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No more honky-tonks in Poway

Boulders on Twin Peaks, Brenda Van Dam's thinking, Dad's bar, Ninth Street, country side of Poway gone, Steve Vaus, Marian Kim-Phelps, district elections

June’s ‘A Taste of Our Towne’ food ‘n wine fest was held at Poway On Stage. - Image by Rich Soublet
June’s ‘A Taste of Our Towne’ food ‘n wine fest was held at Poway On Stage.
  • Poway – why the rodeo still does well

  • It’s rodeo time: seven seconds of hell on an angry bull. That’s what many San Diegans picture when they think of Poway. But times have changed in the “City in the Country,” as old-time Kiwanistas and Rotarians call it. Though it’s still a stop on the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association’s annual barnstorm, you’re more like to see a mega-buck estate than a bucking bronco nowadays, unless it’s late September.
  • By Moss Gropen, Sept. 4, 2019
  • Climb to the boulder-studded summit of Twin Peaks

  • Twin Peaks, a scruffy, boulder-studded promontory rising amid Poway's suburban streets, is less known for its own existence than for the street named after it: Twin Peaks Road. At the close of a warm summer day it's worth taking a couple of hours to climb to the summit, poke in and around the fractured outcrops of rock, and stand on the breezy summit to admire the inclusive view of Poway and its environs.
  • By Jerry Schad, July 29, 1999
Damon and Brenda van Dam. Out in the parking lot you ratchet up your high another notch or two and you are feeling no pain. But there is a slight sense of urgency that seems somehow misplaced.
  • I Crawled Inside Brenda van Dam's Head and Tried to Guess What Went on in There

  • Dad’s is probably the most famous barroom in America, at least this week, and what goes on here is probably not what you think goes on here. I don’t know what, exactly, I thought the place would be like other than I had some vague idea of a swingers bar — whatever that is — with a lot of Hollywood touches like spinning disco balls and Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd in loud clothes, cruising for chicks. After all, it’s Poway. Who knows anything about Poway?
  • By John Brizzolara, Aug. 1, 2002
Dad's is like a much larger version of Saska’s in Mission Beach, without the salt air.
  • Dad's, now Poway’s famous bar, undergoes media scrutiny

  • When you drive along Mountain Pass Road in suburban Sabre Springs and you go by the two-story van Dam house, it’s difficult to believe that a few minutes before 8:30 on Friday night, February 1, 2002, 39-year-old Brenda van Dam was standing out in the garage attached to this home and lighting up a joint.
  • By Jill Underwood, John Brizzolara, Ken Leighton, Sue Greenberg, Aug. 1, 2002
  • Ninth? Ninth what?

  • Heymatt:
  • I'm a taxi cab driver, and I spend a lot of time driving around, thinking Why, oh why, oh why is there a Ninth Street in Poway -- but no First, Second, Third, etc? Could I be mispronouncing this road, and it's really named after Joe Ninth?
  • -- Larry Rotolo, on the road
  • By Matthew Alice, Dec. 11, 2003
Poway
  • Poway

  • Poway: “The City in the Country.” I was born and raised in Poway, and I can tell you that the slogan has never been accurate. At the time of Poway’s incorporation in 1980, any passer-by could spend all day searching for a city. By now, the country is the elusive part.
  • By Alana Firl, Dec. 24, 2003
Steve Vaus
  • Buck Howdy's on the Case

  • Steve Vaus has twice been nominated for Grammys for children’s records released in 2007 and 2008. He wrote the Jerome’s and Barona Casino TV jingles, and he’s done studio work for Willie Nelson, Kim Carnes, and Randy Travis. Critics suggest Vaus has found a new way to push his two new albums and an upcoming concert he’s promoting: he is spearheading a recall of Poway councilwoman Betty Rexford.
  • By Ken Leighton, Nov. 11, 2009
From Twitter: "@mkimphelps comes to us from the [sic] Westminster. Congrats and welcome."
  • Poway Unified sued over choosing Phelps as superintendent

  • Public advocacy group San Diegans for Open Government has filed a lawsuit against the Poway Unified School District over the hiring of the district's new superintendent Marian Kim-Phelps in March of this year. According to the complaint, board of trustees meeting wherein trustees officially hired Kim-Phelps was nothing but a show. In fact, Poway Unified and its trustees had already decided to hire Kim-Phelps behind closed doors.
  • By Dorian Hargrove, April 28, 2017
"At-large local elections have resulted in South Poway being historically underrepresented."
  • Malibu attorney forces Poway into district elections

