Known for decades as plain old Tanforan Shopping Center, the San Bruno retail destination is about to unveil a three-year, $140 million face-lift featuring 300,000 square feet of new shops and ...

2007-06-02 16:26:00 PDT SAN BRUNO-- Tanforan, the former racetrack that housed 8,000 Japanese Americans on their way to internment camps during World War II, saw its share of tears. But it saw a ...

For decades, the Shops at Tanforan has been a staple for Bay Area families. Many are reflecting on memories, as the mall was recently bought by a Los Angeles-based developer and will soon be replaced.

Detentions at Tanforan began in April 1942, just a few months after Japan”s attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, drove the U.S. into the war.