New Year’s Day is Thursday, and many want to know what’s open, closed, and the hours. Here’s info for Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Starbucks, and others.
CVS - will have regular hours. The 24-hour stores operate as normal.
Walgreens - Stores open 24 hours, if applicable. Normal hours.
Rite Aid - Stores operating with normal hours on Wednesday and Thursday.
Target - Stores open at 8 a.m. New Year’s Day.
Kroger - Check local listings. Some stores open later on New Year’s Day.
Costco - Closed on New Year’s Day.
Walmart - Normal hours; 24-hour stores operate per usual.
Best Buy - Closing earlier than usual New Year’s Day. Check hours.
Starbucks - Open New Year’s.
McDonald’s - Open New Year’s Day.
All the major banks aren’t open on New Year’s Day, as it’s a federal holiday. Schools, the DMV, the post office, and other government services aren’t open either.
For New Year’s Eve--Wednesday, Dec. 31--the major banks will be open. Some banks might have shortened hours.
Chase Normal hours
Wells Fargo Close at 5 p.m.
Bank of America Close at 5 p.m.
U.S. Bank Normal hours
PNC Bank Close at 4 p.m.
Capital One Close at 2 p.m.
TD Bank Close at 6 p.m.
BB&T Normal hours
SunTrust Bank Normal hours
Citibank Normal hours
On New Year’s Day, again, banks are closed.
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AP update: Storm brings snow, cold to West for New Year’s
A blustery winter storm dumped snow and ice across the West on Wednesday, making driving treacherous in the mountains from California to the Rockies and forcing residents and party-goers in some usually sun-soaked cities to bundle up for a frosty New Year’s.
Giddy residents in Southern California foothills snapped photos of snow-covered lawns as kids tossed snowballs. In suburban Phoenix, swimming pools and cactus-lined backyards were dusted with the white stuff.
Those planning to usher in 2015 along the Las Vegas Strip or watch flower-decorated floats in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, were bracing for near-freezing temperatures.
Marco Berri, 26, of Brazil said he would likely buy some scarves and gloves to keep warm in Las Vegas, but the cold wouldn’t keep him inside.
“We’re gonna be in the street. It doesn’t matter how cold it is,” said Berri, one of about 340,000 revelers expected to pack the Strip and the downtown Fremont area on New Year’s Eve.
The storm swept from California into the Mojave Desert and Las Vegas, bringing snow to parts of northern Arizona and New Mexico along the way, the National Weather Service said.
Ice and snow also made roads and highways treacherous in New Mexico and along the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma.
Gusting winds toppled trees throughout California, killing at least three people in the state in recent days.
Two people were killed and a third was missing after winds broke boats loose from moorings at Santa Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California.
More than 180 motorists were rescued after they were stranded by the snow on mountain highways northeast of Los Angeles.
Still, many Southern Californians were excited to see snow at their front door.
Temecula City Manager Aaron Adams said his 12- and 14-year-old daughters were sledding outside his home on bodyboards usually reserved for the beach or pool. He said he has never seen as much snow — half a foot in some places — in the two decades he has lived there.
