From the hands of children to the hearts of service men and women.
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Executive Chef Ricky Brewer went from a kitchen nightmare to a kitchen fairy tale.
In 2007, Brewer was the executive chef for Lela’s Restaurant in the heart of the Pomona Arts Colony. While the upscale restaurant featured an ambitious, eclectic menu, it lacked the financing, discipline and downtown foot traffic to survive, despite the best efforts [...]
It pays to shop in La Verne.
It was Christmas season 2007, and Terry Eaton didn’t have time to go to the mall to complete her holiday shopping. So instead, she pulled up in front of the Candle, Linen and Soap Factory in downtown La Verne, attracted by a large “50% off” sign in the window. [...]
At 80 years young, everything is coming up roses for owner Jim Coiner. He along with his son James, operations manager, and John Mellon, general manager, run Coiner Nursery, which boasts operations in Wasco, Calif. (San Joaquin Valley), El Monte and La Verne.
This is no budding operation. In particular, Jim has spent more than 60 [...]
In his sophomore year at Cal Poly Pomona, engineering student Kevin York, a Bonita High School 2002 graduate, was heading straight for the 9-to-5 workaday world. The thought of conforming to such a rigid routine started to make him anxious.
“I’ve always known that wasn’t for me,” said York, now 24. “But that’s what was coming, [...]
Let’s get this picture straight. Jobs have contracted for 17 straight months, the national unemployment rate has soared to 9.4%, and in California, unemployment is 11%. More than 1.6 million jobs have been shaved from the economy since Congress approved President Obama’s stimulus plan in February.
To counteract these historic job losses, Obama announced plans this [...]
Take your first step into Massage Envy, and you realize you’re not in Kansas anymore … or even La Verne. From head to toe, Massage Envy’s design and décor are divine — a peaceful, professional place accented in purple and maize that welcomes you to the endless therapeutic and stress-relieving benefits of massage therapy.
Massage Envy, [...]
Look at the pictures of this remarkable young man, Cory Hiltz, La Verne’s war hero. Look at his youth, look at his radiance, look at his warmth, look at his love of family, look at his love of the outdoors, look at his wholesomeness (that’s a Coke can sitting in the cup holder in the [...]
