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# Letter: Reader recalls the old Big Lots store and its vermin problem
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/091308-story-20080913-4/
- Published: 2008-09-13T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T21:01:09.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

“IT WAS A LONG AND NICE BIG CVS that’s now reduced to almost nothing. I don’t miss the constant vermin infestation that occurred at Big Lots.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 13, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091308.pdf?ref=smdp.com)