Latest Press Release on Oakland

Mac Faithful Rejoice. Orb Now Available for OS X.
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Orb Networks today announced the availability of Orb for Macintosh, delivering media anywhere functionality to Apple Mac users. Orb enables anything from iTunes to be enjoyed on any internet-connected device, without downloading titles before...

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The Clorox Company Joins the Business Coalition for Workplace Fairness
OAKLAND, CA -- 11/03/09 -- The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) today announced that it has joined the Business Coalition for Workplace Fairness, a group of leading U.S. employers seeking to address workplace fairness for gay, bisexual, lesbian and trans..

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'Making a New Reality Foundation' Announces November 4 Inaugural 'World Game Changer Day;' Series of National 'Change' Events
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Not wanting the heady celebrations of the November 2008 election and presidential inauguration to give way to complacency, S. Raye Mitchell, Oakland, California, Harvard Law School graduate and founder/CEO of Making a New Reality Founda...

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Clorox Announces Pricing of $300 Million Senior Notes
OAKLAND, CA -- 11/04/09 -- The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) today announced that it has priced an offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.55 percent senior notes due Nov. 1, 2015, in an underwritten registered public offering. Th..

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Cadillac Chooses Pandora Platform for First Foray Into Mobile Advertising
OAKLAND, CA -- 11/04/09 -- Pandora Media, Inc. (www.pandora.com), the leading provider of personalized Internet radio, announced today that Cadillac will be the premier and exclusive advertiser on Pandora's laun..

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Design Firm of Iconic Household Brand-Names Re-Brands Itself
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Perspective: Branding, one of the rising names in global identity and packaging design, re-launched its own brand on November 1st, 2009 using the same winning strategy that has made household names out of its iconic clients including PepsiCo with ...

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Kaiser Permanente Examines Complexity and Potential of Diversity at 32nd Annual Conference
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente will host its 2009 National Diversity Conference November 4-6 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Kaiser Permanente senior executives, physicians and employees from across the country will convene for the organiz...

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TEECOM Design Group Appoints New Leadership Team
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- TEECOM Design Group, an Oakland-based technology firm specializing in consulting, engineering, project management and research, appointed Laurel Taylor and Larry Anderson as Principals of the firm. This promotion immediately followed the anno...

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The Makers of Clorox® Clean-Up® to Award $50,000 to Kids’ Programs Through New Power A Bright Future Grant Program
OAKLAND, Calif. - During these tough economic times, budget cuts are an unfortunate reality. That means important kids’ programs everywhere, despite dedication and hard work, are getting scaled back or even eliminated. Clorox® Clean-Up®, the only all-purpose cleaner powered by

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Zhone Introduces ETHX 3100 Series with Pseudo-Wire (PWE) for Immediate OPEX Savings on T1/E1 for QoS Sensitive Voice, Video and Mobile Backhaul
OAKLAND, Calif. - Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZHNE), a global leader in network access solutions, announced today its ETHX 3100 Series platforms with Pseudo-wire Edge-to-Edge Emulation (PWE3) enabling operators to migrate TDM applications onto a converged packet network for simpler netw

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First United Corporation Announces Third Quarter Earnings
OAKLAND, Md., Nov. 6 -- First United Corporation (Nasdaq: FUNC), a financial holding company and the parent company of First United Bank & Trust, today announced a net loss available to common shareholders for the first nine months of 2009 of $3.1 million, or ($.5...

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Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Report Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (KFHP/H), and their subsidiaries reported today a combined total operating revenue of $10.5 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, compared to $10.2 billion in the third q...

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'Blue-Green' Coalition Praises California Members of Congress for Taking Action to Empower America's Ports to Enact Environmentally and Economically Sustainable Clean Truck Programs
Two Dozen Legislators Urge an Update to Federal Transportation Law to Ensure Industry Polluters Can't Force Impoverished Workers to Pay the Cost of Replacing Old, Diesel-Spewing Fleets LOS ANGELES & OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A coalition of ...

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Bigge to the Rescue... Again: Provides Crane Service for Bay Bridge Accident
SAN LEANDRO, CA -- 10/30/09 -- Bigge Crane and Rigging Co. was summoned to provide crane service earlier this week for the unfortunate San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge accident, just hours after the 5,000 pound steel eye-bar reinforcement saddle an..

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Workers United and Bay Area Aramark Workers Win Labor Board Victory
Hundreds of Workers in Oakland, Hayward and San Jose Begin Negotiating Long-Delayed Contract OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Labor Relations Board found merit in charges that Aramark, a multi-billio...

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Cost Plus, Inc. Announces Reporting Date for Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Investor Conference Call
OAKLAND, Calif. - Cost Plus, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPWM) announced today that it will release its third quarter results for fiscal 2009 on Thursday, December 3, 2009, after the market close, and will host a conference call for investors at 1:30 p.m. PT that day. Participating in the call will be Barr

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Clorox Delivers 23 Percent Earnings Growth in Q1, Driven by Robust Gross Margin Expansion
OAKLAND, CA -- 11/02/09 -- The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) today reported strong earnings growth, driven by robust gross margin expansion and modest volume growth, for its first quarter, which ended Sept. 30. "We had a great first quarter,..

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Clorox Announces Plans to Begin Transitioning U.S. Operations to High-Strength Bleach
OAKLAND, CA -- 11/02/09 -- The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) today announced that it plans to begin modifying manufacturing processes in its U.S. bleach operations. The initiative calls for Clorox to begin transitioning from chlorine to high-strength ..

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SpringSource Increases Support of the Apache Software Foundation and ApacheCon US 2009
OAKLAND, Calif. - SpringSource, a division of VMware, Inc.(NYSE:VMW) and the leader in Jav

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Dramatic Settlement Sets National Model for H1N1 Hospital Safety Measures
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- In a dramatic settlement seen as a novel pattern for the nation, the nation's largest nurses union and professional association, and one of the country's biggest hospital systems today announced a landmark agreement that sets a national standard o...

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Thawte to Offer Free SSL and Code Signing Certificates to Open Source Community
OAKLAND, CA -- 11/04/09 -- ApacheCon US 2009 --

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Subversion Submitted to Become a Project at The Apache Software Foundation
OAKLAND, CA -- 11/04/09 -- APACHECON US 2009 - The CollabNet-sponsored Subversion project and The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) announced today that the award-winning Open Source project has formally submitted itself to the Apache Incubator in o..

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Scientific Learning to Present at the Third Annual Signal Hill Education Preview Investor Conference
OAKLAND, Calif. - Scientific Learning Corporation (NASDAQ: SCIL), a leading provider of technologies for accelerated learning, announced today that the Company will be present at the Third Annual Signal Hill Education Preview Investor Conference being held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Balti

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Sitzmann Morris & Lavis, Inc. Names John P. Pressley as Vice President of Sales
OAKLAND, Calif. - Sitzmann Morris & Lavis, Inc. (SML), one of the leading independent-based insurance advisory firms in Northern California, has named John (J.P.) P. Pressley as its new Vice President of Sales. He is responsible for all new sales activity and the management of SML’

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Bay Area Toll Authority to Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Toll Hike for Earthquake Safety
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) will host the first of three public hearings at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, 101 Eighth Street in Oakland, to receive public testimony on three options for a proposed tol...

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