Good Works: Tri-county nonprofits get grants for COVID-19 response
The Ventura County Community Foundation, in coordination with Ventura County, Amgen Foundation, Aera Energy, Southeast Ventura County YMCA, Give An Hour, and the Economic Development Collaborative, launched the Ventura County Rapid Response Fund on March 13. The next day, the 805 UndocuFund COVID-19 Fund was activated with partners, including Future Leaders of America, CAUSE, Mixteco/Indigena Read More →
Read More →Banks struggling with PPP loans for tri-county small businesses
Last-minute rules changes and a messy rollout mean small businesses and nonprofits will have to wait a little longer to get the help they’ve been promised under the CARES Act. The $349 billion Payroll Protection Program, a key part of the act, went live on April 3, but few banks were in a place where Read More →
Read More →Dubroff: When it comes to the PPP, we’re not in it together
This does not feel like a team effort. I’m stepping out of my role as pundit this week and putting on my hat as a small business owner. And I am here to state that the rollout of the Paycheck Protection Program has been a nightmare for many small business owners. Every day I get Read More →
Read More →Pandemic kills demand for tri-county produce and cut flowers
COVID-19 restrictions that canceled events and shuttered restaurants have collapsed distribution chains for fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers grown throughout the Tri-Counties. Consumer demand plunged, growers said, as buyers prioritized shelf-stable goods like grains, pasta and frozen and canned foods, foregoing berries, leafy greens and cut flowers grown on the Central Coast. “(Agriculture is) an Read More →
Read More →COVID-19 layoffs skyrocket in Tri-Counties
In the first month after the novel coronavirus arrived in the region, tens of thousands of people in the Tri-Counties lost their jobs when their workplaces shut or slowed, and experts predict April and May will bring unemployment rates unseen since the Great Depression. The pandemic has touched every part of the tri-county economy, from Read More →
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Qualstar wants to delist itself from Nasdaq
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Read More →Shares of tri-county biotherapeutics soar
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