Japan Center
California
From Datsun showroom to noodle shops and manga: Japan Center malls in San Francisco, CA
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Simi Valley Town Center in Simi Valley, CA
California
Planned for up to 5 department stores, opened with 2, now zero: Simi Valley Town Center mall in Simi Valley, CA
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Northgate Mall in San Rafael, CA
California
Northgate Mall in San Rafael, CA went under glass in 1986. Now the city has approved cutting it open again
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The Shops at Tanforan
California
Torn down once to save it, The Shops at Tanforan mall in San Bruno, CA now faces the wrecking ball again
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Chula Vista Center
California
Chula Vista Center in Chula Vista, CA: the mall that beat 100 angry residents, Plaza Bonita, Mervyn's and a $42 million rebuild
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Sunnyvale Town Center
California
Sunnyvale, CA bulldozed much of its old downtown to build Sunnyvale Town Center Mall. Then it bulldozed that too.
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Manhattan Village Mall in Manhattan Beach, CA
California
From Chevron oil land to the mall nobody fully owns: the invisible lines under Manhattan Village in Manhattan Beach, CA
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Fashion Fair
California
Fashion Fair Mall, Fresno, CA: 60 years of a city deciding what a shopping center is allowed to become
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San Francisco Centre
California
From $600 million a year to 93% empty: the 38-year rise and fall of San Francisco Centre Mall
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SouthBay Pavilion
California
53 years, 3 department stores, 1 survivor: the breakup of SouthBay Pavilion Mall in Carson, CA
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Living in La Puente, California
California
East of Los Angeles, everyday life can cross three cities before lunch
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Country Club Plaza in Sacramento, CA
California
Trampolines, 13 movie screens, WinCo and gym: inside Country Club Plaza Mall in Sacramento, CA
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Vogue Theater in Chula Vista, CA
California
Do you remember the cheap triple features? Here's what actually happened to the Vogue Theater in Chula Vista, CA.
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Westgate Center
California
Westgate Center in San Jose, CA: Power Center Built Around a Shrinking Mall
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Westfield Fashion Square
California
The Mall That Ate Its Own Shops: How Westfield Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks, CA Filled Up With Restaurants, Gyms, and Padel Courts
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Living in Torrance, California
California
Why People Pay Torrance, CA Prices Without Actually Living at the Beach
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Living in Vista, California
California
Living in Vista, CA: The Coastal Compromise Most Buyers Miss
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Carson Mansion Eureka California
California
Carson Mansion in Eureka, CA Draws Photographers to the Sidewalk. Only About 350 Members Get Through the Door.
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The Donut Hole in La Puente, CA
California
The Donut Hole in La Puente, CA Has Two 26-Foot Donuts, a 1968 Bakery, and a Wedding Custom Attached to It
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St. Luke Medical Center in Pasadena, CA
California
Abandoned St. Luke Medical Center in Pasadena, CA Is Still Standing and Still Empty
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Lake Dolores Waterpark
California
Lake Dolores Waterpark near Barstow, CA Won Approval for a Rebuild in 2020. The 22-Acre Lake Is Still Dry.
