retail stores

20 adults, three juveniles arrested. Most of them are from outside of the Tri-Counties.

Big Lots shutting down stores in Camarillo, Santa Paula, Lompoc, and three other local communities.

Prosecutors say hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise stolen statewide, and shipped overseas for resale.

Even as businesses begin to reopen on the Central and South Coasts, it may be too late for some. A number of nationally known chains with stores in our…