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San Jose, Calif.-based Orchard Supply Hardware posted deeper losses for its fourth quarter and full year.

For the quarter, the company’s net loss was $33.57 million, compared with a net loss of $7.24 million in the same quarter last year. For the full year, the net loss swelled to $118.38 million, compared with $14.45 million in the previous year. 

Currey & Company of Chico, Calif., announced a recall of 10 models of its chandeliers.

Defective wiring can conduct electricity to the Chinese-made chandeliers' metal parts, posing an electric shock hazard to consumers, according to a release from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

A four-location California hardware store retailer plans to change its name, according to a report in the San Mateo Patch newspaper.

The company is making the switch to better reflect the third-generation retailer's family history. 

The co-owners Eric and Richard Hassett told the newspaper that the time is right to honor the family history by using the Hassett name.

Employer representatives have testified before a congressional panel that they support the expansion of the federal government’s E-Verify electronic employment verification system, which experts agree will be a central piece of comprehensive immigration reform.

The Home Depot said it reached a tentative agreement in March to settle California lawsuits related to the sale of paints and coatings.

The company's recent 10-k filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission report followed up on 2010 allegations that the retailer sold products in three California counties and Los Angeles that exceeded the level of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) under the rules of the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

Wayne, Pa.-based LMC -- Lumbermens Merchandising Corp. -- a nationwide lumber and building materials buying group in the United States and the Bahamas, held its annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif., sporting a Hollywood theme. 

This first LMC Annual Meeting ever to take place on the West Coast was well attended by both LMC dealers and suppliers. The number of new attendees was the highest for any LMC annual meeting to date. 

According to an article in the Record Searchlight of Redding, Calif., Weaver Lumber plans to take on the True Value brand.

Weaver Lumber in Redding, Calif., is currently an LBM-focused yard operating in a 10,000-sq.-ft. building previously occupied by Moss Lumber. But according to the news report, owner Brent Weaver intends adds a strong DIY component. 

The Anaheim, Calif.-based World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) selected Scott Humphrey to lead the association as the CEO, effective April 1. Humphrey, former director of the Shaw Flooring Network, fills the position left by the late D. Christopher Davis. 

Pasadena, Calif.-based online tool retailer CPO Commerce added outdoor power equipment manufacturers Worx and Greenworks to its stable of branded retail websites.   

CPO Commerce now operates 46 specialty online retail stores. Among them are CPO Makita, CPO Black & Decker, and CPO Briggs & Stratton. CPO's brand outlet stores sell new tools and accessories, as well as factory-reconditioned tools. 

The stadium formerly known as The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., is now the StubHub Center.

The 125-acre stadium multi-purpose sports and entertainment facility is home of the Las Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA soccer teams of Major League Soccer. The Home Depot had naming rights for the facility since it opened 10 years ago, at a cost of $70 million for the 10-year period.

Dublin, Calif.-based Epicor Software Corp. announced the company’s first major implementation of Epicor Eagle delivered in a software as a service (SaaS) hosted environment. Home Hardware Center, the first retailer of Central Network Retail Group (CNRG) to undergo the hosted solution conversion, successfully completed integration in early February 2013.

Lumberyards and retailers say they're getting stiffed by the state of California and its new tax on lumber.

Here's the background. Since Jan. 1, California retailers have been required to collect a 1% assessment on sales of certain lumber products. However, so-called "secondary" wood products, in which additional labor has added significant value — such as furniture, windows and doors — are exempt.