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Former Sheriff Bill Kolender endorses Dave Roberts for county supervisor

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Former San Diego County Sheriff Bill Kolender announced his endorsement this week of Solana Beach Deputy Mayor Dave Roberts to be the next Third District Supervisor for San Diego County. “Dave Roberts works diligently to promote safe communities,” said former Sheriff Kolender. “He has been a great friend of the […]

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Ladino poet shares his longings

EDITOR’S NOTE–On both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are groups of people whose families either practiced some form of Judaism secretly– a holdover from the days of persecution under the Spanish Inquisition –or whose families converted to Christianity and now wish to return. Among them is Ysmael Escudero Tisnado(Coronel) II, who writes in Ladino about

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Kostrinksy gets endorsements of police and lifeguard unions

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Two influential public safety groups have endorsed Mathew Kostrinsky for San Diego’s 7th District City Council seat. The San Diego Police Officers Association and the San Diego Association for Lifeguards are throwing their support behind the Del Cerro resident, who is a former U.S. Senate and Chamber of Commerce aide.

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Lecturer on Islamophobia never mentioned 9-11 or ‘terror’

By Elad Morad SAN DIEGO —  I attended the “Islamophobia: A Mainstream Ideological Formation” lecture on March 8  at UCSD university. The lecture was sponsored by the Middle East Studies program, part of the Social Science department and the speaker was Stephen Sheehi from the Arab Culture and Comparative Literature Department from the University of South Carolina.

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Bob Filner draws Chicano support in mayor’s bid

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)- National and local Latino leaders came out to support Congressman and Mayoral Candidate Bob Filner Saturday, March 10, at Chicano Park. Congressman Luis Gutierrez (IL- 4), Congressman Charles Gonzalez (TX-20) joined local Latino leaders in endorsing Bob Filner for Mayor of San Diego. More than 25 supporters met Mayoral Candidate Bob

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Music, tradition and speech

By David Amos SAN DIEGO –Here are a few thoughts, quotes, opinions and stories, as they relate to music, tradition, and speech: –You remember that about ten years ago we experienced a “Mozart Effect” craze, where some research pointed to better test and I.Q. scores for children and students after listening to a healthy dose

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City Ballet of San Diego executes all-Balanchine program exquisitely; bravos to Steven Wistrich and company

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — City Ballet of San Diego presented “Bravo! Balanchine” in the Spreckels Theatre on March 4. A program composed entirely of Balanchine ballets is an obvious challenge.  City Ballet’s ability to meet that challenge is a given; this was a performance of Balanchine worthy of any stage.  Each of the

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Greatly to their credit, most Jews hold Israel close

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel–I finished reading Howard Jacobson’s book, The Finkler Question, and was still pondering its manifold messages in the evening as I attended a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore. This was given in Jerusalem by an amateur troupe composed mainly of immigrants from English-speaking countries.. Friends had tried to

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Israeli artist who studied in Italy and South Africa exhibits African mask series

LA MESA, California (Press Release)–Israeli-born artist Atara-Baker has brought her African Mask Series to O’Dunn Fine Art. This body of work centers on color and the primeval, inspired by the integrated tribal lifestyle and artifacts of the original South Africans, the San people of the Kalahari. Large and small oil paintings with collage elements and

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One-woman show celebrates ‘her-story’ in fundraisers for Women’s Museum March 24 & 25

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — She’s History! The Most Dangerous Women In America, Then And Now… a solo play presented by It Ain’t No Fairy Tale Productions and The Women’s Museum of California plays at The Downtown YWCA Auditorium, Saturday March 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m.  The shows celebrate Women’s

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