thursday, nov. 8 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Yoshimi must choose between two boyfriends, but first she’s got to take down an army of pink robots. This magical tale of love and the struggle for survival is a poignant and humanistic story set to the music of The Flaming Lips. Mandell Weiss Theatre, 2910 La…
Collection agencies contacted 30 million people for unpaid medical bills in 2010, according to a survey by The Commonwealth Fund. It’s estimated that about one-third of those collections were the result of billing errors. You’d think that someone’s credit score wouldn’t be damaged by a billing error that wasn’t their fault. Unfortunately, that’s not the…
Many in the LGBT community aren’t aware that there is a Transgender Pride Flag. It’s flown at transgender specific events; it can be seen each year at the San Diego Pride festival at the transgender booth. It’s a flag that visually symbolizes the T subcommunity of the LGBT community in a manner similar to how…
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” is such a beautiful song. And it means so many things to so many people. It’s a song about looking for a promised land; it’s a song about longing for something better; it’s a song about hope. We have just completed our annual stewardship campaign and it was a reminder to…
10 News has reported that in their final poll conducted before tomorrow’s mayoral election Bob Filner maintains a slim lead over Carl DeMaio. The survey conducted by SurveyUSA between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4 shows Filner with 49 percent of the votes compared to DeMaio’s 45 percent, with 7 percent undecided. According to the poll…
La Vista Memorial Park, National City will celebrate Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, Friday, Nov. 2 5-9 p.m. The event started in 2009 when General Manager Luisa McCarthy realized the park didn’t partake in the celebration of Día de los Muertos. “I wanted to celebrate the passing of my father,” McCarthy…
Yes, I wasn’t such an “R-rated” emcee at this past Saturday’s Nightmare on Normal Street and it was because the Police Department expressed their concern. People, politics and opinions County supervisor candidate Steve Danon has committed to work on bringing back the San Diego County Human Relations Commission as he shares many San Diegans’ concerns…
In every election, someone will tell you that voting is a matter of life and death. This year, it’s literally true in California, as Proposition 34 would repeal the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Oddly, life and death may not even be the most important thing to…
