Monday, February 29, 2016
DJ, radio personality Charlie Tuna dies at 71
LOS ANGELES (KABC) --
Longtime Los Angeles DJ and radio personality Charlie Tuna died in his sleep earlier this month, according to a statement posted on his website Monday. He was 71."His was a life well-lived, and he will always be remembered for the joy, laughter, and love of music he brought to many throughout the world with his presence on the radio," the statement said.
Tuna, born as Art Ferguson, worked as a radio personality for more stations and formats than anyone in L.A. radio history. Ferguson began using the moniker Charlie Tuna while working in Oklahoma City in 1966. After a stint in Boston, he moved to L.A. in late 1967, appearing on KHJ. He was one of the original DJs at KROQ in the early 1970s, then became a morning DJ and program manager at KKDJ, which later became KIIS-AM and eventually began a simulcast on FM.
He worked a series of other stations, including KRLA, KODJ and KLAC, then hosted the "Charlie Tuna in the Morning" program on KBIG until 2007. After that station changed format, he moved to K-Earth 101, where he stayed until 2015, when he focused on a syndication business. He also hosted "Inside Hollywood" and the TV game show "Scrabble" for about seven years. He lived in Tarzana and had served as the city's honorary mayor since 1977.
His family asks that memorial contributions be made in his name to Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Flowers will be placed on Tuna's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 4 p.m.
City News Service contributed to this report
Mar 05, 2016 - 31, 2016
ArtReach 2016: The Art of Metaphor
Location: Millard Sheets Art CenterArtReach 2016: The Art of Metaphor
Fifth Annual Regional High School Art Exhibition March 5-31
Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony:
Saturday, March 5, 6-9 p.m.
Open Gallery hours:
Fridays-Sundays, noon-5 p.m., March 6-27
Group tours available upon request
ArtReach provides area high school students an opportunity to express themselves creatively through the visual arts
We encourage and support the next generation of artists by celebrating their success at the Millard Sheets Art Center at Fairplex
Parking at Gate 1 on McKinley Ave.
Visit for more information
Mar 03, 2016 - 05, 2016
Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival
Location: Expo Hall 5Come join us for our Spring Festival in Pomona!
At the Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival you will find a wide variety of Sewing, Quilting, Needle-Art and Craft supply exhibits from many quality companies.
Admission is $10 good for three days (free with postcard)
Hours Thursday & Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Parking is $10 at Gate 17 on Fairplex Dr.
Visit for more information!
February 29, 2016 – NATIONAL LEAP DAY – RARE DISEASE DAY
For a day that is celebrated only once every 4 years on February 29th (with some mathematical exceptions we’ll go over later) it sure seems to have a lot going on around it. Leap year has devious explorers, beloved saints, partying boarder towns and proposal popping Irish ladies. And let’s not forget all the birthdays babies. They do have some making up to do on the celebrating, you know! Since the beginning of time, man has been improving the way we keep it. That applies to calendars as well. Early Egyptians had a leap year in their calendar. The early Roman calendar had entire leap month from time to time to keep the days in line with the astronomical year. It was Julius Casaer and astronomer Sosigenes who revamped the Roman calendar giving it 12 months with equally (almost) distributed days and adding a leap day every 4 years. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII adjusted the calendar once again. Because the Earth revolves around the sun once every 365.2421 days, one leap day every 4 years is just slightly too much. Instead of shortening the leap day, the Gregorian calendar is designed such that leap days only happen every 4 years except years evenly divisible by 100 but not 400. There was not a leap day in 1900 and there will not be one in 2100. So a baby born on February 29, 2096 will be in the 3rd grade on his 1st birthday! And even this adjustment doesn’t keep the days perfectly aligned with the seasons. Those humans who are still around in 10,000 years will have to address those issues. It’s truly not a leap day concern.
For more information, visit the National Day Calendar page for National Leap Day.
RARE DISEASE DAY USA
Rare Disease Day is observed the last day in February.A rare disease is defined differently in different parts of the world. In Europe a rare disease is one that affects fewer than one in 2,000 people while in the United States the standard is 1 in 200,000. While a majority of the conditions are genetic in origin, still others are the result of infections, environmental or degenerative factors.
