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Cotopaxi Becomes Latest Store to Leave SF Due to High Crime, Break-Ins

October 19, 2022 2:30 amOctober 19, 2022 8:36 am

Outdoor clothing company Cotopaxi announced on Tuesday that it would be closing its San Francisco store due to multiple break-ins and a rise in crime in the area, becoming the latest store to leave San Francisco due to crime. Since...

Mass Retail Chain Store Closures Continue in San Francisco

February 11, 2022 12:43 pm

Pharmacy chain Walgreens announced another store closure in San Francisco for later this month, becoming only the latest chain store to close in San Francisco, and continuing on the trend of retail chains closing mass numbers of locations in San...

California Families Hire Private Security as Crime Tsunami Overwhelms Local Police

October 22, 2021 7:38 amOctober 22, 2021 8:40 am

More than 150 San Francisco families fed up with the escalating crime in the City by the Bay have hired their own private security to patrol their streets, says a report in Western Journal. Police say they are overwhelmed by...

EXCLUSIVE: Iconic Target Store on Mission St to Close Amid Shoplifting Tidal Wave

October 21, 2021 4:12 pmOctober 25, 2021 7:31 am

This story has been updated to add comment from a Target spokesman. Last week, after Walgreens announced that five additional outlets in San Francisco would be closing on top of the 17 that already have been shuttered since 2019, the...

San Francisco Mayor Denies Walgreens Stores Closing Because of Crime

October 16, 2021 8:46 amOctober 17, 2021 3:33 am

San Francisco Mayor London Breed began pushing back this week against Walgreens’ announcement to close five more stores across San Francisco due to rampant retail theft. Now the San Francisco media is helping the Mayor “sell” her agenda. The San...

5 More Walgreens Closed in San Francisco Over City’s Retail Crime Wave

October 13, 2021 11:46 amApril 3, 2022 7:57 am

Walgreens, one of the largest drug store chains in the country, closed an additional 5 stores in San Francisco on Tuesday, citing the skyrocketing amount of organized retail crime in the city. According to Walgreens, theft levels in the city...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Has a Problem With No-Bid Contracts

April 5, 2021 7:39 amApril 5, 2021 8:36 pm

This is a tale of two Governors’ disparate treatment by media. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a problem with no-bid contracts to favored donors, yet he’s barely criticized for it in the media. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis actually used a...