Wherehouse closes a music store in Costa...

Wherehouse closes a music store in Costa Mesa

Wherehouse Entertainment Inc. is closing one of its Costa Mesa

stores as part of a broader restructuring after filing for bankruptcy

in January, a company spokeswoman said.

The Torrance-based company is closing 89 stores in the state and

190 across the country.

On Feb. 14, Wherehouse secured permission from a bankruptcy court

in Delaware, where the company is incorporated, to include its store

at 401 E. 17th St. on the closure list.

“That store will be closing,” Wherehouse spokeswoman Anita-Marie

Hill said. “The reason for closing it is they were under-performing.”

The updated closure list was filed in Delaware on Feb. 21. The

store was notified Jan. 31, Hill said. It’s set to close in late

April.

Between six and 10 employees at the store are expected to be laid

off. Liquidator Great American Group is selling off the merchandise

at each of the store locations at greatly reduced prices.

A second Costa Mesa store, at 2320 Harbor Blvd., will remain open,

Hill said.

American Vanguard Corp. purchases pesticide company

A subsidiary of Newport Beach-based American Vanguard Corp.

announced on Wednesday that it had purchased a company that sells a

line of snail-control products.

American Vanguard’s AMVAC Chemical Corp. purchased the product

line from Pace International. Pace’s “pre-harvest crop protection”

business is expected to add between $4 million and $5 million in

additional annual sales.

AMVAC currently markets and sells Durham and Trails End slug and

snail control products. Pace sells Hivol 44 is used to protect citrus

trees. AMVAC also acquired Hinder, a deer and rabbit repellent, and

Supreme 415 Oil, which is used to control insects in fruit and nut

trees.

Publicly owned American Vanguard trades on the American Stock

Exchange under the symbol AVD. It closed Friday at $22.08, down

0.54%.