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Bob Lee, the 43-year-old founder of Cash App and a former executive at Square (now Block), was stabbed to death early Tuesday morning in downtown San Francisco. Officers responded at 2:35 a.m. to a call reporting the stabbing and found Lee, who was visiting the city after having recently moved to Miami, according to NBC Bay Area. He was declared dead shortly after he was taken to the hospital, per...

SHOPPERS only have a few weeks left before Target closes several stores across the country. The retail giant has shut down several stores across the country as it endures lower sales than anticipated in specific locations. Inflation has lowered customer demand significantly, and many Americans are turning to online shopping for greater convenience. These two factors combined have created what some...

Sarah Truax had never been to Montavilla Park, so when she pulled into the parking lot just after 4 p.m. on March 15 with her 6-year-old and 3-year-old sons, she made sure to survey the area. Everything appeared safe as another family enjoyed the early spring weather. As Truax and her children headed to a grassy area in the park, she said she felt someone following her. She turned around and a wom...

A billboard criticizing Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt went up Tuesday morning in downtown Portland. The billboard, located at 2nd and Washington Street, reads “PORTLAND IS A SCHMIDT SHOW” next to a large picture of Schmidt. It includes more text that reads “record crime (check mark),” “fewer prosecutions (check mark),” “empty jail beds (check mark).” Many have called out Schmidt’...

The city of Seattle has spent nearly $1 billion on homelessness in more than a decade, and the number of unsheltered people continues to rise. The city of Seattle’s Budget Office provided the adopted budget amount dating back to 2013 to KOMO News, which includes the amount spent on Human Services Department (HSD) contracts and the citywide spending on the department, including labor costs. The tot...

Patricia Bryant stepped out of the cab in front of the Walgreens pharmacy on West Broadway and was greeted by signs announcing its closing. After March 6, her cab rides get longer and more expensive.  Shari Brandt felt a similar blow when the Aldi on Penn Avenue North closed for good on Feb. 12. It had been an affordable choice amid the soaring supermarket prices to feed her family of five.  The n...

They’re no longer California Dreamin’. More than 500,000 people fled the Golden State since 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began, US Census migration data shows. The exodus of roughly 508,000 residents between April 2020 and July 2022 was spurred by high housing prices, too-frequent natural disasters like wildfires and mudslides, and high crime rates in the cities, the Daily Mail reported Saturda...

Economics students learn in their 101 classes that basic markets can’t function without a few prerequisites — namely, the protection of private property rights. It’s an introductory concept because it’s almost self-evident: How can people do business if they’re not secure in their property and profits? Yet the furthest-left faction of today’s Democratic Party, which governs in the most liberal bas...

SAN Francisco has been forced to say goodbye to a popular supermarket after claims of shoplifting and increased competition drove the location to shut down. The community of North Beach is losing its only full-scale grocery store with late-night hours as the local Safeway prepares to close its doors. The store couldn't compete with the nearby Trader Joe's, leaving North Beach with limite...

Walmart has announced the closure of its location in Cahokia Heights. Robert Arrieta, Communications Manager for Walmart in the North and East, told News 4 there is not a single cause for why a store closes and that the decision is based on several factors, including historic and current financial performance. The store and pharmacy will close on April 21. Walmart’s pharmacy staff will work with c...

On Wednesday, Walmart announced that its location on Silver Spring Drive on Milwaukee's northwest side will close its doors by March 10. "I was like, OK, another store closing in our neighborhood," said Diana Vance. The Walmart is located in a food desert, an area of the city without many supermarkets. "I don't drive so this is a lot more convenient," said Bart Luttre...

New records obtained by Real Change indicate that the city of Seattle oversaw a massive rise in sweeps of unhoused people living in tents and vehicles in 2022. According to the log, the city conducted 943 sweeps, averaging more than two-and-a-half per day.  The vast majority of these removals — 771 — were classified as “obstruction” sweeps, meaning that staff were not required to provide any notic...

