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Council may rename street for gay activist
SAN DIEGO -- A proposal to rename a two-block street in Hillcrest in honor of slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk is scheduled to go before the San Diego City Council today. City officials believe Blaine Avenue, which contains a handful of houses and...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Gay Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Milk (movie), Minority Groups
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Council approves 'Harvey Milk Street'
SAN DIEGO - A measure to rename a Hillcrest street after civil rights leader Harvey Milk was officially approved by city council Tuesday, making San Diego the first city in the country to honor him in this manner. LGBT leaders proposed changing the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Milk (movie), Harvey Milk, Civil Rights
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App allows travelers to file TSA complaints
Fox 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO -- A civil rights group launched a new smart phone application Monday to stop racial profiling and unfair searches in airports. The FlyRights application lets travelers file a complaint with the Transportation Security Administration and the...Tags: Transportation Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Racism, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Security Measures
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Border agent charged with choking immigrant
SAN DIEGO - A U.S. Border Patrol agent faces civil rights charges for allegedly choking and kneeing on an illegal immigrant during an incident last July, according to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed on Monday. The immigrant suffered an injury...
Tags: Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Civil Rights
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'Harvey Milk Street' waits for City Council OK
Fox 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO - A measure to rename a Hillcrest street after civil rights leader Harvey Milk is now awaiting city council's approval. Milk became an icon in the gay community in the 70's after being elected as the first openly gay official in California....Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Gay Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Milk (movie), Human Interest
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UCSD agrees to anti-harassment plan
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- UC San Diego officials agreed to open an office to investigate reported race-based misconduct and take other anti-discrimination steps as part of a settlement with federal authorities probing allegations that black students had been...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, University of California, San Diego, Social Issues, Health and Safety at School
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Man accused of killing Lakeside teen faces new trial
EL CAJON, Calif. -- A man accused of fatally shooting an El Capitan High School student and dumping his body near the San Vicente Reservoir on the Barona Indian Reservation will face a retrial on murder charges, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Stanley...Tags: Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Prescription Drugs, Alprazolam (drug)
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Local gays, lesbians applaud Prop. 8 ruling
SAN DIEGO -- Tuesday's ruling by an appellate panel that Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, was unconstitutional, was hailed by Gov. Jerry Brown, Mayor Jerry Sanders and leaders of San Diego's gay and lesbian community.
"Today's...Tags: Executive Branch, Social Issues, Justice System, Same-Sex Marriage, Jerry Brown
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San Diego celebrates MLK's legacy
Fox 5 News StaffSAN DIEGO -- San Diegans began celebrating Martin Luther King Day Monday morning with the 24th annual All People's Breakfast at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. The slain civil rights leader would have turned 83 on Sunday. The keynote speaker is...Tags: The New York Times, Nobel Prize Awards, Festive Events, Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King Day
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San Diego woman among Gadhafi's victims
FOX5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO – Moammar Gadhafi was to blame for the death of a 20-year-old San Diego woman, who was starting her career as a Pan American flight attendant. Stacie Franklin was one of the 270 people who died in the Lockerbie, Scotland bombing of a...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Politics, Libya, Human Rights, Air and Space Accidents
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Board allows elephant rides to continue at county fair
DEL MAR, Calif. – The San Diego County Fair Board voted Tuesday to allow elephant rides at the fair to continue through at least 2014.
The decision came after animal rights groups protested the attraction, citing undercover video of trainers...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Economy, Business and Finance, Travel, Civil Rights, Companies and Corporations
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Local lawyer admits role in baby-selling ring
SAN DIEGO -- An internationally renowned attorney from Poway specializing in reproductive law pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to being part of a baby-selling ring that deceived the San Diego Superior Court and prospective parents for unborn...Tags: Facebook, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Ukraine, California
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