BAY AREA, PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – A pair of recent Bay Area fires has prompted American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), a Bay Area hood installation and fire restoration company, to release a checklist of services restaurant owners and/or managers should look for, in the event that you experience a fire in your establishment.

On Feb. 27, the San Jose Mercury News reported that fire caused about $350,000 in damage to the L & L Chinese Seafood Restaurant. Just days later on March 3, a two-alarm kitchen fire caused approximately $200,000 in damage to La Gaviota Restaurant in San Jose. (more…)

It is now a realized goal. Just in 2009 Nationwide’s hood installations for the California cities of San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento had a close to 40% increase from the work volume in these cities in 2008. (more…)