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Stockton Rural Cemetery
California
A Governor, a Caterpillar Co-Founder, and a Flour Sack: Who's Buried at Stockton Rural Cemetery in Stockton, CA
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Vallco
California
Vallco Fashion Park Was the Only Mall in Cupertino, CA, and Deciding What Replaces It Took 10 Years
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Weberstown Mall in Stockton
California
Weberstown Mall Is the Last Enclosed Mall Left in Stockton, CA
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Santa Rosa Plaza in Santa Rosa, CA
California
Santa Rosa Plaza: The Mall That Connected and Divided Downtown Santa Rosa, CA
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Inland Center in San Bernardino, CA
California
From Hot Springs to Shopping Mall: Strange Life of Inland Center, San Bernardino, CA
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Eastmont Mall
California
Eastmont Mall in Oakland, CA: History, Decline, and New Life
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Azusa City Hall
California
The California Foothill City That Looks Affordable From a Distance
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Los Banos, California
California
California's Family City Close to Nature and Far From Everything Else
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Downtown Campbell
California
Sunday Markets, Creek Trails and Silicon Valley Prices in Campbell, CA
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Downtown Turlock
California
Turlock, California: Cheaper Than the State, Pricier Than Modesto
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Lakewood, California
California
The California Suburb Where the Ranch House Became the Luxury Item
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Westfield Oakridge
California
Westfield Oakridge Mall in San Jose Has Reused or Redeveloped Every Major Retail Box It Has Lost Since 1973
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Pacific Grove, California
California
Central California for Retirees: A Walkable Coast Town With a Seven-Figure Catch
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Northridge Mall in Salinas, CA
California
Northridge Mall in Salinas, CA refilling big boxes: with crafts, bowling lanes, auto parts, and an arcade with a bar on the way
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Moreno Valley Mall
California
5 Times Moreno Valley Mall Should Have Gone Under - And the Weird Way It Keeps Coming Back in Moreno Valley, CA
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Arden Fair
California
Arden Fair started as a Sears alone on a farm, and turned into Sacramento's biggest mall
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Antelope Valley Mall
California
Antelope Valley Mall is still the only regional mall ever built in Palmdale, CA
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The Shops at Palm Desert
California
The Shops at Palm Desert Opened With an Ice Rink and Now Plans for Apartments
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Beverly Center in Los Angeles, CA
California
Beverly Center Mall was the Building All of L.A. Loved to Mock
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Panorama Mall
California
Panorama Mall in Panorama City, CA Outlived Four Department Stores. A 30-Story Plan May Finish the Job.
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Las Americas Premium Outlets in San Diego, CA
California
Las Americas Premium Outlets Was Planned as Bridge to Tijuana, Hotel, and Library. San Diego, CA Got Outlet Stores.
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Glendale Galleria
California
Why Glendale Galleria Mall in California Is Still Open When the Internet Was Supposed to Close It
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Pacific View Mall
California
From The Broadway to a Bowling Alley: How Pacific View Mall in Ventura, CA Kept Replacing What People Remembered
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The Quad at Whittier, CA
California
California Mall Named After a Shape It No Longer Has: The Quad at Whittier
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Whittwood Town Center
California
What Happened to Whittwood Town Center? Inside Whittier, CA's 70-Year-Old Mall That Refuses to Disappear
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La Habra Marketplace
California
Two Missing Freeways, One Demolished Mall: How La Habra Marketplace, La Habra, CA Became What It Is Today
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Victoria Gardens
California
Victoria Gardens Mall, Rancho Cucamonga, CA: From Opening Day to $530M Sale
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Grossmont Center
California
The Rise, Decline, and Overhaul of Grossmont Center Mall in La Mesa, CA
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Ovation Hollywood
California
Ovation Hollywood, Hollywood, CA: Inside The Mall Everyone Still Talks About
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Westfield Topanga
California
Westfield Topanga in Canoga Park, CA: Closures, Change, and a New Era
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Otay Ranch Town Center
California
What Happened to Otay Ranch Town Center Mall in Chula Vista, CA?
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The Mall of Victor Valley
California
How The Mall of Victor Valley, Victorville, CA, Changed the High Desert
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Hawthorne Plaza
California
The Mall That Time Forgot - Hawthorne Plaza in Hawthorne, CA Nears a Turning Point
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Mission Valley San Diego
California
The Surprising Story of Mission Valley Mall in San Diego, CA
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Buena Park Downtown
California
Buena Park Downtown Mall, Buena Park, CA: Then, Now, and What's Next?
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Brea Mall
California
What Happened to Brea Mall in Brea, CA - And What's Coming Next?
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Promenade Temecula
California
What Really Happened To Promenade Temecula Mall In Temecula, CA?
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The Grove in Los Angeles
California
What Keeps The Grove Mall in Los Angeles, CA So Busy Year After Year?
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Stoneridge Shopping Center
California
Stoneridge Shopping Center in Pleasanton, CA is Open but Its Future is Shifting
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Burbank Town Center
California
Burbank Town Center Mall Has a Wild History - And It Isn't Over in Burbank, CA
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Galleria at Tyler in Riverside, CA
California
Inside Galleria at Tyler in Riverside, CA: Closures and Big Changes Reshape the Mall
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Horton Plaza
California
What Really Happened to Horton Plaza in San Diego, CA - And Why Its Colorful Mall Years Ended
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Vintage Faire Mall Modesto
California
Inside Vintage Faire Mall in Modesto, CA: the surprising changes that kept it going
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Redlands Mall
California
Redlands Mall in Redlands, CA: from downtown wipeout to ghost mall to new owners taking over
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Asian Garden Mall
California
How Asian Garden Mall in Westminster, CA turned into Little Saigon's hub and never let go
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The Bloc
California
From Broadway Plaza to The Bloc mall in Los Angeles, CA: 50+ years packed into one city block
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Bella Terra Huntington Beach
California
Inside Bella Terra in Huntington Beach, CA: wild reinvention from indoor mall to open-air hub
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NewPark Mall interior
California
NewPark Mall in Newark, CA lost its last department store - so why is it still running?
