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At the recent University Heights Forum, Uptown Planners Chair Leo Wilson discussed revisions of the Uptown Community Plan (UCP). Held on Feb. 9, the meeting addressed plan elements and Wilson’s concerns with San Diego Association of Government’s (SANDAG) statistics, on which certain elements of the plan are based.
For collector and owner of the J.A. Cooley Museum, Jim Cooley, it’s funny that more people are familiar with his automobile museum from other parts of the world than his University Heights neighbors.
He said it’s been that way for almost 60 years and that his 26-car collection, which includes cars from 1886 through 1933, is a magnetic attraction from afar.
A fire at Alice Birney Elementary School at 4345 Campus Ave. marks the fourth arson-related fire in University Heights in less than one month. On Jan. 16, San Diego Fire and Rescue (SDFR) was called to the school for a two-alarm fire.
Though unrelated, a Kingdom Hall for Jehovah’s Witnesses in University Heights experienced three arson attempts, which took place on Dec. 20, 2011, Dec. 30, 2011, and Jan. 3.
The Kingdom Hall for Jehovah’s Witnesses, located at 2035 Adams Ave. in University Heights, had three separate arson attempts in two weeks. Two were successful. The first fire was set on Dec. 20, 2011; the second took place on Dec. 30, 2011. The third, which failed to ignite, was on Jan. 3.
Though the memoir is an entire publication of one person’s story, told entirely through their perspective, the role of the memoir is greater than that. It is not about who can tell the most outlandish story but who can tell their personal story in a way universal enough so the audience can relate.
The family that owns Park Blvd. Laundry at 4209 Park Blvd. was accustomed to a regular schedule until the prospect of owning their own business and working with family lured them into more offbeat hours. “We used to work normal nine-to-five type jobs but wanted more time to raise our three children [and] a relative had a Laundromat which offered more work flexibility and similar income,” said Lee Zucker, one of the owners.
Packed almost to the rafters on a chilly Thursday evening, Taste of Thai noisily affirmed the dining magnet that Hillcrest has become in the last two decades. It wasn’t always this way.
With each year that passes, people celebrate old Father Time being reborn as a fresh-faced New Year’s baby. It’s a time for new beginnings, letting go of the past and, of course, lots of celebratingand revelry! What better place is there to welcome the dawn of 2011 than right here in your own community? Whether it’s popping some bubbly in Hillcrest, fine dining in Banker’s Hill or bar hopping in North Park, Uptown News has 10 suggestions to help you ring in the New Year.
University Heights will be the site of a trio of community events on Sept. 12 from noon to 5 p.m.
The Taste of University Heights and the University Heights Arts Open will run concurrently in the neighborhood tucked between Hillcrest and North Park. Local officials will also mark the 100th birthday of the 1910 State Normal School Training Building with comments in front of the structure, located at the Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal St
To the uninformed observer, North Park Music Thing can look deceivingly like one big party. Yes, the booze, the music and the masses of people having an inordinate amount of fun could make it appear so but in its third consecutive year, the festival is nothing short of instrumental for the local music scene