Tijuana Jazz & Blues Festival
Chad Deal 6:58 p.m., May 21
Middletown
Train Collides with Family Car
At approximately 7:30 a.m. on August 31, a produce truck crossing the trolley tracks was struck by a Coaster train at Washington Street and Pacific Highway. The train, carrying 160 passengers, struck the truck; another ...
Car Fire Under Lindbergh Field Flight Path
A late-model Toyota Corolla with Oregon license plates caught fire in the 2500 block of Pacific Highway at around 10:00 a.m. on August 9. The blue-gray car's engine looked to have exploded and the auto's ...
Shot in Middletown: Pigeons — Lots
Feeding pigeons is prohibited in certain areas of the city, but there are no such signs prohibiting the practice off the frontage road near Washington Street and Pacific Highway. On a regular basis, a gentleman ...
Scams on the Menu
Late last October, a man claiming to represent a deaf woman began calling the Saffron Thai restaurants on India Street near Washington. The lady wanted large amounts of food for her upcoming wedding. But Saffron ...
What’s with Stabbing, People?
San Diego police responded to a stabbing incident in Middletown at around 12:35 a.m. on Saturday, August 1. An argument among partygoers turned violent at a residence in the 2400 block of India Street, according ...
Calico Horse, The Sess, Red Feathers
Artist: Calico Horse Song:"Awake in the Clouds" (from myspace.com/calicohorsemusic) Heard By: Charlie Herlevic, downtown I liked it very much; it's a very pretty song. It reminded me of a band called Quix*o*tic. It also reminded ...
Best of 2003: Best Opera Night
Small Opera San Diego and the ARK Center for the Performing Arts 3454 Kettner Boulevard, Midtown www.smallopera sandiego.org 619-725-0777 It used to happen every Sunday night. Local opera singers would bring their music and sing ...
Best of 2003: Best Old School Dancing
"Jivewire" at the Casbah 2501 Kettner Boulevard, Midtown 619-232-4355 Disco dancers, rockabilly greasers, zoots, sportys, indie geeks, and skate punks -- they all died and went to "Jivewire," the Casbah's intermittent dance night. Once in ...
Best of 2003: Best Locally Swimming Fish To Eat
San Diego Sportfishing Council 2171 India Street, Midtown www.sportfishing.org 619-234-8791 Drum roll please...San Diego's best tenderloin of the sea: the Pacific yellowfin. These cigar-shaped tuna cruise up and down past San Diego at least half ...
Best of 2003: Best Thrift-Store Clothing
Amvets Thrift Store 3441 Sutherland Street, Midtown 619-297-4213 Located off Pacific Highway, Amvets offers used clothing from current, costly name brands to styles of bygone eras -- all in fair or better quality. High turnover ...
