Tom McSorley, former resource development director at Townspeople, a local nonprofit organization aimed at providing housing for San Diego’s most vulnerable families and individuals, is blowing the whistle on what he believes is fraud at the organization. A Web site McSorley has published, jonpderryberry.com, purports to document $200 to $300,000 of funds Derryberry is allegedly…
Assemblymember Toni Atkins has announced that the California legislature have voted to adopt an on-time state budget. The budget closes the $20 billion structural deficit California faced just 18 months ago, turning it into a $2 billion surplus reserve by fiscal year 2015/2016. Calling the budget “responsible but painful” Atkins said, “State spending, as a…
The Black Storytellers of San Diego (BSSD) present The Things They Carried, a closing ceremony honoring veterans featuring master storytellers Victoria Burnett and Mitch “Gran’ daddy Junebug” Capel Tuesday, June 26 6 p.m. at the USS Midway museum, 910 N. Harbor Drive in San Diego. BSSD is a 501c3 organization and its mission is to…
The stock market had a nice increase over the first four months of the year. But now it’s been going down for May and June. Maybe it’s due to the Greek debt problem, or Spain’s bank bailout, or slow U.S. job growth. It’s enough to make you go crazy. But should it? Heck no! None…
The Faith-Based Working Group (FBWG) of the Kemet Coalition will be hosting a National HIV Testing Day event Sunday, June 24, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The event will take place in the parking lot of the Rite Aid Pharmacy at 1735 Euclid Ave. San Diego. Along with HIV testing, the event will provide advocacy, education,…
San Diego LGBT Pride has announced that it has formed a Diversity Task Force. More than 26 local diversity organizations were invited to participate and currently 17 individuals are a part of this working group. Some of the diverse identities represented on the task force are bisexual, gender queer, Latino, black, leather, gay men, lesbians,…
Recently, San Diego LGBT Weekly welcomed San Diego State University educator, Pat Washington, who is running for a California State Assembly seat in the 79th District. Washington, a married, openly lesbian candidate with a strong focus on education as the foundation for her campaign platform, gets downright fiery when talking about the needs of the…
