LA JOLLA–La Jolla Playhouse presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined by Lynn Nottage (“Intimate Apparel, Crumbs from the Table of Joy“) and directed by South Africa native Liesl Tommy, in the Mandell Weiss Theatre through December 19 In a small town in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, Mama Nadi runs a cozy brothel where a [...]
Cygnet Theatre to present Out Night series
October 14, 2010 By
SAN DIEGO–Cygnet Theatre will present each Wednesday its “Out Night at Cygnet” series. The series was established to welcome and thank its LGBT audience members. Cygnet’s 2010/2011 season includes one night per production with a free pre-show mixer including cocktails, appetizers and enter-to-wins. The next production will be October 20 (“Living Together“), December 15 (“It’s [...]
Choice Christian Center hosts women’s conference
October 14, 2010 By
EL CAJON–Choice Christian Center’s Women of Choice Women’s Conference 2010 launched its two-day service with praise, worship and fellowship. This year’s theme was “Unbound.” The service featured workshops on such topics as “Love Me or Leave Me Alone,” “Married to a… Fool,” “Sacred Sex and Unsacred Sex,” “Power Source,” “Master Manhood,” and “Family Balance-Five Fold [...]
Missing person
October 13, 2010 By
David Mow was last seen on July 21 at 9 p.m. at Morley Field in San Diego. Mow is known to visit casinos. He may be under the care of a medical facility. Mow drives a 2005 GMC Silver Envoy. His vehicle license number is Ca 5LJV959. Mow is an Asian male but looks Hispanic [...]
Foreign national sentenced to prison for money laundering scheme
October 12, 2010 By
WASHINGTON, D.C.– A Bulgarian national was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for his role as a money launderer for a transnational criminal group based in Eastern Europe. Georgi Boychev Georgiev, of Sofia, Bulgaria, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman in the District of Columbia. In addition to his [...]
Army major sentenced to prison for attempt to smuggle currency from Iraq
October 12, 2010 By
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Army Major Charles E. Sublett, 46, of Huntsville, Ala., was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for making false statements to a federal agency, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. Sublett was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Samuel H. Mays in Memphis, Tenn. In addition [...]
Actor Richard Dreyfuss headlines Encinitas Library book festival
October 12, 2010 By
ENCINITAS–Actor Richard Dreyfuss was the keynote speaker Saturday at the San Diego County Library Book Festival. Dreyfuss, an Encinitas resident, spoke about his project, the Dreyfuss Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and teaching civics in the classroom.
Flippin’ Pizza to raise dough for Tony Hawk Foundation Skatepark building efforts
October 11, 2010 By
SAN DIEGO–Supporting the Tony Hawk Foundation’s efforts to create high-quality, public skateparks in low income communities across the country, Flippin’ Pizza’s four California stores will donate a percentage of October 2010 proceeds to the Tony Hawk Foundation and the building of a new skatepark at the proposed Carlsbad Skatepark, Museum, and Action Arts Center. In [...]
Police conducts sex offender compliance sweeps
October 11, 2010 By
SAN DIEGO–San Diego Police Sex Offender Registration Unit detectives, Southeastern Division officers and members of the countywide Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force conducted an audit and compliance sweep of registered sex offenders, including those on parole and probation, living within the Southeastern Division communities on October 7. The operation is the latest in [...]
‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy’ a victory for gays in the military
Today’s injunction against enforcement of the failed ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy’ means that for the first time in seventeen years, patriotic men and women will not get fired by the military for who they are, and forces deployed to war zones overseas will not be deprived of capable, battle tested soldiers who refuse to [...]