Applications Due for Tech Venture Launch Program 2013
By Mauro Battocchi Are you looking for the opportunity to develop an exciting technology enterprise or new business? If so, take a look at Technology Launch Program 2013, an exciting opportunity offered by the Istituto Italiano Imprenditorialità that will bring successful applicants for a week to Silicon Valley this fall to learn how to c...
Genealogical Society, Unico Offering Free Italian Genealogy Seminar and Workshop
By Glenn Avolio Italian genealogy seminar and workshop will meet Oct. 12 and is one of the events featured during October's Family History Month. This is a joint offering by the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society and the Santa Barbara Chapter of Unico (an Italian word meaning unique, dedicated to community service and Italian heritage). T...
Los Angeles - L'arte italiana diventa 2.0
L'arte italiana a Los Angeles diventa 2.0. Il merito e' di una nuova applicazione, "Italy Art LA" e del relativo sito web (www.italyartla.com), che permetteranno agli utenti di scoprire l'arte italiana nella citta' californiana grazie a un sistema basato sulla geolocalizzazione e attraverso una varieta' di strumenti, quali una piantina personalizza...
Francesco Grieco releases new EP ‘With Love from California’
The producer and composer of electronic music known as Francesco Grieco has released his latest EP album, "With Love from California." The record comprises six original tracks for an approximate total listening time of 25 minutes. It has been proudly published independent of support from the corporate music industry on the FGrieco Producti...
Joe DiMaggio Playground – Past, Present & Future
by Catherine Accardi You can become a part of San Francisco's North Beach history and help create its future! Read on to find out how. Although San Francisco had parks prior to the 1906 earthquake and fire, for the most part they were for sitting or strolling and not for recreational activities. In 1910, two open air swimming...
Italian exchange students returns to Stockton after 28 years
Students who attended Stockton High School in 1986 can tell you exchange student Paolo Battaglia is part of football history. A week ago Friday, he returned to Stockton to revisit, 28 years later. "I can tell you that it was a great emotion walking in the new high school and seeing my name still among those holding a school record," Battaglia said...
Blue Jays claim 1B Chris Colabello off waivers from Twins
The first actual Blue Jays news from the Winter Meetings in San Diego is that the team has claimed first basemen Chris Colabello off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. The Italian-American grinded out seven years in independent ball after playing Division II college ball before eventually being signed by Minnesota in 2012. He made his major...
The Ebell of Los Angeles' regional wine & dine series: old world vs. new world --- Italian style
January 21, 2015 - Wednesday 7:00 PM - 9:30 PMThe Ebell of Los Angeles - 743 S. Lucerne Boulevard - Los Angeles, California 90005: Old World vs New World: Italian Style Comparing traditional Italian wines to their newfangled California cousins. Our California climate is very similar to that of Italy so the early Italian immigr...
Elisabetta Ghisini eletta presidente del Comites di San Francisco
di Mauro Battocchi Il Comitato degli Italiani all'estero eletto il 17 aprile per la circoscrizione di San Francisco si e' riunito stasera, per la prima volta, in Consolato. Elisabetta Ghisini (al centro nella foto) e' stata eletta Presidente. Con vent'anni di esperienza nel campo della comunicazione e del corporate marketing, prof...
Leonardo LoCascio of Winebow retires
by Paul Franson One of the most influential people in the wine business was recently in Napa to visit with clients and friends as he retires after 35 years in the business. Leonardo LoCascio, the founder of Winebow, a national importer and distributor of fine wine and craft spirits from around the world, retires June 30. A na...
End of Summer Pasta Night at Newport Italian
Saturday 5, Saturday - End of Summer Pasta Night at Newport Italian - We would like to celebrate the End of Summerwith our famous Pasta Night Event, alongside our fellow Italian motorcycle and scooter lovers!It will be a lively party with Italian music, our famous bruschetta, amazing focaccia made by Magnone Trattoria, pasta al pomodoro (spaghetti...
San Jose parish rebuilding beloved Italian church for modern times
By Joe Rodriguez Almost every Saturday since Bill Greco's beloved church burned down in a spectacular fire a year ago, the semiretired Italian-American Catholic has been collecting bottles and aluminum cans from the county fairgrounds to raise money for the rebuilding. "I got some guff for taking it from the fairgrounds, but I can...