These clips always make me so nostalgic.... Lived in PB in the mid-to-late 90's, so well after this report.... But I always wonder... what are these people doing now?. Like at this very moment? I mean... I know the older people have passed on, but what about the younger people they showed/talked to? The man sitting next to the boardwalk? The girl reading on the beach? I know it's virtually impossible to know what they're up to now, but it would be so fascinating to find out...... I miss San Diego so much.... but the old San Diego.... When I visit now, it's still comforting..... but I find myself longing for the way things used to be..... Been living overseas for over two decades now, but S.D. is always a stop when I'm home stateside.... How is it that nostalgia can comfort you and punch you in the gut at the same time?
My first job at age 16 in 1987 was at Filipi's Pizza on Garnet. So glad that family restaurant has endured through all these years. My brother and our friends use to ride our skateboards from Clairemont to learn to body board in front of the Big OLAF ice cream shop at the foot of Reed St. before I had my drivers license. Great town, but it has always been the home to transplants out of the military, fresh from some colder climate east CA. Got love the east of I-5 hatred that has existed in the area since the 80's. Now the entire town is transplants, like most of San Diego.
Those of us who grew up in PB know it was paradise. By 87 I had spent a lifetime there. I have since moved on to other areas in San Diego and settled in the mountains. I still spend time in PB fishing and visiting Mom who still lives in that same house in Crown Point. PB had changed so drastically though. Gone are those sleepy beach days, gone is being able to ski Mission Bay all day long and only see a few other boats, gone is knowing as a young girl I could ride my bike to the boardwalk at night and feel safe, gone are the empty streets. PB sold out. They sold out to the money, construction, store after store after store, condos and apartments replacing single family homes, countless bars. Left behind is traffic, crime, crowding, and all the other problems that come with over development. If you want to see a pleasant, sleepy beach town you have to go to OB. Those "hippies" were much smarter. They fought the development and won!
@@orangefield2308 Growing up in Pacific Beach in the 60's and 70's was paradise. It's hard to discribe it to someone who sees it now. At one time there were a total of three stop lights in the whole town. My entire childhood crime was something you saw on the news. We used to ride motorcycles where most of Sea World sits. Mission Bay had little houses that sat right on the water with their own wooden docks. You could drive right along the beach, pull in and park to go swimming or watch the surfers. Yep, paradise.
@@armysenior1780 man, must be the population increase, can't imagine, that would be awesome, I heard cows and farms used to be in Mission Valley during the 1950s
@@patr70 As much as I don't want to I have to agree with you. I hate it because it marked another end to the normal things we grew up with that didn't pose a threat. You can't fight change but it's sad sometimes. San Diego is no longer the town I grew up in and loved so much....but I guess most of the US could say the same thing. Time marches on.
I worked at Hamel’s in Mission Beach on Ventura when Dan and Ray still owned it we used to build skateboards, all the the latest skateboard fashion would be in our shop. Miss Mission Beach pageant every summer
PB in the early 2000s was out of control....to many party bros looking to pick fights. I do miss the PB Block party though, but it just got to crazy towards the end.
It drastically changed in 2008 when the booze ban took effect. Most of the people who caused trouble(both male and female) weren't even from PB or MB they were from other parts of San Diego and would go to PB/MB and try to "Party at the Beach". Thankfully once the booze ban took effect in 2008 most of those "drifters" are no longer around.The only sketchy area is the parking lot adjacent to the Roller Coaster but that is only a small part of the MB/PB area.
It really was like the wild west in the ealry-Mid 2000s. It almost seemed lawless to a point. Moved there in summer 2001 and the first night at least 3 fights in the middle of Garnet Ave. Obviously labor Day weekend 2007 being the tipping point. Always remember the one dude with the full Coronado bridge tatted on his back...lol. he was always on the beach.
What the hell, all the video shows is healthy people that don't seem to be homeless or have a political agenda. OH I forgot, it was normal back then, those days are long gone.
