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02-12-10 Retail Sales

02-11-10 CA Olympians

02-10-10 Unemployed

02-09-10 Ag Expo

02-08-10 CA Wine Market

02-05-10 Super Bowl Ads

02-04-10 Worst 4 Walking

02-03-10 Tri - Valley

02-02-10 Bellwether CA

02-01-10 Biz Growth

01-29-10 Slow Ski Resorts

01-28-10 VC Activity 09

01-27-10 IT Confidence

01-26-10 Nat'l Employment

01-25-10 Employment

01-22-10 Skiing Trends

01-21-10 Sonoma County

01-20-10 Fed Report

01-19-10 Film Prod. in CA

01-18-10 CA Confidence

01-15-10 CA Tax Changes

01-14-10 Retail Sales

01-13-10 Int'l Trade

01-12-10 Gas Prices Rise

01-11-10 Northrop Moves

Minutes Qtr-04/09

12-30-09 Happy Holiday

12-29-09 Pop Growth?

12-28-09 Happy States

12-25-09 Merry Christmas

12-24-09 Happy Holiday

12-23-09 Got Poinsettias?

12-22-09 Best/Worst Water

12-21-09 Employment

12-18-09 Selling Calif.

12-17-09 Best For Biz

12-16-09 Retail Sales

12-15-09 Greening SoCal

12-14-09 Int'l Trade

12-11-09 Worst 4 Walking

12-10-09 Data Obese

12-09-09 CA X-MAS Trees

12-08-09 Ranking CA

12--07-09 CA Water

12-04-09 CA Avocados

12-03-09 Fair Housing

12-02-09 Construction

12-01-09 Negative Equity

11-30-09 Cyber Monday

11-27-09 Black Friday

11-26-09 Thanksgiving

11-25-09 CA Cotton Crop

11-24-09 UC Rising

11-23-09 Healthy States

11-20-09 Employment

11-19-09 Worse Than CA?

11-18-09 Housing

11-17-09 Retail Sales

11-16-09 Int'l Trade

11-13-09 Brain Gain

11-12-09 Santa Rosa

11-11-09 Veteran's Day

11-10-09 Fair Game

11-09-09 Retail Trends

11-06-09 NMTC's for CA

11-05-09 Safest Cities

11-04-09 Incomes

11-03-09 Stimulus Impacts

11-02-09 CA Confidence

10-30-09 Halloween n CA

10-29-09 Film Incentives

10-28-09 Great Places

10-27-09 Healthcare Work

10-26-09 Least Impacted

10-23-09 Ranking Taxes

10-22-09 CA Real Estate

10-21-09 Cyber Results

10-20-09 Venture Capital

10-19-09 Employment

10-16-09 Retail Sales

10-15-09 Healthcare

10-14-09 Best 4 New BiZ

10-13-09 Enough Oranges?

10-12-09 Filming in LA

10-09-09 Socal Hospitals

10-08-09 Luv It-Leave It

10-07-09 Best to Live

10-06-09 Tax Climate

10-05-09 Regulatory Costs

10-02-09 Health Disparity

10-01-09 Income Gaps

Minutes Qtr-3/09

09-30-09 BestStates 4 BiZ

09-29-09 Slow Recovery

09-28-09 SAIC Moves HQ

09-25-09 Retirement

09-24-09 Site Selection

09-23-09 Small Biz

09-22-09 Econ Recovery?

09-21-09 CA Confidence

09-18-09 Employment

09-17-09 Retail Sales

09-16-09 Most Promising

09-15-09 Recession Impact

09-14-09 Walnuts

09-11-09 Biz of Football

09-10-09 CA Gas Prices

09-09-09 Top Utilities

09-08-09 Stressful Cities

09-07-09 Happy Labor Day?

09-04-09 Gender and Bills

09-03-09 Manufacturing

09-02-09 Most Expensive

09-01-09 CA Peach Crop

08-31-09 Back to School

08-28-09 Best 4 Pets

08-27-09 CA Confidence

08-26-09 Saving NUMMI

08-25-09 CA Wines

08-24-09 Employment

08-21-09 Rich & Single

08-20-09 Best Counties

08-19-09 Central Valley

08-18-09 Olive Crop

08-17-09 Inland Empire

08-14-09 Retail Sales

08-13-09 Riverside Co.

08-12-09 Orange County

08-11-09 Job Killer

08-10-09 Agriculture

08-07-09 Helping Dairies

08-06-09 P.O. Closings

08-05-09 Fairs & CA

08-04-09 Suing CA

08-03-09 BestStates 4 BiZ

07-31-09 BestCities 4 BiZ

07-30-09 SBE's & DVBE's

07-29-09 Cost of Green

07-28-09 Going Green

07-27-09 U3 & U6 by State

07-24-09 Visit San Diego

07-23-09 U6 Employ. Rate

07-22-09 VC Activity

07-21-09 Most & Least

07-20-09 Employment

07-17-09 A Day Off?

