Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
For decades the official greeter and host of the fair was Don Diego, a smiling caballero portrayed by Spanish actor Tom Hernández from 1947 until his death in 1984. The character was based on a real person, Don Diego Alvarado, whose family had a large land grant in the Del Mar area during the late 1800s; Alvarado was known for his grand parties and was regarded as the local symbol of a ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in San Diego County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map.
It hosts the annual San Diego County Fair. The venue sits on a 370-acre (1.5 km 2) property along the Pacific Ocean coastline. It includes the Del Mar Racetrack, built in 1936 by the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, with founding member Bing Crosby providing leadership. [1]
In the United States, off-reservation trust land refers to real estate outside an Indian reservation that is held by the Interior Department for the benefit of a Native American tribe or a member of a tribe.
Comic-Con International, the comic book and pop culture extravaganza, is kicking off in San Diego. The convention, which draws over 130,000 fans annually, opens for a preview night Wednesday and ...
SDHL # [1] Landmark name [2] Image Address [2] Designation Date [2] Description [3]; 1: El Prado Area: Balboa Park: 9/7/1967 Long, wide promenade running through the center of Balboa Park, lined with Spanish Revival buildings including the Museum of Us, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Natural History Museum, the Fleet Science Center, and the Timken Museum of Art
The show is the largest indoor antiques show south of San Francisco and attracts over 100 antiques dealers from across the western United States. [4] [5] During the downturn in the economy, the 2009 show had 20 percent fewer exhibitors than usual. [6] But participation over the next two years increased again, surpassing the 2009 number.
San Diego Country Estates, on May 13, 1973, hosted former 55-year-old tennis player Bobby Riggs and then 30-year-old women's world number one player, Margaret Court.Court was challenged to a tennis match by Riggs and the game was held at the San Vicente Country Club and Golf Course Resort.