Escade Mall

The Escade Mall is a mall in California City, CA that opened in 1995 by Alyssa Escade and John Escade, and the former is now the sole owner of the mall. It is known for is distinct neon pink lighting and concrete accents, as well as important sculptures made by Alyssa Escade. There is an ATBW Store, Macy's, JCPenney, Dillard's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and H&M at all six ends of the mall, as well as a large food court with a Dairy Queen, KFC, Taco Bell, Carl's Jr., Wendy's, and Arby's. A number of small businesses such as Claire's, Journey's, GameStop, Victoria's Secret and PINK, Zumiez, Old Navy, Forever 21, Vans, Tilly's, DLTR, CCTV Gift Shop, Bondi Blue's Store, etc, all serve as tenants in the mall, and local businesses also operate within it as well.

The mall is different from other malls in that there is a designated pathway that allows skateboards, scooters, and bicycles (as long as they are not motorized) in the middle of the mall corridors with barriers separating both bikers and skateboarders from walkers. There are only designated areas where they're completely banned such as the food court, but there are signs indicating this. The mall is governed by private mall security, business tenants (managers only), mall administrators, the mall manager, and in rare cases, even the owner herself, especially when present inside the mall. However, only the mall owner can ban persons from the mall, which is done by the manager if the owner requests it. There is a managers office where rule breakers can be held and detained until discretion from the owner, which is through telegram. The owner however does not engage with customers and instead the manager is responsible for escorting rule breakers and enforcing mall bans.

The mall is infamous for having very strict rules, such as no sitting in line under any circumstances even if it is very long, and forcing people who leave to use the bathroom to go all the way back to the start of the line, even if their family stays. Additionally, persons can be kicked out by the manager or mall security if they do not park their bikes or skateboards in the proper areas in front of the tenants, and the manager may contact the owner if that person becomes defiant. Additionally, tenant owners or managers may report persons to mall security if they refuse to put their bikes or skateboards in the designated parking spaces, where the manager will then proceed to decide whether or not they get a warning or are kicked out.