Archive for November 2022
Blue Diamond Growers reports $1.61 billion in revenue for 2022 crop year
Despite an ongoing shipping crisis that has cost California agriculture billions of dollars, Blue Diamond Growers, the country’s largest exporter of almond products, managed to complete shipments to all its international customers in the past year.
Cargo volume growth at East Coast, Gulf ports helps bolster those industrial markets
The top trade-container port in the United States has long belonged to the West Coast but, for the past three months, has shifted eastward.
Proponents of Measure O, Sacramento measure on homelessness, declare election victory
Measure O proponents took an early lead on election night, which has held relatively steady.
Nestlé may shuck peanut allergy drug at center of $2.6 billion acquisition
The food giant saw Aimmune as a potential $1 billion food allergy brand, but the rollout of the peanut allergy drug was hurt in part by Covid-19 restrictions.
Twitter’s latest WARN filings reveal more layoffs and resignations
The notices include offices in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.
The Marketplace at Granite Bay adds Mimosa House restaurant
A soft opening could take place by the end of the summer.
Woodland Research Park, 351-acre commercial/residential project, likely to see final votes in 2023
Woodland’s largest economic development project in at least recent history is now months away from final necessary votes.
Humphry Slocombe adds large commissary kitchen in San Francisco’s Mission
The facility adds to an ample omni-channel Bay Area presence for the S.F.-founded ice cream brand.
Multibillion-dollar cancer drug from Genentech loses 2nd FDA approval
Five years ago, the FDA had granted a conditional “accelerated approval” of the drug in certain bladder cancer patients. But the company said a new study failed to hit marks that would convert the drug to a full approval.
UC reaches tentative agreement with about 1/4 of its 48,000 striking workers
The system reached an agreement with postdoctoral fellows and academic researchers that calls for substantial raises and childcare benefits.