Martin Wallem breathes with a ventilator and can only move only his eyes and grind his teeth. He uses those limited movements to tell his son when it’s bedtime and his wife when he wants to go deep-sea fishing, hunting and downhill skiing.
Michael Blazek, an out-of-work financial analyst who’s visually impaired, has one way to confront hiring managers’ questions about whether he can do the job. He brings his tools to the interview.
At 35 seats, the North Park Vaudeville & Candy Shoppe claims the distinction of being the smallest theater in San Diego. And if all goes well, artistic director Summer Golden hopes someday it will be … still the smallest theater in San Diego.
City officials reached a settlement this week with the Berkeley-based Disability Rights Advocates over a 2007 lawsuit that said the city was ill-prepared to help disabled people in the event of a disaster such as an earthquake or firestorm.