Legacy House, a new residential care home for the elderly in La Verne, is so spotlessly clean that some of the arriving residents might think they’ve died and gone to heaven. Over the last year, owners Lynn and Ralph Chalifoux have turned an eyesore into eye-candy. Every inch of the former fixer-upper located at the […]

Fresh out of Bonita High School, Patrick Neal, now 28, thought he’d pursue a job with the forest service or the national parks. Family vacations to Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion, Bryce and the Grand Canyon had hooked him on the big outdoors. “I fell in love with the parks, but then I fell in love with […]

Santa Claus isn’t the only one coming to La Verne this holiday season. Longtime La Verne resident Barbara Larkin will also be bringing her Allstate insurance agency from Glendora to La Verne on Jan. 2, 2013. Here, she’ll be able to help insure many of the prized possessions that people obtain not only during the […]

Michael Cooper can’t help it if his office looks a little cluttered. Lining his jam-packed shelves are tubs, tubes, trays, cartons, bottles, packs, packets, pouches, wraps and scores of other colorful and super high-fidelity, gravure-printed and flexographic containers holding pastes, powders, liquids, gels, and a gazillion consumer products and foodstuffs ranging from noodles to nuts. […]

I’m here today to talk to you about Selling’s 5 Ps: Prospecting, Preparation, Presentation, Persuasion, and Post-Sale The First P: Prospecting How many of you here today know who William Dawes is? I thought so! On April 18, 1775, he jumped on his horse at midnight to warn his fellow colonists that the British were […]

Whether you’re grabbing a donut at a local café, shopping at your favorite mall, or riding the elevator to the seventh floor of a high-rise medical building, probably the last thing on your mind is whether the building you’re in is safe and secure. That’s because the vast majority of today’s buildings meet the stringent […]

Before even sitting down inside his San Dimas, Calif., office, Chris Neag can’t stop rattling off facts about the public’s lack of emergency preparedness. In the wake of superstorm Sandy, the alarm in his voice is pitched several decibels higher than the usual urgency in his voice when the topic turns to preparing for a […]

The Back Abbey in Claremont is unlike any convent or monastery I’ve been to. The conversations and spirits flowed freely last Saturday night. This certainly was no place to do penance. Rather, it was time to let loose and enjoy oneself. I sat at a slightly wobbly table next to the main entrance where I […]

To build your business, you need to not only meet people, but also connect with them. To connect with people (unless you want to halve your audience), steer clear of controversial issues like politics and religion. Why should you avoid two subjects that impassion and fascinate nearly everyone? There’s an easy answer: Because few people […]