

Major stores continue to back out of crime-ridden San Francisco, with a disturbing report showing 95 retailers downtown - more than half the total - have closed since the start of the COVID pandemic.
At least one more is set to, with Williams-Sonoma announcing they'll shut down in 2024.
Out of 203 retailers open in 2019 in the city's Union Square area, just 107 are still operating, a drop of 47 percent in just a few pandemic-ravaged years.
Among the heavy hitters, Brooks Brothers, Ray Ban, Christian Louboutin, Lululemon and Marmot have all packed it in.
Rampant crime in downtown San Francisco has left numerous retailers throwing up their hands and moving out.
In April, Whole Foods announced it was closing its locations, while Anthropologie and Office Depot have also left.