SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera have announced a group of dedicated donors will match up to $500,000 in donations from the community to create a new vision for San Diego Opera. This $1 million campaign will keep San Diego Opera strong, and ensure the company will continue to present world-class opera for many more…
SACRAMENTO— Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) has appointed Bob Nelson of San Diego to serve on the California Film Commission, which encourages the growth of one of the state’s key economic generators. “Bob Nelson has long contributed his talents to the San Diego community, ably promoting both our region and our waterfront,” said…
SAN DIEGO – Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), NeighborWorks America® and its network member NHSIE , have announced the upcoming San Diego County NeighborhoodLIFT® program with a $5 million commitment by Wells Fargo to help boost local homeownership. Interested homebuyers can attend the free homebuyer event on March 4-5 when eligibility will be determined…
As a progressive Christian, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to a loving God; this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” The Gospel of Luke. We all…
thursday, feb. 11 Joe Machi Since moving to New York City to pursue comedy award-winning comedian Joe Machi has finished 4th on season 8 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, performed stand up on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and has become a regular on Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld on Fox News. The American Comedy…
SAN DIEGO – March 5 at 8:00 a.m., hundreds of San Diego residents will run brave through the city streets wearing boxers and briefs during the family-friendly Undy Run/Walk. Hosted by the Colon Cancer Alliance, this lighthearted event encourages participants to wear silly boxers, briefs or costumes in support of knocking colon cancer out of…
It has become clear as a bell to me that San Diego isn’t as hell bent over ending its social problems as is being discussed with our current administration. At a recent meeting with The mayor’s offices’ Department of Community Solutions, the issues of restraining orders against the homeless in Hillcrest, and providing bathrooms for…
Hate crimes against LGBT people went down slightly in 2015 by 7 percent in a comparison with hate crimes in 2014, according to San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman’s crime statistical report. Zimmerman expressed concern about another recent phenomenon – “pocket dials” of 911 – or as Third District Councilmember Todd Gloria characterized them as…
Tiffany LaToya Nowden, 41, has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for killing her wife, Russina Vale, 38, and was ordered to pay $2,489 for her funeral expenses. Nowden was sentenced by San Diego Superior Court Judge Fred Link following her guilty plea to second-degree murder in the June 5, 2014, stabbing…
Two men who were involved in the “smash and grab” burglary series of businesses in Hillcrest and elsewhere were sentenced Jan. 25 to prison terms. The longest sentence of 10 years and eight months went to Jeffrey Ryan Jakse, 27, who was arrested in Hillcrest Oct. 19. Carlos Carranza Castaneda, 25, received five years and…