  • As the candidate filing period opened July 16 for elected offices across the county, including seats for two new Poway council districts, a lawsuit filed to stop the new districts went back to court. Malibu attorney Kevin Shenkman sent a demand letter to the city of Poway on June 7, 2017 alleging “racially polarized voting” existed and demanded Poway change their election process to comply with the California Voting Rights Act.
  • By Eric Bartl, July 27, 2018
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  • Poway – why the rodeo still does well

  • It’s rodeo time: seven seconds of hell on an angry bull. That’s what many San Diegans picture when they think of Poway. But times have changed in the “City in the Country,” as old-time Kiwanistas and Rotarians call it. Though it’s still a stop on the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association’s annual barnstorm, you’re more like to see a mega-buck estate than a bucking bronco nowadays, unless it’s late September.
  • By Moss Gropen, Sept. 4, 2019
  • Climb to the boulder-studded summit of Twin Peaks

  • Twin Peaks, a scruffy, boulder-studded promontory rising amid Poway's suburban streets, is less known for its own existence than for the street named after it: Twin Peaks Road. At the close of a warm summer day it's worth taking a couple of hours to climb to the summit, poke in and around the fractured outcrops of rock, and stand on the breezy summit to admire the inclusive view of Poway and its environs.
  • By Jerry Schad, July 29, 1999
Damon and Brenda van Dam. Out in the parking lot you ratchet up your high another notch or two and you are feeling no pain. But there is a slight sense of urgency that seems somehow misplaced.
  • I Crawled Inside Brenda van Dam's Head and Tried to Guess What Went on in There

  • Dad’s is probably the most famous barroom in America, at least this week, and what goes on here is probably not what you think goes on here. I don’t know what, exactly, I thought the place would be like other than I had some vague idea of a swingers bar — whatever that is — with a lot of Hollywood touches like spinning disco balls and Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd in loud clothes, cruising for chicks. After all, it’s Poway. Who knows anything about Poway?
  • By John Brizzolara, Aug. 1, 2002
Dad's is like a much larger version of Saska’s in Mission Beach, without the salt air.
  • Dad's, now Poway’s famous bar, undergoes media scrutiny

  • When you drive along Mountain Pass Road in suburban Sabre Springs and you go by the two-story van Dam house, it’s difficult to believe that a few minutes before 8:30 on Friday night, February 1, 2002, 39-year-old Brenda van Dam was standing out in the garage attached to this home and lighting up a joint.
  • By Jill Underwood, John Brizzolara, Ken Leighton, Sue Greenberg, Aug. 1, 2002
  • Ninth? Ninth what?

  • Heymatt:
  • I'm a taxi cab driver, and I spend a lot of time driving around, thinking Why, oh why, oh why is there a Ninth Street in Poway -- but no First, Second, Third, etc? Could I be mispronouncing this road, and it's really named after Joe Ninth?
  • -- Larry Rotolo, on the road
  • By Matthew Alice, Dec. 11, 2003
Poway
  • Poway

  • Poway: “The City in the Country.” I was born and raised in Poway, and I can tell you that the slogan has never been accurate. At the time of Poway’s incorporation in 1980, any passer-by could spend all day searching for a city. By now, the country is the elusive part.
  • By Alana Firl, Dec. 24, 2003
Steve Vaus
  • Buck Howdy's on the Case

  • Steve Vaus has twice been nominated for Grammys for children’s records released in 2007 and 2008. He wrote the Jerome’s and Barona Casino TV jingles, and he’s done studio work for Willie Nelson, Kim Carnes, and Randy Travis. Critics suggest Vaus has found a new way to push his two new albums and an upcoming concert he’s promoting: he is spearheading a recall of Poway councilwoman Betty Rexford.
  • By Ken Leighton, Nov. 11, 2009
From Twitter: "@mkimphelps comes to us from the [sic] Westminster. Congrats and welcome."
  • Poway Unified sued over choosing Phelps as superintendent

  • Public advocacy group San Diegans for Open Government has filed a lawsuit against the Poway Unified School District over the hiring of the district's new superintendent Marian Kim-Phelps in March of this year. According to the complaint, board of trustees meeting wherein trustees officially hired Kim-Phelps was nothing but a show. In fact, Poway Unified and its trustees had already decided to hire Kim-Phelps behind closed doors.
  • By Dorian Hargrove, April 28, 2017
"At-large local elections have resulted in South Poway being historically underrepresented."
  • Malibu attorney forces Poway into district elections

  • As the candidate filing period opened July 16 for elected offices across the county, including seats for two new Poway council districts, a lawsuit filed to stop the new districts went back to court. Malibu attorney Kevin Shenkman sent a demand letter to the city of Poway on June 7, 2017 alleging “racially polarized voting” existed and demanded Poway change their election process to comply with the California Voting Rights Act.
  • By Eric Bartl, July 27, 2018
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