Italian restaurant pays homage to historic Blade-Tribune building
It is an ode to the history of the city with an Italian twist. The historic Oceanside Blade-Tribune News building at 401 Seagaze Drive has found a new purpose — as an Italian restaurant. John Carlo Ferraiuolo and Mario Cassineri have joined forces as the two renovate the inside and will open its doors early next year as Blade 1936. The name is a tr...
IACCW Italian Excellence Gala & Awards 2018
Thursday, December 13, 2018. From 5:00 pm To 9:00 pm. Greystone Mansion, 905 Loma Vista Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Organized by IACCW in collaboration with IIC Los Angeles. Entrance with fee. The Italian Excellence Gala recognizes leading Italian personalities, their distinction and their contribution to the Italian community in the US and global...
Old World family tradition (we’re talking an authentic Italian tomato sauce) rekindled in Pasadena
Call it the Great Bruno Family Tomato Escapade. Victor and Kathy Bruno of Pasadena found an old DVD showing a home movie shot in the 1980s of Victor and his family making tomato sauce. The snippet got their six children asking one question: “How do we make this sauce?” But the story really begins with the eldest Victor Bruno, an enterprising young...
Museum founder Marianna Gatto
As executive director of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, Marianna Gatto has made it her life’s work to celebrate L.A.’s rich and largely unknown Italian legacy. Los Angeles is all too well known for its Hollywood heavies, rock stars and thriving Latino culture. But as Marianna Gatto will gladly tell you, Italian roots run rich and deep...
Il saluto di Silvia Chiave, nuova Console Generale d'Italia a Los Angeles
E’ con grande piacere che all'inizio del mio mandato come Console Generale a Los Angeles rivolgo un caloroso saluto ai tutti i connazionali, alla comunità italo-americana e a coloro che guardano con attenzione, amicizia e simpatia al nostro Paese. Nell’ambito della vasta area di giurisdizione di questo Consolato Generale, comprensiva della Californ...
SFO lands new Italy nonstop
Air Italy will bring nonstop flying from San Francisco International to Italy back into vogue next year when it launches new nonstops to Milan's Malpensa Airport. Currently, the only nonstops to Italy from the Bay Area are on Norwegian Air with seasonal summer-only flights from Oakland. It's long been rumored that Alitalia would bring back the SFO-...
Alta Heights: From Little Italy to iconic Napa neighborhood
To Napa old-timers, the name “Alta Heights” conjures up all kinds of memories, whether you grew up there or not. Everyone has a favorite experience to reflect on, whether it be a game of pick-up baseball at the school, throwing the football in the street, walking up to the now non-existent reservoir, flying down Montecito Boulevard on bikes, Hallow...
Silvia Chiave nuovo Console Generale a Los Angeles
È iniziato il 3 dicembre scorso il mandato di Silvia Chiave, nuovo Console Generale d'Italia a Los Angeles. Milanese, classe 1975, Chiave si laurea in economia aziendale alla Bocconi ed entra in carriera diplomatica nel dicembre del 2000. Il suo primo incarico è alla Direzione Generale Paesi Asia, Oceania, Pacifico e Antartide, mentre all’estero de...
Frank Sinatra's Custom-Designed Malibu Beach House Lists For $12.9M
After starting its sales journey this summer as a rental asking $110,000 per month, the home Frank Sinatra and his wife Barbara designed for themselves has come to market as part of the Sinatra estate. The Sinatras bought the property in the early '90s for $3 million only to tear down the existing house and build the one you see here. It was comple...
Italian Court Rules Getty Museum Must Return a Prized Bronze
Italy’s highest court has ordered that a centerpiece of the Getty Villa’s art collection, a prized bronze sculpture more than 2,000 years old, should be returned to Italy in a ruling that could lead to a trans-Atlantic transfer or a diplomatic standoff. The statue, named “Victorious Youth” but often referred to as the Getty Bronze, is on display at...
Celebration of food & wine at the annual Vigilucci’s ‘Sagra’
You’re probably thinking the same thing I thought when I saw the word “Sagra.” Even though I have 100 percent Italian heritage, I wasn’t familiar with a “Sagra,” but it is the perfect Italian description since it means “anniversary festival.” Roberto Vigilucci, (friends and family call him Roby), since 1994 a highly successful restaurateur in North...
Lady Gaga honours Bradley Cooper for accomplishments in Hollywood, gets emotional during speech
American singer Lady Gaga broke down into tears after she honoured Bradley Cooper at the American Cinematheque Award Presentation in Beverly Hills for his accomplishments in Hollywood. During her speech, the six-time Grammy winner opened up about how her 'A Star is Born' co-star, helped her open up through her role, confirmed E!Online. "I felt comf...