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San Fer­nan­do May­or Robert Par­ris has vowed to in­ves­ti­gate af­ter ven­dors at the Mara­bel­la Mar­ket lost earn­ings due to the sud­den en­force­ment of a 1 pm Sun­day clo­sure.

Ven­dors yes­ter­day said the mar­ket has tra­di­tion­al­ly closed lat­er, and they are now pe­ti­tion­ing the San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion (SFCC) for ex­tend­ed Sun­day hours from 4 am to 4 pm. Sun­day is con­sid­ered mar­ket day in the town, with ven­dors be­gin­ning to set up as ear­ly as 1 am.

The Mara­bel­la Mar­ket Ven­dors’ As­so­ci­a­tion raised con­cerns af­ter Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice over­saw the ear­ly clo­sure for the sec­ond con­sec­u­tive Sun­day yes­ter­day. Of­fi­cial mar­ket hours are Mon­day to Thurs­day, 6 am-6 pm; Fri­day to Sat­ur­day, 4 am-8 pm; and Sun­day, 4 am–1 pm.