Westside Today Headlines http://www.westsidetoday.com/news-s8/1/milestones.html Sat, 18 May 2013 17:15:00 -0700 en-us Copyright 2013, Westside Today http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/7nJ235IJ33I/two-friends-on-a.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-9340/two-friends-on-a.html Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:15:00 -0700 On Sunday, March 17, two longtime friends and law enforcement colleagues met up in the dark A.M. hours to join several thousand others at Dodger Stadium. The occasion?…To run the largest marathon on the west coast - the Los Angeles Marathon – from the stadium all the way to the sea, and do it to raise funds for charity. Scotty Devereaux ran for the Foundation for Second Chances, while Alex Fernandez ran for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, and the L.A. Phantoms b...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-9340/two-friends-on-a.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/xZsZVS3FMnM/la-open-call-cbs.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-8408/la-open-call-cbs.html Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:15:00 -0700 Are you a passionate amateur baker? Can you whip up an impressive cake, tart or loaf of bread? You may be the perfect candidate for an exciting new competition baking series on CBS!!Amateur skilled bakers will compete against one another in baking challenges that will test every aspect of their baking skills. At the end of the competition, one baker will ultimately be crowned the winner. The series follows the trials and tribulations of the competitors – young, old, from every background and e...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-8408/la-open-call-cbs.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/qAO61XCXcuI/genetic-roulette-the-gamble.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-8199/genetic-roulette-the-gamble.html Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:15:00 -0700 Jeffrey Smith’s Genetic Roulette, an engaging film about GMOs. Live music before the screening by Label GMO performer Rob Herring. After the film, David King, Master Gardener and founding director of the Seed Library of Los Angeles, will lead a panel discussion focusing on questions from the audience. Sweet and savory food prepared by Real Food Daily will be served at the after party in the library courtyard. Co-hosted by California Right to Know, Co-opportunity Natural Foods and Real Food Dai...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-8199/genetic-roulette-the-gamble.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/MFMvoS7AoFQ/gumbiner-savett-evp-returns.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-5620/gumbiner-savett-evp-returns.html Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:15:00 -0700 Rick Parent, CPA and executive vice president of Santa Monica-based Gumbiner Savett Inc., has crunched numbers for the past 20 years. But as of July 1, 2011 the Southern California native and Juilliard-trained pianist hss returned to his roots as Chair of the Dean’s Circle Executive Board at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) for the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication.“I have always believed passion is important to help keep culture alive and I’d like to give b...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-5620/gumbiner-savett-evp-returns.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/aQVHGidJKJA/adrian-broca-keeps-his.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-5228/adrian-broca-keeps-his.html Sun, 29 May 2011 17:15:00 -0700 A teenage Broca overcame self pity and despair and decided to focus on “the things he could still do, instead of the ones that he could not do anymore.” With this new outlook, he began exploring his neighborhood in West Los Angeles, and he discovered how to use his limited vision to follow color contrasts and blurry shapes of objects to navigate his way through streets and around trees, people and vehicles and so competed in his first marathon in 2001. In 2011 Broca completed the LA Maratho...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-5228/adrian-broca-keeps-his.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/hfovRUUZNVI/advertising-veteran-gifted-musician.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-4783/advertising-veteran-gifted-musician.html Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:15:00 -0700 He was born Feb. 16, 1955 and raised in the Black Hills of South Dakota, graduating in 1973 from Lead – Deadwood High School. He attended the University of Denver where he majored in music, biology and physics, graduating cum laude in 1977.Glenn was an accomplished performer on French horn, piano and organ, and has played with the Denver Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Opera Company, Colorado's Central City Opera Company, the Disneyland All-American College Band and in numerous theater producti...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-4783/advertising-veteran-gifted-musician.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/33RQUGYW2ZM/miracle-on-san-vicente.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-4113/miracle-on-san-vicente.html Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:15:00 -0700 18th Annual Veterans’ Holiday Celebration“Honoring America’s Heroes”A group called VHC, which puts on the annual “Veterans Holiday Celebration,” put on a fabulous show on the VA grounds December 5 for those who served our country. The annual event, now 18 years running, honors veterans with food, music and fellowship. An army of volunteers served up a very nice dinner made up of contributions from local food establishments. Mayor Villaraigosa came, as did several military dignitari...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-4113/miracle-on-san-vicente.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/K0cvNbSJBog/beverly-hills-bar-association.