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Honor Forty under 40

Will the people and leadership that are already here slam the door shut, content to keep what they perceive as theirs?

Green jobs vs. reality

Elected officials today regularly extol the promise of green jobs. It’s a great applause line.

Unfortunately, the reality is something different.

Refusing to put an end to the recession

It has become conventional wisdom among commentators and many economists that the U.S. recession ended in 2009, particularly with that spurt of growth in gross domestic product in the fourth quarter.

So, why, then, did the nation’s arbiter of recessions, the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee, refuse to go along with that thinking?

Can struggling state really afford a new costly energy scheme?

A new effort is under way to delay implementation of what many see as the job-killing California cap and trade scheme that was part of AB 32 passed when the economy was at its peak in 2006.

California pension shortfall: $500 billion

A new study finds California public employee pensions are underfunded by more than $500 billion, far higher than previous estimates.

Fountaingrove clinic marks a community milestone

The North Bay passed a health care milestone last week.

It was the celebration of the final phase toward completion of a new, 42,500-square-foot medical facility for the former Southwest Community Health Center, now citywide as Santa Rosa Community Health Centers.