LA VERNE, Calif., June 1, 2017 — LaVerneOnline sat down for nearly a full hour with first-year Police Chief Nick Paz, who graciously accepted our invitation for an interview. He didn’t request to see the questions in advance or to edit the responses before they were posted. It was just two people talking — a […]
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LA VERNE, Calif., May 29, 2017 — In October 2005 when the Humvee he was riding in drove over and detonated an improvised explosive device or IED, U.S. Army Sergeant Bryan Anderson was hurled to the ground. When he tried to wipe away the blood from his face with his left hand, he discovered he didn’t […]
LA VERNE, May 11, 2017 — After three decades of being the stylish, endearing and uniquely creative host of classical radio shows in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles again, Dennis Bartel, now 63, has finally been silenced. Actually, it is only his physical voice that has been stilled. He left Classical […]
For many years running, Disneyland has been known as “The Happiest Place on Earth,” but that title might get some spirited push-back from Grace Miller Elementary students and parents in La Verne, where Mrs. Deanne Spencer has reigned supreme as principal since 2002. Before that eventful year, Mrs. Spencer had been a teacher at Grace […]
When Ray Atwan moved into his new barbershop at 27 Catalina Ave. in Pasadena, he didn’t wait long to spruce up the place, buying new barber chairs and donating the surplus to the Los Angeles County jails. He wanted to make a first great impression. But that was 1964. Fifty three years later, Ray, the […]
Pokémon Go, Game of Thrones, Amazon.com anything … you expect these cultural cornerstones to be trending, but the La Verne Historical Society (LVHS)? Well, it’s got a case. In recent months, the organization’s membership has topped more than 200 members and shows no signs of peaking. In February, its “Get on the Bus” local history […]
The No. 1 sign that you live in Los Angeles isn’t that you’re always 30 minutes late, adore In-n-Out burgers, or wear your Lululemon gear all over town. No, it’s the fact that you, your neighbor and your neighbor’s neighbor likely lives in a home with an unpermitted addition or alteration. No one knows […]
After closing one of the world’s most successful body jewelry manufacturing businesses in December 2015, ending a two-decade run that earned millions of dollars annually and employed 86 people at its peak, Claremont resident Jim Coffman and his career are clearly on the rocks. Now he is in a state of monolithic madness, turning away from […]
MARCH 22, 2017, LA VERNE — The opening of Sprouts on Wednesday, March 22, was La Verne’s version of a rock concert, a mini Coachella, people of all ages streaming out of their cars and on foot toward the market for the 7 a.m. inaugural, only to be greeted by their fellow neighbors, some of […]
La Verne, meet your new neighbors, the Chavira family. Carlos, wife Heidi, son Carlos, Jr., and daughter Mia were welcomed to their new home at 1520 First Street in La Verne on March 4, 2017 by a tightly knit throng of enthusiastic sponsors, supporters, donors and friends who rallied behind the family and the Pomona […]
