A knife-wielding man accused of barricading himself inside a bathroom at the Walmart in La Quinta, leading to an evacuation of the store, was booked Monday at the county jail in Indio. Bail was set at $10,000 for Daniel Lamont, 33, of Palm Desert, who is accused of vandalizing the store’s restroom just before 10 […]
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In an email, a customer from a Walmart Supercenter in Indio expressed her concern about the hot conditions inside the store. The A.C. is not fully working at this Walmart located near Monroe Street and Avenue 42 making it hard for workers to do their job. Magnolia Toscano shopped at this Walmart and did notice […]
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Flower Foods, Inc., the maker of Swiss Rolls, is voluntarily recalling its product due to a potential salmonella outbreak. The Swiss Rolls affected were sold under several brand names, including Walmart’s Great Value, which is distributed nationwide. Officials with the company said the recall is a precautionary measure. The rolls were also sold under the […]
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After two babies were found inside a hot car without the air conditioner running in a Walmart parking lot during a Southern California heat wave, the children’s mother was arrested, police said Tuesday. Crystal Reyna Gonzalez was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment, Ontario police said. The children, ages 1 year and 9 months old, […]
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Walmart has stopped selling T-shirts and baby onesies that say “Impeach 45” after the clothes sparked an outcry from supporters of President Trump. The retailer said Tuesday it was pulling the clothing from its website in response to a tweet from conservative commentator Ryan Fournier, who questioned to his 502,000 followers why Walmart was selling […]
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Twitter users are calling for a boycott of Walmart after T-shirts with “Impeach 45” were being sold on its website. Tweets with #BoycottWalmart began circulating as news spread about the “Impeach 45” t-shirts available in sizes ranging from adult to baby tees. The merchandise is sold by Old Glory and is available via Walmart’s third-party […]
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Some of the largest retail chains in the country are extorting money from potential customers, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed Monday in San Jose. The suit alleges stores such as Wal-Mart, Bloomingdales and Krogers are accusing people of shoplifting then charging those customers money in exchange for not calling police. Wal-Mart stores like […]
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Since 1970, more than 90 percent of all U.S. dairy farms have closed due to low milk prices and industry restructuring. Recently, a corporate decision by Walmart led to the shutdown of a three-generation family-run dairy farm in Kentucky. We followed the Coombs family as they’re forced to sell off the last of their dairy […]
