Two men have pleaded guilty to multiple charges in the “smash and grab” burglary series in Hillcrest and Normal Heights in which the bandits broke windows in restaurants and fled with cash from the registers. Carlos Carranza Castaneda, 25, pleaded guilty to burglarizing the Saffron restaurant, at 3731 India St., and D’Angelo’s Pizza, at 4592…
You have to tell somebody. There’s a secret inside you, one you’ve been keeping far too long and you’re about to burst. You need to talk about it. You need some advice, some perspective. As in the new novel Naughtier than Nice by Eric Jerome Dickey, if you don’t talk about this issue soon, it…
Chelsea Manning, who is currently serving 35 years for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks launched a Christmas attack against Caitlyn Jenner saying she ‘sold out’ the trans movement. The Daily Mail reported that Manning criticized the reality star over Christmas Eve on Twitter writing, ‘In 2015 @CaitlynJenner was the Grinch who stole (& sold out)…
It was every kid’s nightmare…clothes for Christmas! Toys were in great demand in those early days of life and nothing else seemed to matter. The older you get the more you’ll just settle for good health and the chance to make it to another Christmas. What a difference that hourglass of time can make. When…
A transgender couple in Ecuador have made history with a unique pregancy, believed to be the first of its kind in South America. The Associated Press reports that Fernando Machado and Diane Rodriguez went public with the pregnancy through Facebook, announcing that the father-to-be is carrying the baby. The report states that Rodriguez, who was…
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At the Metropolitan Community Church of San Diego, (aka The Met and MCC) we are an open and affirming faith community. With roots in the teachings and spiritual practices of Christianity, we are also respectful of the rich wisdom of other faith traditions. We affirm each individual as a unique and gifted creation of God….
Dec. 21, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final blood donation guidelines. The policy updated blood donor deferral recommendations, which they stated would reflect “the most current scientific evidence and to help ensure continued safety of the blood supply by reducing the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission by blood and blood products.”…
In my last article, I discussed the forces at work in the real estate market driving sales ratios and prices. Most notably, the three factors slowing the number of sales were low inventories, interest rate concerns and most especially, the lack of affordability. The California Association of Realtors is constantly tracking all sorts of variables…
Todd Haynes’ 2002 film Far from Heaven was a melodramatic homage to Douglas Sirk’s sweeping, nearly camp 1950s domestic dramas like Imitation of Life and All that Heaven Allows. While Far from Heaven certainly works on its own terms – Julianne Moore’s forbidden romance with Dennis Haysbert is archly gorgeous – it was hard not…
