Election 2016 preview: State Senate, Assembly and US Congress

Local races for the California legislature are often a snooze fest. Incumbents rarely lose, and the districts have a sufficient partisan lean that successors are anointed by the party or chosen in the primary. Those trends appear likely to hold for incumbent Assemblymembers Marie Waldron (R-75), Brian Maienschein (R-77), Shirley Weber (D-79) and Lorena Gonzalez…

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Firefighters who yelled anti-gay slurs end long-running case with misdemeanor battery

The long-running felony case against three San Diego firefighters ended Monday with their guilty pleas to misdemeanor battery of an intoxicated person in 2012 in Normal Heights. Two brothers who were somewhat intoxicated yelled anti-gay epithets to the off-duty firefighters who also responded with anti-gay slurs even though none of them are gay. It was…

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Urban Pride-San Diego to host a ‘Friends of Dorothy’ Night at CGT’s production of ’The Wiz’

SAN DIEGO – Urban Pride-San Diego, along with Common Ground Theatre (CGT), in collaboration with SDCCD Continuing Education Division, will host a special Friends of Dorothy – LGBT Night” for the production of The Wiz Dec.12 at 7 p.m. at The Educational Cultural Complex in San Diego. This iconic musical, with the book by William…

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Kurt Cunningham Counseling Services Fund established in honor of community activist

SAN DIEGO – In memory of Kurt Cunningham and his passion for ensuring that all community members, regardless of ability to pay, have access to counseling services, the Kurt Cunningham Counseling Services Fund has been established in accordance with his wishes. The purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to community members seeking counseling…

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