From left, Patty and Helen don't feel the burn.
LA VERNE, California, October 30, 2017 — How many times have you dropped a microwaved cup of coffee or casserole faster than a hot potato after realizing your hands and fingers felt like they were on fire? To protect themselves — and us — from all those steaming and scalding vessels of food and […]
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LA VERNE, California, October 27, 2017 — This may come as a shock to many of you, but Santa doesn’t live in the North Pole , or even the mall. No, Santa lives in La Verne, and Santa, is a she, not a he. This real-person Santa is Patricia Ross, who worked 34 years for […]
LA VERNE, October 26, 2017 — Cited for their unique acts of courage, bravery and split-second, lifesaving decision-making, seven local heroes were honored at the La Verne Police Department’s First Annual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday night at the University of La Verne’s Sara and Michael Campus Center. The honorees were Corporal Martin Weinreb, Sergeant David […]
LA VERNE, October 23, 2017 — According to Bloomberg, 8 out of 10 entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first 18 months. But as sobering as though statistics are, sisters Anh and Khanh Le, owners of NothingBundtCakes in La Verne (and Rancho Cucamonga) won’t be one of those dire statistics. As young children, they […]
THE SUNDAY DRIVE: Boot Yourself Over to the Eagle Rock Bakery & Deli for an Authentic Taste of Italy
EAGLE ROCK, California, October 21, 2017 — Colleen and I made a mid-morning dash across the 210 freeway to Eagle Rock’s famous Eagle Rock Bakery & Deli, which has been an institution in that city since 1949. We wanted to buy to some authentic Italian sausages, subs and cookies (pine nut, pistachio, and chocolate hazelnut […]
The Bonita Bearcats have had more comebacks than the NFL’s Kurt Warner who took a job in a grocery store at $5.50 an hour after he went undrafted. Later he would go on to play in two Super Bowls, winning one. So there was Bonita trailing, 30-23, with 7:57 left in the four quarter […]
LA VERNE, October 19, 2017 — It’s Monday night in La Verne. Most residents are watching Monday Night Football or the Dodgers making their World Series run. Others are trying to recover from the start of another work week after slogging home from long commutes on L.A.’s increasingly congested freeways. Some are sitting down to […]
LA VERNE, October 18, 2017 — Despite some push-back from residents and business owners who spoke publicly, the La Verne City Council voted unanimously, 4-0 (Councilman Tim Hepburn was absent) on Monday night, Oct. 17, to provide a $79,600 line of credit to help Chase’s Restaurant move from its current Third Street location […]
LA VERNE, October 16, 2017 — Chase’s Restaurant in downtown La Verne is seeking economic assistance from the City of La Verne to facilitate moving into a larger Old Town location. The matter will be taken up at the Monday, Oct. 16, 2017 La Verne City Council meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m. The […]
LA VERNE, California, October 13, 2017 — On a back-to-work Monday on Oct. 9, a lot of people might have missed the Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (Space X) successful launch of a Falcon 9 rocket out of Vandenberg Air Force Base, but not the McPherson family, which owns and operates Hi Tech Precision […]
