Business

The Biden Administration is making an extra effort to help small businesses applying for loans from the Paycheck Protection Program. Starting Wednesday, the U.S. Small Business Administration will begin a 14-day, exclusive loan application period for small businesses and nonprofits with fewer than 20 employees, according to a statement. Lenders …

Grocery Outlet will be opening a High Desert store reflecting its modern prototype. The discount chain, which operates more than 350 stores in six states, has leased a 16,100 square-foot-site at Hi Desert Plaza in Victorville, according to a statement released by Progressive Real Estate Partners in Rancho Cucamonga. Terms …

A car wash chain has purchased land in the High Desert that will be the site of its next California operation. Quick N Clean Car Wash paid $2.3 million for the parcel at Seneca Road and Highway 395 in Adelanto, according to Progressive Real Estate Partners, a commercial real estate …

A coalition of fitness center owners say they have the data to prove that their facilities don’t spread COVID-19 any more than retail stores and salons, and they’re taking their case public.  California currently allows gyms and fitness centers to operate outdoors, and a majority of state residents apparently agree with …

A grocery store chain that specializes in the Latino community will occupy 8,000 square feet at a Rialto shopping center. Rialto Ranch Market’s fourth store will be at Rancho Verde Plaza, a 110,000-square-foot retail facility at 2000 to 2026 N. Riverside Drive, according to a statement released today by SharpLine …

Ontario International Airport started 2021 on the same path that it spent most of 2020: with its cargo numbers overwhelming its passenger count. Freight volume during the first month of the year topped 70,500 tons, a 15.6 percent increase year-over-year, the Ontario International Airport Authority reported Monday. That number was …