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When the going gets tough, North American automotive companies don’t roll as many new vehicles off the line. They do, however, roll up their sleeves. Here we look at just a few of the pivots companies have made to address urgent COVID-19 needs and impacts. Their model behavior and speed demonstrat...Continue Reading

With the easing of restrictions surrounding the Covid-19 outbreak, organizations are starting to bring employees back into the workplace. A successful re-entry program will ensure the safety of company personnel and the public, obviate charges of discrimination and invasion of privacy, and avoid actions that inadvertently violate federal, state, an...Continue Reading

Rock Health — the first venture fund dedicated to digital health — is a fitting prism for viewing the current and future world of digital health technologies, and how they’re navigating their own paths through the multinational life sciences and medical device ecosystem. As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded, they navigate...Continue Reading

Recent trade battles with China, Mexico, Canada, and Europe have reduced trade flows. Now, with the outbreak of COVID-19 severely impacting international commerce, many argue that globalization will soon be dead. Globalization is not dying. Rather, it’s evolving, and existing trends are accelerating. American companies and workers would be wise t...Continue Reading

AD: The global COVID-19 pandemic has caused some manufacturing plants to temporarily suspend — wholly or in part — their operations because of employees suffering illness. What — and who — is involved in coordinating the suspension of operations? Vetter: To my knowledge, I don’t believe that we have seen this type o...Continue Reading

If you or your clients have incentives contracts, now is the time to examine your incentive agreements to understand the potential risks if your company is unable to perform key obligations. The first step in any crisis is to determine exactly what the problem is. Review your incentive agreements to confir...Continue Reading

Companies and communities are attempting to navigate through the current crisis, but as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, how will corporate location strategy be affected in the near and long term? Recessionary Forces The level of damage to the economy will depend on the spread of the virus, the healthcare respons...Continue Reading

We are at a pivotal point in time, surrounded by growing uncertainty. Yet we know one thing for certain: The way we work will change following this pandemic. That includes everything from the ways we interact with one another, to the tasks we take on, and the physical environment w...Continue Reading

JOINT PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE s your business, non-profit, or residence in need of financial assistance as a result of COVID-19? WE WANT YOUR INPUT! The County of Tehama, City of Red Bluff, City of Corning & City of Tehama will host a virtual public hearing to consider potential CDBG-CV1 programs and provide directio...Continue Reading

Celebrate National Park and Recreation Month in July by getting outside while respecting social distancing. Unlimited recreational opportunities exist in Tehama County’s beautiful parks.  Parks and Recreation Enhance Quality of Life Tehama County Parks and Recreation Department brings a great deal of value to the community. The local parks and facilities showcas...Continue Reading

“California leads, the nation follows” has been a popular notion among state boosters, investors and progressives for years. Now, in the time of COVID-19, some are using it to proclaim the state’s relatively positive results (so far) thanks to our aggressive shutdown policies. But even though California has done a bette...Continue Reading

Read Full State Budget Update here. Appreciation and thanks is extended to CALED’s Strategic Legislative Advisor Dan Carrigg for his work reviewing the budget and providing this information.Continue Reading

RED BLUFF — Prime Cinemas in Red Bluff opened its doors to the public Friday for the first time since closing due to the statewide stay at home order in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. During the closure, the business did open its concession stand on Saturdays starting April 4. “W...Continue Reading

CORNING — The city pool opened for limited public use. Planer 1 and Recreation Coordinator Christina Meeds said the pool was opened for public swim around 12:30 p.m. with adult lap swim starting at 6:30 a.m. The city only allowed 20 people at a time in the big pool and 10 i...Continue Reading

The California Air Resources Board unanimously voted to pass the nation’s first electric truck standard, a ground-breaking regulation that sends a clear signal to truck manufacturers and is a significant step in transforming the state’s freight and transportation industries. The rule, which sets zero-emission truck sales targets for manufacturers beginning i...Continue Reading

RED BLUFF — Improvements began to make Bass Pond in the Bend area a better experience for young anglers. Work being done will lead to a restocking of the pond’s fish in mid-July. As part of the project, the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the pond in the Sacramento River Bend Area...Continue Reading

The workplace is changed. As parts of the world begin to loosen coronavirus-related restrictions, organizations are emerging from COVID-induced hibernation. These transitions back to work are gradual. Uncertainty will remain for months as threats of renewed waves of coronavirus persist. We are anticipating a new normal — but what w...Continue Reading

If you want your own business to grow and prosper as the world reopens and a new sense of normalcy settles in, getting to know TikTok is a good first step. The video-sharing platform has emerged from relative obscurity to become one of the leading social media companies in the world, and one o...Continue Reading

Shortly after George Floyd’s death, I contributed an article to Entrepreneur that told the story of what happened when I responded individually to 170 emails from members of my list. I had asked them how I could best show up for them during this tumultuous time. Based on how many of these folks took thi...Continue Reading

Your thoughts and the things you say to yourself and others are more powerful than you know. These phrases define how you think, how you act and how others perceive you. What you might think is a flippant, non-committal remark could frame your entire day and career without you eve...Continue Reading

(Bloomberg) -- America’s top two most-innovative states share similar paths to success. For the second consecutive year, California and Massachusetts took the first and second spots in Bloomberg’s annual State Innovation Index. The ranking is based on six equally weighted metrics: research and development intensity, productivity, clusters of companies in technology, STE...Continue Reading

RED BLUFF — After hundreds of cans of spray paint on about 2,700 feet of wall, Tehama Creatives is close to completing a mural commission by the Red Bluff Masonic Lodge for the back of its building. The mural is visible from the alleyway behind 822 Main St. in Red Bluff. Rea...Continue Reading

If you have been gearing up to launch your startup app for quite some time, chances are you have given a lot of thoughts to the viability, validation, and potential of your idea, especially when it means the difference between success and failure. Quantifying and qualifying your validation milestones will hel...Continue Reading

Startups frequently prepare a “pitch deck” to present their company to prospective angel or venture capital investors. The pitch deck typically consists of 15-20 slides in a PowerPoint presentation and is intended to showcase the company’s products, technology, and team to the investors. Raising capital from investors is difficult and tim...Continue Reading