University Heights News

Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 7:08 p.m. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego has amassed a large library of art-related materials through the decades and its holdings are now being transferred to the newly renovated UC San Diego Arts Library.

Sitting quietly in an unassuming storefront on Adams Avenue, in the University Heights area of San Diego, Cantina Mayahuel is small and easy-to-miss. If you are in the San Diego area, make it a point to stop at this tequila bar and restaurant, which offers an excellent selection of over 100 artisanal tequilas and some of the best mole in the city.

A suspect charged with murdering an 80-year-old Hemet-area man and encasing his body in concrete tried to kill himself in jail early Monday, the morning of a court hearing to determine whether he should go to trial.

Our eight great weekend tips are packed with opportunities to have fun and do good.

Ballast Point Brewing Company's got craft beer locked down, so now it's out to conquer the artisan-spirits world.

University Heights have opened a new spot, Tao, at 3332 Adams Ave. in Normal Heights.

The Oceanaire Inc., owner of 12 restaurants nationwide, including The Oceanaire Seafood Room in the Gaslamp Quarter, announced this week that it has reached a restructuring agreement in federal bankruptcy court that it hopes will rescue it from financial trouble.

A man accused of setting a dozen fires in San Diego over a two-hour period after becoming upset with paramedics will be examined by doctors to see if he's mentally competent to stand trial, a judge ruled today.

Adams Avenue runs through the San Diego urban neighborhoods of University Heights, Normal Heights and Kensington.

No, it's not a massage parlor. University Heights' new Loving Hut is the latest outpost of a vegan restaurant chain that has other locations in California and Asia.

A man walked in a crowded check cashing business in University Heights, grabbed money from a register and then fired one round before running out, police said Saturday.