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Winner to Receive Trip to California for Ultimate Wine and Golf Getaway, Courtesy of the Official Wine of the LPGA HEALDSBURG, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of life's perfect pairings, California's Mirassou Winery, the official wine of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), is pleased to announce its "Perfect Pairings" sweepstakes. From great match-ups on the golf course to delicious duos of food and wine, perfect pairings happen every day - and at Mirassou, all...

El Camino Hospital Los Gatos President Eric Pifer, M.D. Gives Progress Report to Community; Announces key manager hires and next hiring phase for new staff MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- El Camino Hospital, the hospital of Silicon Valley, has announced some key hires as part of the activation progress for El Camino Hospital Los Gatos (formerly Community Hospital of Los Gatos). In his update at the monthly board of directors meeting last night, Dr. Eric Pifer, President of...

Privately owned staffing group ranks #1 on list SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- West Valley Staffing Group (WVSG), has been named one of the "Best Places to Work" in the Bay Area for 2009 by the San Francisco Business Times. The San Francisco Business Times' annual list ranks WVSG as "number one" in the Small Business category, recognizing businesses with 51 - 100 Bay Area regular full time employees. WVSG was chosen to appear on the list based on an overwhelming response to an...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Blach Construction today announced it was named one of the Bay Area's "Best Places to Work" by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal and the San Francisco Business Times. Last year, more than 500 firms competed for the opportunity to be recognized as one of the top 100 companies in the annual "Bay Area's Best Places to Work" survey. In order to qualify for the list, more than 70% of a firm's employees must successfully complete an...

Re-opening now scheduled for mid-July; existing medical equipment to be acquired as part of purchase MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In a presentation to the Los Gatos Town Council last evening, El Camino Hospital officials announced that the property owner, Tenet and El Camino Hospital had signed agreements that will allow an early close of escrow on the Community Hospital of Los Gatos acquisition. The agreements will allow El Camino Hospital to gain access to the...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Karen Northup, founder and CEO of outsourced accounting provider Corefino, Inc., has been named to the prestigious '2009 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley' list compiled annually by the Silicon/Valley San Jose Business Journal. The recognition award pays tribute to the increasingly important role of women in the upper echelons of Silicon Valley businesses and non-profit groups. Northup earned the honor for establishing Corefino as the first...

Some clinical services decisions determined for ECH 'sister' site MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- El Camino Hospital, the hospital of Silicon Valley, today announced some of the services that will be available when the new Los Gatos location re-opens for service this summer. The Los Gatos site will offer acute care services, including emergency, medical, surgical, intensive care and labor and delivery services, as well as continuing the location's commitment to...

- Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Honors Stephanie Fohn Among Other Outstanding Corporate and Community Leaders - SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- WhiteHat Security, the leading provider of website security solutions, today announced that the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal named the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Stephanie Fohn, as one of the publication's 2009 Women of Influence. The Award honors 100 outstanding women who are featured in the Women of...

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) has completed an innovative $194 million purchase of general obligation bonds issued by the State of California through the Proposition 1B infrastructure bond measure approved by voters in 2006. The state will use the proceeds from its private placement of the bonds to continue funding for 10 Bay Area highway projects which are already underway, and to ensure funding for a $43 million carpool lane project along U.S....

HEALDSBURG, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Mirassou Winery(R) and the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) jointly announce a three-year partnership, which designates Mirassou as the official wine of the LPGA. To kick-off the partnership, Mirassou Winery will also serve as the presenting sponsor of the Phoenix LPGA International, which will be played March 26-29 at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix, Ariz. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090205/CG67438) "The Mirassou and...