The San Diego City Council voted 6-2 Monday to override Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s veto of the minimum wage increase and earned sick leave ordinance which will now go into effect Jan. 1, 2015. “The veto has been overridden,” declared Council President Todd Gloria after the vote, adding that this will “boost wages for 172,000 San…
The 40th anniversary of San Diego Pride kicked off in the Gaslamp Quarter Wednesday. Mayor Kevin Faulconer together with members of the Gaslamp Quarter Association and San Diego LGBT Pride raised dual rainbow flags over Fifth Avenue. The flags are among 124 that will fly over downtown streets. The celebration took place Wednesday afternoon on…
A new network of bike lanes and routes meandering through Bankers Hill, the Gaslamp District, downtown and several other San Diego neighborhoods was unveiled by Mayor Kevin Faulconer and City Council President Todd Gloria recently. The two officials dedicated the latest addition of two-wheeled infrastructure to the cause of making the city more bicycle-friendly and…
At first I thought that some of the Christian leaders heavily criticizing the just-released biblical epic movie Noah were just too sensitive – ‘til I went to see this movie and it is just one big hot mess! I think any Christian would be insulted and upset because the producer has taken way more than…
