Business

As some businesses are forced to close their doors again because of COVID-19, some business owners are scared they may be next.

Some business owners are dealing with the hard reality of going out of business during the wait to reopen. NBC 7’s Niala Charles has more.

Nearly $250,000 have been collected for the La Mesa Business Disaster Relief Fund since businesses were looted and damaged on May 30, after a peaceful protest outside the La Mesa Police Headquarters. Money is being distributed in two phases. The first phase of applicants must apply by midnight June 26 to be considered and receive funds as early as Monday,…

NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado spoke with business owners who have been rebuilding with money donated after their stores were looted or damaged almost a month ago during police protests.

More than three months without being able to open nearly led to the Greenwich Village symbol of pride closing its doors for good, so the owners put out a plea for help — and got plenty of responses

Stores and restaurants around San Diego get creative telling customers how to stay 6 feet apart.

Multiple companies have announced that they will either honor or recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday for their employees this year, as a sign of support for the Black community.

On the small yellow sticky note that 20-year-old Alex Kearns left on his bedroom door was an ominous message saying to turn on the computer. Daniel Kearns powered up his son’s laptop in their home in Naperville, Ilinois. Within seconds, a four-paragraph letter flashed on the screen. “If you’re reading this, then I am dead,” the note started. It...

It’s an odd site in Downtown San Diego. Demolition workers are slowly taking apart the once heralded Horton Plaza mall to make way for a new $330 million high-tech office campus and lifestyle center.

San Diego County bars have been closed three months

NBC 7’s Joe Little spoke to bar owners who are as unsure about the rules and how following them will impact their business.

The threat of looters invading Seafood City in Mira Mesa left management with a tough choice this week: spend hundreds of dollars to shore up their storefront and close early or do nothing at all and take their chances. Seafood City and many of the surrounding businesses in the Mesa Shopping Center opted to put up plywood Tuesday night ahead…

Black-owned businesses are seeing a surge in support as protests continue in the Bay Area.

While many protests have been peaceful, dozens of businesses have either been looted, destroyed, or vandalized. Some owners wonder if their insurance will pick up the tab.

NBC 7’s Consumer Bob has more information on the protections offered by business, homeowner and car insurance policies.

Businesses are putting new safety measures in place to reopen while protecting their customers and staff from COVID-19. But those measures come at a price.

A line of mullets and highlight-needy heads paraded in and out of hair salons and barber shops Wednesday, the first day in weeks Governor Gavin Newsom allowed hair stylists and barbers to practice their crafts. “We were not prepared to open,” said Rafi Kuhami, owner of One Salon in Chula Vista. “The Governor announced it just yesterday and here we…

One local business learned how to adapt to the times amid the coronavirus pandemic and it’s proven successful.

The salon owner explained to NBC 7’s Joe Little why getting ready was such a challenge.

A lot of people have lost their jobs, but not so much in the Silicon Valley. A study by Beacon Economics and UC Riverside noted that tech companies did cut jobs, but fewer jobs than other sectors of the economy.