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-3732/beverly-hills-bar-association.html Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:15:00 -0700 On Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Annual Installation Awards Dinner held at The Four Seasons Hotel, Alex Grager, Esq. and Betty Pan Wickersham, Esq. were awarded the Barristers Lawrence J. Blake Award for dedicated service. The Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA), founded in 1931, is the sixth largest bar association in California and currently includes nearly 4,000 members who practice in all areas of the law. Mr. Grager and Ms. Wickersham are BHBA Barris...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-3732/beverly-hills-bar-association.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/EkC_GMrFHNc/close-up-connor-macgillivray.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-2991/close-up-connor-macgillivray.html Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:15:00 -0700 Many of them were orphans. Others were taken from their homes because their parents couldn’t care for them. Either way, the boys at the Pacific Lodge Boys’ Home were in need of some happiness. And that’s where Connor comes in. Connor MacGillivray, a graduating senior at Palisades Charter High School, had already spent hours volunteering at the Boys’ Home. So when it came time to complete his Eagle Scout Project, Connor knew exactly what he had to do. The boys, as part of a rewards progra...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-2991/close-up-connor-macgillivray.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/Dzst-uyfQuA/brentwood-youth-citizen-awards.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-2992/brentwood-youth-citizen-awards.html Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:15:00 -0700 The Brentwood Community Council presented Youth Citizen Awards to several students and one teacher for exemplifying leadership, innovation, dedication and courage.Committee Chair Loretta Ditlow (who founded the award program ten years ago) along with members Bette Harris, Jackie Raymond and Nancy Babcock presented the following awards: St Martin of Tours School, Junior High grades 6, 7 and 8 Several days during the year, students brought ingredients to school and made sandwiches in the school ki...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-2992/brentwood-youth-citizen-awards.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/PHJ1pXdzD3o/in-memoriam-christian-barneson.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-1534/in-memoriam-christian-barneson.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:15:00 -0700 Christian Barneson Hart, PhDNovember 19, 1961 � August 26, 2009Dr. Christian Barneson Hart died on the 26th of August 2009 in Los Angeles. Born in Marin County, California on November 19, 1961, he was 47 years old. He is survived by his father, Archibald Hart III and his wife, Kathy; his brother, Dominick Peterson Hart; and his nephew, Chase Barneson Hart. His mother, Karen Peterson Hart, passed away in April 1984.Dr. Hart was a dedicated professor of psychology at Santa Monica College (SMC) s...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-1534/in-memoriam-christian-barneson.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/18LSfcDuvi8/kimpton-hotel-s-hotel.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-1591/kimpton-hotel-s-hotel.html Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:15:00 -0700 Hotel Palomar Los Angeles has appointed Matthew Yoakum – Specializing in the Entertainment Market - as its new sales manager.Kimpton Hotel's Hotel Palomar Los Angeles, a 19-story boutique hotel featuring 268 guest rooms and suites designed by Beverly Hills' own Cheryl Rowley, is located just two blocks from the UCLA Campus.For more information on the hotel see: www.hotelpalomar-lawestwood.com To contact Yoakum or his team for your hospitality needs: matthew.yoakum@hotelpalomar.comhttp://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-1591/kimpton-hotel-s-hotel.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/nHxPR9d3sqM/1000th-unit-of-blood.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-994/1000th-unit-of-blood.html Wed, 13 May 2009 17:15:00 -0700 Contact: Robert L. KernDirector of Marketing and CommunicationsPhone: 212-757-1627 Fax: 212-757-4662rkern@afmda.org For Immediate Release AFMDA Blood Donations in Israel Hit 1,000 Units for YearPace is Double Last Year’s as US Visitors Seek Meaningful Way To Express of Support for Israel JERUSALEM (May 13, 2009) – The slogan being used for years by American Friends of Magen David Adom, “Saving Lives in Israel,” took on new when AFMDA hosted a blood drive at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-994/1000th-unit-of-blood.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/n5tTVWJd4os/valerie-fitzgerald-makes-it.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-946/valerie-fitzgerald-makes-it.html Tue, 05 May 2009 17:15:00 -0700 Valerie Fitzgerald ascribes to the belief that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to—as long as you believe in your own personal power. Fitzgerald has followed her own advice all the way to the top: she has just been named a Charter Member of “Top 5 in Real Estate Network®” Over the last 19 years, Fitzgerald has risen to the top of the real estate world by building a multi-million dollar business from the ground up, establishing her own charity foundation, and speaki...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-946/valerie-fitzgerald-makes-it.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/0dIeety05pM/former-beverly-hills-designer.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-932/former-beverly-hills-designer.html Sat, 02 May 2009 17:15:00 -0700 Prominent interior designer and longtime Palm Desert resident Ewing William Pegee, 75 passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs following a long battle with cancer.Ewing was born to Virginia and Walter Pegee on May 14, 1933 in Versailles, Indiana and moved with his family to Southern California as a teenager. He was a graduate of San Bernardino High School and attended Valley College, also in San Bernardino. Ewing went on to study in...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-932/former-beverly-hills-designer.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/uqcKI9DnOhg/santa-monica-pier-turns.