@@malcorub Yeah, I lived there briefly in the early 90s, people thought San Diego was so innocent back then, well no, some areas you had to stay away from. But, i still miss L.A. and S.D. in those days. Peace.
Anyone remember Saska’s, World Famous, Mister D’s, The original Rubio’s, the original Cass Street bar and Grill, John’s in La Jolla, and most importantly, Mitch’s surf shop?
Visiting PB in 2017 is what sold me on moving to San Diego. It's still an amazing place though yeah I'm sure it's much more crowded and maybe more dirty than it used to be. Alot cleaner than downtown though, and definitely the spot for college students.
I guess you had to be there in the 70's. There weren't parking problems, even in Mission, the prices were fine, and maybe some crowds on the fourth but that was about it.
yes and you fricken get the beach, palm trees, hiking etc so stop complaining. You will not find a place that doesn't have prices, parking and crowds of people, unless it's a dumb where you would never even want to visit in the first place.
Kahoonas and Billy Baxter are gone. The Green Flash ...see ya. Dependent and the beachcomber are memories of what they used to be back in the 80s. I lived in PB for 5 years 96 through 2001 . That's all I got to know Billy Baxter. I think you went to jail for tax evasion. PB has a large transient population if you're over 30 years older you're an old man.. that was back in the day I did what I wanted when I wanted to who I wanted. It was very self-centered shallow lifestyle but I was in my thirties and I had one hell of a time. And then I became a father PBs a distant dream and I love my son very much drank
Remember that Swiss chalet A-frame restaurant on Mission Blvd , west side just south of Garnet? Cannot recall the name, but it had vaguely French or Swiss food, delicious, in the early 1980s.
@@rasputinspickledpeepee1976 cannot remember the name of the smorgasbord place...I watched the San Diego City Clerk's 1970 stormwater videos of major streets, and the A frame joint on Mission was definitely a Der Wienerschnitzel. In the 1980s, perhaps called Esperanto?
I love seeing all these negative comments from all the washed up old heads! 😂 “the good old days” PB is thriving! Ask any young people right now and they will all say how much they love PB, your time has long passed! Let the young people enjoy this beautiful city now, y’all can go hide in the mountains and go die bitter!
Yea a handful buddies & My old buddy Sam Kinison he bought Shorty huge HotDog cart at the last stop of the Trolley downtown last time I saw Shorty He was selling Hotdogs we spoke of Sam Kinison Shorty praised Sam kept his promise to buy Shorty the biggest Hotdog Cart and it would be at the last stop of the San Diego Trolley
0:49 so SHE came from somewhere else loves it, but doesn't want others to come and enjoy it the way she did? At first she sounded really sweet but when she finished her last sentence she showed how vile and selfish she is.
Yeah, yeah, yeahhh. Don't you people ever get tired of saying that?? I've been hearing it all my life but here we still are. You sound like a broken record with your doomsday talk. The never ending END. 🤐🤐🤐
I lived in Baja La Jolla off of Sapphire Street. Must have logged a mil miles on that Boardwalk. Threw many killer kegs parties on the beach, right below Law Street. The 80s were awesome down there. Burning pallets and cranking 91X
@@ftt9377 - It could have been…. I just remember the DJ’s were at wit’s end. They could do that sort of stuff back then when people ran things instead of corporations.
Shorty Died before 1987 I remember seeing shorty walked down the Boardwalk with Giant Sea Kelp Wrapped around his Neck and waste like A Scarf. He was always Drunk or collecting change for beer 😂
These clips always make me so nostalgic.... Lived in PB in the mid-to-late 90's, so well after this report.... But I always wonder... what are these people doing now?. Like at this very moment? I mean... I know the older people have passed on, but what about the younger people they showed/talked to? The man sitting next to the boardwalk? The girl reading on the beach? I know it's virtually impossible to know what they're up to now, but it would be so fascinating to find out......
