Since the Park Avenue Districts’ 2006-2011 renovation, the shady, tree-lined street has mostly remained a secret among the small local workforce and few residents. Slowly but surely, the street-level retail area of the David Baker designed Emeryville...
Read More →When I heard that there was going to be a new beer garden in North Berkeley a few months ago, I was thrilled. Westbrae Biergarten, located on Gilman St. at Curtis has been a hot...
Read More →Cafe’s have been called the new urban social hubs and regardless if you partake in the daily ritual, I think most will agree that “the more the merrier” (Especially if they’re not the green mermaid...
Read More →It’s not always obvious, but there are some pretty important things happening behind the scenes in Emeryville. Groundbreaking Biofuels (Amyris), lifesaving vaccines (Novartis), Oscar-winning films (Pixar) of course … but did you know that our...
Read More →LeapFrog loses $11.5 million in ‘exceptionally tough’ quarter Emeryville based educational toy-maker LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. lost $11.5 million in this first fiscal quarter as its sales plummeted 31% from a year ago. CEO John Barbour called...
Read More →Our compact city features quite a range of big, medium and small business establishments. Here are three that have made the news recently: New corporate headquarters for AAA A beautiful gallery of the recently redesigned...
Read More →I still regret never having taken the Scharffen Berger chocolate tour at their 7th & Heinz Ave West Berkeley factory (I get teary reminiscing about the mimosa’s and chocolate pancakes at the neighboring Café Cacao …...
Read More →Emeryville-based LED Bicycle light startup Revolights made a spirited appearance on the Entrepreneur panel reality show “Shark Tank” Friday March 7th on ABC. Their product is pretty awesome and it’s hard to imagine anyone who watches...
Read More →As I’m finding out as a free agent in our complex Healthcare system, Emeryville and the surrounding areas have relatively few options outside of the major networks, forcing me and others I’m sure to neighboring...
Read More →A couple local Emeryville companies are making headlines in the business world: TubeMogul integrates the ability to buy video inventory in real-time across all devices, in multiple formats on one platform with ad serving, targeting, optimization...
Read More →A few local Emeryville companies are making headlines in the business world: Gracenote is a music and video recognition algorithm and metadata solution that is licensed to some of the biggest entertainment companies on the planet including...
Read More →E’ville Biz is an ongoing series spotlighting our thriving small business community. Once upon a time… There were two families with two children and one rabbit living in a happy suburb of Sacramento. The kids...
Read More →“E’ville Biz” is an ongoing series spotlighting our thriving small business community. They look like they’re flying, these East Bay Pilates clients – as Krisna Hanks, one of the co-founders of EBP coaches them through an...
Read More →“Then & Now” is a special series that looks to capture a portion of Emeryville History and spotlight the small and vibrant business community that the former industrial city has evolved into. The Historic Park...
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