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City Council approve the development agreement, the environmen- developer behind the new mixed-
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and pre-zoning designations. The city would need to annex the site,
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A 1940s era, 215,640-sq.-ft. ware- Last November, Amazon leased proper licensing to do so — a viola- building. the project” during the pandemic.
house at 1000 San Mateo Ave., an entire 600K-sq.-ft. building
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tion of the California Business and The lawsuit says the developer
near SFO. The move into the Pen- in Livermore, and in May it
insula follows Amazon’s growing leased a combined 1.2M sq. ft. Professions Code. “should have known” that the con-
East Bay footprint, where the tech in Richmond and in Hayward. In “Related engaged in an unfair, tractors it hired were “incapable of
giant has acquired significant April the company acquired a unlawful and deceptive scheme timely completing their scope of
space in recent months. new R&D facility in Dublin. that skirts state and local licensing work on the project and in a profes-
As we reported previously,
requirements to enrich Related at sional and workmanlike fashion,”
Buyer: Price: Amazon in May signed its first
Amazon $96M, lease in Sonoma to take over the expense of Bay Area contrac- and that failure to properly super-
according to a 250K-sq.-ft. new warehouse tors, vendors and suppliers includ- vise and manage the subcontractors
Future use: real estate site, in an unincorporated part of ing Build Group and the local sub- created “significant extra work” for
Unclear. RealtyTrac the county. The company is contractors hired by Build Group,” Build Group, increasing costs and
also planning to open two new
Quoted: per the lawsuit. delaying the project.
delivery stations in San Jose in
“We are constantly exploring 2020 after leasing a warehouse Build is seeking $37 million it The 465,000-square-foot office
new locations and weighing a and an under-construction says it is owed under the contract building is on city-owned land
variety of factors when deciding manufacturing facility there, and and unspecified punitive damages, and will serve as a new home for
where to develop sites to best plans to open a fulfillment center interest, penalties and attorney fees. the Department of Public Works,
serve customers, however, we in Fremont with the purpose of
don’t provide information on our Related declined to comment on the Planning Department and the
operating a fleet yard.
future roadmap,” said spokes- the lawsuits. Department of Building Inspec-
person Brittany Parmley. Build’s complaint alleges that tions.
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risen to stardom only to fizzle out after the board in June 2018. Mobility Services Group
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1,160 real estate projects across the it was riding high doing well,” said Jeff document obtained from
U.S. and had been backed with $60 Holzmann, CEO of IIRR Management AT&T by The Registry. AT&T
million from venture capital firms Men- Services, which took over manage-
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the petition, RealtyShares’ assets — money.” adjacent 2600 Camino
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$23,217.69 — will be liquidated to pay IIRR, did not pay any money to SPENCER A BROWN
Ramon, which it had pur-
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ment opportunities in residential and to get a dollar, ever.” but it is a solid businesses,” Holzmann
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investment. variety of other tenants.
fall of 2018, unable to raise additional note knowing he’d never see any of the portfolio in the next year or two.
funds, the company announced it that money again. He said the compa- — Brian Rinker
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done it again. His latest startup, and IT needs, from payroll to benefits software costs $8 a month per user. amount to 18.2% of the 6,700 jobs
Rippling, announced a $145 million to on-boarding. According to the Conrad said Rippling’s cloud- Uber cut worldwide. Previously, it was
Series B financing round on Aug. company’s website, its enterprise based employee management soft- thought they amounted to 5% of the
4, thrusting the human resources software system can onboard new ware has become even more relevant total cuts, but the new numbers came
software company into unicorn status hires in 90 seconds. Rippling co- now that so many companies need to to light when a mislabeled Califor-
with a new $1.35 billion valuation. Rippling will use the new capital, founder Parker manage employees remotely thanks nia regulatory notice was corrected
Conrad started Rippling in 2016 led by the San Francisco-based ven- to Covid-19, which of course has recently. Uber’s headquarters took the
shortly after he was forced to resign ture capital firm Founders Fund, pri- Conrad made it unsafe to work in-person at largest hit, with 240 pink slips. And
as CEO from Zenefits, amid inves- marily to shore up its cash position, physical offices. its Pier 70 location, which Uber plans
tigations by regulators in multiple though some funding will go toward But while Conrad has seen growth to close as it consolidates its work-
states for allegedly selling insurance research and development. and opportunity for Rippling amid the force to its new Mission Bay building,
through unlicensed brokers. Previously, Rippling had received work-from-home movement, he is not suffered 196 cuts.
Unfazed by his ungraceful exit, more than $60 million in funding a fan of a remote workforce.
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course to launch the first ever million on top of an initial $38.5 that can potentially alter the natu- Sandy Macrae. last for three years, Novartis will
enzymatic DNA printer. million Series B in May 2018, led ral history of these complex lifelong have exclusive rights to use San-
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will allow researchers to print ment firm LSP. DNA Script has
disorders.” gamo’s technology on three undis-
DNA in-house rather than by raised a total $116 million since Novartis’ Jay Bradner, president closed genes linked to the disorder.
mail-order, which is the most its founding in 2014. of the Novartis Institutes for Bio- All the research will be handled by
common method of obtain- The capital in the Series B Medical Research, said in state- Sangamo and funded by Novartis,
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the printer makes DNA using and joined by Santa Clara’s
enzymes — which will allow re- Agilent Technologies and oth-
to “pioneering the next generation has a market cap of $270 billion.
searchers to build much longer ers, will go toward developing of neurodevelopmental treatments” Sangamo — with a $1.5 billion
strands of DNA compared to tra- its enzymatic DNA synthesis and the partnership with Sangamo market cap — has a series of ther-
ditional chemical sequencing. technologies and the commer- and its gene therapy technologies apeutic drugs in the pipeline with
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based in Paris and with its U.S. SYNTAX DNA benchtop printer.
headquarters in South San The company will begin tak-
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ferred payments since the the eight-floor mixed-use structure residence. city’s center of desirable bohemi-
shutdown started, taking at 916 Kearny St., also known as the The hotel is slated to open by Jan- anism, could be reborn and spread
significant pressure off of Sentinel Building, since 1972. uary 2022, with permitting and con- out from all sides of a small new
hotels closed for business
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the wrap-around services Council of San Francisco and the state. Hotels that approximately 25,000 hotel workers. That includes
involved with caring for remain open are serving essential travelers or are part of the city’s 511 laid off by the Hotel Fairmont effective Sept. 24, according to docu-
vulnerable populations. emergency housing program. ments filed with the EDD.
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3.5% for incomes
president of cleaning, said Robert Gutierrez, president of above $5M. tics also reflect an exodus of resi- two clients looking at heading out of
international, strategy and the California Taxpayers Associa- dents from California and the Bay California are considering Montana
operations, a position she tion. “While it puts the heaviest bur- Needed to pass: Area, with numbers from the U.S. and Reno, Nevada. Montana is rising
held since July 2019. In den on those with the highest abil- A two-thirds Census Bureau reporting California on the radar potentially reflecting
that role she earned total supermajority of
compensation of nearly
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lawmakers and
$2.2 million in 2019. programs at risk when high-income the governor’s the year ending July 1, 2019. in social distancing environment.
In naming Rendle as Californians move or pass away.” signature California’s outmigration of “Working from home could
CEO, Clorox said that it in- Even if the proposal doesn’t wealthy residents picked up after mean working from a home outside
tends to even more highly become reality, California’s wealthy voters in 2012 approved a tem- of California to escape the state’s
prioritize issues around
diversity and inclusion on
residents are bracing for a bevy of porary tax increase for the state’s high-income taxes,” Bleeg said.
the company’s board and tax increases at the state and local top income tax, a 13.3% rate also “With an ever more mobile work-
in senior leadership roles. level to make up for falling revenue applied retroactively. In 2016, vot- force and employers rethinking the
In a Aug. 3 earnings amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The ers approved extending the tempo- whole headquarters concept, Cali-
call, Clorox said the pan- city of San Francisco, for instance, rary tax to 2030. fornia may be on the verge of real-
demic has led to skyrock-
eting demand for the its
is set to have several business-tax Bleeg is bracing himself for more ly triggering a migration with a tax
products. measures on the November ballot. demand for his services tied to the increase.”
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MAKING MOVES: VARO’S HISTORIC FIRST

