Join Pastor Dan Koeshall, Dec. 24, at the Metropolitan Community Church of San Diego for their special Christmas Eve candlelight services at 5 and 7 p.m. The Met is located at 2633 Denver Street in San Diego. For more information visit themetchurch.org or call 619-521-2222.
NEW YORK – Leopold Kong, Ph.D. of the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla has been awarded one of four grants by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. The grant of $125,000 is part of the sixth round of Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research, designed to support the work of young HIV/AIDS researchers….
CHICAGO – The Illinois State Bar Association’s (ISBA) 203-member policy-making assembly has adopted a proposal rule governing recusal of judges in cases in which a party has made a campaign contribution to the judge. The ISBA will recommend the proposed rule to the Illinois Supreme Court as an amendment to the Illinois Code of Judicial…
For most people, an invitation to sing the national anthem at a San Diego Padres baseball game would be the thrill of a lifetime. Not so for Bobby Thompson. In 2007, with retirement from the U.S. Navy just a few years away, singing publicly with the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus meant he could be…
Three firefighters who are charged with robbery, dissuading a witness and making a criminal threat to two brothers were in court Tuesday and will stand trial Feb. 21, 2013. San Diego Superior Court Judge Charles Rogers was assigned the case for trial Tuesday for Andrew Brennen, 30, Gregory Econie, 27 and Vadid Cisneros, 37, who…
The Women of Color United San Diego, Women’s Resource Center and Passage Playground Productions will be presenting the film premiere and an evening with the cast and director of If I Was Your Girl 2, Dec. 30, 6-9 p.m. at The San Diego LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre Street in San Diego. The director, Coquie…
The City Council vote to confirm Todd Gloria as its new president was so certain Monday that his new nameplate was installed within two minutes of the 9-0 vote. Councilmember Kevin Faulconer – once thought to want the job himself – nominated Gloria to succeed Tony Young, who is stepping down from the Council to…
Following a unanimous vote, Monday, Councilmember Todd Gloria was elected president of the San Diego City Council. As a third generation resident of Hillcrest, Gloria has represented District 3 since 2008. The District includes the neighborhoods of Balboa Park, City Heights, Golden Hill, Hillcrest, Kensington, Normal Heights, North Park, South Park, Talmadge and University Heights….
Working families advocate Lorena Gonzalez has announced she will run for the 80th state Assembly District, vowing to seek the seat once it is vacated by the current assemblymember, Ben Hueso. Gonzalez will seek election as early as this year if Assemblymember Hueso is elected to the state Senate in a special election this spring….
The Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (HWE) holiday concert will feature music from The Nutcracker. The concert, to be held 8 p.m. Friday Dec. 14 at the Joan Kroc Theater, 6845 University Ave., will include The San Diego Dance Company with The Wheel Chair Dancers doing modern and interpretive dance to this Tchaikovsky masterpiece. Lighter holiday classics…
