Our Town San Diego 1978

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In 1978, News 8 weatherman Doug Oliver narrated a series we called ‘Our Town.’ They were short and sweet stories about San Diego County communities. In tonight’s News 8 Throwback, we’re hitting North Park, Mission Hills, and Kensington.

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OMG Palisades Gardens Roller Rink!! I used to love that place.

jaysoncarter

The year I was born was 1978 and right here in paradise, San Diego, Ca.

jodiriis

I didn't catch the series back then as I moved here in 1981. Lived in North Park and rode my bike to Mission Hills and Kensington.

claudiahansen

Who doesn’t love Kensington ❤ beautiful craftsman homes. Loved living in Mission Hills in 1978. This was such an awesome time in Daygo as a child. Oh I miss these days.

reneer.

Lived in the North County of San Diego from 97 to 2000. I miss it so much !!

bryanburnap

Use to play and work at Palisades, before I joined the Army and missed out on it's closing because I was in West Germany. Grew up in North Park and loved it so much. It's just not the same as it use to be.

I also love these looks back at how areas use to look. Thank you for sharing.

chunksaflyin

Ah I teared up. We finally decided we have to leave San Diego and CA and this is the first thing since deciding that has actually made me sad to leave. Unfortunately the San Diego outside right now isn’t the one on this screen.

MoveOnAlready

I lived in San Diego during this time. I loved it. Great town, great weather, so many things to do. I was sadden when I had to move away. Being what San Diego has become I will never move back.

raulthepig

I visited San Diego twice in 1988-1989. I couldn’t believe how beautiful it was, a paradise city (and county). Everywhere I went throughout the county reinforced my mind that Southern Californians had the best lifestyle in America.

Mission Beach appeared to be quite the scene on weekends during the 80s (probably much more so in the 60s-70s). I recall the fire pits on the beach lit up at night.

Driving around on the highways in the city I remember there were flowers in many places on the medians and sides of the road. The city was so kept up and had it together. It was so obvious that it was America’s ‘Finest City’.

I didn’t go back to visit SD again until 2019, and I could see a general sense of decline from decades past. There was a visible deterioration of infrastructure and roads for one thing, and it certainly felt more crowded and less laid back. I’m glad I didn’t go to Horton Plaza because that would have been very depressing. Back in the 80s that was sort of a tourist attraction, how unique it was for a shopping center. I know it has since closed and is being rebuilt as an urban complex for a hopefully bright future.

I still love SD. Even with all its problems it’s still a beautiful place. It’s better off than a lot of the large cities going through tough times right now.

edwardj

PSA crash took place in the general vicinity of where this was recorded. Sept 25, 1978. I was driving with my friends to Patrick Henry High School and saw the plume of black smoke. My friend grew up right by the crash site. It was horrible.
I also new the main videographer who had a Throwback segment made about him. Ben Cutshall. RIP. He was everywhere.
If any of you San Diegans, when SD was still small enough to know people all around, remember Ricky's Restaurant on hotel circle south? I worked there until I was 19. The city mostly had hotels in Mission Valley so visiting teams would come into Ricky's and I have autographs and served many pro athletes. I played with the sons of many pro athletes in youth baseball (Padres and Chargers). Then there were the beaches...man...San Diego was AWESOME in the 70's. What a city...then.

kandeincarlsbad

Lived in kensington from 1996 -2000 when we moved to Fl. Great times. Miss Clem's bottle house and The ken theater the most.

duckbrew

People who live in San Diego now have ZERO idea how good it was back then. I'm still here and I like this city OK but its going down hill and I don't think it will ever be great again.

jimkeskey

It was even more charming and way less congested in the early 1960s when I graduated from 6th grade at McKinley Elementary on Felton & Redwood. Lived on the 3500 block of 31st Street between Myrtle & Dwight. A drive through that community now has a whole different vibe. Way too crowded and way too many cars parked in the residential areas. Virtually no parking left due to overcrowding, multiple roommate situations, shared rents, ADUs, etc. Also, too many pubs, breweries, eateries, coffee houses, boba & smoothie joints, tatt parlors, etc., but young people think that stuff's so cool. Bought my first 3-BDRM 2BA single-family house in north county in 1978 for $59k when this video was shot.

carlv