SAN DIEGO – Equality California announced today the endorsement of Assemblymember Ben Hueso for the 40th District of the state Senate, representing Imperial County and parts of San Diego and Riverside Counties. Hueso currently represents the 80th District of the state Assembly, and is running to replace Rep. Juan Vargas, who won election to U.S….
Volunteers with the Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization working to achieve equality through community service activities, worked alongside members of the faith-based community and other San Diego organizations to clean up Cholas Creek and the grounds of The Jacobs Center for Innovation as part of…
The GLBT Historic Task Force has announced today that the first lady of San Diego Bronwyn Ingram has agreed to co- chair the San Diego AIDS Memorial coalition. Ingram said, “I am honored to co-chair the coalition to establish a San Diego AIDS Memorial. It is so important at this time to increase the momentum…
San Diego Opera’s mission of including new and unusual works alongside timeless classics continues when the company presents the West Coast premiere of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross the Face of the Moon), a mariachi opera, Saturday, March 16, for two performances only at 2 and 7 p.m. The renowned Mariachi Vargas…
The San Diego GLBT Historic Task Force has announced that they will lead a campaign to create an AIDS Memorial for San Diego. “More than 7,600 men, women and children have died of AIDS in San Diego County,” stated City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez. “It is long overdue that we commemorate and remember their lives…
Lorena Gonzalez has been endorsed by Assemblyman Henry T. Perea, her campaign announced today. Perea is chairman of the Assembly Committee on Insurance and the Assembly Moderate Caucus and a key leader in policy dealing with job creation in California. His endorsement is the latest significant benchmark of support for Gonzalez, who has racked up…
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Western States Council has endorsed Lorena Gonzalez for the 80th Assembly District, her campaign announced today. The UFCW Western States Council is the regional governing body of 11 UFCW local unions representing over 200,000 workers in California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. The Council is a part of the…
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner will be the first guest at the San Diego Press Club’s Newsmakers2013 breakfast series at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at the New School of Architecture and Design, 1249 F Street, in downtown San Diego. The event will be moderated by NBC 7 San Diego political reporter Gene Cubbison, host…
Being Alive, the longest, continually operating support service organization for people living with HIV/AIDS in San Diego County presents A Sweet Affair, a dessert and wine fundraising social to be held Friday, Feb. 8 7-9 p.m. at the Mezzanine Art Gallery, 2525 University Ave. Entry is through Pleasures and Treasures. More than seven bakeries will…
The first GSDBA Young Professionals Professional Development group meeting of the year will be held Jan, 21 6-7:30 p.m. at the Hillcrest Brewing Company, 1458 University Ave. in San Diego. The GSDBA launched the Young Professionals Professional Development group to help groom and foster the next generation of young professionals into seasoned and mature leaders…