07-16-09 Best Places

07-15-09 Retail Sales

07-14-09 Most Dangerous?

07-13-09 Safest Cities

07-10-09 Fat Californians

07-09-09 Tourism, LA Co.

07-08-09 Int'l Trade, Ag

07-07-09 Placer Tourism

07-06-09 Working More

07-03-09 The 4th in CA

07-02-09 CA and Computers

07-01-09 CDFI's & CA

Minutes Qtr-2/09

06-30-09 Impact from USC

06-29-09 Retail Sales

06-26-09 CA Drivers Rated

06-25-09 Econ. Forecasts

06-24-09 Manufacturing

06-23-09 Best for Women

06-22-09 Best for Men

06-19-09 Employment

06-18-09 Cities 4 Biz

06-17-09 Small Biz Issues

06-16-09 Recovery Part 2

06-15-09 Recovery Part 1

06-12-09 CA & H1N1

06-11-09 Imports/Exports

06-10-09 Biotech Rankings

06-09-09 Best Small Place

06-08-09 Biz Confidence

06-05-09 Tech Rankings

06-04-09 Promising Cities

06-03-09 California GDP

06-02-09 Long Beach

06-01-09 Save Your City

05-29-09 Healthy Cities

05-28-09 Caltrans & SBA

05-27-09 Affordability

05-26-09 Employment

05-25-09 Memorial Day

05-22-09 Beach Bummers

05-21-09 Labor Market

05-20-09 Under Water

05-19-09 Selling of CA

05-18-09 Chrysler Impact

05-15-09 Films From CA

05-14-09 Port of Stockton

05-13-09 Retail Sales

05-12-09 Best 4 Careers

05-11-09 Turn Around?

05-08-09 Best Towns

05-07-09 Stress Test

05-06-09 States for Jobs

05-05-09 Cities Part 2

05-04-09 Cities Part 1

05-01-09 CA Pop. Growth

04-30-09 Crime Rates

04-29-09 Consumer Conf.

04-28-09 Small Biz Risk

04-27-09 Tough Towns

04-24-09 Stealing Cars

04-23-09 Venture Capital

04-22-09 Foreclosures

04-21-09 CA Ranked Again

04-20-09 Employment

04-17-09 Iron Horse

04-16-09 Quiet On The Set

04-15-09 Taxes

04-14-09 Retail Sales

04-13-09 CA Ranked

04-10-09 Impact from Beer

04-09-09 Sunnyvale Works

04-08-09 CA Wine

04-07-09 Happiest States

04-06-09 Highest Taxed

04-03-09 Procrastinators

04-02-09 Going Green

Minutes Qtr-1/09

03-31-09 Gottschalks

03-30-09 Gas Prices

03-27-09 Valencia Crop

03-26-09 American Canyon

03-25-09 Econ. Forecasts

03-24-09 CONNECT VC

03-23-09 Employment

03-20-09 Insurance Impact

03-19-09 Fremont

03-18-09 CEO's Rank CA

03-17-09 Unlocking Credit

03-16-09 UnHappy Cities

03-13-09 Econ. Impacts

03-12-09 Retail Sales

03-11-09 Community Banks

03-10-09 Ventura

03-09-09 Most Admired

03-06-09 Employment ADD.

03-05-09 Credit Program

03-04-09 Northrn Exposure

03-03-09 Bummed Out?

03-02-09 CA Confidence

02-27-09 Employment

02-26-09 Downtown LA

02-25-09 CA Auto Dealers

02-24-09 No Water

02-23-09 Turlock

02-20-09 The Oscars

02-19-09 Best 4 Small Biz

02-18-09 Torrance Tourism

02-17-09 CO Loves CA

02-16-09 Tour of CA

02-13-09 Popular Cities

02-12-09 Retail Sales

02-11-09 CA Grape Crush

02-10-09 World Ag Expo

02-09-09 Miserable Cities

02-06-09 CA Blues

02-05-09 Digital Delay

02-04-09 CA Housing

02-03-09 Light Green

02-02-09 Cyber Crime

01-30-09 Wired Cities

01-29-09 CA Confidence

01-28-09 V.C. Part 2

01-27-09 Fed Actions

01-26-09 Employment

01-23-09 Biotech & Golf

01-22-09 Job Forecast

01-21-09 V.C. Part 1

01-20-09 Tourism

01-19-09 Cloud Seeding

01-16-09 Surfing CA

01-15-09 Bio-Tech

01-14-09 Retail Sales

01-13-09 Canada Trade

01-12-09 CA Hospitals

01-09-09 Worst/Best Jobs

01-08-09 Greening TV

01-07-09 Fisheries Econ.

01-06-09 CA Gas Prices

01-05-09 CA New Laws

01-02-09 Ski Mammoth

01-01-09 Happy New Year

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