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According to a news release from the office of Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), the proposed legislation is modeled on the federal estate tax but would lower the exemption rate to $3.5 million, which is lower than the federal estate tax exemption. Senator Wiener introduced Senate Bill 378 at the end of March. If the bill is passed, it would result in a special fund designed to improve socioeconomic equality in the state.

After being named to Forbes' list of America's Best Management Consulting Firms for 2017, EquiBrand has been identified as a Best Marketing Consulting Firms for 2018, as compiled by Advisory HQ's research and editorial board.

WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCBB: WGBS) today announced the successful completion of a proof-of-concept study using its newly-developed proprietary nano-qPCR technology for sample preparation prior to targeted re-sequencing on Next-Gen platforms.

Get Kaizened Inc. announces that they are now offering different Six Sigma training programs. Get Kaizened Inc. is a training and consulting firm providing services to local and worldwide clients. The primary focus of the company is to lessen the waste (muda), decreasing costs, and enhancing its efficiency.

Alliance Bay Realty, a full service real estate and mortgage brokerage service, announced that they have expanded their network to more than 200 real estate agents and over 50 broker associates. The company has adopted a new flat fee commission structure, which allows their agents and broker associates to get broker fee of $595 per transaction, both on loan transactions or real estate transactions. In addition, they provide an E&O fee of $123 per closed transaction.

Western State Design, headquartered in Hayward California, has pledged to donate one dollar per pound of rated capacity for all Dexter Laundry coin-op washers and dryers purchased from the company through the end of the year. These donations will be given to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund in honor of the sacrifice made by United States armed veterans.

Industrial Safety Supply Corp. (ISSC) has added the OHD Quantifit Respirator Fit Testing System from Occupational Health Dynamics to its broad line of respiratory protection and safety products. The Quantifit System is quickly becoming the gold standard in respirator fit testing making the process easier and less time consuming. And, the unit is proven to be substantially more accurate and effective than other systems like the PortaCount by TSI.

The 29th Annual Spring Fundraiser for First Resort Medical and Counseling Clinics was held at the Hyatt Regency on Friday May 31st. More than 1200 donors and friends of the charity filled the Grand Peninsula Ballroom to celebrate the work that this non-profit agency does in the San Francisco Bay area to counsel, support and encourage women and men in unplanned pregnancies. First Resort is a Licensed Pregnancy Counseling Women’s Health Clinic whose services are fully funded by donations, and are provided free to their clients.

Walnut Creek’s renowned lawyer, David Pastor has been defending felonies and trials for misdemeanors and crimes in the state of California. David has thirty five years of experience and expertise in handling criminal defense and juvenile crime cases in all of Walnut Creek. His professional attitude and aggressive research into the nitty-gritty of each individual case has proved his mettle to peers and colleagues as well as to many of the clients who sought his help for legal consultation.

Longevity Global Inc. a leader in manufacturing welders, now brings some of the best welding options for customers. This company provides most innovative welding and cutting machines. They offer latest technology in their products. In fact, they provide some of the most powerful arc welders like TIG, MIG and Stick.

Influence and negotiation training experts The Vengel Consulting Group are opening a new branch of their integrated learning solutions business in Sydney, Australia.

Brain Reload, a type of vitamin pill used to improve memory, concentration, and focus, is now available through several different retailers throughout California, the company is proud to announce. From Westlake Village to Richmond, customers can now experience the rejuvenation of their mental capacity that comes from using the memory supplements form Brain Reload.

Friend Trusted Inc., a company that helps people navigate the often murky waters of home improvement services, has just announced that its home improvement app took the top prize at a recent competition, held on May 18 in San Jose, Calif. The event, which was designed to honor a startup of the month, was facilitated by the Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs and Startups group, and was sponsored by HanHai of Silicon Valley.

ARS, an employment screening company, now offers a no-hassle, paperless, automated screening procedure with the a screening system known as QuickApp. Shaving hours of administrated tasks off from an employees work routine, the innovative web-based background checking system eliminates duplicate data entry by introducing digital application authorization. QuickApp also acts as a company’s secure electronic audit trail.

Reed Brothers Security, one of the security services companies in the greater San Francisco Bay area, is excited to announce that it has reached 95 five-star reviews on Yelp. The local review site offers overwhelmingly positive feedback from real Reed Brothers Security customers.

WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. today announced the launch of its new SmartChip TE product – a PCR-based target enrichment solution for sample preparation prior to targeted re-sequencing on Next-Gen platforms. As clinical Next-Gen sequencing rapidly expands into the mainstream molecular testing market, the growth of this market segment is expected to be explosive. Some analysts project that the market for targeted clinical sequencing alone will reach $750M by 2015. SmartChip TE addresses CLIA-certified and clinical research laboratories’ significant unmet needs in sequencing-based testing by providing superior flexibility, specificity, and sensitivity. The superior performance of this new product is based on WaferGen’s proprietary technology that relies on massively parallel single-plex PCR reactions, where amplification is cleaner and better controlled, thereby providing more accurate results in the downstream sequencing step. Each target is amplified in an individual reaction, yielding close to equimolar products without the possible side reactions that occur in competing systems employing highly multiplexed PCR and/or target capture.

According to recent statistics released, as much as 50% of any given website’s traffic is coming from mobile devices, say business owners in a recent survey. With the use of smartphones only expected to rise, it's no wonder so many businesses are turning to Bay Area web design and Internet marketing experts like Moonstone Interactive to have their websites re-built to accommodate the cellphone usage.

Broker dealers have generally been short on providing marketing support to financial advisors and insurance agents. It has generally been "here's your desk and a phone" or "make a list of 100 people you know and start calling them."  Industry veteran Larry Klein thinks there are a lot more efficient and effective ways to market and gain clients.

The Office Professional, an industry-leading business website, recently asked author, speaker, and educator Alan Vengel to contribute to an article about improving negotiation skills, and his remarks appear in the April 17th article titled “Becoming a Better Negotiator.”

Millions of people watch TV online and Meltwatch is a site that helps people do so. Meltwatch aggregates videos of current and concluded TV shows that people can watch for free. Not only can people watch TV shows online for free, they can keep track of the ones they have already viewed.

Bay Area Criminal Law, Family Law and Personal Injury Attorney Jeffrey L. Kaloustian is pleased to announce the launch of a new website at kaloustianlawoffices.com. The firm is located in the heart of California and serves clients in Oakland, San Francisco, and other cities throughout the State of California.

Advanced Research Systems (ARS) offers a complete line of employment screening and criminal search products that will assist organizations with their background checks. With synchronized electronic criminal searches, many criminal courts are connected directly with ARS’s technology which allows these searches to be completed within 4 hours or less - offering a convenient, cost-effective and superior turnaround time.

Award winning Triple Threat Academy is nationally recognized for helping kids ages 4 to 14 learn to dribble, shoot and pass their way to a better game at their basketball camps. With summer approaching, TTA has announced their very popular basketball camps schedule in 14 cities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

Get Kaizened, Inc. (GKI) has just announced the addition of several new training solutions to their line of expert business management courses. Each new course offering is designed to benefit all levels of a professional organization from the non-technical staff to the senior management and executives. All Get Kaizened products are built around the principle of Kaizen, the Japanese word that means “improvement” or “change for the better.” They reflect a philosophy or practice that focuses upon continuous improvement of processes in manufacturing, engineering and business management.

The leading Livermore dentists, Pacific Dental Care & Fastbraces® announces their offer of a FREE no-obligation consultation to all new and existing patients. The free consultation offered is particularly helpful for people who are first time visiting a dentist for cosmetic dentistry, dental implants or any other dental treatment. Now, both current and new patients can request a free consultation with the dentists Livermore.

Whenever people get the idea to travel to California, one thing that is inevitably going to be a concern is the cost. Where to stay in particular is the question is that most commonly asked, and for people that are going to be traveling on a budget the options may not seem to be all that great. Fortunately, Discovery Inn Hayward CA can serve as the ideal vacation spot for traveler. Thanks to low costs and great rooms, the hotel can keep people comfortable both in body and in mind. Hayward CA hotels are ready for the oncoming rush of tourists looking for an inexpensive stay within the Golden State.

During the manufacturing of today’s electronic devices, critical cleaning or the removal of contaminants, during various process steps is paramount. Some manufacturers use solvents or hazardous chemicals to accomplish the cleaning of their critical layers or parts. Cyantek’s RA-2 is a biodegradable, cost effective alternative to these other chemistries.