Sacramento Business Journal articles from November 1999

Sacramento Business Journal archives from November 1999

Del Webb wants to build a third Sun City.(Brief Article)
November 26, 1999... Del Webb Corp. is planning to build a third Sun City in south Placer County. Encouraged by the success of its Sun City developments in Roseville and Lincoln, the Phoenix-based developer of "age-restricted" communities for seniors is...

CMA will move its headquarters here.(Brief Article)
November 26, 1999... The California Medical Association is moving its headquarters from San Francisco to Sacramento next year. The CMA is a trade group for 34,000 doctors with an annual budget of $55 million. It's buying a 40,000-square-foot building at...

Second-largest bank sold for $41 million.(Brief Article)
November 26, 1999... Sacramento Commercial Bank announced this week it is to be sold to a San Francisco company for $41.6 million in cash. It will be the second bank purchase in Greater Sacramento by San Francisco-based Belvedere Capital Corp. The sale...

Tahoe Air cools its jets.(Brief Article)
November 26, 1999... Second airline in a month to cease flying Tahoe Air, a fledgling airline that began offering jet service out of South Lake Tahoe last summer, suddenly suspended operations Monday. The airline, which reached its largest payroll of 65...

Angelo T. looks ready to acquire One Capitol Mall.
November 26, 1999... We hear Sacramento's top land baron, Angelo Tsakopoulos, is in escrow to buy One Capitol Mall for about $28 million. Tsakopoulos apparently is diversifying his investments, using money he got from selling residential lots in Roseville to...

City floats new plan to develop riverfront.
November 26, 1999... Picture a lively riverfront, all the way from north of Old Sacramento to Interstate 80, with new restaurants, entertainment venues and parks. That's one of a slew of ideas planners are proposing for the Richards Boulevard and downtown...

Developer buys 52-acre cannery on Richards.(Brief Article)
November 26, 1999... A homebuilder has signed a letter of intent to buy the largest developable parcel in the Richards Boulevard area, where he could build up to 1,440 apartments. The builder, Loran Covington, wants to buy the 52 acres at 7th Street and...

Goliath goes down.(Brief Article)
November 26, 1999... Software developer wins at trial Two years ago, Dennis Berkla was in his yard when he found out his technology for creating digital art had been included -- without his consent -- in an art software package being sold by Corel Corp. ...

RiceX clears debt with fresh capital from Cino.
November 26, 1999... A cash infusion of about $6 million in equity financing has set up The RiceX Co., of El Dorado Hills to be debt-free and to pursue a new strategic marketing plan. The funds come from a partnership of investment groups, including former...

'Tis the season to buy e-tailing stocks.
November 26, 1999... Last week I went online to make my first gift purchase of the season. I don't want to say what it was, because God knows what kind of big mouths read this column. Let's just say there's going to be one lucky little lady in the East Bay,...

Comeback tour for raisins.
November 26, 1999... Ads are dusted off as raisin sales dry up They're back. And this time, they're slimmer, trimmer and more alert. But they may not dance. Not because they can't, mind you, but because on this tour, the California Raisins have a...

Roseville mall will be among first in ad program.
November 26, 1999... RETAILING When it opens next summer, the Galleria at Roseville will join the brave new world of advertising in shopping malls. The 1.1 million-square-foot Galleria will have 60 to 65 advertising structures inside and out. Indoor ads...

Developers eye garden spot for market, housing.
November 26, 1999... COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Since the early 1970s, the Ron Mandella Community Garden has been a quiet haven amidst the hubbub of downtown Sacramento. Now, developers are making a play for the property. One Would like to build a...

USC buys a building on I Street and moves its 140-student Sacramento campus.
November 26, 1999... The University of Southern California's Sacramento Center, a longtime tenant at 1201 J St., has settled into new digs at 1800 I St. The Sacramento Center of the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development bought the 12,000-square-foot...

Eskaton slates more Placer housing for frail seniors.
November 26, 1999... City planners give OK to 230 units at Sun City in Lincoln Eskaton plans to build 230 units of senior housing on 11.4 acres in Del Webb Corp.'s Sun City Lincoln Hills. The homes, similar to those Eskaton already plans near Sun City...

