Press parties were a blast in the early days of the racetrack
DEL MAR — Opening day of thoroughbred racing has always been a great attraction. Hollywood personalities were a dime a dozen when a dime was...
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Giant pogo stick came before the helicopter
DEL MAR — A couple dozen helicopters flying information en route to Miramar Air Station recently caused hundreds of folks to look up to the...
Raquel Welch wowed Marines at fair
DEL MAR — Recent L.A. Times piece by Susan King featured Raquel (Tejada) Welch observing her 70th birthday and noted that she could be mistaken...
When village folks were encouraged to rent their homes to vacationers
DEL MAR — There’s concern by some folks over a proposed tax on vacation rentals. A lot of homeowners don’t think it’s such a hot idea....
Varied racing events held on Del Mar racetrack
DEL MAR — The racetrack at the Del Mar Fairgrounds has been the scene of several prominent racing events with little relation to Thoroughbred racing,...
Budget woes plagued Surfside City in its infancy
DEL MAR — In 1959, two years after Del Mar was incorporated, some residents and mostly the business community decided the city wasn’t cutting it...
Pier fishing used to be low-budget fun for kids
DEL MAR — After making a modest investment for hooks, lines and sinkers, Depression-era kids could spend hours fishing off the pier for perch and...
‘Obese’ children a recent issue
DEL MAR — Obesity is the big buzz these days. That brings up the question — how come kids were not obese years ago? They...
Youngsters earned money the old-fashioned way
DEL MAR — During the Depression era, the average kids had to do without a weekly allowance. Instead they made their spending money the old-fashioned...
Young drivers also were their own mechanics
DEL MAR — In the 1930s and 1940s, during the height of the Depression, kids who drove pollution-spewing cars were also junior mechanics. Of necessity....
