In late November, trekking to a grocery store or a shopping mall on a weekend before a huge holiday ordinarily requires steely nerves. But on a recent Saturday afternoon, Orange County’s gargantuan ...

Remember when part of Westminster Street in downtown Providence was closed to cars and made into a "pedestrian mall"? The street was lined with department stores. At the time, cities were trying to ...

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• And the mall you hung out at in your teens – mine is the Westminster Mall, and it closed in late October. Opened in 1974 on the former site of a large goldfish farm, the mall had stores like May ...

The JCPenney anchor will remain open to the public through Nov. 16 and will shut down by Nov. 21, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter from August. Macy’s and ...

On Friday, October 17, around 75 California residents belted out karaoke in a mall where they used to gather for after-school hangouts. Their voices echoed off the shuttered windows and doors of ...

Once considered a community hub and popular shopping center, the Westminster Mall in Orange County will soon close its doors. Most of the shops in the mall will close on Oct. 29, when leases expire, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. After serving for decades as a community hub and popular shopping center, the Westminster Mall in Orange County is ...

After serving for decades as a community hub and popular shopping center, the Westminster Mall in Orange County is getting ready to close its doors. Most of the shops in the mall will shut down on Oct ...

Most of the shops at Westminster Mall will shut down on Oct. 29 when leases expire. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) After serving for decades as a community hub and popular shopping center, the ...