Activists and advocates want Disney to be all-in with its Autopia electrification plans. The famed ride on Disneyland's Anaheim, California location, 'Autopia,' became the talk of the town earlier this month for its plans to electrify the experience.
Influential documentary filmmaker Lourdes Portillo, who used her art as social activism to illuminate the struggles of the working class, has died. The Mexico native, who made "The Devil Never Sleeps" in 1994, and received an Oscar-nomination for her 1985 film, "The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo," died Saturday morning at her home in San Francisco, according to her friend and fellow filmmaker Soco Aguilar. Portillo, who had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer several months ago, was 80. "She...
Lourdes Portillo, the Mexican-born, Chicana-identified filmmaker who crafted nuanced film and video works that center the emotions and circumstances of diverse Latinx experiences, died on Saturday, April 20 at her home in San Francisco. She died peacefully, surrounded by her three sons and a younger sister, according to a friend. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures presented […]
Maurice Leon “Mel” Opotowsky, a former newspaper editor and tenacious free press advocate who was known for helping to advance 1st Amendment rights, has died. Opotowsky died April 18 at Claremont Manor retirement community, where he lived with his wife, Bonnie Opotowsky, according to their son, Didier Opotowsky. He said his father’s cause of death is not certain, and that he had Parkinson’s. He was 92. Opotowsky was a top editor at the Riverside Press-Enterprise when the paper brought two cases...
Activist Who Called On Trans Women To "Arm Up" Enraged By Conservative Media Coverage Is biological men forcing their way into women's bathrooms really a hill worth dying on? Transgender activist "Tara Jay" (originally named Thomas Jay White) seems to think so. A year ago Thomas made a TikTok that went viral, calling on trans women (men) to 'arm up' and be ready to die (or possibly kill) in the event that they are prevented from using public bathrooms reserved for legitimate...
by Robbie Jackson On Monday, April 22, San Francisco lost one of its strongest soldiers. Rev. Cecil Williams was known for many things. He was a champion of the people and the pastor who ushered Glide Memorial Church into the place of worship we know it as today. Three years after the passing of his […]
Longtime, legendary pastor of San Francisco’s Glide Memorial church was advocate for civil rights and social justiceReverend Cecil Williams, the longtime head of a church that grew to international fame for being a safe haven for San Francisco’s most marginalized citizens, has passed away. He was 94 years old. He, alongside his wife and poet Janice Mirikitani, transformed Glide memorial church into an institution built on love and support for the city’s queer community and those struggling with...
Ellen Ash Peters, the first woman to serve as Connecticut’s chief justice, has died
The first Jill Langley knew about her 94-year-old father Robert marrying for a second time was when a handwritten note came through the letterbox one morning in early March 2020.
Edyn started taking drugs after her children were taken into care
Dorit is having a family crisis at home that is worse than anyone knows. A source has told DailyMail.com her husband PK has moved out of their LA home. He is now staying alone at the famed Beverly Hills Hotel. If she doesn't start talking about it on RHOBH, producers will demote her. Dorit is facing becoming a 'friend' on the show with only 3 episodes
The right-wing group that leads a recruitment effort for Capitol Hill offices and allied nonprofits, the Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI), has for months left exposed the sensitive personal information of applicants to its online "jobs bank," the Washington Free Beacon found, including members of the U.S. intelligence community, congressional aides, former Trump administration officials, and campaign operatives.