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breezy and whimsical aesthetic to they experienced harsh treatment
attract employees and customers. and retaliation.
The company supports local grow- None of the employees mak-
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FARMGIRL
has backed the Black Lives Matter the company, and no administra-
movement. tive complaints or lawsuits have
But some former employees say been filed. They say they are seek-
that image belies the culture and ing personal acknowledgment and
working conditions at the online apology for the harm they say they
direct-to-consumer florist. experienced, along with changes to
On social media and in inter-
Online florist promises diversity address the company’s culture. The
views with the Business Times, training and inclusion council employees interviewed range from
at least 15 former employees have hourly floral designers who were
accused the San Francisco compa-
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tions against the company. the kind of venture capital funding
In interviews with seven of the that many startups rely on in the
employees, they said they first Bay Area, and today she owns Farm-
learned about the claims through girl outright. The company generat- many startups, which often grow in-place orders. Farmgirl quickly
comments on Farmgirl social media ed $32.7 million in sales last year. too quickly and lack robust per- opened a facility on a Watsonville
accounts or, in the case of supervi- That narrative of an entrepreneur sonnel policies. The company near- farm and hired back some staff along
sors and managers, through a meet- who battled through barriers to ly doubled its employee count from with new employees there.
ing with upper management. build a successful company earned 2016 to 2018, and it hit an employee But shortly after Farmgirl set-
The employees, who worked plenty of laudatory media cover- peak of about 200 employees before tled into its new surroundings and
across design, customer service age. She was named a Most Admired the Covid pandemic. fulfilled record-setting orders for
and shipping and receiving depart- CEO in November 2019 by the Busi- In April and May, the Business Mother’s Day, its biggest day of
ments, said they did not have direct ness Times, featured in Capital One Times documented the company’s the year, Hutchen made their first
experience with the allegations and commercials and even appeared on response to the Covid-19, which Instagram post alleging mistreat-
the general themes did not square the CNBC show “The Profit.” forced Stembel to furlough employment and discrimination at the
with their experiences. But the tale of Farmgirl Flowers ees initially as its San Francisco ware- company. Hutchen was angry at
Still, Stembel said the company is also a cautionary one shared by house was shut down amid shelter- the disconnect between the compa-
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Black Lives Matter and the discrim- account more than if you didn’t say ings to underline the distinction. Stembel, in a to a larger business and the quali-
inatory treatment that they experi- anything,” Strahilevitz said. “You Hutchen said a supervisor forced photo taken ty of life of their employees became
enced and witnessed there. have to walk your talk.” them to manually scrape thorns off in May, hired less and less a consideration,” Knip-
Michal Strahilevitz, a professor The most important thing a com- of roses, a task normally done with an outside pelmeir said.
of marketing at Saint Mary’s Col- pany can do when it faces a pub- a rose stripper. After doing multiple company to Knippelmeir said eventually he
lege of California, said while she lic reckoning, she said, is to quick- buckets of flowers, their hands were help put a was the subject of dismissal him-
doesn’t have first-hand experience ly apologize and take responsibility. numb, cold and bleeding. plan together self. After complaining to colleagues
with Farmgirl, companies that cen- Hutchen, who is Black and iden- When Hutchen showed the to address the about being overworked after a near-
ter their support of social justice as tifies as nonbinary, told me in an supervisor, they alleged he respond- workplace ly 20-hour shift lasting from mid-
part of their brand “are rightly held interview that they experienced ed by saying, “Does it look like I give issues.
to a higher standard.” bullying and intimidation from a f---?”
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not pet me,’ ” she said. er proportion of Black employees,
Perry, who was born in Trini- whereas areas where designers put
dad, said she had to adopt a differ- together vase-based displays were
ent speaking tone and voice because called “The Suburbs” because of the tinued to speak up. Stembel advised Stembel said the meeting was
she would be perceived as “aggres- higher proportion of white workers. employees to report complaints to held to underscore that the com-
sive” or “having an attitude” if she their managers, rather than HR, the pany “had a zero tolerance for any
spoke naturally. AN ALL-COMPANY MEETING employees at the meeting said. kind of harassment or discrimina-
“The big thing was that they kept The day after Perry’s firing in the fall Peonie Seesurat, the employee tion” and announce it had brought
saying ‘we don’t understand why of 2018, Stembel helmed an all-em- who wrote the Medium post, said in a third party to investigate claims.
you’re so upset’ any time we pre- ployee meeting in the warehouse Stembel referenced the company’s She did not take comments
sented opposition,” Perry said. area used for announcements. legal representation at the meeting. during the meeting because “we
Perry said things escalated when Employees at the meeting said “We felt that was a threat to us, didn’t want people in front of other
one Black employee left Farmgirl Stembel said she couldn’t address instead of trying to protect the peo- people to be making allegations that
and posted in a public forum about specific incidents with employ- ple that were fired inappropriately,” might not be accurate.” She denied
racial issues there. After being over- ees and made an implicit threat of Seesurat said. Two other employees that she told employees to avoid
heard speaking about the post, Perry legal action against those who con- there said they felt similarly. reporting claims to HR, instead
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Stembel and was initially wowed
by the company’s image, but later
found it conflicted with her expe-
laying out a variety of avenues for Five former employees specifi- once in 2016 for “minor infrac- Former rience in her one year there.
employees to report bad behavior. cally mentioned a lack of available tions” and that birds flying around employee “In the end, that beauty was all
clean water and reported having to a warehouse are a normal occur- Fayola Perry we held on to,” she said. “Most peo-
DIRTY, COLD WAREHOUSE use the same hose used on flow- rence in manufacturing and agri- said she met ple couldn’t take it. I always used to
Former employees said the former ers to fill water bottles or use the culture. She added that the com- with HR twice say Farmgirl wasn’t for everyone,
warehouse in Potrero Hill in which often-flooded bathroom sink. Erika pany has always provided clean to discuss but in reality, it wasn’t for anyone.”
workers assembled and shipped Tarley, who worked at the company drinking water, specifically refer- conditions at Stembel said the company’s
flowers was cold and dank, and in 2016, said she and her cowork- encing a water machine located the company. image isn’t a facade, vowing to con-
they said pigeons regularly flew in ers brought in a kettle from home near the front door. tinue supporting social justice caus-
the rafters and pooped on the floor, to boil and sanitize the water. “Just to be really honest, we don’t es as it works to improve its culture.
tables and workers themselves. Stembel said Farmgirl had only look like our neighbors, and run- “We don’t do things that aren’t
Workers received a free bouquet if been cited by the Occupational ning a manufacturing facility in real,” she told me. “Our values are
they suffered such a misfortune. Safety and Health Administration San Francisco where most people not like that.”
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2 Lam Research Corp. 2 Fremont, CA 95438 3,200 6,200 Semiconductor equipment Kiyo and Flex products Martin Anstice,
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3 Penumbra Inc. 5 Alameda, CA 94502 2,0002 2,067 manufactures and markets and peripheral diseases; Adam Elsesser, CEO
penumbrainc.com 510-748-3200 medical devices
access and embolization Fremont 4
devices for neuro and
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peripheral diseases Hayward 4

