California

Palm Springs Launches LGBT Wedding Planning Website

“We are going to the chapel and we are going to get married,” is the tune Palm Springs is singing to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender travelers seeking to get hitched in the California desert resort town.

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5K9 Walk Run 1-mile and 5k Fundraiser Debuts in the Bay Area

The Petco Foundation and Multisports.com are once again calling all two- and four-legged runners, walkers and waggers to take part in a 5K9 Walk Run series sponsored by Petco and Purina Pro Plan in support of local pets and healthy lifestyles.

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South Asian Mixtress DJ Rekha Turns Up the Bhangra in Oakland

Oakland will be turned into “Little India” for a night when world renowned DJ Rekha turns up the Bhangra beats on Saturday.

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LGBT South Asians gather in SF for DesiQ

San Francisco will get a taste of queer India this week as LGBT South Asians descend on the gay mecca for the fourth DesiQ Conference on July 4 – 6.

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Chef K is on Fire in the Kitchen

Finding success personally and professionally has allowed Khristianne Uy, better known simply as Chef K, the winner of the first season of ABC’s “The Taste,” to show her muscle raising money for youth causes.

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Rapper Eve headlines EDEN San Francisco 2013. (Photo: Amarpaul Kaliari)

Eve’s Garden Of Eden

Eve returns to the Garden of Eden, well may be the modern day version of Eden, which is a women’s weekend filled with great clothes, food, music, comedy and celebrities during Pride Weekend in the City by the Bay.

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It’s a World of Laughter with Comedian Dana Goldberg

For the past 10 years, comedian Dana Goldberg has created a laugh track around the world and she ready to do it all again for the next decade.

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California Cheese Gets Smart with New Cheese Trail App

by Heather Cassell Cheese lovers visiting California now have access to 150 cheeses made by 56 artesian cheese makers and creameries through a new free smart phone app by the California Cheese Trail. The new app available for iPhone offers easy access to farm tours and in-depth information about cheese makers throughout California along with […]

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A Sister Trip in “BOOM!”

It’s a musical trip down memory lane circa 1960s and 70s with the Calloway sisters in “BOOM!” at Feinstein’s at the Nikko in San Francisco.

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The Ticket: “Arcadia” at American Conservatory Theater

Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” was a huge hit when it opened in London in 1993. A couple of years later, the American Conservatory Theater’s then-newish artistic director Carey Perloff staged it at the nearby Stage Door Theatre in 1995, after a lengthy struggle to acquire the production rights.

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Go Girl: The Natural Adventures of Kim Powell

by Heather Cassell Every day is an adventure for Kim Powell, owner, operator and head naturalist of Blue Water Ventures in Santa Cruz, Calif. Take for example, late last month when she and a group of her kayakers saved a young sea lion that found refuge on one of the kayaks in the Moss Landing Harbor from what […]

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Palm Springs Welcomes the first Women’s Jazz Festival

A different sound is resonating from Palm Springs this weekend at the first annual Women’s Jazz Festival April 4 – 7.

Women will enjoy four-days of female jazz performances at eight different venues and clubs throughout downtown Palm Springs.

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