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Summit State Bank Earnings Increase 15% to $17.0 Million for the Year 2022 and Increase 24% to $4.6 Million for Fourth Quarter 2022; Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.12 Per Common Share

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Jan. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Summit State Bank (Nasdaq: SSBI) today reported net income for the year ended December 31, 2022 increased $2,270,000, or 15%, to $16,968,000, or $2.54 per diluted share, compared to net income of $14,698,000, or $2.20 per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2021. Strong… Keep Reading

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Sonoma County business owners preparing to reopen after days of power outages, flood concerns kept customers away

Some Sonoma County businesses are having to deal with impacts from the latest round of severe weather. Several local restaurants, wineries and hotels had to close the past few days after the storm’s brunt was felt Monday. Businesses have been moving perishable foods to non-flood prone restaurants, raising furniture off the ground to prevent water… Keep Reading

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‘It was time to jump on that opportunity’: Santa Rosa resident opens sushi restaurant at 18 years old

The conventional wisdom holds that teenagers spend too much time on the internet and not enough time learning. It also holds that the path to success in business goes through college. But Robert Phouthavong is laying waste to those ideas. The 18-year-old Santa Rosa High School graduate opened his first restaurant, Makizushi, just before Christmas,… Keep Reading

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‘Cheers’ bar of Santa Rosa: Taproom survives amid wildfires, pandemic thanks to customer loyalty

The list of obstacles that Peter Lopez Jr. has encountered since he opened his taproom in east Santa Rosa in May 2017 are the type of things not covered by business books for entrepreneurs. They’re more akin to the Old Testament. There were the historic October 2017 fires that displaced some of his customers. After… Keep Reading

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Restaurant Depot plans to open Sonoma County food service wholesale store

A New York-based chain of food service wholesale stores plans to open its first North Bay location. Restaurant Depot has inked the initial prelease at Panattoni Development Company’s Innovation Center project in Rohnert Park, confirmed listing agent Ronald Reinking of Newmark. The chain signed a 10-year deal for 46,000 of nearly 90,000 square feet available… Keep Reading

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Sonoma County businesses that closed in 2022

People’s Music owner Mark Bryant (right) and his wife Laurie Meade decided they couldn’t compete with online stores and closed the physical shop on Main Street Aug. 31, 2022, after 36 years in Sebastopol. Continue Reading on The Press Democrat Keep Reading

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Santa Rosa Food and Wine Shop Miracle Plum Closing after 4 Years

Miracle Plum was never just a gourmet pantry, wine shop and place to pick up adorable housewares in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square. It was owners Sallie Miller and Gwen Gunheim’s brick-and-mortar love letter to Sonoma County food and wine. But after four years of business struggles, the duo is calling it quits and will officially… Keep Reading

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Bergy Door & Window Co. in Santa Rosa CA. to be Liquidated by Public Auction

SANTA ROSA, CA, UNITED STATES, December 13, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Founded in 1953, Bergy Door Co. has served the residents of Northern California for over 60 years. Harold Bergstrom, the original founder, settled in Santa Rosa in 1948 and while working as a carpenter hanging doors at local job-sites, he realized that the job could… Keep Reading

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Holiday shopping season is in full swing, Sonoma County businesses seeing lag in sales

The holiday shopping season is in full swing as consumers continue their race to the register while combating inflation and rising prices on such daily items as groceries. Small businesses in Sonoma County contacted by The Press Democrat are seeing mixed results when it comes to sales this holiday season, with some enjoying similar year-over-year… Keep Reading

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Sonoma Clean Power CEO gets a charge out of changing consumer energy habits

Geof Syphers is highly charged when he talks clean energy. As CEO of Santa Rosa-based Sonoma Clean Power, Syphers has a personal and professional mission to get more people to use renewable energy, while being as carbon-free as possible. Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) provides residential and commercial service to Sonoma and Mendocino counties. As a… Keep Reading