Italy’s Octo Telematics Acquired for $555 Million
By Mauro Battocchi Octo Telematics is in the insurance telematics business. Their product, called Clearboxes, collect driver usage statistics that greatly help insurance companies decide how risky a driver is. These Clearboxes are also pioneering the collection of data such as speed, braking/accelerating and cornering style, which will ev...
Start-up in Silicon Valley: chi sostiene le idee italiane
di Mauro Battocchi In un ambiente super-competitivo come la Silicon Valley, in cui si aggirano decine di migliaia di giovani imprenditori di tutte le nazionalità, come fare a farsi notare e prendere sul serio? A parità di tecnologia, conta il saper comunicare alla californiana. Ma conta anche avere entrature con "insider" cioè protagonisti del mer...
Federated Columbus Day Family Festival
The Order Sons of Italy in America and Federated Italo-Americans of Southern California present: COLUMBUS CIVIC CEREMONY & FAMILY FESTIVAL SUNDAY, October 12, 2014Civic Ceremony - 12:30 pmFamily Festival - 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Casa Italiana1051 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Columbus Day Program includes singers, a performa...
Piazza St. Francis, The Poet’s Plaza
It is not often that a metropolitan city like San Francisco has the opportunity to incorporate a new urban piazza in the center of one of its most historic districts. That would be a rare opportunity indeed! It does appear this vision is turning into a reality for San Francisco's beloved North Beach. Recently, I spoke with Angela Alioto, S...
Join the Ap Italian mock Test on April 8
The Commission for Language and Culture of COMITES, together with Dr. Diana Ferrara, invites all of the students that are preparing independently the AP Italian Exam of May 11 to join our mock test. The test will take place on the 8th of April 2016 at 3pm at The School for Independent Learners in Los Altos. We have openings for 15 students...
Peppe Voltarelli sings Profazio, folk soul from Calabria
by Valerio Viale Peppe Voltarelli, a Calabrian folk singer-songwriter, with a musical career spanning over twenty-five years and two prestigious "Tenco Awards" under his belt, has been touring campuses across the States to present his latest book + CD, Peppe Voltarelli sings Profazio. He has been sharing this multimedia journey wi...
Venerdì Convivio
Convivio Center kicks off Venerdi Convivio on the first and third Friday evenings of each month at Convivio Center, Little Italy's sparkling new center of art, culture, and history. Italian tenor Rosario Monetti will take center stage, treating guests to a live cabaret performance showcasing his versatile vocal artistry. Internationally acclaimed a...
Avvocati Italo-Americani Ospitano la “Supreme Court Night” della California
Presso la Casa Italiana si è svolto, il 4 dicembre scorso, l'evento annuale organizzato dall'Italian American Lawyers Association in onore della Corte Suprema della California con la presenza del Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye. Durante la serata sono state conferite due borse di studio ad altrettante studentesse di origine italiana....
Mill Valley Film Festival
The 37th Mill Valley Film festival (October 2-12) will feature the Italian films Woman as a Friend and I Can Quit Whenever I Want. Woman as a Friend (2014, 88 min). Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bu59gk1_0Q Francesco and Claudia are two very good friends. He is a goofy, clumsy lawyer and she is a non-conforming...
Mia Francesca raising its profile in Del Mar
Since it opened 2½ years ago in the Del Mar Highlands Town Center, Mia Francesca has been overshadowed, in some ways quite literally, by its sister restaurant, Davanti Enoteca. San Diego's first Davanti location has become one of the hottest eateries in Little Italy. And the second Davanti outlet at Del Mar Highlands is situated directly i...
Maria Laurino at Book Passage, Corte Madera
The Italian Americans: A History is a gorgeous companion book to the PBS series that illuminates an often overlooked part of American history. In this richly researched, beautifully illustrated volume, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true Italian-American experience. ...
In Memoriam: Gloria Ricci Lothrop
Gloria Ricci Lothrop, a pioneering California historian who was the first female professor hired to teach in Cal Poly Pomona's history department, died Feb. 2 in Arcadia after battling chronic pulmonary disease and pneumonia. She was 80. Lothrop joined the faculty at Cal Poly Pomona in 1970. She spent the bulk of her career at the universi...