University of California

Queer Pin@y conference to be held Nov. 3 at UCSD

SDGLN Staff
October 24th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Registration is open for the annual University of California system-wide Queer Pin@y Conference will be held Saturday, Nov. 3, at University of California San Diego (UCSD).

The event is designed to provide a supportive space to facilitate intersecting dialogues on LGBTQI and Filipino-American issues.

The event, which is held at a rotating University of California campus each year, this year will be themed "Queer Imaginations: Ghost, Cyborgs, Zombies, and Monsters."

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Assemblymember Toni Atkins reacts to Gov. Jerry Brown's State of the State address

Assemblymember Toni Atkins
January 20th, 2012

Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State address struck an important balance between acknowledging the immediate challenges faced by our state while also maintaining a long term vision of California as a place of innovation and opportunity.

Destructive palm weevils found along San Diego-Tijuana border

SDGLN Staff
August 16th, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- County, state and University of California officials plan to hold a meeting on Thursday, Aug. 18, to update the public, the nursery industry, landscapers and arborists about the troubling discovery of exotic weevils that threaten several species of crop-bearing and landscape palms.

The County’s Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures, the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture are closely watching the weevil situation.