Business & Tech

Lights Out! Night Gremlins Play Tricks on Local Shops

Spate of missing letters turning signs into silliness within a few blocks of Fletcher Parkway and Jackson Drive. Saturday tour shows marquee mall sign still lacks final R.

Driving at night, La Mesans may have noticed some new businesses in town—ICE DEPOT, RON BROTHERS ARTS MART, E BILLIARDS. In truth, at least nine lighted signs within a few blocks of the Jackson Drive-Fletcher Parkway intersection are merely missing letters. The city's landmark Grossmont Center sign above them still lacks the final R after weeks. Target drops an E, and Petco looks like a physical education resource as PE CO. A computer repair shop advertises itself as "Co."


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