Often people with rare diseases face a multi faceted uphill battle; with few suffers, there are fewer voices to bring awareness to their needs for research, medical and financial support or their physical,social and often times mental burdens.
Rare Disease Day brings those voices together to help lift some of those burdens and bring awareness to light.
HOW TO OBSERVE
The goal of Rare Disease Day is to raise awareness among the general public and decision makers about rare diseases and the impact that they have on patients’ lives. Use #RareDiseaseDayUSA to post on social media.
HISTORY
First observed in Europe in 2008, Rare Disease Day was established by Eurordis, (the European Rare Disease Organization). In 2009, NORD was asked by EURORDIS to sponsor Rare Disease Day in the United States. NORD accepted and 2014 celebrates the 6th annual RARE DISEASE DAY USA.
For more information see: http://rarediseaseday.us/
and
http://www.rarediseaseday.org/
DATES
February 28, 2015
February 29, 2016
February 28, 2017
February 28, 2018
February 28, 2019
Here are your 2016 Oscar winners
BEST PICTURESpotlight -- WINNER
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
BEST ACTORLeonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant -- WINNER
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
BEST ACTRESSBrie Larson, Room -- WINNER
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
BEST DIRECTOR
Alejandro Inarritu, The Revenant -- WINNER
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
ORIGINAL SONG
"Writing's On The Wall," Spectre -- WINNER
"Earned It," Fifty Shades of Gray
"Manta Ray," Racing Extinction
"Simple Song #3," Youth
"Til It Happens To You," The Hunting Ground
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Hateful Eight -- WINNER
Bridge of Spies
Carol
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMSon of Saul, Hungary -- WINNER
Embrace the Serpent, Colombia
Mustang, France
Theeb, Jordan
A War, Denmark
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Stutterer -- WINNER
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
DOCUMENTARY - FEATURE
Amy -- WINNER
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
DOCUMENTARY - SHORT SUBJECT
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness -- WINNER
Body Team 12
Chan, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Last Day of Freedom
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies -- WINNER
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Inside Out -- WINNER
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Bear Story -- WINNER
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
We Can't Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina -- WINNER
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND MIXING
Mad Max: Fury Road -- WINNER
Bridge of Spies
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road -- WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FILM EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road -- WINNER
The Big Short
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Revenant -- WINNER
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road -- WINNER
The 100-Year_old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road -- WINNER
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
The Martian
The Revenant
COSTUME DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road -- WINNER
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
The Revenant
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl -- WINNER
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short -- WINNER
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Spotlight -- WINNER
Straight Outta Compton
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Pomona Mall Construction 1962
Looking east on Second St. and as you can see, the mall is still under construction.
I was talking to this person and they were wondering, if I had any pictures of the Pomona Mall near the Kress Store.
Well I hope this helped you out, and if you all out there have any pictures you would like to see, of Pomona. Just leave a comment below and I'll see what I can dig up for you.
New Pomona Mall bus Pre Start Up
Years later back in the late 1980's to the early 1990's I had seen this Mall Bus in a large field on the corner of, First St. and Ramona Ave. on the southeast corner in Montclair. It sat along with other junk cars and rusted junk. A sad ending to the little Mall Bus that use to shuttle people back and forth on Second St..
Pomona Mall Under Construction 1962 Building
Looking east on Second St. next cross street is Locust and Kress Store is in the back ground
Pomona Mall Under Construction 1962 Building Planters
The next cross street is Garey Ave. looking west on Second St.. And if you look in the background, you will notice that Home Savings and Loan, hasn't been built yet, but their just getting started. And the Owl Drug Store is no longer there, now it's a parking lot. And behind the cement truck, you can all so see the Founders Building and the building just to the right of it, are also gone, and that to was turned into a parking lot.
