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Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Want a Super El Niño Big Wave Gun? Start at the Boardroom Show. (surfer.com) — This weekend's Boardroom Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds will spotlight custom "Super El Niño" big-wave surfboards, with builders competing for $5,000 and a booth at next year's show. Local surfers can browse cutting-edge gun designs aimed at spots like Blacks and Swamis, while weighing how to gear up for a potentially historic El Niño winter.
2. Driver Pays $300 to a Man Who Flagged Her Down in a Whole Foods Parking Lot and Pounded Her Dented Car With a Rubber Mallet, Then Says It Looks Worse Than Before (newsbreak.com) — A driver visiting the Whole Foods at Flower Hill in Del Mar says she paid $300 on the spot to a man who offered to fix a dent, only to find her car looked worse afterward. Her experience comes with practical tips for Del Mar shoppers on spotting parking-lot repair scams and protecting themselves if they've already paid.
3. Welcome Cirque du Soleil Back to San Diego (theresandiego.com) — Cirque du Soleil's LUZIA is set to pitch its Big Top at the Del Mar Fairgrounds from February 3 to March 7, 2027, bringing a rain-soaked, Mexico-inspired spectacle to local audiences. With presale access for waitlist and Club Cirque members, Del Mar residents can already sign up to snag early tickets for this rare hometown stop.
4. Elizabeth Holmes Collaborates With Nathan Fielder On New Documentary (time.news) — Elizabeth Holmes' new documentary features extensive filming inside a rental home in Del Mar, where directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim embedded with her family before she reported to prison. The film, blending real footage and staged scenes, has drawn major festival buzz and raises questions about truth, control, and how Holmes' story is retold as it heads to nationwide theaters.
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