In the 1970s, the Central Valley usually did not get new things first. Sacramento got them first. The Bay Area got them first.
Modesto, a farming city with many working families, usually got them later, after the rest of California.
That changed on March 12, 1977, when The Hahn Company opened Vintage Faire Mall at the north end of Modesto where Sisk Road, Dale Road, Standiford Avenue, and State Route 99 meet…