University Hills is a neighborhood in northeastern Los Angeles, California. It is bordered by El Sereno on the north and west, City Terrace on the south, Alhambra on the north-east, and Monterey Park on the south-east. Downtown Los Angeles skyline facing northeast toward the San Gabriel Mountains on a clear winter day. ... Alhambra is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Monterey Park is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...

Major thoroughfares include Eastern Avenue, Marianna Avenue, and Valley Boulevard. The San Bernardino and Pasadena freeways run along the district's southern and eastern edges, respectively. The San Bernardino Freeway is the assigned name of an approximately 60-mile long segment of Interstate 10 (I-10) between the cities of Los Angeles, California and San Bernardino, California. ... California State Route 110 extends from from California State Route 47 in San Pedro, California to Glenarm Street in Pasadena, California, USA. Most of Route 110 south of Interstate 10 is designated Interstate 110; the southernmost section is again signed as a state route. ...

University Hills is the site of California State University, Los Angeles. It occupies nearly 200 acres on a hilltop site that affords views of the mountains to the north, the San Gabriel Valley to the east, metropolitan Los Angeles to the west, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Catalina Island to the south. Cal State LA campus California State University, Los Angeles (often shortened and referred to as CSULA or Cal State LA) is a state-run public university located in Los Angeles (near Alhambra). ... The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. ... Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. ... Avalon Bay is a beautiful bay on Catalina Island. ...

History

University Hills is nestled among shifting and swirling hills on a site that once housed one of California's 36 original adobes. It was built in 1776 by Franciscan missionaries and destroyed by fire in 1908. These lands once were part of a Spanish land grant known as the Rancho Rosa Castilla, created by the family of Juan Batista Batz, a Basque rancher from northern Spain who settled here in the 1850s. The inspiration for the name of the ranch, according to local historians, was the wild rose that once grew near the ranch home.

The increase in real estate activity in Southern California during the early 2000s, has made University Hills---with its beautiful scenic views and central location---an attractive neighborhood for professionals seeking alternatives to the suburbs and the lower Northeast Side. Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburban redirects here. ... The Westside as seen looking north from Loyola Marymount University . ...

External links

• University Hills Association (http://www.universityhillsassociation.com/)