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Hillcrest Photos

The Hillcrest bike corral outside Filter ...

The Hillcrest tree of life

Spruce Street Bridge, Hillcrest

Busy Hillcrest street right before Christmas.

Hillcrest Events

Pink BoomBox Revue

Pink BoomBox Revue

Brass Rail

Thursday, May 23, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
'80s vs. Rockabilly vs. Rock-n-Roll

'80s vs. Rockabilly vs. Rock-n-Roll

Flame

Thursday, May 23, 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.

DIG IT!

Bread and Cie

Thursday, May 23, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Ion Theatre

Thursday, May 23, 8 p.m.
SXO, Shake Before Us, Duping the Public

SXO, Shake Before Us, Duping the Public

Ruby Room

Friday, May 24, 8 p.m.

Total number of events in Hillcrest: 32

Hillcrest Articles

New Walgreens store rises on University Ave. in Hillcrest

Community leaders hope for a good neighbor

The long-planned, controversial Walgreens store in Hillcrest is well under construction at 301 University Avenue. The former vacant structure, last used for medical offices, was on the site located directly across University from Urban Mo's ...

Will Barton thought he was dead

Will Barton was walking home late one night in October 2012 when Philip Martin Hernandez, on a crime rampage with his young wife (Cindy Altamirano Garcia), shot him a few times and left him for dead. As he struggles to heal, health insurance companies create barriers.

Fender-bender on University Avenue

Parking meter the only casualty

Police and emergency personnel were called to the scene of an accident on Thursday, April 18, at approximately 4:50 p.m., after an elderly woman drove her car over the curb on the north side of ...

Stepping into Mission Valley from Hillcrest

Heymatt: About 30 years ago I heard about some concrete stairs leading from the area around UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest down to Mission Valley. I went exploring and found them, but I only went ...

Drill, Baby, Drill in Hillcrest

Patrons at the Uptown shopping center were treated to several hours of deafening noise today, November 14, as Boart Longyear Drilling Services drilled 147 feet below the surface of the parking lot. Workers on the ...

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