The board of directors of Stepping Stone of San Diego has announced that Catherine Aquino, B.S., M.D. will assume the role of interim chief executive director of the organization. Aquino, who has worked at Stepping Stone since 2008 and was promoted to director of operations in 2011, will begin this interim role immediately. John DeMiranda,…
La Vista Memorial Park, National City will celebrate Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, Friday, Nov. 2 5-9 p.m. The event started in 2009 when General Manager Luisa McCarthy realized the park didn’t partake in the celebration of Día de los Muertos. “I wanted to celebrate the passing of my father,” McCarthy…
Three San Diego firefighters will stand trial Nov. 21 on charges of robbery, dissuading a witness, and making a criminal threat to two brothers in an alcohol-laced incident in which both the victims and the firefighters yelled anti-gay comments to each other. After an 8-day preliminary hearing last month, a judge threw out felony charges…
Just before the City Council voted 8-0 last week to approve GPS monitoring devices on city vehicles, Third District Councilmember Todd Gloria wanted to know if the new mayor’s official car would include a Global Positioning System on the vehicle. Tony Heinrichs, the director of the public works department, laughed and said his department “would…
Perfectly timed with Halloween, Onstage Playhouse community theater at 291 Third Ave. in Chula Vista, is presenting the San Diego premiere of The Sugar Witch, a Southern Gothic drama set in the Florida swamp. Onstage’s penultimate production of the year tells the story of a family faced with seemingly endless tragedy and the attempts to…
The San Diego Democrats for Equality 2012 Freedom Awards will be held Saturday Nov. 17 at “1202,” the new nightclub on the corner of Vermont and University Avenue located at 1202 University Ave. The event begins at 6 p.m. The focus of this year’s awards will be a tribute to the legacy of Sen. Christine…
Being Alive, the largest continually operating support service organization for people living with HIV, will pre-launch their Ribbons of Hope fundraising campaign Oct. 26, 5-7 p.m. at Bamboo Lounge, 1475 University Ave. in Hillcrest. The Ribbons of Hope campaign will run from Nov. 1–Jan. 1, 2013 and involves 42 local businesses that will ask their…
BY JONATHAN YOUNG Lance Bass is accustomed to being in the spotlight. He’s performed with the record-breaking NSYNC, trained to be an astronaut, cut a rug with swing dance champ Lacey Schwimmer on Dancing with the Stars and has revealed to the world he is gay with a cover story in People magazine – just…
In an email exchange between San Diego Democrats for Equality and Hale Media Oct. 10, Hale Media indicated it would not accept any political ads that support mayoral candidate Bob Filner. The local political organization wanted to place a leaderboard advertisement on San Diego Gay and Lesbian News (SDGLN), a Hale Media Web site. The…
Amid allegations of a conflict of interest, exclusion of their own members from a contracting opportunity and violations of a contract with the City of San Diego, the Hillcrest Business Association (HBA) has rescinded a bid award for the Hillcrest Light Canopy. The Hillcrest Business Association issued a bid award to Berg Electric, an Escondido…