I miss San Diego so much.... but the old San Diego.... When I visit now, it's still comforting..... but I find myself longing for the way things used to be..... Been living overseas for over two decades now, but S.D. is always a stop when I'm home stateside.... How is it that nostalgia can comfort you and punch you in the gut at the same time?
My first job at age 16 in 1987 was at Filipi's Pizza on Garnet. So glad that family restaurant has endured through all these years. My brother and our friends use to ride our skateboards from Clairemont to learn to body board in front of the Big OLAF ice cream shop at the foot of Reed St. before I had my drivers license. Great town, but it has always been the home to transplants out of the military, fresh from some colder climate east CA. Got love the east of I-5 hatred that has existed in the area since the 80's. Now the entire town is transplants, like most of San Diego.
Lol grew up in Clairmont...went to madison graduated 1972...i sure miss it so much
Gosh, I was only 6 years old in 1987. Born and raised in San Diego. I have the best memories as a little kid in the late 80’s and early 90’s 😔
Im from Memphis TN but my stepdad from San Diego CA is it really that awesome in person
First rule of Paradise - Don't tell anyone!
thank you for uploading so many 80s news stories!
Thanks. I love these blasts from the past!
Those of us who grew up in PB know it was paradise. By 87 I had spent a lifetime there. I have since moved on to other areas in San Diego and settled in the mountains. I still spend time in PB fishing and visiting Mom who still lives in that same house in Crown Point. PB had changed so drastically though. Gone are those sleepy beach days, gone is being able to ski Mission Bay all day long and only see a few other boats, gone is knowing as a young girl I could ride my bike to the boardwalk at night and feel safe, gone are the empty streets. PB sold out. They sold out to the money, construction, store after store after store, condos and apartments replacing single family homes, countless bars. Left behind is traffic, crime, crowding, and all the other problems that come with over development. If you want to see a pleasant, sleepy beach town you have to go to OB. Those "hippies" were much smarter. They fought the development and won!
really empty streets and very few boats? interesting to see how it was back then
@@orangefield2308 Growing up in Pacific Beach in the 60's and 70's was paradise. It's hard to discribe it to someone who sees it now. At one time there were a total of three stop lights in the whole town. My entire childhood crime was something you saw on the news. We used to ride motorcycles where most of Sea World sits. Mission Bay had little houses that sat right on the water with their own wooden docks. You could drive right along the beach, pull in and park to go swimming or watch the surfers. Yep, paradise.
@@armysenior1780 man, must be the population increase, can't imagine, that would be awesome, I heard cows and farms used to be in Mission Valley during the 1950s
The Booze Ban in 2008 [really] helped both Mission Beach and PB. It changed them both for the better.
@@patr70 As much as I don't want to I have to agree with you. I hate it because it marked another end to the normal things we grew up with that didn't pose a threat. You can't fight change but it's sad sometimes. San Diego is no longer the town I grew up in and loved so much....but I guess most of the US could say the same thing. Time marches on.
He mentioned Shorty LOL He's an Icon, we locals at the beach hated & liked him.
LOL, who calls somebody out by name on the news. hahaha. Who is this Shorty guy? El Chapo?
I knew Shorty WELL … I hung with him at the foot of PB Drive at the boardwalk hahahahaha
@@malcorub Just a boardwalk bum but everyone knew him. He got around.
SHORTY! I'll never forget him! 70 ...80s.... chargers, clippers, padres, bestest days! Aloha from Hawaii MK
@@malcorub shorty would be at every event, concert, etc. and party followed.... would be Dbl. OG back then. Long live SHORTY!
Been living here for two years now. Couldn't have picked a better place.
It was paradise I was born and raised here now it's ruined.
"No places to park. All night traffic..."
Yeah nothings changed lol
Yeah I can't stand that place
Maybe in the 1990's?
I met Shorty many times in the late 70's. Back when 8 dudes could live in a studio apartment right on the boardwalk.
I worked at Hamel’s in Mission Beach on Ventura when Dan and Ray still owned it
we used to build skateboards, all the the latest skateboard fashion would be in our shop.