Prima hits the Web; Multimedia hits the street.
November 26, 1999... Prima Communications Inc., the Rocklin publisher of video game guides, healthcare references and other nonfiction books, has branched into online medical info. The move caters to the growing demand for alternative healthcare information....

Earth Tech connects at UCD, seeks to expand office.
November 26, 1999... Earth Tech, a $1 billion diversified environmental and water management company with a small office in Sacramento, has signed on as one of the first founders of UC Davis Connect. The new program, based in Davis, links local tech start-ups...

Largest 1998 real estate transactions.
November 26, 1999... Largest 1998 real estate transactions Sharon Havranek (Ranked by sale price) Property Sale Price Rank Address ...

Low overhead is an art form.
November 26, 1999... Gallery starts off in the black GETTING STARTED It could look like a sweet note written between newlyweds: "Don't forget to turn off the lights when you leave, (signed) AKA Tightwad." But fact is, such little reminders between...

Even with technology, you can't do everything.(business techniques)(Brief Article)
November 26, 1999... Technology and the Internet have changed our lives forever. You'll learn things differently, buy things differently, learn different things and generally have a different life than your parents or grand-parents did, because of technology. ...

Fly through Internet before taking off.(airfare bargains)(Brief Article)
November 26, 1999... Despite the proliferation of low-cost airlines, airfare still remains a significant line item in many sales budgets. The good news is that the Internet has introduced ways for the budget-minded business traveler to find significant savings....

Healthcare, tax rules concern NFIB.
November 26, 1999... Delegates to the National Federation of Independent Business summit earlier this month in Sacramento are concerned about the state's tax code, healthcare and labor regulations. Those concerns are foremost in the "Small-Business Referendum for...

TUG O' WAR.(Port of Sacramento vs. West Sacramento in port bridge project)
November 26, 1999... Sparks fly in the Battle of the Bridge -- and West Sacramento seeks more muscle in the Port of Sacramento's board room Tension between West Sacramento and the Port of Sacramento has deepened. A port commissioner has quit and the city...

Winters clings to rustic roots, yearns for better tax base.
November 26, 1999... Along with all the other cities in Yolo County, Winters has undergone significant growth in the past 20 years. In fact, it's doubled its population since 1979 -- recently crossing the 5,000 population threshold. But this rural hamlet,...

Controversy continues in Woodland.(housing development)
November 26, 1999... Battles on several fronts over huge development plan Woodland officials and developers continue to tussle over a proposed huge development that could reshape the city character for the next two decades. On paper, the project is known...

Davis residents push for a bustling downtown.
November 26, 1999... After the city of Davis decided to do a strategic plan for its downtown, the city planning staff made a list of things it predicted would be hot-button issues -- independent stores vs. national chains, big-box retailers, housing, parking and...

Largest employers in Yolo County.
November 26, 1999... Largest employers in Yolo County Jane Schultz Suzanne Webb (Ranked by number of employees in Yolo County) ...

Rick Lee.(Dade MicroScan corporate vice president)(Brief Article)
November 26, 1999... Dade MicroScan / corporate vice president It doesn't happen often, but sometimes, when you lay out a plan for your life when you're very young, it works out. It's worked out so far for Rick Lee. He went to school to prepare for a career...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.
November 26, 1999... ENGINEERING David Brown, Rick Little and Kevin Couch have joined Carlton Engineering Inc. as staff engineers. Brown works in the civil engineering department and specializes in hydrology. He has eight years' experience in site...

STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST.(Sacramento)(Brief Article)
November 26, 1999... STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST Tom Vandell WINNERS & LOSERS 1 Sac Commercial Bank +69.1% 1 Recom -24.2% 2 RiceX +35.2% 2...

Objective Systems Integrators.(Statistical Data Included)
November 26, 1999... The Folsom-based company, which makes telecommunications software, has struggled for profitably in recent years. OSI was established in 1989 and went public in 1995. The company serves the global service provider industry from offices in...

Preserve open space.
November 26, 1999... THE ISSUE: Our region needs to preserve and protect open space as we develop OUR POSITION: The Green Valley Initiative could be a powerful step toward that goal Efforts to reach regional consensus on planning issues have begun...

The weather: When will it end?
November 26, 1999... Tragedy is relative. A Peruvian village got wiped out recently by a volcano and I'll bet you didn't hear about it. Not that The Associated Press didn't try to tell you. It did, after all, write a five-sentence story. It began like this:...