3825 Fabian Way Satellites, spacecraft Megan Fitzgerald,
3
Maxar Technologies
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11 Palo Alto, CA 94303 2,000 NR
space infrastructure
subsystems, robotics, Earth
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650-852-4000 intelligence
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2200 Mission College Blvd.
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5 intel.com
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408-765-8080
6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd.
6 Chevron Corp. 4 San Ramon, CA 94583 1,500 5,187 Energy company Gasoline, jet and diesel Michael Wirth,
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chevron.com 925-842-1000 fuel, lubricating base oils Chairman/CEO

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Keysight Technologies 1400 Fountaingrove Pkwy. Electronic design, testing, Wireless test solutions, companies that
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Ron Nersesian,
7 Inc. 18 Santa Rosa, CA 95403 1,200 NR manufacturing and oscilloscopes, network
President/CEO manufacture products
keysight.com 800-829-4444 optimization analyzers, signal analyzers
in the Greater Bay Area,
Flash memory
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5601 Great Oaks Pkwy. #100 technologies, SSDs, HDDs, which is defined as
7 Western Digital Corp. 10 San Jose, CA 95119 1,200 NR Computer data storage consumer storage Stephen Milligan, Alameda, Contra Costa,
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408-717-6000 products, data center Marin, Monterey, Napa, San
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6375 San Ignacio Ave. providing design, medical devices Cruz, Solano and Sonoma
9 Jabil Mark Mondello,
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19 San Jose, CA 95119 1,119 1,567 manufacturing, supply (ultrasound system, vein
jabil.com CEO counties.
408-361-3200 chain and product viewers), consumer
management services electronics (augmented
reality devices, robotics) Information was
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210 El Camino Real obtained from company

10 See's Candies 6 South San
1,0702 NR Manufacturer and retailer Truffles, lollipops Pat Egan, representatives and Manex,
sees.com Francisco, CA 94080 President/CEO
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650-761-2490 an independent consulting

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800 Dwight Way of total Greater Bay Area
Bayer
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11 bayer.us
7 Berkeley, CA 94710 1,055 1,227 Life science company Kogenate(r), Kovaltry(r), Product Supply employees was used as
510-705-5000
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BigTwin Supermicro Server,
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Super Micro Computer 980 Rock Ave.

Server and storage SuperBlade high
Charles Liang,
12 Inc. 9 San Jose, CA 95131 800 2,300 hardware performance modular President/CEO/ Companies that did not
supermicro.com 408-503-8000 Chairman
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Gillig LLC 451 Discovery Dr. Manufacturer of heavy- Transit buses: Diesel, CNG, Derek Maunus, headcount or did not
13 14 Livermore, CA 94551 800 925 Hybrid Electric and Battery
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Electronic manufacturing Medical, industrial, for information are not
services and product semiconductor and included.
2700 N. 1st St.
14 Sanmina Corp. 3 design, including optical, telecommunications
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San Jose, CA 95134 800 NR interconnect and equipment; PCB, PCBA and Michael Clarke, CEO
sanmina.com 408-964-3500 NEED A COPY
mechanical systems backplanes; sheet metal
technology enclosures, machining OF THE LIST?
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Marathon Petroleum 150 Solano Way CARB and conventional Thomas Lu, General For information on
15 Corp. 6 13 Martinez, CA 94553 690 NR Petroleum products gasoline and diesel Manager, Martinez obtaining commemorative
marathonpetroleum.com 925-370-3290 products refinery plaques, reprints or web
for
Vander-Bend 2701 Orchard Pkwy. Metals-focused contract Fabricated sheet metal, permissions, contact Lacey
machined metal parts,
16 Manufacturing 15 San Jose, CA 95134 660 NR manufacturer serving high-
electro-mechanical
Greg Biggs, CEO Patterson at 415-288-
vander-bend.com 408-245-5150 technology OEMs and CMs 4961, or at lpatterson@
co
assemblies
Amy's Cheddar Cheese, bizjournals.com. No other
1650 Corporate Cir. #100
17 Amy's Kitchen 12 Petaluma, CA 94954 631 941 Organic food company Bean & Rice Burrito, Amy's Xavier Unkovic, companies offering similar
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707-781-6600 Curry
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Cypress Semiconductor 198 Champion Ct. Hassane El-Khoury, Times. More information
18 Corp. * San Jose, CA 95134 600 NR Technology company Semiconductors
can be found online at
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President/CEO
cypress.com 408-943-2600
SanFranciscoBusinessTimes.
1 Jelly Belly Ln. Manufactures confections, Jelly Belly jelly beans, Lisa Rowland
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jellybelly.com 707-399-2390 beans Sport Beans CEO tab near the top of the site.
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USS-POSCO Industries 900 Loveridge Rd.
sheets, galvanized sheets Michael Piekut, WANT TO BE
20 16 Pittsburg, CA 94565 5852 NR Steel finisher
and tin plates for use in President ON THE LIST?
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when the List is next
Defense, NASA and
Lockheed Martin Space 1111 Lockheed Martin Way Spacecraft development commercial satellites; Mark Pasquale, VP/ updated, or if you wish to
21 8 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 560 4,300
and missile defense spacecraft instruments;
General manager, be considered for other
lockheedmartin.com/space 408-742-4321 solar arrays special programs
Lists, email your contact
Biologics, including Jean-Michel Boers, information to Ahalya
6701 Kaiser Dr. monoclonal antibodies in
22 Boehringer Ingelheim 17 Fremont, CA 94555 520 NR
Biologics development and
immunology and oncology,
U.S. country Srikant at asrikant@
boehringer-ingelheim.com manufacturer managing director/
510-608-6500 interferons, and other bizjournals.com.
targeted medicines President/CEO7
Develops and
BioMarin Pharmaceutical 105 Digital Dr. commercializes
Drugs for rare diseases
Jean-Jacques WANT TO SEE OUR FULL
including enzyme
23 Inc. 24 Novato, CA 94949 453 1,970 biopharmaceuticals for rare replacement therapy drugs: Bienaimé, LISTS ONLINE?
biomarin.com 415-506-6700 diseases driven by genetic Aldurazyme and Naglazyme Chairman/CEO To see this and other lists
causes
online (often including more
830 Loring Ave.
24 C&H Sugar Co. Inc.8 20 Crockett, CA 94525 428 460 Sugar company
Baking sugar, granulated Mike Corbin, listings and information
chsugar.com 800-773-1803 sugar, specialty sweeteners Refinery manager not shown in print),
Lighting manufacturer for HP-4 indirect/direct visit bizjournals.com/
30500 Whipple Rd.
25 Finelite Inc. 23 Union City, CA 94587 3502 NR commercial, educational, luminaire, finetune Jane White, sanfrancisco/datacenter/
finelite.com health care and controls, high performance President
510-441-1100 institutional markets recessed luminaires lists.
1 Number is based on overall local employment reported by Tesla. 5 Berkeley site head, Bayer Pharmaceuticals. 7 Not locally based. The company has not yet named a successor to Jens
2 Estimate based on SFBT research. 6 Marathon plans to shut down its Martinez facility and transition the Vogel, former president and CEO of the Fremont site.
3 Formerly SSL. Maxar is the combined operations of SSL, DigitalGlobe site to potentially store oil or produce renewable diesel. It expects to 8 A member of ASR Group.
and Radiant Solutions. begin a phased reduction of staffing levels in October.
4 Number represents Intel Programmable Solutions Group.
NOTES: * - did not rank. NR - not reported. CM - contract manufacturer. OEM - original equipment manufacturer. PCB - printed circuit board. PCBA - printed circuit board assembly. CARB - California Air Resources
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MANUFACTURERS IN THE GREATER BAY AREA (26-50)

