Nostalgia--Bay area version (Oakland, Santa Rosa, Daly City: job, bank, event)

[prairie guy]

Am now in the Midwest, but love reading the Nostalgia thread by the folks remembering the San Fernando Valley--and I don't know most of the places they are talking about! Great job guys!

I want start a Bay area-oriented nostalgia and let's see where it goes. Here's a few things to start:

"Top of the Hill Daly City"--stereo place where they also gave away a "mountain bike" for a certain minimum purchase

Foremost milk deliveries, right to the doorstep placed in your wooden box.

Dr. Don Rose on the SF radio station...it was quite the rage, though I didn't listen much for some nerdish reason!

The Winterland (?) Bill Graham rock concert place--I never went, again for nerdish reasons!

"United California Bank--U-C-B" jingle. Once or twice I also bought Oakland A's tickets there--wasn't UCB also a Ticketmaster outlet?

Giants pocket schedules could be picked up everywhere--Chevron I think was a particular tie-in.

Gas station giveaways--NFL glasses I recall, but there was more.

Montgomery Wards--I remember one in Richmond on Cutting Blvd.

"New" malls--Hilltop in Richmond was one of the first full-fledged ones, was it not?

Blue Chip stores/collecting those stamps

The following reveals my North Bay upbringing, but what were the local equivalents in your areas?

Cruising Fourth Street--for us kids in the hinterlands, Santa Rosa was the "big town" (maybe 50,000 population!) and the place to cruise weekend nights.

Opening new high schools--back then, the opening of a new school was a major event--Napa and Petaluma gained stature when one said, "oh, they have two high schools now!"

Thanks for sharing!