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Samuel Hernandez operated School Shoes Unlimited out of this location on Vance Jackson Road for a quarter century. With the rise of online shopping and the isolate-at-home policies of the coronavirus pandemic, Hernandez opted to close the doors of his shoe shop. He retired Nov. 30, 2020.Billy Calzada /Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
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Samuel Hernandez, 81, stands in front of his now-closed School Shoes Unlimited store, which opened in 1995, on March 11. He would have liked to keep going, but the rise of online shopping and the isolate-at-home policies of the coronavirus pandemic prompted him to shut down the store and retire Nov. 30, 2020.Billy Calzada /Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less