SAN DIEGO – As part of its ongoing commitment to cultural diversity and responsible banking, Union Bank, joined KPBS to honor 18 inspirational individuals at the 18th Annual Local Heroes celebration. The honorees were recognized as part of the 2015 Local Heroes program, which pays tribute to exemplary leaders who are making a difference and…
The No. 1 show of the summer for the past decade, America’s Got Talent (AGT), will host Season 11 open call auditions in San Diego Tuesday, Jan. 12 at the San Diego Convention Center. San Diego is the seventh stop on a 12-city nationwide search for America’s next big undiscovered entertainer. Those interested in auditioning…
SAN DIEGO — Ocean Beach Town Council President Gretchen Newsom announced Friday that she is pulling out of the race to become mayor of San Diego. “I have decided that I will not run for mayor,” Newsom said in a statement. “My husband and I have recently decided to divorce on an amicable basis and,…
Tiffany LaToya Nowden has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the brutal stabbing of her wife, Russina Vale, while in bed in their San Carlos home. Nowden, 40, of San Diego, admitted to personally using a knife in the slaying of Vale, 38, who was found dead June 5, 2014 in the Mission Gorge Road…
My friends and I enjoy tossing around and reacting to briefly worded memory stimuli; squeezing the orange dot in the margarine bag, the Rosenbergs, that swine McCarthy, Julius LaRosa, the stabbing of Johnny Stompanato, Billie Jean King and the Battle of the Sexes, the watusi, etc. (Oh, ask a senior. I can’t explain everything!). Recently…
This past Monday night at the Globe Theatre there was a public debate between Third City Council District candidates Chris Ward and Anthony Bernal. The event was sponsored by the Police Officers Association, San Diego LGBT Weekly, Hillcrest Town Council, Gaslamp Association, North Park Business Association, San Diego Chamber of Commerce and other community groups….
The first votes in the 2016 presidential race will be cast at the Iowa caucuses Feb. 1. That leaves establishment Republicans just over 50 days to avoid nominating a candidate too conservative for the general election. They should start by getting some of the moderate candidates to drop out, and can use the 2012 San…
The real estate market is in a sleepy mode, and there are lots of reasons for this. This is the first of a two-part peek at the forecast for 2016, and in this first of the series, we’ll lay out the forces that are at play, setting the stage for what is to come. In…
I remember growing up and listening to the song, “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth.” It was so much fun to play it over and over again on the record player. What innocence, what a time, when that is all I wanted. Wednesday Dec. 2, someone came into my office looking…
Year in review – so soon? But what a delectable year it’s been, filled with remarkable meals and countless calories as hungry readers explored the greater gayborhood’s culinary delights. Who can forget … Brooklyn Girl (Mission Hills): Roasted Bone Marrow and Crab Rangoon Blossoms. The hollowed half bone is filled with rich beefy marrow and…
