SAN DIEGO – Special Delivery, a free nutrition services nonprofit organization serving people with AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and kidney disease in San Diego, has received a grant in the amount of $20,000 from Weingart Foundation, announced Ruth Henricks, executive director. “We are thrilled to receive this very generous…
Well, mark your calendars for Tuesday, Feb. 12 as it is time for another crazy and fun Hillcrest Mardi Gras that promises to be bigger than ever! Bill Hardt Productions which brings you the super-popular annual Zoo Party is the new producer and you all better be ready for a really big wild blowout! Together…
In previous articles, I have written a lot about buying a home or an investment property. Well, if you are fortunate enough to have a home and/or an investment property, or when you do have one in the future, you need to think about the mortgage and its long term effects. The most common loan…
The media can be real Debbie-Downers sometimes. They spend months covering the negative part of a situation. Then it gets resolved and they are on to the next crisis. The Fiscal Cliff is a great example. For several months, there were all kinds of predictions about the bad things about to happen. However, Congress came…
(CNN) — The Boy Scouts of America is considering changing its longstanding policy against allowing openly gay members, according to a release from the organization. The organization, which has 2.7 million members, is “potentially discussing” doing away with its policy after months of nationwide protest, including hundreds of angry Eagle scouts renouncing their hard-earned awards…
PARIS – Days before the French government are due to debate a proposal that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt children in France, more than 100,000 took to the streets of Paris in support of the measure. Guillaume Bonnet of All Out, an LGBT rights pressure group, told the Washington Blade from Paris…
SAN DIEGO – Organizers of the Classic Gran Fondo San Diego announced today that the 2013 edition of the event will be held Sunday, April 14. Steeped in Italian tradition, a gran fondo is a semi-competitive bicycling event, and the Classic San Diego is in its fifth successful year. As always, it will start in…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign today highlighted a new milestone in the march toward full marriage equality: the fall of the empire opposed to same-sex marriage. Widespread losses, sagging poll numbers, and poor investments make it difficult to see how national groups like the so-called National Organization for Marriage remain viable. “The mission of…
We are three weeks into the New Year and most of us have already broken our New Year’s resolutions. That means you need some new ones! Only 8 percent of people stick to their resolutions for the entire year. Many people use the New Year as an opportunity to make some gigantic change. That’s great…
(CNN) — A group of former service members who left the military because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy will get the full separation pay they were denied, according to a recent $2.4 million court settlement. The settlement was announced this week by the American Civil Liberties Union who sued the U.S. government on…
