Black Friday kicked off holiday shopping with a bang across the Bay area as retailers bent over backward to help shoppers navigate deals (even while they stood in line) and small stores emulated the big boys by opening even earlier. ...more

November 28, 2009

Lisa Westerman got her first taste of Black Friday 2009 shortly after midnight. That's when she got to Toys R Us at The Grove at Wesley Chapel shopping center. ...more

November 28, 2009

The phrase "sleep when you're dead" can easily apply to Black Friday shoppers. ...more

November 28, 2009

The flocks of eager shoppers flooding through the front doors before the crack of dawn is a sight best suited for the big box stores. ...more

November 27, 2009

Black Friday started with a bang across the Bay area as retailers reached out to pre-dawn shoppers, helping them navigate deals even while they stood in line and taking their cue from big-box stores and mall anchors to open earlier than ever. ...more

November 27, 2009

Once Highlands County residents have stuffed themselves full of turkey, they can stuff their shopping carts full of Christmas gifts as the holiday shopping season officially kicks off Friday. ...more

November 26, 2009

There is no doubt that Harry Olsen Sr.'s footprints are everywhere. ...more

October 24, 2009

Man caught peeking into dressing room, deputies say ...more

October 20, 2009

There were more employees inside the newly opened Best Buy than customers Friday morning. ...more

February 28, 2009

JCPenney was supposed to be the anchor store that would reel in herds of deep-pocketed shoppers at the county's newest plaza. ...more

February 21, 2009