Docs can't absorb the rising cost of drugs.
November 26, 1999... I was amazed at some of the assertions in Dr. Sam Ho's commentary regarding pharmacy costs ("The prescription for rising health premiums," Oct. 15). He says, for instance, that the California Medical Association's issue of physician...

Publisher's Foreword.
November 26, 1999... With our economy humming along, surely more companies need information to plan and make decisions as they give back to the community. Enter our third annual Book of Events. Each non-profit organization has a corporate sponsor on the...

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Sacramento.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events ANNUAL CASINO MONTE CARLO NIGHT April 29, 2000 Join us for fantastic evening of Las Vegas-style Black Jack, Roulette and Craps. Since everyone is playing with fun money, you too can be a high stakes roller...

Child Abuse Prevention Council.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events MIDNIGHT MILLENNIUM RUN December 31, 1999 Miller Park/5Km course & Y2K Walk/Front St. The Midnight Millennium has two segments. One is a 5Km course, which is a keyhole shaped loop to Miller Park and...

Steve Dawson Fund, a division of Sacramento AIDS Foundation.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events OSCAR NIGHT AMERICA March 26, 2000 With cocktails, dancing and entertainment, this is an Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences officially sanctioned Oscar party with a large screen telecast of the Academy...

Sacramento Crisis Nursery, a program of the Sacramento Children's Home.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events ART IS FOR BABIES September 2000 Join the Friends of the Crisis Nursery for a lovely afternoon of wine, hor d'oeurves and art for sale by 15 local featured artists. A generous percentage of each sale is...

Sacramento Ballet Association.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events "THE NUTCRACKER" BALLET December 9-23, 1999 Sacramento Community Center 19 performances of Sacramento's favorite holiday classic are presented by professional dancers of the Sacramento Ballet as well as...

Loaves & Fishes -- Clean & Sober Program.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events CLEAN & SOBER BENEFIT October 2000 The Clean & Sober Fund Benefit, a buffet dinner followed by the evening's program, music and entertainment, generates financial support for the Clean & Sober Program to...

Friends For Kids.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events FRIENDS FOR KIDS ELEVENTH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT hosted by Scott McCarron August 28, 2000 Location to be determined Join PGA pro Scott McCarron and other PGA Tour players for a day of golf with the...

Eskaton Foundation.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events [TLC.sup.*] GALA Site to be announced A private garden setting June 22, 2000 ESKATON'S ALPINE PARTY AT LAKE TAHOE INCLUDES ESKATON'S SWING FOR SENIORS GOLF CLASSIC AND TAHOE PARA-DICE PARTY BOAT...

Health for All.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events FATHER'S DAY CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH On Father's Day, June 18, 2000 This is only fundraiser each year for Health For All. There is a brunch menu listing all individual and corporate sponsors for the year. Key...

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sacramento & Northeastern California.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events TWELFTH ANNUAL WINTER WINE & FOOD FEST February 25, 2000 Sacramento Convention Center The Winter Wine & Food Fest features premium wines from more than 50 Northern California wineries and gourmet food...

Women Escaping a Violent Environment (WEAVE).
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events BLACK & WHITE GALA Fall 2000 The annual WEAVE Black & White Gala returns for a third year with a fund-raising goal of $125,000 to support the organization's domestic violence and sexual assault programs....

Sacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA).
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events REIGNING CATS & DOGS GALA October 7, 2000 Sacramento Convention Center Join this formal dance/auction with music and entertainment, while royal vintners, fine restaurateurs and microbrewers present the...

Greater Sacramento Urban League.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events CAREER DIVERSITY JOB FAIR 2000 February 2, 2000 With over 70 employers and hundreds of job seekers attending, the event is intended to support the area's largest job fair emphasizing workforce diversity....

United Way California, Capital Region.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events THANK YOU CELEBRATION March 2000 This event recognizes volunteers, area business and government agencies for outstanding workplace campaigns. COMMUNITY REPORT MEETING June 2000 This...

The Family Service Agency of Greater Sacramento, (FSA/S).
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events LAUGHS FOR THE FAMILY March 23, 2000 Sacramento Capitol Club An evening with comedian Jack Gallagher and friends. This event includes cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Key sponsors are AT&T, U.S. Bank and...

