congresswoman Doris Matsui's office. "I started working for Mrs. ...
2009-01-20 08:04:35 - AM Capitol Alert: Lockyer holds state reins - briefly (The Sacramento Bee)
The line of succession leads -- one, two, three, four, five . . . six -- to state Treasurer Bill Lockyer, who, with the Arnold Schwarzenegger and the five state officers in line behind him all in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration, gets to be acting governor for the day. So, about that budget . . .
2009-01-19 22:55:18 - Harris tabbed as new planning commissioner (Elk Grove Citizen)
Photo By Keri Wood - At the Elk Grove City Council meeting Jan. 14, District 3 Council Member Steve Detrick, appointed Fedolia ?Sparky? Harris as the newest member of the Elk Grove Planning Commission.
2009-01-19 22:55:18 - Voting yea for neigh (Burbank Leader)
Hundreds of equine enthusiasts got an early look Sunday at the 2009 team of horses set to march in January?s Tournament of Roses Parade.
Sacramento Crime
2009-01-20 09:56:10 - News and Features for Lake Isabella, California (Kern Valley Sun)Sacramento - With 2009 right around the corner, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) reminds motorists of several new laws that will ring in the New Year.
2009-01-20 08:04:35 - STORIES TO WATCH IN 2009:Year in a courtroom (Daily Pilot)
EDITOR?S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part series detailing the top 10 stories to keep an eye on in the coming year. Part 2 will run Friday.
2009-01-19 22:55:19 - Kelly to retire from EGPD this month (Elk Grove Citizen)
Photo courtesy of the Elk Grove Police Department - Elk Grove Assistant Police Chief Ed Kelly. Almost three decades ago, a respiratory therapist named Ed Kelly followed his brother?s lead and entered law enforcement.
2009-01-19 16:56:07 - W. Sac officer injured during pursuit (The Sacramento Bee)
A West Sacramento police officer was injured Sunday night after losing control of his vehicle and hitting some trees. At 7:45 p.m., the officer was trying to overtake a traffic violator on Southport Parkway west of Lake Washington Boulevard. He lost control and his vehicle hit several trees in the center median of the road, according to a news release. No other vehicles were involved in the ...
2009-01-19 16:56:07 - Sheriff's Department K-9 dog killed during pursuit (The Sacramento Bee)
A Sacramento County Sheriff's Department K-9 unit dog was struck and killed by a passing motorist while pursuing a car-jacking suspect Sunday evening, authorities said. Ado was part of a K-9 unit responding to a report of a carjacking by a 67-year-old man in the 6900 block of Lewiston Way at about 7 p.m. The victim reported that two men punched him, took his car keys and stole his white Ford ...
Sacramento Traffic and Weather
2009-01-20 09:56:10 - D.C. Dispatches: Scenes From The National Mall (NPR)Millions of people are expected in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to watch President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in and the inaugural parade. NPR reporters send updates from around the National Mall.
2009-01-19 22:55:19 - Echo Summit project would close Highway 50 for three-plus weeks (Sierra Sun)
ECHO SUMMIT - Caltrans has proposed closing Highway 50 for 24 days in 2011 to repair the barrier wall on Echo Summit - a plan that is worrying South Shore businesses because of its impact on tourism.
2009-01-19 20:55:28 - Echo Summit project would close Highway 50 for three-plus weeks (Sierra Sun)
ECHO SUMMIT - Caltrans has proposed closing Highway 50 for 24 days in 2011 to repair the barrier wall on Echo Summit - a plan that is worrying South Shore businesses because of its impact on tourism.
2009-01-19 16:56:08 - Visitors Flock To DC To Beat Crowds, Enjoy Events (CBS4 Miami)
It took two trains and a plane, but Miami resident Rose Wilson didn't have to fight her way through thick crowds as she wheeled her suitcase through Union Station. She arrived with her family Saturday morning before the city's roads and bridges began closing and before throngs of visitors arrived in the nation's capital for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration.
2009-01-18 20:55:27 - Visitors Flock To DC To Beat Crowds, Enjoy Events (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
It took two trains and a plane, but Miami resident Rose Wilson didn't have to fight her way through thick crowds as she wheeled her suitcase through Union Station. She arrived with her family Saturday morning before the city's roads and bridges began closing and before throngs of visitors arrived in the nation's capital for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration.
