Imagine Marty’s predicament. Last year, she was strapped in the seat of an Australian-bound jumbo jet taxiing on the runway, ready to enjoy her first vacation in 10 years. Then came the dreaded announcement: “Please turn off all electronic devices and prepare for take-off.” Separating Marty from her electronic leash that has kept her successfully connected [...]

In the interest of full disclosure, I must mention that Dr. Laurie Woll has been my dermatologist for decades. She has keenly kept watch over all my suspicious-looking moles, their unshapely appearance the outgrowth of too much exposure to the sun as a kid growing up in a different era when no one knew any [...]

The quest to find the winner of America’s Got Talent competition resumes today on KNBC Channel 4 at 9 p.m. Among the Final 40 in the nationwide talent hunt is La Verne’s Charles DeWayne Dorsey, who could be taking the stage tonight in a live performance. Tune in, because if Dorsey does appear, he’ll need [...]

Same La Verne location, same manager, practically the same food (maybe even better) … Only its name and ownership have changed, and some of the trademarked dishes on the menu have new titles. It’s hardly the first time a business has changed its name. Before Google was Google, it was BackRub. Healthy Choice started as Diet [...]

At Little Kuts on Foothill Blvd. in La Verne, owner and hairdresser Maria Ortiz practices both the art of attraction and the art of distraction. First, the art of attraction. After sitting in her chair — or one of five carousel-style character chairs in her salon – kids appear gorgeously groomed, the result of Maria’s years [...]

For someone just 17, La Verne’s Adam Gordon wears a lot of uniforms. As a black belt karate instructor, he wears a martial arts uniform. As a student at the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Pasadena, he wears a culinary uniform. And as a member of Troop 123, he proudly wears the Scout uniform. So, it [...]

Santa Claus, it turns out, isn’t the only man living at the North Pole. La Verne’s Dave Juergens lives there as well, at least in his imagination. Opening narration from season one of “The Twilight Zone” Narrator: There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space [...]

Call him “The Kernel” or the “The King of Pop.” John Norman doesn’t much care about titles. He’s too busy selling kettle popcorn to notice. By the hundreds and thousands, people line up for his deliciously addictive sweet and salty popcorn at Knott’s Berry Farm, San Manuel, the California Speedway and a dozen other big-ticket [...]

You may know Brad Eastland as The Sports Philosopher for LaVerneOnline, but he was also a dear friend to Jim Coleman, who died unexpectedly on May 11. Through Brad, I also had the pleasure to meet Jim several times over the years, but it was only through Brad’s article, published before Jim’s sudden passing, in [...]