Survey reports nearly all participants attend ‘CicloSDias’ for safe space to ride and walk

SAN DIEGO – A post-event survey issued today by CirculateSD recorded that nearly 83 percent of respondents dined at local restaurants along the CicloSDias route and 85 percent said they would return to the Hillcrest and Bankers Hill neighborhoods for future dining and shopping. The same survey showed three quarters of respondents attended CicloSDias to…

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Harvey Milk’s officially closes forever; some employees remain disgruntled

Today the official closure of Harvey Milk’s American Diner was announced.  The online announcement, by owner Frank Lechner, stated that the diner was officially closed for good and that all the employees had been paid. LGBT Weekly reached out to Lechner for comment but he was unavailable at press time. LGBT Weekly did speak with…

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Hillcrest Business Improvement Association under fire for ‘sham’ hiring process

International photographer and San Diego community activist, David Lundin has a problem with the Hillcrest Business Improvement Association. Actually, Lundin has several problems with HBIA, not least among them what he calls “the sham hiring process” that last summer led to the re-hiring of Benjamin Nicholls as the organization’s executive director. Lundin has asked the…

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Harvey Milk’s American Diner releases statement on closure

Following the sudden closure of Harvey Milk’s American Diner last Thursday, information about the future of the restaurant has been confined to speculation on Facebook. Originally the owners of the Diner had indicated that the restaurant would be closed for three days. Today the owners released a statement on the changes that are occurring at…

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AHF expands support of public health in San Diego with opening of specialized HIV clinic in Hillcrest

SAN DIEGO – AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) proudly expanded its support of public health in the San Diego community by opening its first specialized HIV clinic in the area Sept. 9, offering specialized, client-centered HIV/AIDS care through its Hillcrest location. A private reception and ribbon cutting was hosted at the clinic Tuesday Sept. 9. The…

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Feel the thunder at FreeWillUSA’s hot summer ‘Fun’-der: Aug. 14

SAN DIEGO — Will Walters, founder and president of San Diego-based civil rights education organization, FreeWillUSA invites San Diegans and visitors alike to join him for an evening of food, friends, fun and a little bit of fundraising, this Thursday, Aug. 14 from 6-8 p.m. at Harvey Milk’s American Diner, Sixth Avenue and University in Hillcrest. FreeWillUSA…

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