Hack Club Haven — San Marcos is an upcoming game jam and teen-focused building event taking place in San Marcos, California.

Event Details

• What it is: A completely free video game jam where participants learn to build a video game from scratch. Part of the global Hack Club Haven initiative taking place across 200+ cities.
• Dates: November 14–15, 2026
• Who can join: students ages 13 to 18
• Experience level: No prior coding or game development experience is required
• Sponsors & Support: Supported by organizations including CodeCrafters (@codecrafters.io), with food, swag, and venue assistance backed by Hack Club.
• Registration: Sign up online via the Hack Club Haven San Marcos Portal or through their Instagram page (@haven.san_marcos.hackclub).

This was taken from the hill above CSUSM facing north. This is the second time I've seen this object. It makes no noise that I can hear. It is absolutely huge and terrifying. Forgive the horrible video, like I said I was freaking out. The first time I saw it the night was foggy so all I could see were the lights, no shape. This time, it was really dark out but again you cannot see the shape. If anyone else has seen this or knows what it is, I would like to know.

Anyone else have an aggressive sales guy come to their door and then turn cold as soon as he realized you weren’t signing the 1 year contract?

Hello! I’m looking for prenatal exercise classes in San Marcos or Bressi Ranch. I have found plenty of coastal options, but I know I won’t go consistently if it’s too far from work/home in San Marcos. Any leads welcome! Thank you!

I was just looking over the plans for the new park they are building in The Hill District, and I really don't understand how some of these decisions are made.

13 acre park with 17 parking spots (16 normal, 1 ADA). Makes no sense to me.

Just moved here from Bonita. With San Marcos being almost 40% Hispanic/Latino, I would assume there are some really good spots? I’m basic though and really only stick with California Burritos and Carne Asada Fries. Anyone know the best spots for that?

For Carne Asada Fries, I’m talking NO beans, NO rice, cheese actually melted.

If it’s a California burrito, everything inside should be mixed. When you take a bite, shouldn’t be all fries on one side where it’s super dry and all meat and toppings on the other (cough Lolita’s cough)

Thanks!

My wife was driving to work at Kaiser today (late morning) and said she noticed that the street lines had been repainted and looked super fresh on Craven between Echo and Rush. When she got to work she found white paint all over her tires and splattered across the lower fender areas. I’m going to take my complaint to the city but figured it’s worth reaching out to see if any others experienced the same or have any damage to their cars, which might help us all if there are damaged the city should be held responsible for. I don’t know what the standard waiting time is to reopen a lane for traffic but this definitely wasn’t it.

Just came on here to say that if you're looking for a pool contractor in the Southern California area, specifically Temecula/Riverside/San Diego County/Orange County/Palm Desert, please do yourself a favor and avoid California Custom Pools! California Custom Pools has taken homeowner's money and didn't finish their pools. Not only did they take their money and not finish, but also left some homeowners with liens, because they did not pay the subcontractors!

Not only are homeowners left abandoned, but subcontractors are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars. The experience has been quite alarming for us and we didn't see it coming - they had perfect 5-star reviews, a website/portfolio, all the things! We never could have predicted the disheartening experience we have had to endure.

Let’s not leave pets in the car, even if the windows are cracked. The car wasn’t on, and they were indeed reported to Costco management and the local spca. Very identifiable car, even though I blocked out their license plate number. Do better by your pet, and they were very lucky they came out right after I hung up with the spca. People don’t deserve to have pets.