RANKED BY NUMBER OF GREATER BAY AREA MANUFACTURING EMPLOYEES
Greater Bay
Area Greater Bay Sample of products CLOSER LOOK
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Kennerley-Spratling 2116 Farallon Dr. Pressure vessels for

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26 Manufacturing Group 21 San Leandro, CA 94577 3501 NR contract manufacturing from post-consumer recycled President
510-351-8230
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ksplastic.com materials, automotive parts

Trios Spinal Surgery Table, Total number of Greater
30031 Ahern Ave. Developer, manufacturer
26 Mizuho OSI 39 Union City, CA 94587 350 NR and seller of medical Hana Orthopedic Surgery Steve Lamb, Bay Area manufacturing
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mizuhosi.com Table, Levo Head Positioning President/COO

510-429-1500 devices System employees working for the
50 companies on the List
DAA Draexlmaier Manufacturer of interior
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28 Automotive of America Livermore, CA 94551 325 360 components for the components (trim parts) for Andrew Bailey,
LLC 29 650-567-6763 international automotive international automotive Plant manager
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Manufacturer of medical This List includes
Varian Medical Systems 3100 Hansen Way
companies that
20
devices and software for Dow Wilson,

29 Inc.2 26 Palo Alto, CA 94304 315 1,657 treating and managing Medical linear accelerators President/CEO
varian.com 650-493-4000 manufacture products
cancer
in the Greater Bay Area,
Printed circuit boards Albert Yanez,
which is defined as
Am
4211 Starboard Dr. Electronic manufacturing President,

30 Asteelflash 25 Fremont, CA 94538 300 NR services and contract assembly, box-build and Asteelflash Alameda, Contra Costa,
asteelflash.com subsystems integration,
510-440-2840 manufacturing testing Americas/EVP, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San
Asteelflash Group
Benito, San Francisco, San
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Inland Metal Technologies 3245 Depot Rd. Precision sheet metal Energy storage enclosures, Jennifer Sutton, Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa
30 33 Hayward, CA 94545 300 NR fabrications, enclosures, electromechanical assemblies, President Cruz, Solano and Sonoma
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inlandmetal.com 510-785-8555 weldments and assemblies cosmetic frames, sheet metal

Lighting manufacturer counties.
Automotive LEDs: Luxeon FX
370 W. Trimble Rd. serving the automotive,
30 Lumileds LLC 28
3001
Plus, Luxeon Altilon Intense;
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San Jose, CA 95131 NR mobile, architectural, Specialty LEDs: Luxeon IR Jonathan Rich, CEO Information was
lumileds.com 408-964-2900 entertainment and
illumination markets Domed Line, Luxeon Flash obtained from company
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Vetscan: veterinary representatives and Manex,

3240 Whipple Rd.
33 Zoetis Inc. 30 Union City, CA 94587 2901 NR diagnostic instruments; Medical devices, medicines Juan Ramón Alaix, an independent consulting
ty
zoetis.com Piccolo: human diagnostic and vaccines manufacturer CEO

510-675-6500
instruments firm. In case of ties, number
Recombinant proteins from of total Greater Bay Area
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bacteria, yeast and Carsten Schroeder, employees was used as

4560 Horton St.
34 Grifols 27 Emeryville, CA 94608 270 350 Global health care mammalian cells; FDA- Global head of secondary ranking criteria.
grifols.com company licensed HCV and HBV Grifols Diagnostic
510-923-3000
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diagnostic antigens; HIV Solutions Inc.

diagnostic antigens Companies that did not
Electronics manufacturer provide a manufacturing
Sonic Manufacturing
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47951 Westinghouse Dr. of hardware for markets headcount or did not

Laser, monitors, security Kenneth Raab,
35 Technologies Inc. 22 Fremont, CA 94539 200 NR including medical, detection devices President respond to requests
sonicmfg.com 510-580-8500 automotive, IoT, industrial,
for information are not
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consumer
1221 Broadway Clorox Bleach, Clorox Clean- included.
36 Clorox Co. 32 Oakland, CA 94612 180 1,327 Consumer products Up Cleaner, Liquid-Plumr,
Benno Dorer, Chair/
thecloroxcompany.com 510-271-7000 manufacturer Formula 409, Tilex CEO3
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NEED A COPY
1800 S. McDowell Clover Sonoma Organic
Clover Sonoma Blvd. #100 Cheese, OMEGA-3 Milk with Marcus Benedetti, OF THE LIST?
37 36 175 250 Dairy processor
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cloversonoma.com Petaluma, CA 94954 Choline, Organic Cream on CEO For information on

800-237-3315 Top Yogurt obtaining commemorative
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2090 Fortune Dr. Power systems controllers, Electronic, electro optical, plaques, reprints or web
38 Bestronics 41 San Jose, CA 95131 165 NR GPS positioning devices, electro mechanical Nat Mani, CEO permissions, contact Lacey
bestronicsinc.com 408-385-7777 laser instrumentation, manufacturer, box build and
medical instrumentation system integrator Patterson at 415-288-
4961, or at lpatterson@
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1991 Senter Rd. Power and control box sub- Power/control boxes, electro-
39 Bentek Corp. 46 San Jose, CA 95112 160 NR assemblies for U.S.-based mechanical assemblies, wire
Mitch Schoch, CEO4 bizjournals.com. No other
bentek.com 408-954-9600 semi-equipment harnesses and through-hole
companies PCBs companies offering similar
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MDC Vacuum Products 30962 Santana St. Ultra high vacuum chambers,
services are affiliated in
Vacuum technology
39 LLC 40 Hayward, CA 94544 160 NR manufacturer valves, high purity gas lines, David Dutton, CEO any way with the Business
510-265-3500 rapid prototyping Times. More information
for
mdcvacuum.com
1101 Railroad Ln. Magnolia Ube Ice Cream, can be found online at
41 Ramar Foods 37 Pittsburg, CA 94565 150 NR Specialty frozen food Orientex Lumpia Eggrolls, Susie Quesada,
SanFranciscoBusinessTimes.
ramarfoods.com 925-439-9009 manufacturer Bestaste Siopao Steamed Buns President
com by clicking the “Store”
co
2923 Adeline St. tab near the top of the site.

