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Met with mixed response by planning groups, Planning Commission denies recommendation By Ashley Mackin | SDUN Editor After mixed response from planning groups, including the San Diego Planning Commission, the Monument Flag Project will be heard by the City Council on May 15.The Hillcrest Business Association (HBA) is leading the
Painted as a Cover the Night outreach project, Hillcrest mural marked with graffiti on two separate occasions By Ashley Mackin | SDUN Editor Along the wall of Kelly’s Treasures Thrift Store at 815 University Ave. in Hillcrest a mural dedicated to the Kony 2012 campaign has been repainted twice in
By Marc “Mookie” Kaczor | SDUN Reporter The 29th annual Fiesta Old Town celebration, organized by the Historic Old Town Community Foundation, will celebrate Cinco de Mayo and Mexican culture at the site historians refer to as “the birthplace of America.” Old Town San Diego is where missionary Junípero Serra
By Katherine Poythress | SDUN Reporter Cloudy weather was not enough to keep thousands of San Diegans from attending EarthFair on Sunday, April 22. This was the 23rd year for the annual Earth Day event, which attracts approximately 60,000 visitors to Balboa Park. Sponsored by San Diego EarthWorks, a coalition
Some residents consider the electrical transformers an eyesore, magnets for graffiti By Monica Garske | SDUN Reporter Through the Utilities Undergrounding Program, San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) employees are in the midst of moving overhead power lines underground in communities including Kensington and Talmadge. In moving the power lines
Elimination of MAD leaves many unanswered questions By Ashley Mackin | SDUN Editor Many unanswered questions remain with the elimination of the Greater Golden Hill Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) with several economic details still unknown. However, the first official adjustments have been made and the County will henceforth send tax
By Eva Posner | SDUN Reporter In 2011, a group of entrepreneurs in Bankers Hill decided it was time for the community to come into its own, so they came together, to form the Bankers Hill Business Group. Sheryl Thompson, Hillcrest Optical co-owner said, “A lot of people don’t realize
By Margie M. Palmer | SDUN Reporter After many voiced concerns about possible graffiti on the newly constructed Aldine Drive restoration wall, an anti-graffiti coating has been placed. The wall was constructed after an uncommonly high amount of rainfall during the 2004 season eroded sections of slope between Van Dyke
HILLCREST BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR NEXT GUIDE TO FABULOUS The Hillcrest Business Association (HBA), publisher of the Guide to Fabulous 2012, announced the deadline for inclusion in the Guide is May 4. In 2011, 40,000 copies of the Guide were published and distributed throughout San Diego. There are currently
By Ashley Mackin | SDUN Editor The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) is one of the lowest-staffed departments in the country, yet San Diego’s crime rate is at its lowest since 1969. This is in part possible because of the many SDPD Volunteers, who were honored at a luncheon on