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Walgreens Announces 12 Stores In San Francisco To Close By February

January 10, 2025 1:12 pmJanuary 10, 2025 1:12 pm

Pharmacy and retail chain Walgreens announced Thursday that they will close 12 stores within the city of San Francisco, with the closures expected to occur by the end of February. Since 2019, Walgreens and the Bay Area have been constantly...

Walgreens Announces Another 3 Walgreens Stores To Close Across the Bay Area

December 6, 2024 1:10 pmDecember 6, 2024 1:11 pm

Walgreens announced on Thursday that two stores in Oakland and one in Richmond would be closing as a result of economic issues, increasing the total number of Bay Area Walgreens closures to over two dozen in only the last several...

Attorney General Rob Bonta Backs San Francisco’s Decision To Not File Charges In The 2023 Death Of Banko Brown

June 11, 2024 2:35 amJune 11, 2024 2:36 am

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday that the state agreed with San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ decision not to charge a security guard for shooting and killing a criminal using violence against them during a 2023 Walgreens...

Security Guard Involved In Banko Brown Shooting Fined $1,500 By State

July 29, 2023 2:30 amJuly 29, 2023 6:54 am

Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, the San Francisco Walgreens security guard who shot and killed shoplifting criminal Chynna “Banko” Brown in May after threatening violence against him, received $1,500 in fines on Friday, the likely extent of what state actions will be...

Family of Banko Brown Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Guard, Walgreens

June 2, 2023 5:59 pmJune 2, 2023 6:00 pm

The family of Chynna “Banko” Brown, a criminal who was shot and killed at a San Francisco Walgreens in April by a security guard who was cleared on all charges last month, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Walgreens and...

SF District Attorney Announces No Criminal Charges to Be Filed In Banko Brown Shooting Case

May 16, 2023 6:03 pmMay 16, 2023 6:03 pm

The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday that they will not be filing criminal charges against a security guard who shot and killed a shoplifting criminal last week, finding that his actions to a threat were reasonable, as...