UC Davis Health System.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events UC DAVIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL REUNION AND WALK-A-THON AND CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK TELETHON June 3 & 4, 2000 The annual CMN telethon to raise funds for children's medical research and care programs at the UC...

Metropolitan Arts Partnership.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events ANNUAL EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAIGN September-November 2000 The Metropolitan Arts Partnership collaborates in a state, federal and private employee giving campaign in which donors can designate their...

Sacramento Food Bank Services.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events SACA BENEFIT BALL September 2000 Home of Ilham and Tony Saca An elegant gala held under the stars at the home of Ilham and Tony Saca. Attended by more than 650 of Sacramento's business and social...

Sutter Health Foundations.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Sutter Hospitals Foundation, Sacramento April 15, 2000 Sacramento Convention Center This elegant evening of dining, dancing and entertainment will transport you to places limited...

Capital Christian School.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events FIFTH ANNUAL DREAMS AUCTION April 8, 2000 The purpose of this auction is to raise money for the school for directing resources for educating and ministering to students. Tickets are $20.00 per person....

Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events EASTER BRUNCH April 23, 2000 PAWS Guests enjoy an Easter buffet brunch and self-guided tour of the sanctuary. This open house and brunch benefits the PAWS animals by raising funds and awareness. The cost...

Roseville Telephone Foundation.(Brief Article)
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events ANNUAL EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAIGN The company's employees make it happen! The foundation is an extension of the Roseville Telephone Foundation family which includes employees, retirees, friends and business...

Goodwill Industries.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events YEAR ROUND EVENT Donations -- The Heart of Our Business Goodwill continues its good work when it receives quality clothing, toys and household goods from individuals and businesses. Retailers are encouraged...

FamiliesFirst.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events FAMILIESFIRST "VALENTINE'S BALL 2000" "HELP HEAL THE HEARTS OF HURTING CHILDREN" February 12, 2000 Sacramento Convention Center Grand Ball Room Dine and dance at FamiliesFirst Third Valentine's Ball,...

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northern California.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events KEN LITTLE MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT August 2000 Location to be announced This tournament is held in memory of Ken Little who was instrumental in founding Camp Ronald McDonald at Eagle Lake. The key...

Junior League of Sacramento.
November 26, 1999... Fund-Raising Events SPRING WINE AND FOOD TASTING April 13, 2000 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The Pavilions This fabulous spring wine and food tasting at Pavilions with entertainment, music, cocktails and silent auction will cost...

Diabetes treatment gets a shot in the arm.
November 19, 1999... When the talk turns to money, you can feel Dr. Thomas Aoki's frustration. He came to the University of California at Davis 15 years ago to start a nonprofit diabetes research institute. The treatment he invented has since improved the...

Old Navy may sail onto K Street Mall.
November 19, 1999... One buyer has been tentatively selected from among the seven that have offered to buy the mostly empty Woolworth building on K Street Mail in downtown Sacramento. Word on the street is that the finalist is James J. Cordano Co., the...

Lincoln set for building boom.
November 19, 1999... Three projects plan 12,000 homes Two new communities in Lincoln, zoned for 7,658 homes between them, are gearing up to start construction alongside Del Webb's Sun City Lincoln Hills. The two undeveloped projects, Twelve Bridges and...

Monsanto Co. could bail out RiceX debt.
November 19, 1999... The RiceX Co. of El Dorado Hills is expected to unveil two key transactions any day now that wipe out $7 million worth of debt. A possible agreement with Monsanto Co. to acquire about 20 percent of the money-losing food-tech company may...

Sacramento ranks third in nation for flu, 'study' says.(includes several articles)
November 19, 1999... So we've got this going for us: Sacramento ranked third in the nation for flu cases during last winter's flu season, says a study put out this week by a Los Angeles vitamin company. But a Sacramento County health official says the stats...

Area ISPs continue to be snared by big guys.
November 19, 1999... The Internet service provider business continues to consolidate, with the acquisition of another small local ISP last week. Denver-based SkyLynx Communications Inc. has signed a letter of intent to buy its second area ISP for an...

EarthLink Network plans to hire 800 by end of March.
November 19, 1999... EarthLink Network Inc., the Pasadena Internet service provider that's setting up a 95,000-square-foot call center in North Natomas, plans to hire 200 local workers by year's end. And by the end of March it will hire 600 more, so that it...

