Last night at the Manchester Grand Hyatt over 180 moms came together for a night out. San Diego Moms Night Out is a local company that is giving moms the opportunity for a night of networking and fun. Established one year by Angela Quisumbing and Samantha Migdal who decided that moms around the San Diego Area need a night out. The San Diego Women's Foundation received a portion of the ticket sales to help a local mom in need.
Women's issues such as abortion and birth control have become central, and polarizing, issues during this election cycle. However, there is a disturbing discrepancy between the large amount of attention these issues have received and the amount of input women have been able to give in mainstream media. This infographic does a great job of visualizing and highlighting the gender gap on women's issues during 2012 election coverage. Statistics are broken down by issue and by media outlet. Click the image to enlarge it.
Hurricane Sandy, renamed Frankenstorm, is covered minute by minute by all the media channels. And once more, it seems like this hurricane is the worst in the history. Broken records in term of flooding, wind speed are announced every hours.
Carl DeMaio and Bob Filner at a recent mayoral forum at Co-Merge downtown.
In the slap battle that is San Diego’s mayoral race, councilmember Carl DeMaio would seem to have a powerful weapon in his arsenal in the form of his opponent’s demeanor.
Sushi is one of those food genres that strikes a chord with most San Diegans. Behind where has the best (or cheapest) tacos, or one's quintessential neighborhood restaurant and bar, where to find the best sushi is of much discussion.
On October 4th, 2012, Facebook passed the 1 billion user milestone, securing its role at the top of the social media ladder. In the age of social media, Facebook plays a transformative role in the 2012 election and the lens through which we view it.