Little Italy is a neighborhood in downtown San Diego. Originally, it was a predominately Italian fishing neighborhood. It has gone through major change over the years and now Little Italy is a hip urban neighborhood composed mostly of restaurants, retail shops, home design stores, art galleries and residential condos. Little Italy has been a stable…
Born and raised in Brockton, Mass. Bonnie Dumanis, San Diego County’s district attorney since 2003, describes her upbringing as scrappy, and the neighborhood where she was raised as “fighting.” In fact, her father went to school with the mythical boxing champ, Rocky Marciano. Today, Dumanis (60) is fighting some tough competition of her own as…
Next year may see the election of the first LGBT Member of Congress from California. Openly gay Mark Takano, born and raised in Riverside, Calif., is the only Democrat running in a strongly Democratic-leaning open seat in Riverside County. The new 41st District has a seven percent Democratic registration advantage. President Obama won there by…
Although his exact date of birth has eluded this reporter and his best research skills, one thing that is certain, this week marks the birthday of civil rights legend and San Diego LGBT Weekly columnist, Nicole Murray Ramirez, also known as Empress Nicole the Great, The Queen Mother of the Americas within the Imperial Court…
EXCLUSIVE San Diego resident William X. Walters, 30, has filed a federal civil rights claim against the San Diego Police Dept. after he was arrested for public nudity, a violation of Municipal Code 56.53, during the 2011 San Diego LGBT Pride festival held in July at Balboa Park. Walters contends that police, with involvement and…
The wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former LGBT Pride executive director, Ron deHarte has been quietly settled out of court, with the amount and terms undisclosed. “I’m pleased with the outcome. I’m not permitted to talk about the settlement,” said deHarte Monday. “I’m not permitted to talk about the case at all.” DeHarte was fired…
North Park welcomes the 48th Annual North Park Toyland Parade and Holiday Fair this Saturday, Dec. 3 starting at 11 a.m. The historic parade will travel down University Avenue between Utah and Iowa Streets, with marching bands, upbeat dance groups, vintage cars, beauty queens, city officials and more. Santa Claus will be riding atop his…
As reported at LGBTweekly.com this week, San Diegans Billy Canu and husband Michael Harbron were flying home after spending Thanksgiving away with friends and relatives. Canu, CEO and cofounder of a successful search engine optimization and Web marketing services firm with offices in San Diego and London, and Harbron say they got a rude awakening…
Pleasures & Treasures’ new location in Hillcrest is where you need to be Friday night from 7-10 p.m. if you’re a fan of that eternally young and beautiful bruiser named Tom of Finland, for a fundraiser to support emerging LGBT artists and makers of LGBT art. Billed as a place where you can “explore your…