Old Sac gets two nightclubs, brewery.
November 19, 1999... Old Sacramento will soon be getting a lot more nightlife with the addition of two new night-clubs and a sprawling brewpub. A sports bar called Sidelines, a high-end nightclub called Manhattan's and a huge new Pyramid Breweries Inc....

Forecast keeps buying land.(Forecast Homes)
November 19, 1999... Homebuilder shelling out $49 million Forecast Homes is spending $49 million buying lots for new homes, trying to be ready for the next millennium's market. Forecast's land-buying binge is a sign of the limes among the larger...

Summers Building suit.(Statistical Data Included)
November 19, 1999... Due to editing errors, our Nov. 12 story "Janitors' campaign hits Sutter Building with suit" states in one reference that a class action was filed against Summers Building Maintenance. The target is Sutter Building Maintenance. Similarly, the...

Chamber official.(Statistical Data Included)
November 19, 1999... The Nov. 12 story "State disavows memo requiring retroactive OT pay" cited an incorrect title for Julie Broyles. She is director of insurance and employee relations for the California Chamber of Commerce.

Pairing up in Folsom.(Statistical Data Included)
November 19, 1999... Two developers working to get office, retail under way Developers John Saca and Forecast Homes are combining their adjoining projects across the street from the Intel plant in Folsom. The effort could result in Folsom's getting its first...

After a rough start, her advertising career took off.
November 19, 1999... The very first campaign Rochelle Barcellona designed after starting her own advertising and public relations firm won the Delta Award from the Sacramento Advertising Club -- considered a sort of "best of show" award in the industry. It...

Valley peach growers are pitted against Greek rivals.
November 19, 1999... Central Valley peach growers have a big problem: Greek peaches. California peach growers may not be able to break even on their harvest next season if the industry keeps losing sales to subsidized peaches from Greece that are flooding the...

New-home median tops $200,000, but sales flatten.
November 19, 1999... The median price for new homes in the four-county Sacramento area hit a record $201,450 during the third quarter. The zenith for prices came at a time when regional new-home sales seem to be leveling out. Sales through the first nine...

Offices on tap for long-ignored Cordova land.
November 19, 1999... Buzz Oates has decided it's time to build 105,000 square feet of offices on a site in Rancho Cordova that developers have bypassed until, now. The land has stayed empty because of its location on Pyrites Way. Getting there from Highway...

Ex-Warriors equipment man sues over firing.(Brief Article)
November 19, 1999... Says team violated his rights busting him for cocaine A Sacramento attorney has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the Golden State Warriors over how the basketball team fired a longtime equipment manager who was videotaped...

Hate groups lose one in court's ruling.
November 19, 1999... If you're bidding for federal contracts, you'd better not be tied to hate groups. A recent U.S. Court of Appeals ruling said public officials can question the eligibility of bidders for government contracts over their associations with...

Woodland Health's new boss gears up.(Statistical Data Included)
November 19, 1999... Meg Cleary is a new face at Woodland Healthcare, but she knows the territory. Cleary was in charge at Sutter Medical Foundation until she donned a new hat in the Mercy system on Nov. 1. For the past two years, she's helped build closer...

Class action filed against local office device firm.
November 19, 1999... A Japanese company and its Sacramento subsidiary face a multimillion-dollar class action filed by a Sacramento law firm on behalf of public schools nationwide. The lawsuit, filed Nov. 5, claims Riso Products of Sacramento and its parent...

Senate confirms patent office chief.
November 19, 1999... Ten months after he took the helm of the U.S. Patent and Trade Office, Q. Todd Dickenson can take the "acting" off his title. The U.S. Senate unanimously confimed Dickenson Nov. 10 as assistant secretary of commerce and commissioner for...

Women gain a bit in top corporations.(Statistical Data Included)
November 19, 1999... Nearly 12 percent of the corporate officers in America's 500 largest companies are women, compared with slightly more than 11 percent last year, according to an annual census conducted by Catalyst, a New York-based nonprofit organization. ...

Merging title companies expect smooth transition.
November 19, 1999... A planned merger in early 2000 by Fidelity National Financial Inc. and Chicago Title Co. should have little effect, executives said, on 25 offices operated by the two companies in this area. Fidelity National and Chicago Title would...