Escalon has a Dollar Store?

ESCALON, Calif. — A Family Dollar employee in San Joaquin County is in critical condition after they were shot multiple times Monday evening during an armed robbery at the store, officials said.

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I can remember when Escalon was a small cattle and farm town with all the businesses being locally owned.

Unfortunately, it straddles Hwy 120 which is pretty much a straight shot into the Bay Area, so when the migration from there to the Valley started back in the 1980s, the population there doubled from about 3500 to more than 7000 souls.