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-769/santa-monica-pier-turns.html Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:15:00 -0700 When the Santa Monica Municipal Pier opened on September 9, 1909 thousands of people came to enjoy the novelty of walking on water – or at least above it, thanks to the 1,600-foot-long, concrete pier which took 16 months to construct.Now, 100 years later, the Santa Monica Municipal Pier will celebrate its 100th birthday in spite of several efforts to raze and replace it; the ever-changing pier is still a source of laughter and wonderment for thousands each year. Throughout the years, the Pier ...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-769/santa-monica-pier-turns.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/9eRPCFyw-nY/madelyn-quot-maddie-quot.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-698/madelyn-quot-maddie-quot.html Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:15:00 -0700 Madelyn Katz, philanthropist and former president of the UCLA Medical Center Auxiliary, died March 1, 2009 at her home after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 73.Katz and her husband, Ronald A. Katz, most recent initiative,Operation Mend, created a  unique partnership between Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, Operation Mend to help treat U.S. military personnel wounded during service in Iraq and Afghanistan. A UCLA graduate a...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-698/madelyn-quot-maddie-quot.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/50xgZg4w9do/famed-venice-photographer-marvin.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-566/famed-venice-photographer-marvin.html Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:15:00 -0700 More than five decades of Los Angeles-area history were the subject of his particular artwork before he succumbed to heart disease at his most recent home in Marina del Rey. Among his works were a 1,500-photo survey for the Los Angeles Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and he was the author of three, all dealing with architecture.http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-566/famed-venice-photographer-marvin.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/aq1TIwpdwZc/farewell-jay-anthony-fiondella.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-490/farewell-jay-anthony-fiondella.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:15:00 -0700 Adventurer, Actor, Restaurateur and Raconteur. The co-owner of the Santa Monica landmark and celebrity hangout, Chez Jay, died on November 6 at age 82 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. His survivors include his children; Anita and Chaz Fiondella; a sister Rita Luarte and Chez Jay who co-owner Michael Anderson will continue to run the landmark restaurant. http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-490/farewell-jay-anthony-fiondella.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/zusCqqULbos/a-fashion-icon-s.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-226/a-fashion-icon-s.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:15:00 -0700 On June 1, Yves Saint Laurent, one of the most influential designers of the 20th century, passed away in his home in Paris after battling brain cancer for over a year. He was 71 years old and was considered one of the last real couturiers in French fashion.Born in 1936 in Algeria, Saint Laurent’s interest in fashion and couture was inspired by his mother who was known for her sense of style. At a young age and after a short time studying at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, Saint Laurent le...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-226/a-fashion-icon-s.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/xGdrT9FZ0qo/brentwood-community-council-youth.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-30/brentwood-community-council-youth.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:15:00 -0700 The Brentwood Community Council awarded Brentwood Youth Citizen Awards to the following outstanding students, who exemplify leadership, innovation, dedication and courage.  Catherine Haber, 8th Grade, St. Martin of Tours SchoolCatherine Haber was one of 40 national finalists in the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, held at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. where she participated in “Going Green.” She learned that “green bags” carry a larger load, and are recyclabl...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-30/brentwood-community-council-youth.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/ehQcYCHVHoE/milestones.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-44/milestones.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:15:00 -0700 Passings Margaret (Peggy) Perry Gettle was born in Pontiac, Michigan on September 1, 919. She died peacefully in her home in Westwood surrounded by loved ones on May 22, 2008.Peggy raised three daughters in Brentwood with her first husband, William Fritz. They were well known as the owners of Brentwood Stationers on San Vicente from 1955 to 1969, at the time of her husband's death.Dr. Murray E. Jarvik 1923-2008 died in his home in Santa Monica May 8. He was 84. Jarvik was the UCLA pharmacologist...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-44/milestones.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Milestones-WestsideToday/~3/SUlVqBA6Glw/memorial-services-for-charlton.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-98/memorial-services-for-charlton.html Mon, 12 May 2008 17:15:00 -0700 Memorial services for actor-turned-activist Charlton Heston were held at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church on Sunday, April 13. Former First Lady Nancy Reagan arrived with actor Tom Selleck and departed with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Also present at the service were singer Pat Boone, director Oliver Stone, actor/activist Rob Reiner, actor Keith Carradine and actor Olivia de Havilland. The Academy Award-winning Heston was mourned on both ends of the political spectrum. http://www.westsidetoday.com/s8-98/memorial-services-for-charlton.html