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Cuba sees issues regarding HIV/AIDS

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Feb 28, 2024

Cuba quarantined people with AIDS and HIV from 1986 to 1994 to limit the spread of the disease.

Puerto Vallarta leaders start new health center

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Feb 20, 2024

Puerto Vallarta gay business leaders are establishing a new LGBTQ program named Vallarta Gay+ Community Center.

Puerto Vallarta's LGBTQ center closes

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Jan 9, 2024

Puerto Vallarta's LGBTQ center, SETAC, which focused on health and wellness and ran the city's PrEP program, effectively closed late last month amid financial struggles and allegations from employees of mistreatment and management.

Gay SF man's 2018 killing gets new look from TV's Grace

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Oct 11, 2023

Nationally known legal commentator and television personality Nancy Grace is blasting the San Francisco Police Department's handling of the grisly killing of a gay man in 2018.

Palm Springs gears up for a busy fall

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Sep 6, 2023

Palm Springs has dried out and cleaned up after Tropical Storm Hilary last month and is gearing up for a busy fall.

Jimmy Carter's nephew had tragic connection with Oakland gay couple

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Mar 2, 2023

Former President Jimmy Carter's closest connection to the San Francisco Bay Area may have been his nephew, William Carter Spann, who called himself the "Bad Peanut."

Updated: Knoller again denied parole in SF dog-maul case

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Feb 15, 2023

A two-member state Board of Parole Hearings panel denied parole late Wednesday for the woman convicted of second-degree murder in connection with the fatal dog mauling in San Francisco of her lesbian neighbor, Diane Whipple, back in 2001.

Palm Springs readies for Halloween, Pride

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Oct 19, 2022

Tourism in Palm Springs has rebounded with a vengeance, surpassing pre-pandemic records in both hotel occupancy and arrivals to Palm Springs International Airport.

Downtown Merced is ready for its close-up

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Jun 22, 2022

Downtown Merced is making a dramatic comeback and LGBTQs are helping to lead the way.

Gay man wins supervisor seat in Calaveras County

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Jun 14, 2022

Calaveras County voters have elected a gay man to the Board of Supervisors.

Mexican health agency issues warning on possible monkeypox transmission at Puerto Vallarta gay beach club

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Jun 10, 2022

The Ministry of Health for the Mexican state of Jalisco has issued a warning over monkeypox aimed at anyone who visited a gay beach club in Puerto Vallarta last week.

Calaveras County mines for tourists in Gold Country

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • May 4, 2022

Calaveras County in the Sierra Nevada foothills is a popular destination for people from the Bay Area who want to spend time in a quaint, rural setting.

Man plans quiet memorial for partner on 9/11

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Sep 8, 2021

The surviving partner of one of the flight attendants killed on 9/11 reflects on his loss as the nation approaches the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Palm Springs gears up for fall

Palm Springs is gearing up for a busy fall with a number of events this autumn. Neighboring Cathedral City also offers dining, nightlife, and stylish accommodations in the desert.

Finger-pointing begins after hillside collapse in Puerto Vallarta

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Aug 17, 2021

Fingers are being pointed at Mexican federal regulators, the city of Puerto Vallarta, and a condominium developer after a hillside collapsed near the gay beach in Puerto Vallarta last week.

Cliff at construction site near gay beach in Puerto Vallarta collapses

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Aug 11, 2021

A cliff at a building excavation site next to the gay beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico collapsed Tuesday, August 10.

Almena sentenced to 12 years for Ghost Ship fire

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Mar 8, 2021

Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena heard emotional testimony before his sentencing Monday from some of the families of the 36 people killed in the Oakland warehouse fire more than four years ago.

Puerto Vallarta's LGBT center helps during COVID crisis

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Feb 17, 2021

Puerto Vallarta's LGBT center, SETAC, is helping to support workers in the tourist-dependent city who are struggling in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Almena pleads guilty in Ghost Ship fire, avoiding 2nd trial

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Jan 22, 2021

Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena pleaded guilty Friday (January 22) to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Oakland warehouse fire that killed 36 people, including three who identified as transgender, on December 2, 2016.

Alice Hoagland, mother of gay 9/11 hero Mark Bingham, dies

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Jan 19, 2021

Alice Hoagland, the mother of gay 9/11 hero Mark Bingham, has died.