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Difficulty hiring is just one of several issues Baird faces this summer as California’s economy reopens. Author: GRACE GEDYE Updated: 1:30 PM PDT July 28, 2021 CALIFORNIA, USA — Patty Baird hasn’t taken a single day off in the past year. Cedar House Sport Hotel, her boutique hotel in Truckee, is experiencing a surge of reservations. Even weekday evenings are getting booked up by the work-from-anywhere contingent. Baird is grateful for the additional business, but she’s struggled to hire more staff, which has left her working 12- to 16-hour days.  Dif...

View Comments Ventura County could reach the Mount Everest summit of California's tiered reopening system on June 1, just 14 days before colored tiers are eliminated and nearly all COVID-19 restrictions are set to be lifted. The county's COVID case rate on Tuesday met a critical benchmark for the first of two required weeks. If the rate of new cases remains stable and other metrics hold steady, the county would move from orange into the long-coveted yellow tier next week. Yellow brings the fewest COVID-19 restrictions and is the most difficult tier for counties to enter. It allows larg...

Ask some downtown Rifle business owners, and chances are they have been affected in some way, shape or form by major construction on Third Street.

With improving COVID-19 data, Santa Barbara County dropping to less restrictive red tier SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - With dropping COVID-19 positive cases, Santa Barbara County is now moving into the less-restrictive red tier. That will take effect Wednesday, according to the Board of Supervisors. That means more businesses will be opening or adding capacity and schools can continue to implement their in-person teaching on different levels. Restaurants, serving outside now, will be able to open inside with a 25-percent capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer. Retail sites will be able to ...

Ventura County’s Economic Development Collaborative, or EDC, in partnership with the California Small Business Development Center has conducted a statewide survey on COVID-19’s impact on California entrepreneurs. According to the survey, titled “Small Business in the Time of Covid-19: A Survey of California’s Small Businesses,” most of the businesses in the region have proved resilient. “In the face of a multi-layered civil, economic and environmental disruption, the rates of innovation and adaptation were extraordinary across the state of California,” said Ventura County EDC Ch...