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Casa de Tamales in the Tower District is among several valley restaurants which say they have no choice but to raise menu prices. . . Attendance at Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo is on pace for another record-breaking year, but half the staff will be impacted by the minimum wage pay hike. . . CEO Scott Barton said. “For the first time in 12 years in 2016, we are raising the entrance fee to get into the zoo.”

The unique, quality products are sold to more than 600 stores in the United States and Nordstrom’s. Woof & Poof has been in Chico for 40 years, but that’s about to end. Hart says a raise in minimum wage and workers compensation are just a couple of issues that have made it difficult to keep the business financially afloat here. Hart said, “The high cost of doing business in California coupled with ridiculous regulatory environment makes it virtually impossible to do business.” He says he has seen an 11% hike in payroll.