February 24, 2025
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2016

31 retired military officers warn of efforts to politicize personnel policy on women and LGBT troops

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

WASHINGTON — Friday, the American Military Partner Association (AMPA), the nation’s largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) military families, responded to the announcement that 31 retired military officers are warning against efforts to politicize personnel policies for minority service members, including women and LGBT troops. In response to potential Trump administration members’…

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San Diego Women’s Chorus to perform two concerts this weekend

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

SAN DIEGO – This weekend the acclaimed 85-voice-strong San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) concludes its 29th season with performances of Everything She Touches, with hundreds of patrons from all over Southern California projected to attend. The concert will take place on Saturday November 19 at 7:00pm and Sunday November 20 at 4:00pm at the beautiful…

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Trump offers Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions attorney general position

Steve Lee, Editor15 mins

President-elect Donald Trump has offered Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions the position of attorney general, the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Sessions, an early Trump backer, is an immigration hard-liner who has been in the Senate since 1997 and previously served as attorney general for the state of Alabama. In 1986 Sessions was rejected as a…

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Labor, civil rights, faith groups urge Trump to denounce hate-fueled incidents

Steve Lee, Editor17 mins

WASHINGTON—Labor, civil rights and faith leaders and others called on President-elect Donald Trump today to unequivocally denounce the hundreds of hate-fueled acts of harassment, vandalism, property destruction and even assault that have happened since his election. During the campaign, Trump’s style was to bully, intimidate and use racist, bigoted and sexist language. He made proposals…

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HRC and Trans People of Color Coalition release new report documenting violence against transgender community

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and the Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC) released A Matter of Life and Death: Fatal Violence Against Transgender People in America 2016, a new, heartbreaking report documenting the often deadly violence faced by the transgender community and exploring the factors that fuel these tragic…

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Verdi’s Falstaff continues San Diego Opera’s mainstage season Feb. 18, 2017

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera’s mainstage season continues Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 with Verdi’s Falstaff. An international cast of opera stars brings the story of Falstaff, Shakespeare’s beloved character from his plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, to life in Verdi’s final opera he composed and only his second comedy. Falstaff…

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UC San Diego Health to open Jacobs Medical Center Nov. 20

Steve Lee, Editor014 mins

SAN DIEGO — UC San Diego Health will open Jacobs Medical Center, a 245-bed medical and surgical specialty hospital, Nov. 20, 2016. Named in recognition of $100 million in gifts from Joan and Irwin Jacobs, the 10-story facility combines renowned physician-scientists and care teams, precision medicine, clinical trials and creative arts and culinary offerings to…

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