The first mayoral debate among the four leading candidates at the U.S. Grant Hotel, presented by the Lincoln Club of San Diego County was, by all measures, a draw. The following is this reporter’s analysis of each candidate’s performance at the debate. City Councilman Carl DeMaio While DeMaio started out stiff, he soon relaxed and…
Pug Rescue of San Diego County, an all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing unwanted, neglected, abandoned and relinquished pugs, will host its third annual Pugs ‘n Kisses event Sat., Feb. 4 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Fido & Co., Canine Country Club, located at 1228 University Ave. in Hillcrest. The fundraiser kicks off…
BY MIKE SPRADLEY The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) is currently looking for any information that leads to the arrest of a suspect linked to several robberies in the Hillcrest, North Park and Uptown neighborhoods. The suspect, who was described as a black male, approximately mid-to late 40s, 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing…
MONROVIA, Liberia – Liberia’s House of Representatives speaker has said no gay rights bills will make progress during his tenure. Pink News.co.uk reported that Alex J Tyler, a member of the Unity Party, told the Truth FM Breakfast Show that any law enshrining equal rights for gays would be immoral. Tyler was recently re-elected for…
The list is legend The GayVNs. The Grabbys. The Hookies. The XBiz Awards. The Hard Choice Awards. Presented in venues across the country from New York to Chicago to Los Angeles and celebrating the movers and shakers of a multibillion-dollar industry, gay-porn award programs are as diverse and sometimes as kitschy as the people they…
After being out of the public eye for more than 20 years Kristy McNichol has decided to come out as a lesbian to help kids who are being bullied. People magazine reports McNichol, 49, who has lived with her partner Martie Allen for the last 20 years, has decided to make a statement about her…
Fletcher’s support for LGBT rights? Dear Editor, I have read the many words Nicole [Murray Ramirez] has penned in the past months in praise of Mr. (Assemblyman Nathan) Fletcher, and I am at a loss to understand Nicole’s thought processes. I concur strongly (with) Mr. Corbin’s editorial statement in the LGBT Weekly of Jan. 12,…
In the real estate world, “commercial real estate” refers to office buildings, retail space, apartments and basically any property other than single family residential that is designated for some kind of a business. There are also mixed use properties that are considered commercial which are a mix of both commercial and residential. Like all real…
About ten minutes after the end of maudlin 9/11 drama Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, I was standing outside the theater, feeling the tears drying on my face and the crying jags subside, and I got angry. I asked my friend who I now feel guilty for bringing along, “Why in the world was it…
