article_snippet.sent: Pico Rivera City Manager Rene Bobadilla said this was the 'first time' Pico Rivera City Manager Rene Bobadilla was hearing of Walmart's sewer problems and that store's sudden closure was 'abnormal', Pico Rivera City Manager Rene Bobadilla told Reuters.
article_snippet.sent: Walmart has not yet requested any building or city plumbing permits, according to employees and city officials.
article_snippet.sent: Livingston City Manager Marilyn Sutton said the corporation claimed the plumbing problems were 'ongoing and pervasive' and that permits will not be requested until Walmart determines what specific repairs need to be made.
article_snippet.sent: In a statement, Walmart said Walmart aims to 'reopen' the stores 'as soon as these issues are resolved and improvements are made.'
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman said the stores have nothing else in common except that the stores have been plagued with plumbing problems for the past two years.
highlights_snippet.sent: Five stores in Texas, California, Florida and Oklahoma have been closed .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Walmart said Five stores in Texas, California, Florida and Oklahoma will reopen after 'extensive' problems are fixed .
  