Small Business

Monday’s long-awaited reopening of many of the hardest-hit businesses in the nation’s most populous county and epicenter of California’s worst COVID-19 surge this winter is being met with a mix of elation and hesitation.

Across the country the tourism industry took a big hit because of the coronavirus pandemic. The industry lost billions of dollars and impacted jobs, local communities, and businesses.

Spring training baseball is back after the Major League Baseball season ended early last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only are teams and fans happy, but so are local businesses.

Humphrey Yogart in Los Angeles is being spoon-fed with customers after Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey she once worked there when she was 13.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a plan this week to extend the Paycheck Protection Program for two months amid concerns that the March 31 expiration of the small-business rescue fund could leave struggling employers without a key economic lifeline.

Small-business advocates are calling on the federal government to extend the March 31 deadline to apply for a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program, citing recent changes made to the program and delays in processing applications.

Moody's John Lonski discusses a new NFIB survey.

The bill calls for grants equal to the amount of restaurants' revenue losses, up to a maximum of $10 million per company and $5 million per location

Even in the face of hardships, several women-run businesses have continued to work through workforce woes, including a bridal store in Brooklyn run by female entrepreneur, Andrea Pitter. 

The Pizza Press Founder Dara Maleki discusses the wide-ranging impact the reopening of Disneyland will have on the surrounding community.