Amazon is closing two fulfillment centers in California.

The closures announced Wednesday are fulfillment centers in Sacramento and Irvine.

Both are expected to close in early November.

The closures impact 321 jobs.

Amazon said employees will be offered positions at other fulfillment centers.

The closures come months after Amazon opened a third fulfillment center in Tracy — a highly automated three-story faciality on Grant Line Road. In the past year, they also  opened a fulfillment center in Turlock.

Nationally, the San Joaquin County region takes a back seat to no one — except San Bernardino County in Southern California — when it comes to Amazon Fulfillment Centers.

There are five fulfillment centers in the county including one in Manteca on Airport Way plus locations in Patterson and Tracy.

Manteca also has a smaller Prime delivery operation with a limited number of items that is housed on Louise Avenue next to the Manteca Unified School District complex.

Amazon is the No. 1 private sector employer in San Joaquin County with more than 11,000 workers.

Amazon has closed or scaled back a number of locations across California during the past two years.

It has resulted in thousands of jobs lost and sux fulfillment centers being closed.  That includes a Stockton location that closed in early Juen.

Closures have occurred due to:

*consolidation.

*closing older facilities in favor of building or buying new ones in a different geographic area,.

*reacting to the economic fluctuations following the pandemic, and in the case of stores,

Amazon is still expanding their delivery and e-commerce network within California.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com