Steve Lee, Editor

Officers won’t be charged in Tamir Rice’s death

400 days after Tamir Rice was killed while playing in a Cleveland park an Ohio grand jury has declined to indict the Cleveland police officer who fatally shot the unarmed black 12-year-old, reports The Huffington Post. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty announced the decision Monday afternoon. Rookie patrolman Timothy Loehmann shot Rice after responding…

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More than 35 local organizations benefit from SDHDF each year

For nearly 20 years, San Diego Human Dignity Foundation has funded LGBTQ organizations and HIV/AIDS service providers in San Diego County. Your contributions help the Foundation enact positive social change. Help them continue that charge and make a donation before Dec. 31. When thinking about where best to place your charitable gifts at this time of year,…

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You’ve never seen a Holiday Light Show like this before (VIDEO)

NEW YORK — The Empire State Building culminated their 2015 Christmas  music-to-light show with a colorful and exciting twist on a holiday classic that was simply awesome. This brand-new musical extravaganza featured chart-topping A Capella group Pentatonix, and their Grammy-nominated track, “Dance of The Sugarplum Fairy,” from their No. 1 holiday album, That’s Christmas To…

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Two men plead guilty in ‘smash and grab’ burglary series in Hillcrest

Two men have pleaded guilty to multiple charges in the “smash and grab” burglary series in Hillcrest and Normal Heights in which the bandits broke windows in restaurants and fled with cash from the registers. Carlos Carranza Castaneda, 25, pleaded guilty to burglarizing the Saffron restaurant, at 3731 India St., and D’Angelo’s Pizza, at 4592…

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Book review: ‘Naughtier than Nice’ — enjoy a little spice with your Christmas nog!

You have to tell somebody. There’s a secret inside you, one you’ve been keeping far too long and you’re about to burst. You need to talk about it. You need some advice, some perspective. As in the new novel Naughtier than Nice by Eric Jerome Dickey, if you don’t talk about this issue soon, it…

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Chelsea Manning launches Christmas attack against Caitlyn Jenner

Chelsea Manning, who is currently serving 35  years for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks launched a Christmas attack against Caitlyn Jenner saying she ‘sold out’ the trans movement. The Daily Mail reported that Manning criticized the reality star over Christmas Eve on Twitter writing, ‘In 2015 @CaitlynJenner was the Grinch who stole (& sold out)…

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