Latest Press Release on California

Fitch Rates Riverside, California Electric Revs 'AA-'; Outlook Stable
SAN FRANCISCO - Fitch Ratings assigns its 'AA-' rating to the City of Riverside, California's $36.5 million electric revenue bonds, series 2009A bonds. Fitch also affirms the rating on the city's $525 million outstanding electric revenue bonds at 'AA-'. The Rating Outlook on all of the bonds

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Video: Virgin America's New Golden State to Gold Coast Service Takes Off
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America, the California-based airline that is reinventing domestic travel, expanded yesterday to the tenth destination in its growing network - South Florida. The new service connects the Golden State to Florida's Gold Coast, with twice-dail...

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Fremont Bank Expands to Southern California to Provide Residents with Needed Traditional Prime Residential Mortgage Lending
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. - Fremont Bank, a leading full-service community bank based in Northern California, today announced its expansion into Southern California to offer traditional prime residential mortgage lending, with a mix of retail, bank-to-bank and targeted wholesale lending services.

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Fremont Bank Increases Market Share Ranking for Home Mortgage Originations for Third Straight Year
FREMONT, Calif. - Fremont Bank, a leading full-service community bank in Northern California, has significantly increased its ranking since 2007 as one of the top home mortgage originators in California and the Bay Area communities the Bank serves. In 2008, Fremont Ban

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SET-Solar Announces Multi-Year Collaboration With Broadstreet Energy
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- SET-Solar Corp., a U.S. provider of high-quality, mono-crystalline photovoltaic solar modules, announced today its collaboration with Broadstreet Energy Corp., a Southern California-based solar panel installation company. The multi-year par...

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60-Day Notice of Right To Serve as Lead Plaintiff - Hagens Berman Files Securities Lawsuit Against SunPower Corporation
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro's San Francisco office has filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWRA) (Nasdaq: SPWR...

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Western Blue Opens Mini-Blue Student Laptop Store in Fresno, CA
SACRAMENTO, CA -- 11/19/09 -- Western Blue, Northern and Central California's most experienced desktop to datacenter IT integrator, is pleased to announce the opening of Mini-Blue, The Student Laptop Store, a cooperative program of Fresno Unified S..

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Entrepreneur Builds 'Buy My Moms House' Site to Keep Mom's Missouri House From Foreclosure
PASADENA HILLS, Mo., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- A California entrepreneur has put up a Web portal called "Buy My Mom's House" (BuyMyMomsHouse.com) to help sell his Mom's house in Pasadena Hills (St. Louis) Missouri, which has been on the market for a year and, while sitting idle ...

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Nomadix Initiates Lawsuit to Enforce Its Network Gateway Patents
NEWBURY PARK, Calif., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Nomadix, Inc. (www.Nomadix.com), the leading provider of network gateway devices, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. In the suit, Nomadix seeks damages and an injun...

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Tavis Smiley Moderates 'The Medicalization of Race' Science Matters Panel
At the California Science Center November 21, 2009 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Broadcaster Tavis Smiley will moderate a panel discussion on The Medicalization of Race November 21, 2009 from 1:00-2:30 pm. The program is part of

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TLCD Architecture Designs New Veterans Affairs Clinic That Doubles Size and Services
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - TLCD Architecture, a team of architects, interior designers, and collaborators designing community-oriented projects throughout Northern California, announced today the grand opening of a new Veterans Affairs (VA) Clinic in Santa Rosa that essentially doubles the size an

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California Minority Advocacy Groups Send Letter to Blue Shield of California Calling for an End to Discriminatory Practice that Denies Patients in Pain Access to Proper Medication
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- California minority advocacy groups including Healthy African American Families, The Wall/Las Memorias, Latina Breast Cancer Agency, Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program, and the Real Medicine Foundation today sent a letter to Bl...

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Fitch Affirms Indian Health Council's (California) 1999 COPs at 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable
SAN FRANCISCO - Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'BBB-' rating on approximately $2,410,000 outstanding certificates of participation (COPs) evidencing proportionate Interests of the Holders Thereof in Installment Payments to be paid by the Palomar Pomerado Health System (a California Local

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Petro Vista Energy Corp.: Operational Update-Noelia #1 Well in La Maye Block
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA -- 11/20/09 -- Petro Vista Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE: PTV) ("Petro Vista" or the "Company"), a Canadian independent oil and gas exploration company, announces that it has reached TD at its Noellia #1 (the first of several p..

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California American Water Teams With Senator Abel Maldonado for 'Operation Gobble'
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- California State Senator Abel Maldonado and California American Water will distribute 400 turkeys to the Monterey County Food Bank, Salvation Army and Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County on Tuesday, November 24, as part of the 19...

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Marley's ghost return with ninth album 'ghost town', recorded in nashville with cowboy jack clement
Acoustic quintet from Northern California and Pacific Northwest migrates to the (615) to record with legendary musician/producer, veteran of Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash.

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Much to See and Do in Madera County on Thanksgiving and Holiday Weekend
Numerous options will be available to visitors to California's Gateway to Yosemite who are looking for a bite to eat Thanksgiving. There will also be plenty to see and do throughout the weekend wineries, Christmas Tree lightings and more./I/P PMadera County, CA (Vocus) November 23, 2009...

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SJW Corp. Announces Approval by the California Public Utilities Commission of Increase in Rates for San Jose Water Company
SAN JOSE, Calif. - SJW Corp. (NYSE:SJW) today reported that on November 20, 2009, the California Public Utilities Commission issued its decision in the 2009 general rate case for San Jose Water Company, SJW Corp.’s wholly owned subsidiary, establishing rates for 2010, 2011 and 2012. In

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California Department of Real Estate Bars Former Real Estate Agent from Working in Real Estate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Revoked real estate agent David Marshall Crisp has been barred for three years by the California Department of Real Estate (DRE) from holding any position of employment or management in a real estate business. The order also prohibits Crisp from participating in any real

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Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP Filed Class Action Lawsuit Against Hansen Medical, Inc.
NEW YORK - Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP filed a class action lawsuit, civil case number 09-cv-05367-HRL, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose division, against Hansen Medical, Inc. (“Hansen” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:

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DIR’s Public Works Training Seminar: Helping to Build California’s Future Through Public Works Construction
COSTA MESA, Calif. - The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announces the fourth in a series of public meetings focusing on Public Works construction projects in California. This educational seminar is designed to help those working in public works construction understand

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AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Alliance California Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Alliance New York Municipal Income Fund, Inc., and AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, Inc. Holding Joint Conference Call
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 -- AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: AFB), Alliance California Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: AKP), Alliance New York Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: AYN) and AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, In...

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Alliance California Municipal Income Fund Releases Monthly Portfolio Update
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 -- Alliance California Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: AKP) (the "Fund") today released its monthly portfolio update as of October 31, 2009. Alliance California Municipal Income Fund, Inc. T...

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Foremay Launches Secure Erase Disk Purge for SSD Data Sanitation
(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 20, 2009 ) FREMONT, California – Foremay, Inc., a leader of technology innovation in solid state drive (SSD) and one of the World’s Top 10 SSD OEMs, today unveiled the Secure Erase function which is available for most model..

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Resources for Californians With Health Insurance Plan Problems
SACRAMENTO, CA -- 11/23/09 -- If you have a problem with your health insurance plan, there are steps you can take to get the service you need. California's Office of the Patient Advocate enc..

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