Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App + Encores Sunday, July 28 at 4 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, July 29 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2
On this episode of KEN KRAMER'S ABOUT SAN DIEGO, we take a look back at the Otay Watch Company; we remember a pioneering doctor in Alpine; and open the door to a campus mystery at San Diego State.
![If you have one of these, lucky you! The Otay Watch Company made more or less precision pocket time pieces at a factory in Otay Mesa 100 years ago. We go back for a look on KEN KRAMER'S ABOUT SAN DIEGO!](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/86777e4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/700x431+0+56/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2020%2F05%2F20%2FKKASD_Episode85_otaywatch21.jpg)
Plus, get an update on several stories About San Diego, along with viewer curiosities and and memories of our county in the old days.
![Remember Blue Chip Stamps? They were popular trading stamps offered by San Diego merchants in the 1960s and 70s.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/c0cbdc4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/640x394+0+43/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2020%2F05%2F20%2FKKASD_Episode85_BlueChip.jpg)
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This Emmy-winning show is a collection of stories about the history and people of the area we call home. Ranging over all of San Diego County, the stories often deal with little known things about our past, and how they relate to places we see every day. Almost every thing, and every place in San Diego has some kind of story behind it.