Calpine's Russell City Energy Center in Hayward creates 700 jobs for out of work construction crews and will supply 620,000 homes with clean energy in 2013.
To celebrate the beginning of construction, Calpine CEO Jack Fusco will be on the construction site Wednesday to celebrate this milestone as the construction project ramps up to create 700 total construction jobs. Calpine will also be presenting a $10 million check to the City of Hayward to build a new library.
Chevron is seeking documents under FOIL in order to shed further light on the assistance provided by Comptroller DiNapoli and his predecessor, Alan Hevesi, to the plaintiffs’ lawyers and consultants involved in the fraudulent litigation against Chevron. Documentary evidence obtained through U.S. court-ordered discovery reveals a connection between financial contributions made by the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ representatives and the Comptroller’s issuance of official public statements in support of the plaintiffs.
Mr. Cuomo indicated that he decided to get involved because Chevron might have violated state law in its handling of the litigation. But now, newly disclosed documents point to another factor. “Andrew has no interest in doing this,” a lobbyist for the plaintiffs, Ecuadorean villagers who live in the polluted area, wrote in an e-mail in 2009. “He is doing this for me. Because I asked.”
Construction has begun on a project to transform the 80-year-old Hoover Pavilion, the original Palo Alto Hospital, into a modern medical facility.
Healthy paychecks for Sutter Health nurses Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross, Chronicle Columnist When it comes to paychecks, there are some pretty hefty ones on both sides of the fight between health care giant Sutter Health and its hospital nurses. According to Sutter pay records, 20 nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Centers in Oakland and ... Read More >
Singer chosen to sit on panel of crisis management experts, trial lawyers, and in-house counsel for a frank discussion of the best and worst strategies companies are employing to manage their brands while engaged in high-stakes courtroom battles.
Singer Associates, a San Francisco-based public relations agency, that was hired to assist the county with public relations and communications following the announcement this summer that American Medical Response was tentatively receiving the county’s recommendation.
Singer Associates Public Relations is pleased to announce that it is the winner of the 2011 Public Affairs Agency of the Year from the Bulldog Reporter, a leading industry trade publication.
A first grade class at Lincoln Elementary received new supplies Thursday morning thanks to Chevron and an online education charity.
