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   SAN FRANCISCO — Walgreens said Tuesday that it will close five   
   more stores in San Francisco next month because of organized   
   retail theft in another blow to a city that has earned an   
   embarrassing reputation for widespread and brazen shoplifting.   
      
   The stores will close down next month, SFGATE reported. It said   
   Walgreens has closed at least 10 stores in the city since the   
   start of 2019.   
      
   "Retail theft across our San Francisco stores has continued to   
   increase in the past few months to five times our chain average"   
   despite large increases in security, Walgreens spokesperson Phil   
   Caruso said.   
      
   San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safai said he was devastated by   
   the loss of a Mission Street store that "has been a staple for   
   seniors, families and children for decades."   
      
   "This is a sad day for San Francisco," Safai told SFGATE. "We   
   can't continue to let these anchor institutions close that so   
   many people rely on."   
      
   Last year, Walgreens closed one store where the chain said it   
   was losing $1,000 a day to thefts.   
      
   Frustration and fear over thefts have been fueled by widely   
   circulating images of shoplifting caught on video. This summer,   
   shoplifters in masks carrying armfuls of designer handbags   
   sprinted from a downtown Neiman Marcus department store and into   
   getaway cars.   
      
   In June, a masked man was caught on video at a Walgreens,   
   stuffing items into a trash bag before cruising out of the store   
   on a bicycle. A suspect was arrested in that theft.   
      
   Last month, Mayor London Breed and Police Chief Bill Scott   
   announced that they will dedicate more police, beef up   
   coordination and make it easier to report shoplifters.   
      
   The strategy aims to counter thieving that has added to the   
   liberal city’s reputation as being soft on crime.   
      
   "We care about criminal justice reform. We care about second   
   chances. We care about making sure that people are not wrongly   
   accused," Breed in announcing the new measures. "But don’t take   
   our kindness for weakness, our compassion for weakness."   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/walgreens-closing-5-san-   
   francisco-stores-shoplifting-fears-rcna3015   
      
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