An inspection on Friday morning<\/a> cleared the grocery store to reopen, noting that a pest control report showed no evidence of an infestation, though another storage area had older evidence of rodents.<\/p>\n Then on Friday afternoon, another inspection at the Target on 450 N Capitol Ave found \u201crodent droppings\u201d and \u201cchewed food packages\u201d throughout the food warehouse, forcing the grocery to close.<\/p>\n On Monday afternoon, the Capitol Ave location had separated its grocery aisles from the rest of the store using floor-to-ceiling plastic tarps, and many of the shelves that would typically offer snacks and sweets at check out were bare. Printed notices and workers advised shoppers that the grocery was closed.<\/p>\n At the same time, the Oakridge Mall grocery store appeared to be fully operational.<\/p>\n \u201cThe safety and well-being of our guests and team members is Target\u2019s highest priority,\u201d said Anthony Thomas, a spokesperson for Target, in a statement. He noted that they have stopped selling food items at the Capitol store to allow for \u201ccleaning and sanitizing,\u201d though he was unable to provide an exact timeline for reopening. \u201cWe\u2019re working with the local health department to ensure the concern is addressed quickly. \u2026 We appreciate the efforts of our team and partners to resolve this situation for our guests,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The department of environmental health will be conducting a follow-up inspection in the coming week, according to county documents.<\/p>\n The failed inspections follow several local closures of grocery stores in recent years, including of a Whole Foods<\/a> and two 99 Ranch Supermarkets<\/a> in Cupertino last year due to a rodent infestation.<\/p>\n The Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health did not immediately respond to request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two San Jose Target stores \u2013 one at the Oakridge Mall and another on Capitol Ave \u2013 were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[140837,85933,88,90,89,140836,2838],"class_list":["post-342190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-department-of-environmental-health","tag-rodents","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-store-closures","tag-target"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SJM-L-TARGETRODENT-03-1.jpeg\")
The inside of the Target store on Capitol Ave in San Jose, Calif. on Monday, June 1, 2026. The store temporarily closed its grocery area and separated it with plastic after failing a health inspection due to evidence of a rodent infestation. (Luis Melecio-Zambrano\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0
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A notice outside of the Target store on Capitol Ave in San Jose, Calif. on Monday, June 1, 2026. The store temporarily closed its grocery after failing a health inspection due to evidence of a rodent infestation. (Luis Melecio-Zambrano\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n