A La Mesa man who impersonated being a doctor and claimed he had a cure for AIDS and cancer faced some of his victims in court June 11 and a judge ordered him to stand trial for repeatedly practicing medicine without a license and identity theft. One victim, Keith Allen Barton, 51, could not face…
As part of its ongoing commitment to cultural diversity and responsible banking, and in celebration of LGBT Pride month, Union Bank, N.A., has partnered with KPBS to honor three members of San Diego’s LGBT community as part of the Local Heroes program. The program recognizes and pays tribute to extraordinary leaders of the community who…
This Is the End Usually, when Hollywood tackles the end of the world we get giant sci-fi epics focusing on teams of either super-heroes or super-heroic soldiers making the planet’s last ditch effort to stave off oblivion. Whether the end comes in the form of asteroids (Armageddon, Deep Impact), aliens (Independence Day, War of the…
My prowess in sports is of legend. Not! Since my high school days I have tried to be “one of the boys,” but fate has been against me. My size, height and, above all, fear of the ball doomed me. Of particular memory is an afternoon with my friend Gloria and her constant buddy and…
The “Congressional Roll Call” is considered the political bible of Washington, D.C. In a recent article about possible future Democratic congressmen from California our very own City Council President Todd Gloria got some major play and a picture (the only one) stating that he was a “protégé of Rep. Susan Davis” and he was seen…
dvd of the week When I saw Harmony Korine’s exploitation art movie Spring Breakers, I knew what I was getting into: I was hoping to be horrified by the wrongness of the movie, but the kids in theater where I saw it were surprised by how horrifying, pornographic, disturbing and weirdly funny the movie is….
dvr this Turner Classic Movies, June 21, 5:15 a.m. One of the better Oscar trivia questions is, “Who won the Best Actress Oscar over Bette David in All About Eve and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard?” The answer is Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday, one of the few times a brilliant comic performance was rewarded…
I’m a theater fag. I admit it. I love live theater. I enjoy viewing new productions at the La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe, and then following their success or failure on Broadway. For me, there’s nothing like the moment when the lights dim and the murmur of the crowd becomes an expectant hush….
In mid-May, my editor emailed me some ideas for a possible story on the leather community for an upcoming issue. The story was to cover the leather community in terms of its people and values. I was intrigued by the questions and accepted to do the story. I’ve gone to a couple of leather/fetish related…
