With Election Day 2016 now less than a year away, it is time to take a break from presidential debate analysis and focus the next few columns on San Diego contests. In the past few weeks, new candidates have emerged in races that had been static for months. There will no doubt be a few…
thursday nov. 12 The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra La Jolla Music Society opens the Celebrity Orchestra series with one of the world’s premier symphonic ensembles, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra lead by their music director, Maestro Zubin Mehta. The evening will feature A Journey to the End of the Millennium by the Georgian-born Israeli composer Josef Bardanashvili,…
Every Nov. 20, here in San Diego we memorialize those people who’ve been killed due to anti-transgender hate. The day we do this is called the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, often referred to by the acronym TDOR. Originally, the list of the dead was Americentric as Gwen Smith, who is credited with beginning that…
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! How many of you played on some sort of little league when you were a kid?…
The long-running felony case against three San Diego firefighters ended Monday with their guilty pleas to misdemeanor battery of an intoxicated person in 2012 in Normal Heights. Two brothers who were somewhat intoxicated yelled anti-gay epithets to the off-duty firefighters who also responded with anti-gay slurs even though none of them are gay. It was…
thursday nov. 5 Bobby Lee Bobby Lee, a native of San Diego, CA, was expected to follow in his father’s footsteps – running the family clothing store. After stints in a local rock band and at the local community college, Lee was spotted by Frank Burns, the legendary manager of La Jolla’s Comedy Store. In…
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! How many of you remember playing the game “Truth or Dare” when you were young? I’d…
Meet Lezbhonest: The first Laotian lesbian boat racing team debuts this Halloween Exactly three things come to my mind when the topic of rowing comes up in a conversation, the chances of being swallowed up by a black hole by the end of this article being greater. One is Merchant Ivory Productions with their assortment…
San Diego has two of the most haunted destinations in all of America. The Kate Morgan room at the Hotel Del Coronado and the Whaley House in Old Town. Before you read on, I want all of my readers to know that everything in the following story is true. It is based on historical documents,…
Wednesday, Oct. 21, without pomp or circumstance, both a ceremonial and an actual check for $5,000 from Front Runners and Walkers San Diego were presented to Stephen Whitburn , the executive director of San Diego Pride, a former Red Cross executive, a local San Diego newscaster and a dead ringer for the love child of…
