Rodney Harris returns an interception against Nebraska.
The following is Rodney’s story, and the best part of the story is, it’s not over yet. It’s still developing, and you, the reader, might even play a part. It’s the story about the presence of God, and letting Him take over when your back is against the wall and your neck is broken. It’s about […]
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Don’t look now, but if you’re walking around the La Verne Police Department, Bonita Unified School District, University of La Verne, Oak Mesa Park or the La Verne Skate Park and Sports Parks, Mijac Alarm is monitoring your every move. Mijac (a name that rhymes with hijack and takes its name from founders Mitzi and […]
Leave it to a mechanical engineering student to figure out how to earn summer cash to help pay for his education at UC Santa Barbara and later this fall at prestigious Imperial College in London, England. Ian Sigsworth, a 2008 Bonita graduate, is working as an independent tutor, helping local students make sense of theorems, […]
When people want something built right, they’re increasingly turning to a couple of twentysomethings who live and work right here in La Verne. The latest showcase project of wunderkind contractors Steven Paul, 29 and Paul Pieroth, 27, is going up at 931 Baseline Road in La Verne, a 7,200-square-foot Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Center […]
She may not share the same name recognition as either Dodger announcer Vin Scully or legendary Dodger Manager Tommy Lasorda, but Luchy Guerra, the team’s longtime assistant director of international player development — representing less than a handful of women to reach such a lofty position in Major League Baseball before starting her own business, […]
It takes a lot to open a business, and we should especially admire those business owners who have had to surmount some unbelievable and overwhelming obstacles to be successful. My Health Reflexology & Massage Spa, which just opened in La Verne, might be the poster child for overcoming overwhelming odds and starting a successful […]
Taste of Asia offers a taste of magnificence. It is like heaven on a fork, offering a fusion of the best dishes from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Japan, Korea and China.
As much as I love great deals like free parking at Sunset Beach (between Huntington and Seal Beach) and All You Can Eat Spaghetti Wednesdays at the Pizza Barn, I’ve got another secret you won’t be able to stop talking about. Mi Ranchito, a La Verne favorite for 15 years and in business for 35 […]
When you’ve been a champion power lifter, personal trainer and longtime owner of two successful fitness gyms – when you’ve devoted your life’s work to health and fitness — you wince when you see people not getting the most out of their workouts, or worse, you see that their exercise program is actually counterproductive to […]
While Jeff Tortorelli is a liturgical artist, nationally known for creating beautiful furnishings for churches and cathedrals, his son Nick is fast becoming a well-known local pizza artisan as owner of Tortorelli’s pizzeria on Foothill in San Dimas. Opened last April, Tortorelli’s offers delicious, hand-tossed pizzas, using locally produced deli meats and vegetables. “Our pizza […]