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Stonewood Center
California
What really happened at Stonewood Center, Downey, CA: from ranch land to modern mall
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Eastridge Center
California
Inside Eastridge Center Mall in San Jose, CA: Still Busy, but the Layout Keeps Changing
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The Americana at Brand
California
The Americana at Brand, Glendale, CA, turned into a luxury magnet - and it keeps leveling up
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Westfield UTC
California
Westfield UTC in San Diego, CA Keeps Evolving: Massive Remodels, Transit, Luxury Wing
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The Shoppes at Carlsbad
California
From Plaza Camino Real to The Shoppes at Carlsbad, CA: The Mall That's Still Standing
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Westfield Valley Fair
California
How Westfield Valley Fair Mall in Santa Clara, CA Survived Rivals, Recessions, and Reinvention
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West Valley Mall
California
Inside West Valley Mall in Tracy, CA - from Gottschalks to Macy's and beyond
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La Cumbre Plaza
California
Inside La Cumbre Plaza: Aging Mall Reshaping Santa Barbara, CA With Bold Housing Plans
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Puente Hills Mall
California
Back to the Future and Back Again: Puente Hills Mall's Jaw-Dropping Collapse in City Of Industry, CA
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Westfield Plaza Bonita
California
Why Westfield Plaza Bonita Mall in National City, CA Still Rules South Bay Retail - See What's Inside
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South Bay Galleria
California
South Bay Galleria, Redondo Beach, CA is Quietly Fading - Can Risky Redevelopment Save Mall?
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Parkway Plaza El Cajon
California
Inside Parkway Plaza in El Cajon, CA: Untold Story of a Classic Mall Trying to Survive
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Valencia Town Center
California
Valencia Town Center in Santa Clarita, CA is Changing Fast, but Can This Mall Thrive Again
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Banning House
California
Step Inside Banning House in Wilmington, CA: Untold Secrets of Ballroom, Carriages, and Harbor Power
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Greystone Mansion
California
Behind the Staircase at Greystone Mansion Beverly Hills, CA, and Its Dark Past
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The Shops at Mission Viejo
California
Real Story Behind The Shops at Mission Viejo and Its Daring Next Chapter in Mission Viejo, CA
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John Muir House
California
Inside The John Muir House in Martinez, CA - Where One Man Changed The World Forever
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Sherman Oaks Galleria
California
Sherman Oaks Galleria, Los Angeles, CA: What Really Happened Behind Its Walls
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Sunvalley Mall
California
Sunvalley Mall in Concord, CA, Was Once the Future - Now Look What It's Become Today
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La Jolla Village Square
California
La Jolla Village Square Mall and the Art of Reinvention - San Diego, CA
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Solano Town Center
California
The Story Behind Solano Town Center Mall's Constant Reinvention in Fairfield, CA
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Fashion Island Newport Beach, CA
California
Why Fashion Island Mall in Newport Beach, CA, Still Draws Millions of Visitors Each Year
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Main Street, Salinas
California
15 Remarkable and True Local Facts about Salinas, California
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Fairfield, California
California
15 Surprising and Little-Known Local Facts about Fairfield, California
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Hilltop Mall
California
What Hilltop Mall in Richmond, CA, Left Behind When Its Doors Locked for Good
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Coddingtown Mall
California
Coddingtown Mall in Santa Rosa, CA, is Quietly Holding On Against the Odds of Change
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Clovis, California
California
12 Fascinating and Unexpected Local Facts about Clovis, California
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Kimberly Crest
California
Full Story Of Kimberly Crest Mansion in Redlands, CA: Origins, Changes, and Status
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Palm Springs Mall
California
Palm Springs Mall in Palm Springs, CA: from 1959 Debut to Classrooms Planned by 2027
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Halloween Horror Nights
California
Halloween Horror Nights 2025 at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA
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