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Hillcrest Events

Hillcrest Farmers' Market Department of Motor Vehicles	Sunday, January 20, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
4 week Cuban Dance Series Coriography	Tuesday, January 22, 7:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Realities of the Current Border Situation Joyce Beers Uptown Community Center	Tuesday, January 22, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Esera Tuaolo Martinis Above Fourth \| Table + Stage	Wednesday, January 23, 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

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Hillcrest News & Stories

Best driving shortcuts for 2019

Kearny Villa to Ruffin as alternative to I-15

On Oct. 9, 1975, the Reader published a story on driving shortcuts. It was written by then cabbie Ray Lilly and contained 14 San Diego shortcuts when gas went for about $.57 per gallon. In ...

Hillcrest: gayborhood or ghetto?

Falling behind Little Italy and North Park

To some, Hillcrest is little more than 40 acres of overpriced, rambling urbanity to be avoided. Such Hillcrest-averse see two problems: scarce parking, and a homeless crisis that seems “worse than Ocean Beach.” “Currently the ...

Finest City Improv jumps from Lafayette to Sixth Ave.

Heart of Hillcrest gets long-form comedy

Earlier this year, news broke that a longtime eatery in North Park, The Red Fox Steakhouse and Piano Bar, was going to vacate its current location in the Lafayette Hotel. It came as a surprise ...

An almost everything-free bakery

No gluten, no dairy, no soy, no eggs, no nuts. Just tasty pastries.

A sign near the door of this bakery promises all goods are free of gluten, soy, dairy, eggs, tree nuts, and peanuts. What’s left? I’m forced to wonder. Starry Lane Bakery originally opened out in ...

One more craving

Park Blvd. croissants come close to Paris

It was my wife’s birthday and I was on a quest: To find a really superlative chocolate croissant. Here’s the backstory: We got engaged in Paris back in 2000, and one of the other highlights ...