San Diego Beaches, Then & Now | News 8 Throwback Special

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  @bender7565 · 2 years ago

  Saw Sam Kinison for 2 drinks Labor day 83' in La Jolla, dog beach every Sunday with the early fog and met Orville Redenbacher at the at the Coronado post office.  Good times in the 80's.

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• NO

  @nopaulogee · 3 months ago

  Born in San Diego 1964 . Went to the beaches 60s 70s 80s 90s. I moved. Came back years later no longer a charming little resort town. I'll never come back.

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• KI

  @kingporter67 · 2 years ago

  Excellent San Diego Beaches News 8 throwback special!!

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• MA

  @maha77 · 3 years ago (edited)

  oh my gosh, at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_woDMsGFQb4&amp;t=804">13:24</a> I see my old workplace that I worked at in &nbsp;1986/early 87 as a teenager when that video was taken. That Shell Station was on Grande &amp; Mission Blvd, across the street was a Jack-In-The-Box, which is hard to see as it is set back a bit, it is now the Taco-Bell. <br>At that Shell Station I bought my very first car for $600 cash- a 1976 Orange Ford Pinto, and I got my first Police-lights in my rear-view-mirror and my first ticket that very night when I drove it out of the parking lot without a drivers license or insurance, or even knowing how to drive. I had driven a go-cart before so I felt ready. It&apos;s amazing to see that image from that time period, It was a magical time in life. I ran-away from home on the east coast and landed in PB in 1985 at 17 and made it my home. To be living on your own as a teen in PB was a dream come true. I wrote my name in fresh cement on Mission Blvd in 1986 near Garnet and it&apos;s still there. The Spice Rack at that timestamp is where the Starbucks/Ralphs complex now is. I live in LA now but come down to PB every year, its like coming home. PB is in my soul

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• WI

  @williamhiles7404 · 2 years ago (edited)

  PB, La Jolla, Solana Beach.....my old stompin&apos; grounds. I miss the beaches &amp; killer Mexican food. But my fav Mexican food was in Old Town.<br>Edit : Now that I&apos;m old, what I really miss is the Climate. Best in the Country.<br>LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

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• JO

  @jomarielopez2229 · 2 years ago

  I.B. we would call it, &quot;South &nbsp;Coronado!&quot; Lol! The best! Lots of memories!

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• ST

  @stewiegriffin1376 · 3 months ago

  I was born there in 1954 and stayed until 1994. 1987 was the beginning of the douchbaggery and sadly the beginning of the end for the beach towns and all of San Diego.

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• CA

  @calfolk7381 · 3 months ago

  Imperial Beach, where the poop meets the soup

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• MA

  @markaguirre4753 · 3 years ago

  I feel blessed to have been able to grow up in Ocean Beach in the 70s and 80s. &nbsp;Just not the same. OB is OK!

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• DO

  @dobetter10 · 3 months ago (edited)

  Spent 10 years there till it got crazy expensive. &nbsp;Always took goats trail up and down Black&apos;s Beach...crazy place 😂

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• HA

  @harryknackers7892 · 2 years ago

  The only &quot;vibe&quot; i get is runaway inflation.

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• OL

  @oldguygaming2196 · 3 months ago

  I grew up in the 70’s and early 80’s and walked to the beach from Del Mar Heights. &nbsp;We usually went to where the old Fire Pit restaurant was or sometimes walk down the bluff at ninth street for spear fishing. &nbsp;In high school we go to Cardiff beach by the Chart House restaurant. &nbsp;You could say I spent most of my beach time growing up between Torrey Pines State beach and South Ponto beach. &nbsp;La Jolla was fun for snorkeling and jumping off the Clam. &nbsp;This was before the Sea Lions took over everything!

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