 We've just gotten word that Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has died. The Texas Democrat had been battling pancreatic cancer. She was 74. Another major retail shift in San Francisco's Union Square, Saks Fifth Avenue, announcing a new round of layoffs and a transition to appointment-only shopping beginning on September 28th. It's the latest retailer in the area, including Macy's, North Face, and Nordstrom, to alter or close their locations in the neighborhood.