Walmart is closing its Neighborhood Market store in early October in Hemet.
The store at 859 W. Florida Ave. — a smaller version of the retailer’s traditional Walmart stores — closes for good Oct. 2.
“We want to sincerely thank you for choosing us as your place to shop and for being such an important part of our community,” the company said in a Facebook post about the closure.
The company recommends shoppers shift to its supercenter 3 miles away at 1231 S. Sanderson Ave. Another Walmart is located at 1861 S San Jacinto Ave. in San Jacinto.
Walmart also recommends customers stop by the market store pharmacy in order to move their prescriptions to a preferred Walmart.
Quick Quack Car Wash opens today
Quick Quack Car Wash is open in Winchester.
The car wash at 35994 Winchester Road kicks off its grand opening festivities today with a community fundraiser from 4-7 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Murrieta Valley Pop Warner Nighthawks Cheer Team. Donations will be accepted to support the cheer team, and Quick Quack said it will match every contribution, dollar for dollar.
The Winchester location brings the total Quick Quack locations in Southern California to 51 with 112 locations in total across California.
The car washes feature a big yellow duck named Quackals. The facility offers free vacuums and unlimited car wash memberships starting at $22.99 monthly.
Little Caesars opens in JV
Little Caesars opened Saturday, Sept. 6 at the Shops at Jurupa Valley.
The Detroit-based bargain pizza chain opened at the corner of the new shopping center at 4190 Pyrite St.
Hours at the 1,500-square-foot restaurant are 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10:30 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
The pizza chain said the new restaurant created 19 new jobs.
The Shops at Jurupa Valley has brought a bevy of new stores to the community. In early August, Target opened. Other retailers and food options include Burlington, Ross, Five Below, Mattress Firm, Aldi, In-N-Out, Pollo Campero, Starbucks, Raising Canes, Ono Hawaiian BBQ and Chipotle.
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Eight custom bus shelters recently delivered and installed in Claremont come with a splash of color and modern angles. Made by Corona-based Tolar Manufacturing and designed by local architect John Bohn, cach shelter features an “angular aesthetic with vibrant splashes of color on the metal walls and the stained concrete pads on the sidewalk underneath.” (Photo courtesy of Tolar)
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Eight custom bus shelters recently delivered and installed in Claremont come with a splash of color and modern angles. Made by Corona-based Tolar Manufacturing and designed by local architect John Bohn, cach shelter features an “angular aesthetic with vibrant splashes of color on the metal walls and the stained concrete pads on the sidewalk underneath.” (Photo courtesy of Tolar)
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Corona-made bus shelters arrive in Claremont
Eight custom bus shelters recently delivered and installed in Claremont come with a splash of color and modern angles.
Made by Corona-based Tolar Manufacturing and designed by local architect John Bohn, cach shelter features an “angular aesthetic with vibrant splashes of color on the metal walls and the stained concrete pads on the sidewalk underneath.”
The structures were funded with California transportation funds designated for bus shelters and route infrastructure.
“The City of Claremont had a unique and artistic vision for our new bus shelters that Tolar was able to turn into a reality,” said Jeremy Swan, City of Claremont Community Services Director. “Our community and bus riders have had a positive response to the new shelters which incorporate Claremont history, art, and functionality.”
In addition to the seating within, the covered shelters include roof-mounted solar power systems that power LED lights in the roof.
Last week’s big business headlines
Beach timeshares up for grabs: Orange County’s treasurer is auctioning 114 coastal timeshares to recoup unpaid tax bills. To bid, registrants must pay a non-refundable $35 fee and a refundable deposit of $100 by 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12. Minimum bids on the timeshares range from $100-$500, down from the minimum of $1,000 set during the June offering. The timeshares belong to Marriott’s Newport Coast Villas, Laguna Shores, San Clemente Cove and San Clemente Inn.
These classic cars still need to smog: Lawmakers in Sacramento killed a bill supported by car collector and comedian Jay Leno that would have exempted certain classic cars from the state’s smog-check requirements. The Assembly Appropriations Committee on Aug. 29 blocked Senate Bill 712 from advancing for a full vote. The proposal, dubbed “Leno’s Law,” would have exempted owners of classic cars made before 1981 from paying for emissions tests every two years. The exemptions would have applied only to cars with special “historical vehicle” license plates and insured as a “collector motor vehicle,” according to CalMatters.
Google verdict: The tech giant will pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people’s smartphones for nearly a decade. The verdict Wednesday in San Francisco federal court followed a two-week trial in a class-action case covering about 98 million smartphones operating in the United States between July 1, 2016, through Sept. 23, 2024. Total damages awarded in the five-year-old case work out to about $4 per device.
Hiring tumbles in US: The Labor Department reported Friday that U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs in August, down from 79,000 in July and far below the 80,000 that economists had expected. The Associated Press reported that unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3% last month, also worse than expected and the highest since 2021. “U.S. labor market deterioration intensified in August,” Scott Anderson, chief U.S. economist at BMO Capital Market, wrote in a commentary, noting that hiring was “slumping dangerously close to stall speed. This raises the risk of a harder landing for consumer spending and the economy in the months ahead.”
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