42 Hodo 34 Oakland, CA 94608 120 NR Plant-based foods Curry Nuggets, Firm Tofu, Minh Tsai, CEO
hodofoods.com 510-464-2977 Moroccan Tofu Cubes John Notz, CFO
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Bear Republic Brewing 110 Sandholm Ln. Racer 5 IPA, El Oso American WANT TO BE
Richard Norgrove,
43 Company Inc. 49 Cloverdale, CA 95425 107 NR Brewery Amber Lager, Thru the Haze President/CEO
ON THE LIST?
bearrepublic.com 707-894-2722 India Pale Ale If you wish to be surveyed
er
Ana Speros, when the List is next

5000 Fulton Dr. 6-inch vegan chocolate cake, Director of trade updated, or if you wish to
44 Just Desserts 42 Wholesale bakery
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Fairfield, CA 94534 100 120 carrot cupcakes, 32-count marketing

justdesserts.com 415-780-6860
manufacturer
coffee cake bites Patricia Seymour, be considered for other
VP of finance Lists, email your contact
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2898 W. Winton Ave. Manufacturing and Thick and Crispy Tortilla Robert Sanchez,
45 Sanchez Foods 50 Hayward, CA 94545 43 92 distribution of tortilla chips Chips, Medium Red Salsa President/CEO Srikant at asrikant@
casasanchezfoods.com 650-697-1800 and salsas bizjournals.com.
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Engineering,
21121 Cabot Blvd. manufacturing and Industrial snack food fryers,
46 Heat and Control Inc.
heatandcontrol.com
* Hayward, CA 94545
510-259-0500
42 200 commissioning of
industrial food production
industrial ovens, industrial
heat exchangers
Tony Caridis,
President
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6341 San Ignacio Ave.
47 BriteLab 45 San Jose, CA 95119 40 75 Full spectrum product Biomedical, robotics, Robert de Neve, online (often including more
britelab.com 408-326-0288 development industrial, semiconductor CEO listings and information
Face mask made with organic not shown in print),
2150 Cesar Chavez St. Organic and sustainable cotton and copper, organic visit bizjournals.com/
48 The Futon Shop
thefutonshop.com
* San Francisco, CA 94124
415-920-6800
25 34 manufacture of home
furnishings, bedding and
latex and wool mattress,
organic mattress with
Suzanne Diamond,
CEO
sanfrancisco/datacenter/
PPE horsehair, cashmere, latex and lists.
micro coils
Precious metal plating,
2281 Calle De Luna ceramic to metal assembly,
49 INTA Technologies
intatech.com
* Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-748-9955
20 29 metalizing, laser welding
for aerospace, defense, Custom products Mina Doshi,
President
medical device, auto,
semiconductor industries
12-ounce retail package of
275 Greenfield Ave. roasted coffee; 5-pound Helen Russell, CEO/
50 Equator Coffees LLC
equatorcoffees.com
* San Anselmo, CA 94960
415-485-2213
16 93 Wholesale specialty coffee
roaster and retail operator
wholesale package of roasted
coffee sold to restaurants,
Co-founder
Brooke McDonnell,
bakeries, cafes, foodservice Co-founder
distribution
1 Number is based on SFBT estimate. 3 Linda Rendle will become Clorox's CEO effective Sept. 14. Dorer will continue as chair.
2 Siemens Healthineers, a medical tech affiliate of Siemens, is buying Varian Medical Systems in a deal 4 Other top Bay Area executives include Wayne Erickson, VP, sales and marketing.
expected to close in the first half of 2021.
NOTES: * - did not rank. NR - not reported. HBV - hepatitis B virus. HCV - hepatitis C virus. OEM - original equipment manufacturer. PPE - personal protective equipment.
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person at a time in the cleanroom chez Foods. tocols, their existing practices were who are now short-staffed,” said
gown room.” “We’ve also counseled employ- almost enough to pass a Covid-19 Benedetti. “We have begun hiring
Bay Area manufacturers are ris- ees on travel and gatherings with standard. Clover Sonoma added a to support this labor shortage to
ing to the challenge of not only edu- family outside of their home. We’ve few extra sanitation precautions to ensure we will be able to operate
cating their employees about safe tried to instill teamwork and pro- their usual procedure. continually.”
practices in the workplace, but also tecting each other so that we may Benedetti says they have been The success of a manufacturing
making sure they take healthy prac- continue working safely.” hypervigilant because their prod- facility during a time of pandemic
tices home to their families. Michael Benedetti, director of uct is perishable and that they need will rely entirely on the company’s
“We’ve been providing weekly quality and regulations at Clover to maintain production lines for the willingness to adapt to new stan-
reminders that the precautions we Sonoma, says that the Covid-19 reg- 30 local dairy farms that they work dards, according to Russell.
are taking at work are working and ulations were easy to accommodate with. “Manufacturers need to rebuild
they should use the same guidelines for the company. “When we have had to quaran- their pipelines and even pivot to
at home and in public,” said Rob- Since food facilities already had tine individuals, there can be tre- new markets,” said Russell.
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Belvedere Tiburon 94920, D. and Calley P. Harrison, Emily Bruce, But Really Tho, 94549.
Lands of D.B./Engel DN ID 229 Martinique Ave., 1463 Treat Blvd., Walnut
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038-071-22/038/071/20, Michael Nierhake, Nierhake

