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Happy Hour with Aguilar

Happy Hour with Aguilar

Old Town | Tin Fork
By Ed Bedford, Jan. 6, 2010

The shiver. Down my spine. Can’t help feeling it every time I walk into Old Town. Honest. Something happens when you saunter up that dusty path from the trolley-bus depot, around the wooden fences, and into ... More Post a comment


Ken Falls Hard

Ken Falls Hard

Old Town | Theater Reviews
By Jeff Smith, Oct. 7, 2009

Ken Carpenter doesn’t look like a dramatic lead. Soft-spoken, bespectacled, a slight humble stoop in the shoulders, the 57-year-old’s a successful insurance salesman in Lincoln, Nebraska. He’s been with one woman for the past 40 years, ... More Comment (1)


To the Point

To the Point

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Old Town
By Karen Guarnotta, Sept. 17, 2009

After years of being closed to cars, Presidio Park's Inspiration Point access road began getting necessary repairs back in the spring. Work is projected to finish up this October. The road's two new retaining walls will ... More Comments (6)


Pedicab Wars

Pedicab Wars

Cover Story | Downtown | Hillcrest | Old Town
By Bill Manson, Sept. 9, 2009

Roll 'em! Straight-to-camera, Guy Harinton yells, “Why can’t I kill one of them little fuckers?!” He’s frothing. Here, at the Embarcadero’s Coronado ferry landing, a foreign-student pedicab driver has just ridden off with a load of ... More Comments (15)


Smoking Trolley

Smoking Trolley

Downtown | Neighborhood News from Stringers | Old Town
By Robert Duffy, June 29, 2009

At approximately 9.15 a.m. on Saturday, June 27, as an M.T.S. Blue Line trolley en route to Old Town arrived at the Civic Centre stop, commuters onboard were forced to evacuate the train as smoke poured ... More Post a comment


Let’s Toast to Banning Booze

Let’s Toast to Banning Booze

Banker's Hill | Downtown | Little Italy | Midway District | Mission Beach | Mission Hills | Neighborhood News | Ocean Beach | Old Town | Pacific Beach | Point Loma
By Dorian Hargrove, April 29, 2009

During District 2 councilmember Kevin Faulconer’s state of the district speech on April 27, he listed his accomplishments during the past three years. One of his proudest accomplishments so far has been banning alcohol from San ... More Comments (37)


Old Town Celebrates Battalion Day

Old Town Celebrates Battalion Day

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Old Town
By Seth Beames, Feb. 2, 2009

The sixth annual Mormon Battalion Day celebration took place in Old Town on Saturday, January 31, commemorating the 161st anniversary of the arrival of the first American military sent to San Diego. The battalion set a ... More Post a comment


Picket Lines in Old Town

Picket Lines in Old Town

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Old Town
By Hayden Beames, Feb. 2, 2009

Picket lines paraded through Old Town San Diego in protest on Saturday, January 31. Approximately 30 workers beat drums, repeated chants shouted through a leader’s bull horn, and marched in and outside of the grounds of ... More Post a comment


Young Playwrights

Young Playwrights

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Old Town
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Jan. 25, 2009

The Playwrights Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting literacy, creativity, and communication skills through drama-based activities, in conjunction with the Cygnet Theatre Company, held its 24th season of Plays by Young Writers, January 15-25, 2009 ... More Post a comment


Rain, Rain, Come and Stay

Rain, Rain, Come and Stay

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Old Town
By Dana Larson, Jan. 22, 2009

Clouds loomed over Old Town on Thursday, January 16th as residents said goodbye to the sun. “It’s about time,” one resident said. “We could sure use the rain!” According to the San Diego County Water Authority, ... More Post a comment


Booze Ban Driving Homeless Inland?

Booze Ban Driving Homeless Inland?

Bay Park | Clairemont | Downtown | Hillcrest | Linda Vista | Mission Beach | Mission Hills | Mission Valley | Neighborhood News | Ocean Beach | Old Town | Pacific Beach | Point Loma
By Dorian Hargrove, June 30, 2008

Two opposing views regarding the ban on brew at San Diego's beaches inadvertently surfaced during the June 25th meeting of the Ocean Beach town council. When Officer David Surwilo, community liaison for the police department's Western ... More Comments (29)


Pressing Need

Pressing Need

City Lights News | Old Town
By Joe Deegan, Dec. 13, 2007

You decide to take the trolley to Tijuana. The day goes well, and you're ready to start homeward. Before boarding the Blue Line, a cup of coffee at the McDonald's Trolley Station in San Ysidro sounds ... More Post a comment

Hushed House

Old Town | Theater Reviews
By Jeff Smith, Aug. 22, 2007

I have always wanted to turn the eyes of local theater artists outward: have them look at examples of their craft in San Diego at large. Eric Lotze, the award-winning lighting designer for Cygnet, Moxie, and ... More Post a comment


Vitrified Clay Products Corp., 1923

Vitrified Clay Products Corp., 1923

Old Town | Picture Story
By Robert Mizrachi, March 1, 2007

At the corner of Rosecrans and Pacific Highway, 1923. In 1911, three factories fired brick in San Diego; they produced 13 million bricks and grossed $100,000 in revenue. To order this photo please contact the San ... More Post a comment

Around Town New Year's Day

| Coronado | Del Mar | La Jolla | Old Town
By Barbarella , Dec. 28, 2006

O n the first day of the year, the roads are empty and most televisions are tuned to the Rose Parade -- some for the flowers, others in anticipation of the Rose Bowl (USC against Michigan ... More Post a comment

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