Smart City San Diego and the San Diego Zoo have announced they will install a solar photovoltaic canopy that will charge electric vehicles (EVs) in the Zoo parking lot. Smart City San Diego is a collaboration that combines the resources of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), City of San Diego, GE, University of California…
A reminder from San Diego Hoops basketball league: To be eligible to be drafted for the 2012-2013 regular season, players must attend one of three coaches reviews. There is no cost to play on those dates, and they will act as regular open gym once the coaches get through the players who haven’t been reviewed…
A standing-room-only crowd packed the Marriott Mission Valley Hotel last week for the 37th annual Nicky Awards, sometimes called the “gay Oscars of San Diego.” True to that billing, the Nickys included a live red carpet kick-off where interviews were conducted with local VIPs and personalities en route to the ballroom. Allan Spyere, president of…
The San Diego Democrats for Equality will be co-hosting an Obama Watch Party tonight at 6 p.m. to watch President Obama’s speech as he officially accepts the Democratic Party nomination at the convention. The event will take place upstairs at The Range, at their new location at 1202 University Ave. in San Diego. Admission is…
San Diego’s only LGBT comedy show returns Sept. 13 with a line-up featuring Sean Wherley, Bijan Mostafavi, Lauren Holiday, Sarah Burford, and headliner Teddy Margas. The Laugh Out Proud Comedy Show begins at 8 p.m. and is held at Martinis Above Fourth, 3940 Fourth Ave. in San Diego. Margas is a comedian and actor who…
The Old Globe will team with the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego (JAHSSD) to present Allegiance: A San Diego Perspective, a museum exhibition about the Japanese American internment during World War II and how it affected San Diego County and its citizens. The exhibition, presented in conjunction with the world premiere of Allegiance…
The inaugural Giro di San Diego Gran Fondo, a two-day bike festival, will take place in Solana Beach Sept. 15 and 16. The festival, organized by GranFondo Cycling Tours aims to “bring the heart and passion of Italian cycling to San Diego.” Events will be available for all levels of riders, recreational to professional, with…
Legislation authored by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, which redirects under-utilized housing funds to multi-family projects that provide homes for low income residents and reduce homelessness, has been passed by the state legislature and sent to the governor for his signature. AB 1951 shifts $30 million from unused funds within the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund…
Paul Davis has been organizing the Summer of Love Pool Party for more than a decade. Originally organized 12 years ago as “the Luau,” the event is a get-wet-and-have-fun summer classic, which Davis says is one of the most anticipated get-togethers in San Diego’s LGBT community. More than 130 people attended the 2012 Summer of…
Positively Aware, a magazine devoted to HIV treatment and wellness published bi-monthly by Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) in Chicago, is sponsoring A Day with HIV, an annual photo essay to be published in the forthcoming November/December issue. Each day across the globe almost 7,000 people, including 900 children, will contract HIV, joining an estimated…