Walt Disney Co. has begun its planned layoff of 7,000 employees, with the first round of cuts having started Monday.  The axed positions represent 4.2% of Disney’s 166,000 U.S.-based employees. Bob Iger, Disney’s CEO, first announced the job cuts in a February earnings call. The 7,000 layoffs comprise 30% of $2.5 billion that Disney plans to save in noncontent costs. The February call was Mr. Iger...

Portland institution Hotlips Pizza will close three of its five restaurants, effective immediately. The 39-year-old business, known for local ingredients and fruit sodas, announced Monday that it would close locations at Northeast 33rd Avenue and Killingsworth Street, in the Hollywood District and near Providence Park, citing economic and labor issues, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is with...

The death of a 66-year-old woman whose body was found in a Seattle homeless encampment earlier this month has been ruled a homicide. A medical examiner’s report identifies the woman as Annette Barnes and suggests she died four days before her body was discovered in an encampment on Mercer Street in South Lake Union on March 14. The report said Barnes died from asphyxia due to manual strangulation...

Walmart is closing three locations in the Chicago area. The retail giant says it is shutting down its Lincolnwood Walmart Pickup location at 6840 McCormick Blvd. It will close on Friday, Feb. 17. "This decision was not made lightly and was reached only after a thorough review process," Walmart told CBS 2. "As this is a pickup and delivery only location, we have taken what we learned...

A Walmart on Oahu will be closing its doors for good. According to the communications director for Walmart in the Western United States, a decision was made to close the Downtown Honolulu Walmart location at 1032 Fort St. Mall. As to why the store is closing, Walmart made this statement: “We have nearly 5,000 stores across the U.S. and unfortunately some do not meet our financial expectations. Whi...

The last standing Longs Drugs in downtown Honolulu will shut its door on June 10. The pharmacy chain said it is part of a realignment of its national footprint and store reduction, but for neighboring business owners, the store provides a steady stream of foot traffic. The owner of Taco Kabana Daniel Rodriguez said the Longs Drugs is convenient for him and his workers being that the store is acros...

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The announcement by Walmart officials that the H Street NW location will close at the end of March has some District residents concerned about where they will shop for their groceries in addition to the economic well-being of the immediate neighborhood. Terry Lynch, the executive director of the Downtown Cluster of Congregations, said many people shop at that Walmart because its prices are afforda...

Target is closing its Washington Square store in Center City Philadelphia. The store on the 1100 block of Chestnut Street will close for good on May 13. A Target spokesperson says they're taking the action after multiple years of working to improve performance. "To the guests who shopped with us at Washington Square, we appreciate you shopping with us and hope you'll continue to vis...

Amazon is permanently closing eight of its cashierless Amazon Go convenience stores in Seattle, San Francisco and New York. The eight stores will remain open until April 1, a spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch. The closures mark Amazon’s latest move to rein in some of its brick-and-mortar retail operations. The news was first reported by GeekWire.  “Like any physical retailer, we periodi...

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said the city is considering using pod structures instead of tents for their sanctioned homeless camping sites after Gov. Tina Kotek told him they would rather the camps have them, and the state can pay for them. We spoke one-on-one with Wheeler about this in a break during Wednesday's Portland City Council meeting. He says in the current form, the plan for mass hom...

Champaine Woodruff said she shops daily at Walmart in Brooklyn Center and plans to do so until the doors close. Unfortunately for her, they’ll be closing soon. A sign at the front door of the store located at 1200 Shingle Creek Crossing says it will be closing April 21. It gives no further explanation. Walmart’s decision to leave, another blow to a neighborhood with a large Black population,  come...

Sad news for shoppers in Everett, Washington, with confirmation that the Walmart at 11400 Highway 99 will close on April 21. It is another blow to residents in Washington, who have faced a number of retail store closures this year, with more set to come. Walmart is closing several stores across the United States as "unfortunately, some do not meet our financial expectations. While our underly...