BEND, OR — After 37 years in business, Roberts on Wall St. in Bend is closing its door. A liquidation sale is scheduled for later this week. Roberts on Wall will remain open until its stock is sold.
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A Texas grower has announced plans to close a nursery near Cornelius and lay off 100 people. The Berry Family of Nurseries announced the closure Monday in a mandatory notification to Oregon state officials. The letter says the closing and job cuts will occur "on or about" September 30th. The company's website says the site in Cornelius grows evergreen shrubs and trees and produces holiday greenery on 361 acres.
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The Supreme Court has declined to hear Google's appeal of a ruling that it pried into people's online lives through their Wi-Fi systems as part of its drive to collect information for its Street View mapping project. The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in place a ruling that Google employees violated the federal wiretap law when they rolled through residential streets with car cameras to shoot photos for Street View.
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