{"id":459187,"date":"2026-09-10T08:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/459187\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T08:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:36:11","slug":"ken-kramers-about-san-diego-an-iconic-north-park-eatery-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/459187\/","title":{"rendered":"KEN KRAMER’S ABOUT SAN DIEGO: An Iconic North Park Eatery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stream now<\/a> with KPBS Passport<\/a> on KPBS+<\/a> \/ Watch Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encores Sunday, Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. on KPBS TV + Monday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 + 9 p.m. on KPBS TV<\/p>\n

On this episode, we remember an iconic North Park eatery and its owner who became a legend in the community; visit the Pumpkin Patch, a strange geologic phenomenon near Ocotillo Wells; investigate a ghost story in Encinitas; consider life in a fire lookout tower near the border; see things sent in by viewers, and more!<\/p>\n

We remember an iconic North Park eatery and its owner who became a legend in the community; visit the Pumpkin Patch, a strange geologic phenomenon near Ocotillo Wells; investigate a ghost story in Encinitas; consider life in a fire lookout tower near the border; see things sent in by viewers, and more!<\/p>\n

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You can also tune in live to watch our four TV channels in real time: KPBS, KPBS 2, Create, KPBS Kids 24\/7. We also added a new channel – FNX (First Nation Experience). Your KPBS Passport member benefit<\/a> works on KPBS+ too! You\u2019ll have access to even more great shows when you simply log in with your KPBS Passport account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ \/ Watch Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-459187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}