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Hillcrest Pride Flag to fly high after ceremony Friday night

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
July 19th, 2012

SAN DIEGO – After months of planning, fundraising and hard work, a rainbow flag will finally fly permanently over Hillcrest.

Friday at 6:30 pm, the Hillcrest Pride Flag will be raised for the first time during a special ceremony that will kick off “America’s Pride” weekend in San Diego. Community members who attend San Diego Pride’s annual Spirit of Stonewall Rally, which will be held on Harvey Milk and Normal streets in Hillcrest, will be able to witness the flag’s first official raising at the end of the program.

VIDEO: Second annual Amazing High Heel Race steps out Saturday

SDGLN Staff
June 12th, 2012

SAN DIEGO – Hillcrest will be taken over by men and women donning their highest high heels this Saturday for the second annual Amazing High Heel Race, a benefit for the Hillcrest Business Association’s community beautification projects.

The event, a neighborhood scavenger hunt in which participants must wear high heels to complete, celebrates the diversity of Hillcrest, which is known to be one of San Diego’s most vibrant neighborhoods.

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VIDEO: Sharon Needles crowned "America's Next Drag Superstar"

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
May 1st, 2012

SAN DIEGO – West Coast fans who had the patience to ignore national news sites and social media that shared the winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” after it aired on the East Coast three hours earlier seemed pleased with RuPaul’s crowning of Sharon Needles as “America’s Next Drag Superstar.”

Native San Diego contestant Chad Michaels, who remains a fan favorite, was thought by many to be the natural winner, because of his style and look, performance ability, experience, and class on and off stage.

Martinis Above Fourth to change ownership in mid-October

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
September 27th, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- The owners of Martinis Above Fourth announced on Monday the sale of their popular Hillcrest bar, restaurant and community gathering spot to longtime San Diego residents Jim Simpson and Doru Tifui.

The venue, affectionately known by many in the community as MA4, has been owned by Chaz Weathers, Dale Dubach and John Osgood since 2004. In the nearly eight years that the trio has operated MA4, it has been transformed into a popular social hub playing host to numerous birthday and special occasion celebrations, live performances and charitable fundraisers.

VIDEO: New Hillcrest sign installed, to be re-lit Sunday during CityFest

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
August 11th, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- Hillcrest is about to get a little bit brighter again. The iconic neighborhood sign that has hung over University Avenue near Fifth Avenue for decades was replaced early today with a new sign that includes LED technology.

Crews worked during the wee hours this morning to install the new $40,000 sign in time for a re-lighting ceremony Sunday during the 27th annual Hillcrest CityFest event.

VIDEOS: First annual Amazing High Heel Race raises funds for Hillcrest rainbow flag pole project

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
July 13th, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- Hillcrest is a few steps closer toward being a bit more colorful thanks to an army of high heel stomping community members and other donors who participated in and supported the Amazing High Heel Race.

More than $25,000 was raised as a result of the effort, which included a combination of donations from event participants and "legacy contributions" from four local business owners.

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