Before our shopping life became online carts and one-day shipping, the mall was weekend ground zero. You met at the fountain, split a pretzel, and circled the same three stores like it was a ritual.

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World War II was over in the mid-1940s and peace had come to San Mateo County. The 447-plus square miles of land huddled ...