There are currently only nine Sears stores still in operation in California. It wasn’t all that long ago when there were over 80. The Boyle Heights store and the crumbling massive, yet prominent, structure that surrounds it can not continue much longer in its present state. Change is inevitable, especially in Boyle Heights.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellisicky/2020/09/26/a-94-year-old-sears-store-has-never-given-up-on-an-east-los-angeles-neighborhood-but-that-may-soon-change/#750f1d237cba