Miss Mission Beach pageant every summer
I was born in PB / South Soledad in 61 …
Ahhh memories
PB in the early 2000s was out of control....to many party bros looking to pick fights. I do miss the PB Block party though, but it just got to crazy towards the end.
The party bro thing hasn’t changed. The only part of PB I can tolerate any more is North PB.
It drastically changed in 2008 when the booze ban took effect. Most of the people who caused trouble(both male and female) weren't even from PB or MB they were from other parts of San Diego and would go to PB/MB and try to "Party at the Beach". Thankfully once the booze ban took effect in 2008 most of those "drifters" are no longer around.The only sketchy area is the parking lot adjacent to the Roller Coaster but that is only a small part of the MB/PB area.
It really was like the wild west in the ealry-Mid 2000s. It almost seemed lawless to a point. Moved there in summer 2001 and the first night at least 3 fights in the middle of Garnet Ave. Obviously labor Day weekend 2007 being the tipping point. Always remember the one dude with the full Coronado bridge tatted on his back...lol. he was always on the beach.
Back when we weren't crowded. I remember San Diego like this.
What the hell, all the video shows is healthy people that don't seem to be homeless or have a political agenda. OH I forgot, it was normal back then, those days are long gone.
Yeah, the good old day.
SD's crime spiked in the early 90's just a couple years after this. Then is came back down.
@@malcorub Yeah, I lived there briefly in the early 90s, people thought San Diego was so innocent back then, well no, some areas you had to stay away from. But, i still miss L.A. and S.D. in those days. Peace.
Meth ruined everything
Exactly. So true
That house today, 2.25 million…I might be short-selling it.
I miss those days
Anyone remember Saska’s, World Famous, Mister D’s, The original Rubio’s, the original Cass Street bar and Grill, John’s in La Jolla, and most importantly, Mitch’s surf shop?
Wild West store on Ingham and Garnett? Licorice Pizza? Windmill Farms?
Visiting PB in 2017 is what sold me on moving to San Diego. It's still an amazing place though yeah I'm sure it's much more crowded and maybe more dirty than it used to be. Alot cleaner than downtown though, and definitely the spot for college students.
So many years passed and problems still remained same: parking, prices, crowds of people etc.
I guess you had to be there in the 70's. There weren't parking problems, even in Mission, the prices were fine, and maybe some crowds on the fourth but that was about it.
yes and you fricken get the beach, palm trees, hiking etc so stop complaining. You will not find a place that doesn't have prices, parking and crowds of people, unless it's a dumb where you would never even want to visit in the first place.
im 43 and been in Leucadia since 03...used to party down in PB, obviously. I wish I could have seen SD in the 80' / 90's
So rad please keep these videos coming 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
If only PB was still this way
So much has changed it’s sad
Sure do miss Harry's surf shop with Skip and Hank and Donna. And Brad walking the beach giving wax to us kids
I love California ❤
Used to work at PB Ski & Sport & Adventure Tours on Bayard. Wonderful town..
I lived there on and off. What a great time in my life. My very first place where I lived solo. Emerald and Mission.. La Torta was the best!
Bustamante's was the best!
This was a great cultural study!
Kahoonas and Billy Baxter are gone. The Green Flash ...see ya. Dependent and the beachcomber are memories of what they used to be back in the 80s. I lived in PB for 5 years 96 through 2001
. That's all I got to know Billy Baxter. I think you went to jail for tax evasion. PB has a large transient population if you're over 30 years older you're an old man.. that was back in the day I did what I wanted when I wanted to who I wanted. It was very self-centered shallow lifestyle but I was in my thirties and I had one hell of a time. And then I became a father PBs a distant dream and I love my son very much drank
I cant believe what has happened to SD. It is so unaffordable to live in the county let alone the city.
🌴 Paradise!!🌴🙆🏼♀️💙
Wow this brings back memories haven't been home in years but I bet it's changed to many people now and to greedy $$$ but it always be sweet weather.
Gotta love the Varnets!
