Beginning January 1, 2025, more than a half a dozen new laws take effect in California, empowering police and prosecutors to crack down on retail theft.

The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office said four suspects used a U-HAUL to steal store merchandise several times. On Friday, ...

Major retailers have responded to rising theft since 2020 by locking up merchandise, upgrading security cameras, hiring private security firms and even closing stores. Still, the report indicates ...

Safeway on Tuesday announced in a letter to San Francisco Mayor London Breed that it would close a ... issues with theft," with current employees to be assigned to other store locations, per ...

Rev. Erris Edgerly of the Fillmore United Alliance told the Chronicle a community boycott of the closing ... sold to help the store break even again, meaning that persistent theft can easily ...

The San Francisco Chronicle, which exclusively reported on the new shutdown date of February 2025, said Safeway removed the location’s self-checkout kiosks in December 2023 “in an effort to reduce ...