Picus

“Well, when I did that, I realized that most of the people I had to talk to only spoke Spanish,” Picus said.

Mayor Bradley signed Councilwoman Joy Picus’ ordinance banning discrimination by most private clubs for race, gender, religion or other factors.

Unable to stop the man, Wilcox said he ran to the Joy Picus Child Development Center, a childcare center housed in a city facility named after the former San Fernando Valley councilwoman.

Mr. Picus is the creator of BoiParty.com, which produces gay parties, and has hosted events at Splash, xl and Copacabana, among others.

Ornithologists have either entirely overlooked this bird, or have slightly noticed it as a variety of Picus icterocephalus, the golden-headed Woodpecker, from which it is nevertheless quite distinct.