Belvedere Tiburon 94920, Creek 94597. Surveying, 140 Via Vaqueros,
$5,576,363. Lot 115 Paradise Cay ID 038-
Kayla Kindle, Rylee & Ree Martinez 94553.
F. Eugene and Mary S. Metz 201-49, $2,494,545.
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Trustees et al. to Bonnie Timothy E. Merrill- Richmond 94804.
Burdett Trustee, 350 2nd St. Hillside Ave., Kentfield 70 Briarwood Dr., San Rafael Matuk, 8 Brookside Dr., San 06/25/20. Granny Traveling Notary
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#2, Los Altos 94022; 5 Dipsea 94904, ID 074-082-43, 94901, Lot 3 Glenwood Anselmo 94960, Cordone Stephen Barreul, Ascend Life Public, 125 Ramona St.,
L. Merrill-Palethorpe Pittsburg 94565.
Rd., Stinson Beach 94970, $2,100,000. Forest ID 185-254-03, Tract ID 005-222-17, Coaching & Consulting, 80
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Lot 101 Seadrift Lagoon ID $1,550,000. $1,264,545. R R Abstracts of Greystone Place, Pittsburg Aitchison Fine Art
and Jake G. Coin Trustees, Ronald A. Jorgensen
195-090-30, $4,800,000. 94565. Appraisals, 1250I Newell
1450 Grand Ave., San Rafael Trustee to William and Anthony T. Oczkowski Judgment Tameka Young, Tameka’s Ave., Walnut Creek 94596.
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McDonald to Aaron C. and Lands of Zabalaga ID 015- De Silva Island Dr., Mill Valley Rabinovich and Julia R R Releases of Bookkeeping & Tax Fouad George, Pinnacle
Rosalie T. Tolson Trustees, 201-38, $2,436,774. 94941, ID 043-470-01, Nikolaev, 46 Mooring Rd., Federal Tax MARIN COUNTY Consulting, 3150 Hilltop Mall Detail, 2085 Shadycreek
3668 Paradise Dr., Tiburon $1,900,000. San Rafael 94901, ID 008- Rd. #25, Richmond 94806.
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Charles Waters II and Trisha Liens Collectronics Inc. vs. Dixie Place, Danville 94526.
94920, Lot 6 Paradise Acres A. Waters to 1881MarWest Paul K. and Christine A. 010-20, $1,520,000. Restaurant LLC dba Dixie Rickia Seals, Where the Shannon Creek, Brighter
ID 039-191-01, $4,400,000. LLC, 2306 Mar East St., Wichman Trustees to Jordi Blake and Carri O’Neill Restaurant (Foreign - Wild Things Are/Aramagio Day’s Janitorial Service, 1054
MARIN COUNTY Sonoma), One Letterman Dr. Property Management/Halo
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Michael H. and Amy Tiburon 94920; 1879 Mar Casanovas Combalia and Trustees to Casey Davis and Mill Creek Way, Brentwood
B. Gerbus Trustees to West St., Belvedere Tiburon Taylor Rachel Fong, 457 Ashley Rocha, 34 Spindrift LL Scott Holdings Inc., 145 Bldg. D, San Francisco 94127, Enterprise, 1467 Cullen Dr., 94513.
Calistoga LLC, 11053 N. 94920, ID 059-121-14, Wellesley Ave., Mill Valley Passage, Corte Madera Corte Madera Town Center $21,343, plaintiff, case #MCV Discovery Bay 94505.
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$2,424,545. 94925, Lot 107 Mariner Cove 230477, 06/25/20. Adson Braga, Glowing Clean
Boyer Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho 94941, Lots 14/15 Block #703, Corte Madera 94925, Lizette Ornano, Homes
ID 026-173-23, $1,500,000. Service, 5324D Avila Way #A,
83864; 136 Great Circle Dr., Alan R. Tong and Robert 3 Mill Valley Terraces ID $28,706, (1120), document by Lilly, 1634 Marina Way, El Sobrante 94803.
Mill Valley 94941, Lot 54 G. Tong Trustees et al. to 050-043-08/050-043-09, Christopher M. Welborn #2020-26247, 06/23/20. Brentwood 94513.
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Harbor Point ID 043-123-07, William P. Fellows and $1,874,545. and Kimberly J.O. Welborn Technical Concepts Group,
Kimberly Haas DDS PC, Tania Woods-Williams, 1023 Chamomile Ln.,
$4,335,454. Kerry Robinson Fellows, Sunil Bhagwan and Katie Trustees to Zachary J. 630 Point San Pedro Rd., Names Enchanted Paradise Brentwood 94513.
149 Fernwood Dr., San Rafael
Dana P. Ellsworth Trustee Bhagwan et al. to Shereif and Elizabeth R. Mix Co- Registered
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San Rafael 94901, $23,419, Properties, 327 Titan Way,

to Peter T. and Danielle 94901, Lot 58 Marin Bay ID Mohamed Fattouh and Trustees, 1741 Mar West St., (941), document #2020- Hercules 94547. Ultimate Game Truck, 544
F. Jensen Trustees, 265 185-121-04, $2,374,838. Jennifer Cha, 6 Mt. Whitney Belvedere Tiburon 94920, ID 26248, 06/23/20. 4th St., Brentwood 94513.
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Eleanor Dr., Woodside 94062; Dr., San Rafael 94903, Lot 059-053-18, $1,494,545. CONTRA COSTA The British Real Estate
James A. Reed and Diane Team, 2603 Camino Ramon Tonya Amos, Grown Women
43 Dipsea Rd., Stinson Beach Rodriguez Reed Trustees 136 Lucas Valley ID 164- Michael A. Gravelle to COUNTY Dance Collective, 1700
#200, San Ramon 94583.
94970, Lot 119 Seadrift to Dylan A. and Brooke 371-04, $1,800,000. Megan Sherman and R R Releases of Deborah Ferolito, BAC Laguna St. #F, Concord
Lagoon ID 195-090-43, Carla Ryan, Yogurt Island
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L. Dupre, 16 Lupine Ct., James M. Purvis Trustee Kimberley Corbett, 312 Mt. Promotions, 837 Arnold Dr., 94520.
$4,000,000. San Rafael 94901, Lot 34 to Mani Sheik and Coleen Shasta Dr., San Rafael 94903, Martinez 94553. Paradise, 3100 Main #282,
Dennis and Denise Dresser Peacock Gap ID 186-530-34, Dowling, 5 Marina Way, Lot 188 Lucas Valley ID 164- Liens Oakley 94561. Deante Purvis, D.P.
Nursettes at their Best, 110 Athletics, 780 Carlson Blvd.
Trustees to Joseph G. $2,250,000. San Rafael 94901, Lot 20 373-18, $1,484,545. Inkyung Sung, Sodam
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Cedar Pointe Loop #1004, #7, Richmond 94804.

