The fair has been a tradition in San Diego since the 1800s, but we're not looking quite that far back today. Let's dip into the vault to 1990, when our Lisa Kim visited opening day of what was then ...

On Wednesday, the San Diego County Fair begins its "Summer Pet-tacular," bringing wild rides, hot musical acts and crazy culinary concoctions to the Del Mar Fairgrounds through July 6.

CBS 8 headed out to Del Mar to get a preview of the food vendors and what you can expect at this year's fair.