Middletown News & Stories
So, we’re going medieval for Halloween this year, thinking up costumes that can do double duty at Renaissance fairs (don’t ask). Fifteen years ago, I would have jumped at the chance to play a princess. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Su-Mei called the city. That's what the fish guy said. "I'm Victor fucking Joseph, and if I wanna sell black pepper chicken, ain't nobody gonna stop me." A squat keg of a man with a …
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 …
"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 …
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 …
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 …
Toko, Antiquities of the Orient 3241 Fifth Avenue, Middletown 619-542-1226 Architect-engineer Eric Fotiadi wanted to do something else. He was vacationing on the French island of Ré when a friend suggested Javanese antiques. "I was …
Windsock Bar and Grill 2904 Pacific Highway, Midtown (619) 297-0866 Ever seen one of those wasps with long legs that dangle as they fly? The British Airways 747-400 coming in over the parking building on …
Bar Dynamite 1808 West Washington, Midtown (619) 295-8743 This place was a real grotto. No, a bunker, down there at the bottom of Washington Street by the I-5 overpass. There was a bad old painting …