It's one happy (twisted) family at the new San Dimas cafe, just past the La Verne border.
Would you try the food if you knew that the chef had: · Graduated from the California School of Culinary Arts in Pasadena · Interned at Angel Stadium (in 2002, the same year the Angels won the World Series) · Opened a Macaroni Grill in Oregon · Worked at the amazing and legendary Beaverton Bakery, […]
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While picking avocados from a relative’s tree on Christmas 2010, Koko Vartanian teetered and then tumbled off a 12-foot-high step ladder onto concrete, breaking his right heel and shattering his left ankle. Instead of opening bright and shiny Christmas packages, the owner of Rodeo Jewelers in La Verne was accepting a steady stream of get-well […]
For husband and wife Tony and Pat Ponzo and the father and son team of Mike and Tony Celeste, they don’t care if the market goes up, down or sideways. Although they live in San Dimas, Calif., 3,000 miles from Wall Street, their stock market picks and strategies, which they share with thousands of subscribers […]
Whether you aspire to reach Carnegie Hall in New York City, as the old jokes goes, or NBC studios in Burbank, Calif., the directions are the same: “Practice, practice, practice.” Weathercaster Elita Loresca, who lives in La Verne and now can be seen Monday through Friday mornings on NBC4’s “Today in LA” and the “Midday […]
During these crazy recessionary times, you hear all kinds of wild claims but what if someone were to walk up to you today and tell you that:
You could save 25% to 40% on your purchase of all ink and toner cartridges,
You could save an additional 10% on your printer cartridges if you’re an educator,
You could prevent 3 and ½ pounds of solid waste from being deposited in a landfill every time you purchased a remanufactured cartridge.
You’d be all ears, right?
Wisconsin may boast the Cheeseheads, but California has the Cheese Girls, two La Verne, Calif. sisters, Lydia and Marnie Clarke, who opened the Cheese Cave this past June in the heart of the Claremont village. Lydia, 33, and Marnie, 26, are actually part of dairy royalty. Their grandfather was one of the founders of the […]
On Monday, Aug. 16, the city of La Verne and the community officially welcomed Bob Russi as its new city manager. In July, the La Verne City Council by a 5-0 vote, named Russi, 44, to succeed Martin Lomeli as city manager in early August. Mr. Russi, who has been the assistant to the city […]
Hear the name, Nick Stone, and immediately, you think private investigator, like maybe Philip Marlowe in a Raymond Chandler novel. And while La Verne’s Nick Stone is a detective all right, he doesn’t solve murder mysteries. Rather, he’s on the case trying to detect why your watch doesn’t work. Since 1996, people in town have […]
To put it plainly, La Verne’s John and Leeann Paddock, owners of La Verne Construction Co., are family-oriented people. In addition to their three biological children, Sean, who lives in Oregon, Kellie, who lives in La Verne and works for the airlines, and Chase, who just graduated from the University of La Verne, they have six […]
Incoming city manager Bob Russi discusses budget and economic development issues and city challenges to deliver services in these austere financial times.
