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Ex-Laguna Beach lieutenant alleges discrimination based on sexual orientation  Lt. Joe Torres (Left) awards Det. Jordan Mirakian a medal for assisting a man who collapsed while choking in April 2017. A former police lieutenant has filed a discrimination complaint against Laguna Beach, claiming he was denied a promotion based on his sexual orientation and union leadership. Retired Lt. Joe Torres filed the complaint on March 4 in Orange County Superior Court, alleging former police chief Laura Farinella denied his promotion to captain in 2019 partly because he isn’t gay. Farinella made ...

New Poll Finds Opposition to Trans Athletes — But Is It an Outlier? May 26 2021 7:18 PM EDT A new poll from Gallup shows a majority of respondents saying transgender athletes should compete under their birth gender — contrary to some other polls and possibly influenced by widespread anti-trans rhetoric. Sixty-two percent of respondents said trans athletes should play on teams only for the gender they were assigned at birth, while 34 percent said they should be able to compete under their gender identity, with 4 percent having no opinion. Support for the birth gender option was highest am...

CT band the Remains rubbed elbows with the Beatles, Donna Summer and more Michael Catarevas FacebookTwitterEmail From left, Chip, Bill, Barry and Vern on stage after playing a club show in Los Angeles in 2006, the 40th anniversary of the Beatles tour.Courtesy of America’s Lost Band, Manhattan Productions Inc. When four young, bleary-eyed rock musicians ambled into the midtown Manhattan office of General Artists Corp. one June afternoon in 1966, they could have had no idea that what they were about to hear would inform their careers and lives forever. “You guys wanna play on the Beatles’...

Any update as to when Decamp buses will resume? Any update as to when Decamp buses will resume? Thank Montclair resident Isiah Udofia, a junior at Montclair Kimberley Academy, earned second team All-Super Essex Conference-Freedom Division honors this past winter as a starting point guard for the Cougars boys basketball team which finished 6-9 overall and a very competitive 6-5 in the division. "Isiah is a smart and very efficient player who provides talent and experience for our backcourt," said Anthony Rea, a longtime MKA assistant coach who acted as interim co-head coach in 2021. "Our optim...

Montclair community leaders launch... OUT MONTCLAIR New nonprofit organization to focus on educational and social events, leisure activities and building community for LGBTQIA+ residents and allies in Montclair Out Montclair partners with Trans Affirming Alliance and Garden State Equality on first event - A Virtual Discussion on Gender & Pronoun Terminology on April 27th MONTCLAIR, NJ (April 12, 2021) – Today, leaders from across Montclair announced the launch of Out Montclair, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created to foster community with and provide support and solidarity for the LGB...