Business

The U.S. Small Business Administration is providing loans to businesses that were damaged in last year’s Fairview Fire. Acting on its own, the administration declared an emergency related to the month-long fire after California’s request for a disaster declaration was denied, according to a statement on Riverside County’s website. The …

The Inland Empire isn’t creating nearly as many startup businesses as it was a few years ago, a report has found. In 2021, the percentage of businesses in Riverside and San Bernardino counties that were considered startups was 2.8 percent, according to the 2022 State of Entrepreneurship report, released on …

San Bernardino County has approved a program designed to help businesses that were hurt by this winter’s snow storms. The  Mountain Small Business Grants Snow Response Program, passed recently by the board of supervisors, provides one-time grants to businesses and nonprofits, according to a statement on the county’s website. To …

Ontario-based Cardenas Markets raised nearly $60,000 for the American Heart Association in February. The money will go toward the association’s “Life Is Why,” campaign, which promotes longer living through a healthier lifestyle, according to a statement. “We are so proud to partner with our local communities and caring customers to …

CVB Financial Corp. in Ontario has announced a 20 cents-per-share dividend for the first quarter of 2023. That dividend, approved Wednesday by CVB’s board of directors at the board’s regularly scheduled meeting, will be payable on or about April 19 to all shareholders of record on April 5, according to …

The second phase of a 72-acre business park will be occupied by a single tenant. Logistics Plus Warehousing & Fulfillment, Inc., a third-party logistics company based in Erie, Pennsylvania, has signed a five-year lease to occupy Columbia Business Park II, according to a statement released Monday by Trammell Crow Co. …