SAN DIEGO – Paul Downey, president and CEO of Serving Seniors, has been unanimously elected by his peers to Chair the California Commission on Aging (CCoA) for a one-year term. “Paul has had a great impact on local and national aging initiatives over his 20-year career,” Assembly Speaker Emeritus Toni G. Atkins said. “His election…
SAN DIEGO – Scripps Health’s five hospital campuses have each been recognized as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” in the Healthcare Equality Index 2016, an annual survey conducted by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organization. The survey is used to…
Sentencing is set for April 20 for the drunk driver who killed Hillcrest hair stylist Oscar Melero in 2015 and he is expected to get 14 years and eight months in state prison. Melero, 52, was killed Feb. 15, 2015 while he was waiting around 7 a.m. in his car to participate in the California…
Go west this spring as the award-winning San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus premieres its highly anticipated new show California Dreamin’ at the historic Balboa Theatre April 23 and 24. Created by Artistic Director RC Haus, this fun-in-the-sun show features songs with a decidedly Californian flair. There will be Disneyland princesses gloriously proclaiming love, a medley…
Georgette Gómez is one of four Latino candidates running to fill the San Diego City Council seat now occupied by Marti Emerald; but she’s the only candidate who identifies as a “queer woman of color.” District 9 encompasses the neighborhoods of Alvarado Estates, City Heights, College Area, College View Estates, El Cerrito, Kensington, Talmadge, Mount…
SAN DIEGO – Anthony Bernal, a candidate for San Diego City Council in District Three, challenged the Chargers today to come up with a financing plan for a new stadium that works for San Diego taxpayers, and said he would like to work with them to get it done. A football fan himself, Bernal would like to…
The San Diego Police Officers Association (SDPOA) has endorsed Chris Ward for San Diego City Council District Three. “With staffing numbers lower than they were 10 years ago, the San Diego Police Department continues to lose more than 13 officers a month. These losses are a public safety issue to our neighborhoods,” said Brian Marvel,…
SAN DIEGO — The sentencing of an ex-Compton school board official who was convicted of a sex crime on a man was delayed Monday until April 18 because the probation department wants a psychiatric evaluation as part of their sentencing report to the judge. Skyy de Anthony Fisher, 32, was found guilty Jan. 28 of…
San Diego has a new anonymous online community resource in Poz Link (www.pozlinksd.com) for people living with HIV that provides valuable support and information that can be accessed from phone, tablet or computer. Poz Link is a free online and social community for individuals living with HIV and those who care about them. Developed by…
Annual Meeting Features Candidates Forum Hillcrest Town Council chair, Luke Terpstra is retiring after cementing the neighborhood organization’s role as an influential voice in San Diego politics and planning policy during the past five years. Widely regarded as a unifying figure amid a personality-rich and passion-charged Hillcrest community, Terpstra’s colleagues say he will be missed…