Remember that Swiss chalet A-frame restaurant on Mission Blvd , west side just south of Garnet? Cannot recall the name, but it had vaguely French or Swiss food, delicious, in the early 1980s.
@@rasputinspickledpeepee1976 cannot remember the name of the smorgasbord place...I watched the San Diego City Clerk's 1970 stormwater videos of major streets, and the A frame joint on Mission was definitely a Der Wienerschnitzel. In the 1980s, perhaps called Esperanto?
So trippy to see this
Now 2 bed condo is $1m+.. nice!
That 225,000 house then is a million plus now?
My mom would be 9 at this time
I love seeing all these negative comments from all the washed up old heads! 😂 “the good old days” PB is thriving! Ask any young people right now and they will all say how much they love PB, your time has long passed! Let the young people enjoy this beautiful city now, y’all can go hide in the mountains and go die bitter!
Yea a handful buddies & My old buddy Sam Kinison he bought Shorty huge HotDog cart at the last stop of the Trolley downtown last time I saw Shorty He was selling Hotdogs we spoke of Sam Kinison Shorty praised Sam kept his promise to buy Shorty the biggest Hotdog Cart and it would be at the last stop of the San Diego Trolley
I have never heard that. How interesting!
Sam Kinison the comedian?
0:49 so SHE came from somewhere else loves it, but doesn't want others to come and enjoy it the way she did? At first she sounded really sweet but when she finished her last sentence she showed how vile and selfish she is.
2:28 Nope!
Drunk girls at Diego’s. Fond memories, for sure.
Its crazy how thoroughly a once American city has been colonized and conquered by foreigners in only 60 years.
Agreed, I harken the days when that area was absolutely paradise 🤙🏽🇺🇸🤙🏽
Look up the Spanish American war, PB was Spanish before you, and before that Native American. 😂
@@khybercourchesne Ok? And? Istanbul used to be called Constantinople.
@@khybercourchesne Spanish American War. lol California was part of the US for more than 50 years before that war.
@@khybercourchesne 🤡 Do you teach Common Core also 🤦♂️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏿♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏿♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
Before all the cops and kooks invaded ; long live JR and hawaian Mike ; RIP my brother's
There are no perfect waves here in pb 😂
RIP Shorty. lol
I remember Shorty, he was quite a character but sadly yes a druggy.
Bad news bud… the druggies are back in FORCE haha.
And the drunks and party animals. No, PB's not a good place to raise a family.
A town is not your house.
East of I-5ers 😂
Still the same in 2023
No more people to come??? Hahahahaha oh boy. SoCal is overpopulated
Ya but it is a common thought around here...
REPENT JESUS IS COMING SOON ESCAPE THE WRATH THAT IS COMING!!!!
Yeah, yeah, yeahhh. Don't you people ever get tired of saying that?? I've been hearing it all my life but here we still are. You sound like a broken record with your doomsday talk. The never ending END. 🤐🤐🤐
Jesus ain’t real bud. You got as much of a chance as the Easter bunny showing up as you do Jesus.
Expect Rich White People
I lived in Baja La Jolla off of Sapphire Street. Must have logged a mil miles on that Boardwalk. Threw many killer kegs parties on the beach, right below Law Street. The 80s were awesome down there. Burning pallets and cranking 91X
Remember Louie-Louie day on 91-X?
@@michaelgarrow3239 I don't, what year was that?
@@ftt9377 - I think it was 87? 88?
They played every Louie-Louie cover back to back for 24 hours strait. 🙄
I guess they never had to repeat.
@@michaelgarrow3239 I'm surprised I don't remember. Was it a Labor Day Weekend thing or Memorial?
@@ftt9377 - It could have been….
I just remember the DJ’s were at wit’s end.
They could do that sort of stuff back then when people ran things instead of corporations.
Shorty Died before 1987 I remember seeing shorty walked down the Boardwalk with Giant Sea Kelp Wrapped around his Neck and waste like A Scarf. He was always Drunk or collecting change for beer 😂