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San Diego will make more than $42 million in federal emergency rental assistance available to city residents, Mayor Todd Gloria announced Thursday, saying he is also proposing an extension of eviction protections for renters and businesses.

The Christmas Day explosion has sparked shock across the country after a bomb detonated in the heart of Nashville’s historic downtown

The loss of revenue has put a serious strain on Hillcrest’s Finest City Improv, which can no longer come up with rent and is facing eviction at the end of December

While the coronavirus pandemic has changed just about everything in our lives there is one thing it hasn’t been able to change in our community: the spirit of goodwill.  Christine Perez has operated Café Madeleine for a decade, a successful Café by all accounts. She was able to open a second location five years ago, but 2020 changed all...

It’s hard finding the silver lining of 2020. “Everybody wants to go back to normal,” said Ladd Graham while standing outside the J.A. Cooley Museum in University Heights. “Getting harder and harder,” said Carmen Cooley, who owns the museum. Carmen and her late husband Jim Cooley have owned the museum since 1983. “He always came with the answer,” said Carmen…

“It was pretty devastating.” That’s how a lot of business owners felt when the pandemic forced them to close in March. It’s certainly how Jessica Waite felt when the public health rules in San Diego County forced her to close The Plot in Oceanside just a few weeks after it opened. “It was amazing. It was the best opening...

Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday introduced LA Optimized, an initiative to help local small businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic by expanding their e-commerce capabilities and increasing their online presence.

Forced to confront long hold times, uninformed employees, and unresolved disputes, consumers around the country are sharing frustration with the state of customer service in 2020.

Several businesses in San Diego were given cease and desist orders in an effort to stop their indoor operations.

“I get a sense that people don’t care.” Alissa Bjerkhoel said that with a sigh. The COVID-19 positivity rate isn’t going down. If it doesn’t, San Diego County could face tighter restrictions on businesses and activity. Bjerkhoel was baffled. “I feel like sometimes I’m living in the Twilight Zone because I have certain friends and family members who are...

When Connecticut locked down in March, Sean Murray had hundreds of gallons of beer and no one to drink it. Between the restaurant and the dive bar he managed in the city’s downtown, Murray has 70 draft lines. “We lost about $15,000 in beer alone,” he said. Bottles of beer and wine can sit, but the kegs, Murray said, “were…

Hoping to get their voices heard by the state, local business owners and leaders rallied to keep small businesses open and to have local control over reopenings.

A change going into effect Tuesday will help contact tracers gather information and reach out to potentially exposed individuals if an outbreak is connected to a certain establishment.

In response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new tiered system that measures counties’ COVID-19 cases and guides businesses on how to gradually reopen, one San Diego County leader will speak Monday to urge the governor to loosen restrictions.

Monday marks a big day for San Diego County businesses as owners anticipate the return to indoor operations – under some modifications, of course.

Various businesses will partially reopen with some modifications in San Diego County and while owners are excited, they are also cautious and warning the public to respect public health orders.

NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado spoke with a local restaurant and salon to see what changes they made to make their guests safe.

The most vocal reopening advocate on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors will join other local leaders to push the state to reopen San Diego businesses Friday, the same day that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to announce a new reopening plan.

Employers say that recent changes to customer capacity and other safety protocols have made this time even more difficult to navigate.

Phenomenal.  That’s how Skyler McManus described business at Hamel’s on the Mission Beach boardwalk Fourth of July weekend. “It’s actually picked way up,” the business owner said.  “It almost feels like it was last year.” McManus and other store and restaurant owners at Mission Beach said they were thankful that the city of San Diego decided not to close...