Are you ready to go public with how you met your sweetheart? If you are, you could win a free Pure Relaxation Massage from Eden Day Spa in La Verne. To enter, simply email your picture and your brief story by Thursday, Feb. 7, to spedenwellness@gmail.com. Eden will post your romantic tale and photo and […]
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The phone has been ringing for John and Leeann Paddock, owners of La Verne Construction. The Commerce Department said that the economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter. That’s a sharp slowdown from the 3.1 percent growth rate in the July-September quarter. On the other hand, consumer spending rose […]
Henry David Thoreau said, “If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away.” For La Verne, California-based photographer Christina Albrigo, now 31, it took several years before she could take that step. Although […]
Santa Anita Race Park race track in Arcadia, Calif., which opened for its 76th season yesterday, has a storied tradition made famous by thoroughbred champions like Seabiscuit, Round Table, Affirmed, Spectacular Bid and Zenyatta and jockeys like Willie Shoemaker, Johnny Longden and George Woolf, nicknamed “The Iceman,” for sitting chilly in the saddle until the […]
Usually, I don’t like the word “clammy” as a description, unless you’re referring to Pismo Beach, a great California coastal getaway that once billed itself as the “Clam Capital of the World. While the clams — once so abundant that plows harvested them on the beach — are largely gone, the Splash Café still makes […]
Tired of watching consumers getting literally burned, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has developed new regulations for the makers of sunscreen products. The new rules go into effect on Dec. 17, 2012. According to Dr. Laurie Woll, a dermatologist with practices in Glendora and Montclair, Calif., they were long time coming. “The FDA’s regulations […]
Of the many Thanksgiving food giveaways held throughout the East San Gabriel Valley over the holiday, one of the most popular was a joint effort by Sowing Seeds for Life, a nonprofit charity, and the Christ Church of the Valley of San Dimas. Held in the DPI Labs parking lot at 1350 Arrow Highway in […]
Mark Levy, owner of Palace Pet Salon in La Verne, has a lot to howl about. His business has been selected the La Verne Chamber of Commerce “Business of the Year” for 2011/12. A little more than five years ago, Levy purchased the business from K9 Carousel, regally renamed it “Palace Pet Salon,” and joined […]
JOKES Joke No. 1: CUDDLES I’m sorry if I appear a little somber on what should be a happy occasion. Earlier today, I found my pet duck Cuddles absolutely motionless in my back yard, so I rushed him over to the vet. After examining it with his stethoscope, the vet said, “I’m sorry, but […]
La Verne author Peter Bennett presented Barbara Heavin, treasurer of of the Claremont Forum’s Prison Library Project, several copies of his new book, Life Lessons of a Harvard Reject, which he believes can help prisoners tear down the walls that have held back their success. “When I heard from Barbara and other […]