Wolberg and Entela Frank H. Merlotti Jr. Marina Vista ID 009-042-16, William C. McCormick III MARIN COUNTY International, 2320
San Ramon 94583. Chanelle Criqui-Anderson,
Belishova, 14 Mann Dr., Trustee to Brian M. Flynn $1,770,000. and Marian C. Ash-hed to Westcliffe Ln., Walnut Creek
Aussie Reps Inc., $23,171, Jaime Vasquez Garcia, Geo’s Panda PVP, 5005 Almanor
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Kentfield 94904, Lot 9 and Dorothea M. Drimalas Robert C. and Denise A. Efrat Rosenthal and Yaron 94597.
(employment development Pool Co., 2055 Sierra Rd. Dr., Discovery Bay 94505.
Vernon Morse ID 071-172- Trustees, 228 Mt. Shasta Dr., Gilman to Alexander Fox Gesthalter, 216 Marin Ave., Britannia International
dept), document #2020- #89, Concord 94518.
05, $3,900,000. San Rafael 94903, Lot 157 Avellone and Courtney D. Mill Valley 94941, Lot 538 Fast Food and Cafe, 2213 True North Coaching
26040, 06/23/20.
Peter F. Garvey and Barbara Lucas Valley ID 164-375-07, Dougherty, 223 Magnolia Kay Park ID 052-031-02, H&D Plastering LLC, 910 MacDonald Ave., Richmond Solutions, 35 Bryan Ct.,
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A. Bell Trustees to Peter $2,200,000. Ave., Larkspur 94939, $1,454,545. Virginia Ave., Richmond 94801. Alamo 94507.
Bales and Jennifer M. Niklas I. and Elizabeth K. (portion) Rancho de Quentin Alexander Tagol Trustee R R Mechanics’ 94804.
Michaela Chambers, Train Smarter and Harder
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Severance, 2 Tamalpais Ave., Karlsson to John C. Vonier ID 021-112-11, $1,750,000. Sports Performance, 2041
Mill Valley 94941, ID 029- and Nora Meehan Vonier,
to Carly A. and Steven G. Liens David Baker Jr., Solid Coat Fashiion Distractiion, 3908
Trailside Dr., Brentwood
Joel Passen and Karen Kenney, 140 Laurelwood Painting, 1965 Scenic Ave., Eagleridge Dr., Antioch
092-10, $3,724,545. 53 Via La Cumbre, Greenbrae Uretsky Trustees to Sophia Dr., Novato 94949, Lot 278 Martinez 94553. 94509. 94513.
Maria A. Weiser Trustee 94904, Lot 839 Greenbrae ID McInerney Corbett, 325 H Pointe Marin ID 160-970-23, MARIN COUNTY All in the Cut, 584 Center
Mark Torres, The Grout Guys, Genika Powell, Simply
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and John W. Weiser Trustee 070-221-09, $2,194,545. St., San Rafael 94901, Lot $1,450,000. Claimant: Hughes and St., Moraga 94556.
785 35th St., Richmond Fashionable, 1000
to Craig P. Chiappone and Milton C. Werner Trustee to 5 Saccone ID 010-181-28, Roy J. Giorgi Jr. and Kristina Co. Construction Inc., 94805. MacDonald Ave. #115, Fernanda De Souza Cruz, FC
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Nana Chu Trustees, 23 WOW258 LLC, 258 Bayview $1,700,000. Giorgi Trustees to MDA LLC, Contractor: Golden Gate
Rivet School, 1503 Richmond 94801. Beauty Center, 2644 Appian
Spring Rd., Kentfield 94904, Ave., Belvedere Tiburon Douglas A. Alleavitch 25 Cora Ct., Walnut Creek Belvedere LLC, $308,763,
MacDonald Ave. #A, Walnut Creek Auto Brokers, Way #111, Pinole 94564.
Lot 227 Kent Woodlands ID 94920, Lots 11/12 Block 7 and Elizabeth Miarecki to 94597; 171 Morningside Dr., Owner: Golden Gate
Richmond 94801. 1268 Pine St., Walnut Creek
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074-142-02, $3,524,545. Belvedere Peninsula ID 060- Michael M. Swisher and San Anselmo 94960, Lot 22 Belvedere LLC/FDP Alluring Looks Spa and
195-17, $2,190,909. Stephanie E. Bor, 650 Main Block 1 Morningside Court ID Development LLC, on Koda Investment Group 94596. Beauty Bar, 430 Railroad
Christopher J. and Mary
St., Sausalito 94965, ID 065- 005-144-07, $1,424,545. property at 339 Golden LLC, 5906 Alameda Ave., Jason Wong, Screens of #212, Pittsburg 94565.
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to Woodley Holdings LLC, 223-24, $1,648,181. Gate Ave., Belvedere 94920, Richmond 94804. Northern CA, 1054 Shary Cir. Sara Leyva, Four Pines Yoga,
Geddes to Cody J. Shevitz Lara Park Menning and
1435 Butterfield Rd., San document #2020-25296, #C, Concord 94518. 211 Pelican Loop, Pittsburg
and Elisabeth C. Lesser, 18 Mariposa LLC to Jeffrey Mark Menning Trustees Jacob Acosta, Acosta
Anselmo 94960, Lands of San 06/17/20. 94565.
6 Barrie Way, Mill Valley A. and Kathleen B. Lovold, to Jason W. and Carol A. & Brothers Custom Militza Norzagaray,
Domenico School for Girls ID 94941, Lot 32 Scott 20A Mariposa Ave., San Camp Trustees, 70 Essex Claimant: Elite Roofing Construction, 5254 Cheesecakes by Mily, 4630 John Belssner, Cachet Salon,
176-300-32, $3,480,000. Highlands ID 029-151-13, Anselmo 94960, Parcel 3 St., San Anselmo 94960, Tam Supply-NC LLC dba Elite Clydesdale Way, Antioch San Pablo Dam Rd. #8E, El 21001 San Ramon Valley
Peter S. and Elizabeth G. $2,180,000. Mariposa ID 007-284-52, View Knolls ID 006-280-10, Roofing Supply, Contractor: 94531. Sobrante 94803. Blvd. #D4-120, San Ramon
Sealey Trustees to Steven $1,610,000. $1,400,000. Petersen-Dean Inc., $51,163, 94583.
John C. and Stephanie Lytle The Hobert Clinic, 1210 Noe Corvera Rodriguez,
A. and Susan E. Selbst Owner: Sonnen Porsche, on
Trustees to Rachael Beckert Richard and Lauren Wenzel Deborah C. Hodson and Alhambra Ave., Martinez Market Grocery and Produce Hien Tran, Twenty Five Fifty
Trustees, 202 Valley St., property at 900 Redwood
and David E. Weinberg, 161 to Scott A. Wirth and Peter Trevor Hughes to Adam and 94553. AMA Corvera, 1443 San Pablo Hair Studio, 2550 San Ramon
Sausalito 94965, Lots Hwy., Mill Valley 94941,
Homestead Blvd., Mill Valley B. Wittine, 53 Mt. Whitney Grace Shea, 1220 El Cide Ave., San Pablo 94806. Valley Blvd. #F, San Ramon
1/2/11/12 Block 2 Sausalito document #2020-25448, Park Haven Apartments,
94941, Lots 15/16 Block 400 Dr., San Rafael 94903, Lot Ct., Mill Valley 94941, Lots 94583.
Bay Land Co. ID 065-271-20, 06/18/20. 1650 Pine St., Concord Navdeep Kamboj, Antioch
Marin Terraces ID 048-113- 121 Lucas Valley ID 164- 27/28 Block 2 Fairview Park
$3,364,545. Claimant: CCI Commercial 94520. Smoke Shop, 3708 Lone Tree Dana Simmons, Skinntalk,
04, $2,174,545. 382-01, $1,600,000. ID 048-201-28, $1,400,000.
Construction & James Tompkins, JT Way, Antioch 94509. 59 Parkview Terr., San Pablo
Jonathan Wexler Trustee to Eric and Sarah Vreede David P. Nightingale Graeme M. and Lisa V. 94806.
Improvements Inc., Property Maintenance, 304 Heather Cooley, Vet Tech
Aaron J. and April Axelrod, to Geoffrey and Olga Trustee to Lena and Adam Fletcher to Steven M. and
Contractor: Deborah Fox, Marble Dr., Antioch 94509. Creations, 460 Winslow St., Marilia Joazil, Tricia Hair &
21 Tamal Vista Ln., Kentfield Rosenblatt, 1011 Erica Ellison, 240 Tulane Dr., Alexis Garcia, 4 Park Ridge
$41,098, Owner: 770 Crockett 94525. Fashion, 2121 Vale Rd. #17,
94904, (portion) Lot 32 Rd., Mill Valley 94941, Lot Larkspur 94939, Lot 49 Rd., San Rafael 94903, Lot Lauren Johnson, Johnson
Tamalpais Drive Inc., on San Pablo 94806.
Villa Lots ID 071-102-25, 4 Park Hill ID 200-173-07, Hillview Gardens ID 020- 122 San Rafael Park ID 165- Walker Law Group, 3223 Ricardo Vasallo, Ricroc
