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[Q turned out to be the hardest letter and the only one for which I felt compelled to pick something that no longer physically existed: the WW II-era Quartermaster Depot. (Although some of the buildings still stand.) The quilt mentioned below wouldn't have worked without a gigantic photo to show each panel. Quinceaneras aren't unique to Pomona. Someone suggested Quality ...
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La Verne really must be on the cutting edge. The Onion reports that a time traveler from the 22nd century held a press conference in March to inform mankind that the "ice cream of the future" will supplant all other desserts. "Put down your crude melting desserts of churned animal's milk and embrace the glorious world of high-tech flash-frozen treats," ...
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This week's restaurant: Angel's Place, 2325 D St., La Verne. This was shaping up to be a poor week for new-to-me restaurants. First there was a lunch at Larry's Burgers, in the wonderfully named Larry's Plaza on Holt Boulevard in Montclair. I knew this could be trouble when I passed a haunted looking woman at the pay phone who had ...
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Quakes outfielder Anderson Rosario was suffering through an epic skid when he started in right field for the Quakes on Wednesday. Rosario was 0-for-30 on the season. No hits, more than a month into the season. Mike Saeger, broadcaster of the 66ers, predicted that Rosario would get a hit when he saw the lineup on Wednesday. He hit a clean ...
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I like the Pomona Concert Band and always try to give them a plug. Their annual spring concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Palomares Community Center, 499 E. Arrow Highway. If memory serves, that's between Palomares Adobe and the Lawn Bowling court, two of Pomona's more unusual attractions. The concert's theme is "From Sea to Shining Sea." "We ...
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Today's column is about La Verne's first poet laureate, Catherine Henley-Erickson. Her name may be familiar to Claremont readers: She reviews movies for the Claremont Courier. The Claremont resident, a retired University of La Verne professor, has freelanced reviews for the paper since 1984. I couldn't resist asking if she'd ever combined her two passions and reviewed a movie in ...
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Walking downtown La Verne before Monday night's council meeting, I was startled to see that Dippin' Dots is opening an ice cream, or whatever it is, parlor at 2310 D. St. just above Third. The sign on the door says the opening is 10 a.m. today. The name Dippin' Dots is familiar to L.A. County Fairgoers: The so-called "ice cream ...
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On Sunday, the 66ers had a great event at Arrowhead Credit Union Park. A 1 carat diamond, supplied by Redlands Jewelers was buried in the infield and found by one lucky fan after the 66ers win over the San Jose Giants. Cost to participate was $5 and participants received a pink shovel to dig. Proceeds went to Susan G. Komen for the ...
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One of the Inland Valley's more intriguing building conversions is the former Ponderosa steakhouse at Arrow and Haven in Rancho Cucamonga, which became Ponderosa Dental Office. Yep, they kept the Ponderosa name, pardner. Reader Brian Hurst tell us a bit about it: "It was the Ponderosa Steak House back in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Had a Western decor, leather booths, ...
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Last Monday, as mentioned previously, I went to Studio City to see Jon Provost give a book talk. That event was at 7 p.m. This rare outing to the Valley provided an opportunity for a meal in a strange locale. Thus I had dinner at Art's Deli, a highly regarded delicatessen on Ventura Boulevard a bit west of Laurel Canyon ...
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[As I've said, in this series I tried to touch on a wide swath of Pomona, including ethnicities. Thus, I was pleased to devote the letter P to an obscure but long-lived church serving the black community. This column was originally published Dec. 12, 2004. Bear that in mind for a couple of references below to "today," which is long ...
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SAN BERNARDINO -Pitching, hitting and defense? The 66ers have not frequently done all three well in the same game, but on Saturday they did. Eduardo Perez drove in three runs, the Sixers played error-free ball and three pitchers combined to allow one run in a 4-1 victory over the San Jose Giants before 2,682 at Arrowhead Credit Union Park ...
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Because of the computer meltdown at the Bulletin (and our sister papers), getting Friday's column into print meant writing it a second time, from memory and my notes, when the first version proved inaccessible, as noted in Friday's paper. However, rewriting Friday's column consumed the time I would have spent writing Sunday's column. I've maxed out on vacation time and ...
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SAN BERNARDINO - The final boxscore indicated only two 66er errors. But if you watched the game, you several more mistakes. And against the top hitting and pitching team in the league, that's not going to produce many wins. San Jose pounded out 18 hits and routed the Sixers 11-3 before 3,520 at Arrowhead Credit Union Park on Friday night. ...
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This week's restaurant: Brandon's Diner, 8689 Base Line Road, Rancho Cucamonga; also 870 E. Foothill, Upland, and 10271 Magnolia, Riverside. Brandon's is a hugely popular breakfast spot, and maybe lunch and dinner spot too. For whatever reason I'd never been there. An online review at the Dinerwood site (an LA guy, he's also reviewed BC Cafe) caught my eye a ...
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By Pete Marshall Staff Writer SAN BERNARDINO - Wins for the 66ers have been precious so far this season, so any victory - pretty or ugly - is appreciated. The Sixers took a three-run lead to the ninth inning on Thursday then held on for an 8-7 victory over the Lake Elsinore Storm before 1,272 at Arrowhead Credit Union ...
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On my way back from an interview Wednesday afternoon in Chino, I stopped in at Comic Madness, a comic shop in that burg, for my weekly fix. Music was playing as I browsed but I wasn't paying attention. Suddenly a lyric jumped out at me: "Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee/First one says she's got my ...
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SAN BERNARDINO - For the second time in as many home starts, 66ersright-hander Tim Sexton was unhittable.Unfortunately for Sexton, his teammates couldn't hit either, until itwas too late. Lake Elsinore scored its first run without a hit, built an eight-runlead, then barely held on for an 8-7 victory over the Sixers before874 at Arrowhead Credit Union Park on Wednesday night.It ...
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Upland High School quarterback Josh Nunes, a junior who has received 15 scholarship offers, will whittle the list of potential colleges to five on May 27th, he said in an e-mail Wednesday. Nunes will issue a verbal commitment to one of the five shortly after May 27th. The offers for the 6-foot-4, 211-pound quarterback in chronological order: Arizona, Hawaii, Colorado, ...
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As you may have seen, today's column is about Jon Provost, who played Timmy on "Lassie" from 1957 to 1964 and lived in Pomona from 1954 to 1959. You can visit his website and/or buy his autobiography, "Timmy's in the Well." A few local tidbits were squeezed out of the column. Provost had a role in "Country Girl" with Bing ...
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