Stephen Whitburn, executive director San Diego LGBT Pride announced Friday that the entire trans* community will be their Community Grand Marshal for Pride 2015 with the aim of recognizing and honoring their contributions with the theme Liberty and Justice For All. “Come join in on the fun,” said Whitburn,”Trans* and gender non-conforming individuals, their friends,…
SAN DIEGO — Celebrating the life and legacy of the slain San Francisco supervisor, yesterday’s annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast was a sold-out affair that also paid homage to two Lifetime Achievement Award honorees, Rev. Troy Perry and Phill Wilson. One of the event’s co-founders, Nicole Murray Ramirez, gave the opening remarks and outlined a…
ENCINITAS, Calif. — A San Dieguito Academy student has started a Care2 petition asking Principal Tim Hornig to install a gender-neutral bathroom. The petition has more than 16,000 signatures. Milo Spearman says he started the Care2 petition because there is a growing population of transgender students at the school. “Hopefully if the school creates a…
A nude prowler who claimed he broke into a Spring Valley home only to take a shower has been sentenced to the 37 days he has already spent in jail after he pleaded guilty to aggravated trespassing. Michael David Dolias, 34, pleaded guilty before El Cajon Superior Court Judge Patricia Cookson, who placed him on…
An armed robber who was charged with holding up 11 people in Ocean Beach, Hillcrest, Golden Hill and elsewhere on the same night was sentenced Monday to seven years in state prison. Restitution for the victims against Joseph Andres Garcia, 20, of San Diego, will be determined in a later hearing. San Diego Superior Court…
Pride Music Festival today unveiled the full artist lineup for its five electronic and live stages settled amid the palms of San Diego’s Balboa Park this July 18-19. The list includes current dance, pop, hip-hop, Latin and other acts including Emma Hewitt, Late Night Alumni, Mary Lambert, Ruby Rose, Pierce Fulton, Taryn Manning, Big Freedia,…
An Aug. 26 preliminary hearing has been set for an 18-year-old murder suspect who is accused of fatally stabbing a Chula Vista man following a sexual encounter. The April 23 slaying of Rene Macias Pressa, 44, was initially puzzling because he was found dead outside his home at 45 Third Ave. and there was a…
A preliminary hearing for Ehren Dragt, who is accused of killing his partner in the Escondido residence they shared, has been set for June 25 in Vista Superior Court. Dragt, 35, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Michael Leon Campbell, 44, who was stabbed to death April 25. Escondido Police found his body…
Two gay ex-nurses were sentenced Tuesday to 325 and 365 days in jail respectively for elder abuse of a grandmother they had been hired to care for but were spotted having sex with each other on hidden camera footage. Russell Olvera Torralba, 43, and Alfredo Villagarcia Ruiz, 43, had been free on $200,000 bond, but…
This May is Mental Health Month; Mental Health America of San Diego is raising awareness of the important role mental health plays in our lives and encouraging members of the community to learn more about their own mental health and to take action immediately if they are experiencing symptoms of a mental illness. Mental Health…