property at 100 Corte Madera
$3,360,000. $2,174,545. 101-09, $1,574,545. 164-02, $1,350,000. Blume Dr. #230, Richmond Music & Movies, 470 Ana Maria Orozco Martinez,
Town Center #132, Corte
David and Elizabeth D. Michael Gray and Alyce John M. Lynch and Lynne Argyris Papendreou to 94806. Edinburgh Cir., Danville Ana Maria House Cleaning,
Madera 94925, document
Rotman to Assaf Benjamin Johnson-Gray to Adrian and Freitas Lynch Trustees to Jennifer Hina Anderson #2020-26736, 06/25/20. Bianca Williams, Bianca’s 94526. 515 3rd St., Brentwood
Rezoni and Mical Rezoni, Camila Mulhall, 42 Lockton Peter Berg and Chao Annie and Eric W. Anderson, 20 Sweet Tooth, 4619 Escuela Daryl Brooks, Amicable 94513.
Claimant: GMH Builders
P.O. Box 3552, Albuquerque, Ln., Novato 94945, Lot 9 Yuan, 10 Brookside Dr., San Harding Dr., Novato 94947, Ct., Richmond 94804. Rhythms and Tactical QRC Commercial Cleaning,
Inc., Contractor: Novato
N.M. 87176; 75 Crest Rd., Lockton Lane ID 143-461-09, Anselmo 94960, ID 005-226- Lot 194 Rancho Village ID Solutions, 4317 Palomar Dr., 4161 Rogers Canyon Rd.,
Center Owner LLC, $512,293, Renee Cureaux, That’s It!,
San Anselmo 94960, ID 006- $2,100,000. 04, $1,550,909. 151-171-16, $1,300,000. Owner: Novato Center Owner Antioch 94531. Antioch 94531.
3915 Delta Fair Blvd. #A31,
181-45, $2,860,000. Kim L. Boliba Trustee to Michael D. and Theresa L. Ralph H. and Ellen C. LLC, on property at 1727 Christiane Ruesga, Little
Antioch 94509. Magic Mold Removal, 3049
Christopher B. and Julie P. Habib M. and Rebecca J. Stevens to Parisa Manteghi Greenwood to Javier I. Grant Ave., Novato 94945, Seedlings & More, 1780 Research Dr., Richmond
Baker to Thomas J. Firpo Motlagh Trustees, 240 Griess and Joseph B. Griess, Fernandez and Amanda document #2020-26630, Buena Vista Ave., Livermore 94806.
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Sylvia Larsen, Sylvia by Management, 110 Loch Generation Leadership Reality, 580 4th St., San
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Intelligent Story, 388
#65J, Tiburon 94920. San Francisco 94104.
94513. Teena Merlan, versetility, The Baan Thai Cuisine, Thomas Evers, Thunder Hike Fix, 18 E. Pier, Sausalito Market St. #1300, San
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USA Inc., product liability, 07/16/20. Jose A. Silva vs. Devlin/
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collections, case #CGCL20 Swissport SA LLC/Swissport 585529, 07/16/20.
94118. 07/21/20. Wesley Henthorn/Sage Law Offices of Rouse and
585224, 07/02/20. USA Inc., employment, City and County of San
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International Spy Shop, 555 Fire Insurance Exchange case #CGCU20 585526, Market Corp., breach of City of Arcata/City of Blue vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria Francisco/People of The professional negligence,
Beach St. Fl. 1, San Francisco vs. Master Movers, property 07/15/20. contract, case #CGCU20 Lake/City of Chico vs. Group Inc./Philip Morris State of California/Dennis case #CGCU20 585571,
94133. damage, case #CGCU20 Mikaela Robeck/Loagan 585531, 07/16/20. Pacific Gas and Electric USA Inc., product liability, J. Herrera vs. Phuong 07/24/20.
585352, 07/13/20. Graver/Katelynn Carlisle Co., unfair business practice, case #CGCU20 585607, Pham/T.P. Pham LLC,
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Serchmaa Byamba, USA Inc., product liability, Ariana Qayuni vs. TalentNet 07/22/20.
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Francisco 94121. 07/14/20. Donovan Bell/Ori Yaron/ USA Inc., product liability,
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SHAMES ABOUT SHAMES
CONSTRUC- Education: Currently Out of the office:
TION Master’s in architecture from Universi- watching: “I had an art mi-
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Barry Shames, in 1987. She runs the business, which has the majority of up, check emails, lot of long-term employees. We dirty and work in the field.
etc. But I do think
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break into the industry is that “the world needs our insight, our creativity, I ate too much.” sions. My employees are willing to What has been your biggest chal-
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our thought process — but we need to take gender out of our decisions,” Hardest part of change roles as needed. We have lenge with hiring? It’s hard to get
she said. “That’s hard for some women to do — it’s hard in male-dominat- shelter-in-place: gone through years where we just women on board who are want-
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men do, a better ability to get along, to bring people together, to negotiate parents. They are man’s job. That’s my biggest chal-
in their 90s and
and to be fair and to figure out how to solve a problem as a team.” they live here Do you worry about the future lenge — for women, the job often
in Colorado, so of retail? Retail was supposed to means that you have to be away
How did you get your start in What were those early years like? that has been a have been dead for a long time. I from home, your family, because
this industry? I have a degree in The company was founded in ’87 — real adjustment. don’t believe that. We build a lot the jobs aren’t necessarily in your
architecture, and practiced in the we started building retail stores and They have a patio of grocery stores, and people are backyard.
so just about a
’80s, but I was miserable. I had malls back then when there were month ago they still shopping. That turned out to
a couple of kids and went back a lot of malls. These were differ- allowed me to be good during the pandemic. My What are your goals for Shames
to work after my son was 2 years ent times. We still specialize in big see them on their two biggest clients were designated Construction? I want to keep
old. I didn’t want to go back into box retail. In the ’90s we did a lot patio — I had to by the almighty governments to be things the same, make sure my
an architecture office. I applied of Home Depots, OfficeMaxes, etc., make sure to stay essential. long-term employees busy for next
six feet away.”
for jobs at Southland Corp. that so we started building shopping eight to 10 years and have some
owned 7-11 stores. I was the con- centers, with retailers like Ross, How has the pandemic changed continuity plans to find someone to
struction manager for Colorado, Toys R Us, Best Buy. In the late ’90s the way you run your business? take over. I like what I do and I’m
Utah and Arizona. I did that until we started building for Walmart, Anyone who is worried (about very lucky. I’m still at a stage of life
1987, when we started Shames and that still is my biggest cus- Covid-19) can work from home for where I can do what I want.
Construction in Colorado. tomer today. Every year we built now. Most people who work for — Laura Waxmann
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