By Allison B. Cohen and Colin Stutz Over 800 family members, friends, political dignitaries and dozens of his former students gathered Monday at Our Mother of Good Counsel Catholic Church to memorialize Joseph Gatto, who was killed Nov. 13th in his Silver Lake home.   Gatto's son, California State Assemblymember Mike Gatto, said his family'...

by Mauro Battocchi   Descartes famously said "Cogito Ergo Sum", and in doing so, posited that human thought is the ultimate proof that Reality exists. Who knows if there's something out there beyond our ability to perceive things and make sense of them through language.   In the tech age, computers have gotten pretty good at understan...

Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood welcomes Joseph Di Prisco to the store to discuss and sign his new memoir, Subway to California, on Thursday, October 9th at 7pm.   In 1961, the Di Priscos fled Brooklyn--and the FBI. The father had been implicated in police corruption and he escaped to California, where his wife and two of her four sons join...

L'ICE-Agenzia organizza una missione di start-up italiane del settore ICT (tecnologie dell'informazione e della comunicazione) in California, con tappe a Los Angeles e San Francisco, dal 20 al 24 ottobre 2014.L'iniziativa è rivolta esclusivamente alle start-up italiane del c.d. "Global digital market, indicatore dell'economia digitale che comprende...

La Baia di San Francisco avrà ancora la possibilità di essere rappresentata dai Comitati degli Italiani all'Estero, organo elettivo che risponde alle esigenze di una delle comunità più numerose di cittadini italiani residenti negli Stati Uniti.   È notizia recente infatti, la riapertura da parte del governo italiano dei termini per la presen...

Music & Commedia dell' Arte, Italy. *SUNDAY* Mar 22, 2015 | 11:00 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. - W.M. Keck Children's Amphitheatre - 135 N Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012. FREE. TICKET RESERVATIONS OPEN MARCH 12, 2015   Artists Roberto Catalano and Enzo Fina, creators of Musicàntica, perform the enchanting folk music of...

ROMA, 02 NOV -Bottega Veneta will bring its world even closer to home, literally, unveiling its latest retail concept early next year on Melrose Place in Los Angeles, www.WWD.com has learned.The PPR-owned company, which already has gender-specific, furniture-only and leather-goods-focused boutiques among its 180 stores worldwide, will add a home-fo...

by Nickolas Marinelli   Since 1928, Il Cenacolo has been recognized as San Francisco's premiere Italian cultural club. Since its inception, the venerable old organization has held regular Thursday luncheons, during which guest speakers representing all aspects of Italian culture have addressed the all-male membership.   At first they...

Where do you go in Southern California to enjoy a stellar meal for a special occasion or just for a wonderful night out? We all have lists of our favorite places, but is Paisano's Italian Restaurant at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula on your list? If not, it should be.   My husband, Todd, and I recently met Paisano's new Executive Che...

by Roberto Natalini   La storia di questo antico circo itinerante ha inizio nel 1842 a Budapest, quando un artista di strada francese, Napoline Zoppè, incontra la talentuosa ballerina equestre Ermenegilda, con la quale si trasferisce a Venezia per fondare insieme il circo che diventerà uno dei più leggendari d'Europa. Quasi 100 anni più...