SAN DIEGO -- More than 100 restaurants, bars, and coffeehouses are participating in Dining Out For Life, an annual fundraiser in support the San Diego LGBT Community Center's HIV/AIDS services.

Participating venues pledge to donate at least 25% of the day's sales to the cause, making it very easy for diners to participate - all they have to do is show up and dine out!

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Democrats for Equality have begun a process to "reinvent" the club that has been a fixture in the local LGBT community for nearly 40 years.

Club leaders are working on a detailed process in which they will evaluate, assess, and prioritize the club's strategies and explore alternative governance options for restructuring the organization. Throughout the process, the club hopes to address the following objectives:

1. Examine the role of Dems for Equality in the community;

National Stonewall Democrats (NSD), saddled with an estimated $30,000 deficit, suspended operations on Jan. 1 with plans to relaunch in 2014.

Jerame Davis, the group’s executive director since December 2011, told the Dallas Voice on Monday that the political organization is likely “on hiatus” for the rest of 2013.

Davis said a new board would be elected in 2013 with the goal of rebuilding the organization. He noted that Stonewall Democrats have no chapters in 23 states.

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Democrats for Equality and the San Diego County Young Democrats invite supporters to join them for a presidential debate viewing party tonight in Hillcrest.

The Democrats will beet from 6 to 7:30 pm tonight at Bamboo Lounge, 1475 University Ave., San Diego, CA 92103

Tonight is the second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and the Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and domestic issues.