Running Grunion
The San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy presents “Running Grunion,” a comedic Native American performance by Abel Silvas. Discover the complexities of San Diego Native American history and culture from Silvas, whose ancestors were Native Americans and Californios of Del Mar. His storytelling portrays his family’s life during different historical eras, going back to the “Del Mar Man,” who fished for grunions 12,000 years ago to the first Spanish sailor who arrived in the 1700s. After the missions closed in the 1800s, his family received a Mexican Land Grant and built their rancho homes along the San Dieguito River. In the early 1900s his cousin, Don Diego Alvarado, was the most recognized symbol of a gracious Del Mar Fair host. Info: [email protected].