SAN DIEGO -- The Imperial Court de San Diego will host its 8th annual LGBT community Easter egg hunt this Sunday.

The Easter egg hunt will be held at 2 p.m. April 4 at Trolley Barn Park, Adams Avenue and Park Boulevard.

There will be baskets and prizes for children up to age 12.

For more information, call (619) 321-7487.

More than 300 new technology start-ups created 1,070 jobs in San Diego in 2009, and the region won record-high federal funding to offset a slide in venture capital investment, a new report states.

“Even when the economy is down, new companies are formed in the innovation sectors,” said Steve Hoey, senior program manager for CONNECT, San Diego’s technology and life sciences accelerator. CONNECT published its Fourth Quarter 2009 Innovation Report last week, and reported the steady growth in tech companies in the region.

SAN DIEGO -- Communities like Hillcrest and North Park, which are considered to be centrally located, offer a variety of services for LGBT people, but for San Diegans residing in North County there also other resources.

Take for example, the North County LGBT Coalition. Established in 2008, the nonprofit organization coordinates and organizes LGBT individuals and families in the San Diego North County area.

SAN DIEGO – Californians Against Hate has called for a demonstration at 6 p.m. today at Mitt Romney’s book signing in La Jolla.

Organizers for the group will “ask Romney to help stop the Mormon Church’s nasty campaign against gay marriage,” at today’s protest at the Deseret Bookstore, 8657 Villa La Jolla Drive.

“As a national political leader and influential member of the Mormon Church, Mitt Romney could persuade Church leaders to end their 15 years of active involvement, and massive financial support to oppose equal rights for Gay and Lesbian Americans,” the statement said.