The San Diego county medical examiner\'s report on Steven Hirschfield, the victim of an officer-involved shooting at a San Diego Gay Pride event, says that he had trace amounts of methamphetamine, ketamine and doxylamine in his blood the night he died.

The toxicology report and the autopsy, released on Tuesday, showed that Mr. Hirschfield was shot in the back, with an exit wound in his chest, contrary to original police reports that described his fatal wound as to the chest.

Attorney for the bereaved family, Brian Claypool, asserted that the trace levels of drugs in Mr. Hirschfield’s system resulted from use of diet pills, cold medicine and from another person “spiking his drink that night,”... [full story]

Gloria Allred, one of the local attorneys that won the California Same-Sex Marriage lawsuit and an elected Hillary Clinton delegate, walked the Democratic Convention floor with a gag in her mouth Tuesday.

The sight “gag” was a device she used to call attention to her wish “to have all of Hillary’s votes counted,” and the DNC’s wish to keep her mum on the subject.

“I wanted to speak at the breakfast meeting,” she said, “to inform the delegates on the law regarding their votes for Hillary. They denied me ... [full story]

In a delicious turn of political events, the tiny City of West Hollywood was thrust forward by the United States Olympic Team when its lone member, Khatuna Lorig, a WeHo archer originally from the beleaguered state of Georgia, was selected to carry the United States flag in the Beijing Olympics’ closing ceremony.

The overtly political act by the team’s members was not the first; they voted a Sudanese refugee the honor at the opening ceremony, however, the added dimension of Ms. Lorig hailing most recently from the city seen by Chinese officials as a den of iniquity added a layer beyond the obvious statement calling attention to the recent Russian invasion of her home state ... [full story]

Obama Has 58 Point Lead over McCain among GLBT Registered Voters - Obama Also Maintains Eight Point Lead over McCain among All Registered Voters.

Among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) registered voters, 68 percent of GLBT adults favor Obama while 10 percent favor McCain.

Three percent of GLBT adults favor Ralph Nader, while one percent chooses Bob Barr... [full story]

Council member John Duran said, “In the past weekend there’s been an increase in people coming into Boystown with a really bad agenda in mind.”

Warnings from the city council dais at Monday’s meeting went out to residents and visitors alike – “be wary of your surroundings while walking in Boystown” as an increase in hate incidents tends to follow greater media coverage of WeHo’s gay community.

WeHo News looked into the situation, and found something quite different had happened ... [full story]

Citing five applications for extended hours from late night businesses within the past six months, city staff and Sheriff Captain Buddy Goldman came to West Hollywood’s City Council to request a time-out – a 45-day Urgency Moratorium on those applications.

The report they brought to make their case for an immediate halt noted that “the recent proliferation of applications for extended hours business permits is posing a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety and welfare.”

Furthermore, it said, the law would provide for a careful review of Sheriffs deployment in areas with high nighttime activity ... [full story]

A WeHo lawyer was arrested on four felony sex crime charges in late July, counts that arose from a “To Catch A Predator” style sting in July of 2007.

David Cohn, a resident of Woodland Hills and an attorney working for Kesluk & Silverstein, a West Hollywood law firm, was ordered to appear before a judge on October 14 to determine if enough evidence existed to hold a trial.

The arrest represented the second on these charges for Mr. Cohn; he was arrested in August of 2007 after a search of his home found pictures of children in sexually charged situations on his home computer... [full story]

An unidentified man escaped a Sheriff’s deputy’s custody yesterday after a traffic stop and succeeded in avoiding capture in the dragnet that ensued.

Despite a helicopter’s circling overhead broadcasting a description of the suspect and at least a dozen squad cars and a score of deputies cordoning off the area, the search was given up after an hour without apprehending the man.

Described as a black man, age 30, heavyset and bald wearing a green shirt over blue jeans, the escapee had been stopped for speeding as he proceeded northbound on Fairfax Ave. at Fountain Ave. ... [full story]