Judges get ready for ‘big fight’ against conservative challenge
Also on sdnn.com
Pastor Chris Clark of East Clairemont Baptist Church was involved in the fight to keep the cross on Mt. Soledad and helped rally hundreds of religious leaders statewide for the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign.
He saw judicial activism in both cases and Proposition 8 “may have been the straw that broke the camel’s [...]
Woman’s death after chemical spill leads to search for answers
Also posted on sdnn.com, San Diego News Network.
Hope Goodwin moved to Valley Center to retire with her mother, Joye, two decades ago.
Together, the two raised championship horses and Great Danes, grew dozens of organic fruits and vegetables and were about to go into the business of farming organic garlic and Sea-buckthorn.
It was a return to [...]
Microloans help San Diego refugees grow businesses, jobs
Osman Osman, 38, is a security guard who works 40 hours a week at construction sites, then cleans houses and businesses.
He took out a $10,000 loan to expand his company American Cleaning Expert, $7,000 for more carpet and window cleaning equipment.
The last hour with Dr. King
Also published on allvoices.com
The San Diego County YMCA hosted its 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Human Dignity Award breakfast Friday with more than 1,000 people in attendance.
The morning’s keynote speaker was Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles, the last person alive who was with Dr. King an hour before an assassin fired a fatal bullet and [...]
Casual Encounter Show at Kava Longue Brother Nature
Brother Nature and Broken Dreams performing in the Casual Encounters Show at the Kava Longue – Images by Khari Johnson
San Diego Alpha Phi Alpha Holiday Ball
To see all photos or buy images from the ball, click the slideshow.
2009 Alpha Holiday Ball – Images by Khari Johnson
Turks contemplate European Union
Turkey – Images by Khari Johnson
Story written Oct. 2005
Turkey consists of 69 million potential EU-citizens. We spoke to some of them about their future with or without the EU.
By Khari Johnson and Per Christian Selmer-Anderssen
46 years after first applying for European Union membership and three weeks after the start of a ten to fifteen year [...]
A Life of Struggle and Service Ended Violently on Avocado Blvd
Also posted on voiceofsandiego.org
On the corner of Avocado Boulevard and Fuerte Drive stand flower bouquets and a wooden cross typically placed on the busy street corner to remember a fatal car accident. But that’s not what happened here. Less than 10 feet from the memorial lies a makeshift sign broken into pieces on the ground [...]
Ben Fong-Torres
In the early 1960’s, there was no such thing as “Rock Journalism.” People barely knew what rock-and-roll was. It wasn’t until 1967 that Rolling Stone Magazine was created and iconic writers like Ben Fong-Torres came on the scene to change the game.
Tom Ammiano
Assemblyman Ammiano entered the spotlight long before authoring a bill to legalize marijuana.
Will San Diego be seduced by the Lingerie Football League?
Lingerie Football League practice, San Diego Seduction – Images by Khari Johnson
Also posted by San Diego News Network.
After a few years as a Pay-Per-View Super Bowl halftime show, the Lingerie Football League opens its doors for the first time this year with 10 teams nationwide and hoping to expand to all 32 NFL markets in [...]
Wesla Whitfield
Wesla Whitfield has accomplished a lot since she started singing with her sisters at four-years-old. The SF State graduate has played Carnegie Hall, sang for First Lady Hillary Clinton and performed more than 10,000 shows but today the 63-year-old counts still being able to project her voice across a room with no microphone as a [...]
Paul Ash
Spending summers on his grandparents farms in Oklahoma, Paul Ash got a glimpse of the agrarian life his family lived for generations.
Tuesday in Tijuana: Cartel violence effects economy, volunteers
Originally posted to Blogging on Meds and photos used in The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint
Random violence.
Precautions can be taken, parts of town avoided but ultimately, it’s unpredictable. It’s random.
Growing up on the north side of the border I remember hearing about it flare up; a friend of a friend stabled in the neck outside [...]
Election Day and Night with San Diego Obama volunteers
Where were you when Barack Obama was elected president?
On a day called historic by all and which inspired spontaneous joy across the country and world, I spent Election day and night with the Obama group in my hometown San Diego, first at their headquarters in a closed business on Euclid Ave. then downtown in the [...]
Around the Haunted Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Between Scientology test centers, crowds of tourists, celebrities and celebrity imitators I spent last weekend on Hollywood Blvd for “HollyWould” the Freewaves Experimental Media Arts Festival. It wasn’t all apparent until the end of my time there but everything I did in Tinsel Town revolved around the pool of the Roosevelt Hotel. It’s a historic [...]
