Complaints involving social distancing, being open during ordered closure, and price gouging hit Fresno businesses since the city declared a state of emergency on March 18. This list provided by City Hall includes all complaints, notices, and fines: Social Distancing Social distancing complaints: 576 Social distancing noticed/educated: 436 Social distancing...
FBI Nabs Clovis Walmart Assistant Manager for Credit Card Fraud
An assistant manager at the Walmart on Herndon Avenue in Clovis was arrested Wednesday for alleged bank and credit card fraud totaling at least $100,000, federal authorities said. The arrest of Alena Nicole George, 42, came after a federal grand jury in Fresno brought a five-count indictment against her in...
Going to Target, Walmart or a Fresno Park? You Need to Know These Changes.
A new reality is coming to stores and parks this weekend. Fresno County parks will not be open. Target and Walmart are placing more physical limits on you than ever before. COVID-19 continues to intrude on almost every facet of life. [covid-19-tracker] Fresno County Parks Closing. City Closes Dog Parks....
NW Fresno Target Marks the Floor to Help Keep 'Social Distance'
Target is among the retail chains trying to keep customers and employees safe during the COVID-19 epidemic. For example, the Target store in northwest Fresno at Shaw and Marks avenues now has floor markers leading up to checkouts. The markers are intended to help customers maintain "social distance" with each...
Walmart Rolls out Grocery Delivery Subscription
NEW YORK — Walmart is rolling out a grocery delivery subscription service this fall as it races to gain an advantage in the competitive fresh food business. The service will charge an annual membership fee of $98 for subscribers to access unlimited same-day delivery, which will be offered in 1,400...
Walmart to Stop Selling Certain Gun Ammunition
NEW YORK — Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun and short-barrel rifle ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it. The announcement comes just days after a mass shooting claimed seven lives in Odessa, Texas and follows...
Mass Shootings Have Latinos Worried About Being Targets
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When Michelle Otero arrived at an art show featuring Mexican-American women, the first thing she did was scan the room. Two exits. One security guard. Then she thought to herself: If a shooter bursts in, how do my husband and I get out of here alive? Otero,...
Mass Shootings Have Latinos Worried About Being Targets
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When Michelle Otero arrived at an art show featuring Mexican-American women, the first thing she did was scan the room. Two exits. One security guard. Then she thought to herself: If a shooter bursts in, how do my husband and I get out of here alive? Otero,...
Walmart Pulls Violent Game Displays; No Change on Gun Sales
Walmart is removing from its stores nationwide signs, displays or videos that depict violence following a mass shooting at one of its stores in Texas, though it has not changed its policy on gun sales. The retailer instructed employees in an internal memo to remove any marketing material, turn off...
Walmart Pulls Violent Game Displays; No Change on Gun Sales
Walmart is removing from its stores nationwide signs, displays or videos that depict violence following a mass shooting at one of its stores in Texas, though it has not changed its policy on gun sales. The retailer instructed employees in an internal memo to remove any marketing material, turn off...