NEWS FROM : CALIFORNIA  

By Mauro Battocchi   The CleanTech Forum San Francisco 2014, an important networking and lecture event in renewable energy and zero impact technology, kicks off next week (March 11-13) at San Francsico's Fairmont Hotel.   This year is the 12th edition of the Forum and over 750 attendants are expected from tier one venture capital and...

The Coldani Olive Ranch swept the competition in this year's Central Coast Olive Oil Competition with 4 of the 8 gold medal winning oils awarded Best of Class and the Best in Show.   Calivirgin is leading the olive oil industry in innovation, producing premium quality olive oil as one of the highest awarded olive oil producers in the nation....

The New York Post reports that off-Broadway actress Candice Guardino and her husband Thomas Felicciardi are being sued by investors Joe Cecala, Emily Conner and Lawrence Schwartz.   The trio claim that the couple took their $68,000 investment for their proposed revival of 'Italian Bred' and ran off to Los Angeles, where they used the funds f...

How hot is San Diego's Little Italy? The best new restaurant of the year, Juniper & Ivy, landed there in March. The second most buzz-worthy spot, Ironside Fish & Oyster, opened a few weeks later.   Neighborhood stalwart Indigo Grill was revamped to bring in elements of Peruvian cuisine, a current foodie favorite.   Read...

"Although I have been busy writing about traveling around the globe, I have been getting arrangements to put together an Italian Gig Book," said piano player Tony Di Bona. He, and vocalist wife Giovanna, run Roman Holiday Music. "We do weddings, festivals and themed parties, just to name a few," said the Italian-American who is a native of San Dieg...

Making an Italian coffee is considered an art. But what about having a real espresso and enjoying that moment as most Italians do?   While the ability of preparing a good coffee has been improving since Italians came to America, the Italian way of having away coffee has never become a real trend.   Read more   Fonte: L'italo-Am...

Affermare che storicamente ci sia stata, e continui a esserci tuttora, una profonda influenza della cultura italiana nei confronti degli Stati Uniti (senza mai dimenticare, ovviamente, il grande ascendente inverso), può essere un fatto abbastanza pacifico e – per certi versi – assodato.   Ma quando dalle asserzioni più generali si passa alle...

di Samuele Zaboi Il Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, l'ICE-Agenzia per la promozione all'estero e l'internazionalizzazione delle imprese italiane e AESVI, l'Associazione di categoria che rappresenta l'industria dei videogiochi in Italia, annunciano la partecipazione delle imprese italiane alla Game Developers Conference (GDC), l'appuntamento pr...

The Sicilian Festival, the first festival to be held in San Diego's iconic Little Italy neighborhood, has announced that it will become part of the annual Little Italy Festa beginning October 11, 2015. For 21 years, the beloved Sicilian Festival was the labor of love for a small group of volunteers whose goal was to preserve the heritage and cultu...

Brava! Sons of Italy member Maria Fassio Pignati sang the U.S. National Anthem at the San Francisco Giants game against the San Diego Padres last month for ‪#‎ItalianHeritage‬ Night! Maria is the former state president of the Order Sons of Italy - Grand Lodge of California, and she currently serves on the board of several Italian and Italian Ameri...

by Benedetta Cicconi   The Bridge Art Exchange Building in Santa Monica opened a little over a month ago on December 12th in collaboration with the Bice Bugatti Club Italy, the solo exhibit of Franco Marrocco, professor and director of the prestigious Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan. The earliest paintings by Marrocco actually belong...

Il coro "Artemusica", diretto dal Maestro Ermanno Zotti, è stato protagonista di due esibizioni molto apprezzate dal folto pubblico accorso alla Saint Monica Church di Santa Monica e alla St. Peter the Apostle Church di Pasadena. Fondato nel 2011, il coro è composto esclusivamente da cantanti non-professionisti ed ha una struttura classica a quatt...