Reminds me of my relative who lives in a small college town in the Dakotas - she expressed 'surprise' that a few years ago some middle eastern students on their campus put on a musical performance in which they sang songs about how bad America is (someone translated as the performance ensued) and she thought this was 'rather uncomfortable to watch'. Duh! Looks like the terrorists know that small town America should be a target too.
I doubt they were targeting small town America. I have family in Lodi and only live about 30 minutes down the highway from it myself, and I can't think of a single target in the town that would be worth their effort.
On the other hand, Sacramento is a short 30 minutes north of there, and San Francisco can be reached in two short hours. The town also gives them ready access to a huge food producing region and lies less than 45 minutes from the California Aqueduct intakes that provide water to much of the LA basin.
They probably weren't targeting Lodi, but they undoubtably saw it as a good place to launch attacks from.