Pomona Mall, Locust St and Second St. looking East
Phil's Bryant & Co. Jewelry Gluck's Luggage Chandlers Store for Men How 'Downtown Is For People' Philosophy Paid Off For Pomona Pomona, Calif. -- Photo above furnishes at-a-glance dramatization of a city's philosophy that downtown is for people, not for motor cars, with which historic Pomona transformed its blighted core area into a thing of beauty and leisure for its 75,000 [crossed out] 83,000 people by building a nine-block mall studded with statuary and trees where shoppers dodged traffic in an atmosphere of noise and fumes. The mall was built by private subscription of property owners without state or federal aid and brought new life to a whole valley by giving the old "downtown" a new integrity and restoring hometown pride to the people. Millions in new investment money for buildings and improvements have already made a sound venture out of ten years' planning that went into the mall. Off-street parking, underpasses and other associated projects. From: Joe Alvin & Company 1
Pomona Mall Locust St. and E. Second St. looking West
How 'Downtown Is For People' Philosophy Paid Off For Pomona Pomona, Calif. -- Photo above furnishes at-a-glance dramatization of a city's philosophy that downtown is for people, not for motor cars, with which historic Pomona transformed its blighted core area into a thing of beauty and leisure for its 75,000 people by building a nine-block Mall studded with statuary and trees where less than a year ago shoppers dodged traffic in an atmosphere of noise and fumes. The mall was built by private subscription of property owners without state or federal aid and brought new life to a whole valley by giving the old "downtown" a new integrity and restoring hometown pride to the people. Millions in new investment money for buildings and improvements have already made a sound venture out of ten years' planning that went into the mall, off-street parking, underpass and other associated projects
89.9 KCRW Presents:
Johnny Marr
Mimicking Birds
Fri, March 4, 2016
Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:00 pm
The Glass House
Pomona, CA
$27.00 - $30.00
Tickets
This event is all ages
Feb 28, 2016
12:00 PM - 05:00 PMQuinceañera Expo
Location: Expo Hall 7The biggest expo in Southern California to plan the really special days
Expo Hall 7
noon -5 p.m.
Admission $7; free for ages 12 & under (online tickets $5)
Parking is $10 at Gate 17 on Fairplex Dr.
Visit for more information
Feb 27, 2016 - 28, 2016
B.R.A.K.E.S. Driving School
Location: White Ave. lot 3Held in the main lot at Fairplex
Put on the B.R.A.K.E.S. (Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe) is a non-profit 501(C)(3) whose mission is to prevent injuries and save lives by training and educating teenage drivers and their parents about the importance of safe and responsible driving
Registration at putonthebrakes.org
Parking is at Gate 9 on White Ave.
February 28, 2016 – NATIONAL PUBLIC SLEEPING DAY – NATIONAL TOOTH FAIRY DAY – NATIONAL CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE DAY – NATIONAL FLORAL DESIGN DAY
NATIONAL PUBLIC SLEEPING DAY
Are you tired? If you are (and it’s February 28), go ahead a take a nap. February 28th is National Public Sleeping Day. It is a day for anyone and everyone to take a nap on a blanket at the beach, at the park, in the movie theater, on a bus, train, or subway or any other public place that may work for you. However, it may not be a good idea to take that nap at your desk during work!
There are different types of naps. The Power Nap is approximately 10 to 20 minutes long and can give a boost of energy to get us through the rest of the day. It also doesn’t leave us drowsy like some longer naps might and will also allow us to fall asleep at a decent time at night.
The Hangover is about 30 minutes long, 10 too many leaving us loopy and wanting to just stay asleep. We will snap out of it, and feel much like the Power Nap, but it may take a bit of effort before we feel those benefits.
The Brainiac lasts about 60 minutes and includes the deepest sleep. While we my feel a little grogginess upon waking, much like the Hangover, our ability to recall facts, names and faces will be improved. This type of nap may be the best nap after a round of studying or prior to a big test.
The California King lasts about 90 minutes and is typically a full cycle of sleep. It will also include REM or a dream stage. This nap avoids the hangover like the power nap does and improves creative thinking and motor memory, but night time sleep may become elusive.
For more information, visit the National Day Calendar page for National Public Sleeping Day.
NATIONAL TOOTH FAIRY DAY
February 28th is a day to look back on the history of one of dental care’s little helpers and to keep encouraging our children to develop good dental hygiene. It’s National Tooth Fairy Day. Like some of the mythological creations who oversee children, the tooth fairy is a relative new comer to the world of child fantasies.
In the mid-1920s fairies were used for all sorts of health education from bath fairies to fresh air fairies as a way to get children to remember to eat their vegetables, wash behind their ears and get a good nights rest. Like tooth pastes today that advertise fruity flavors and sparkles to get kids excited to brush their teeth, in 1925 it was probably quite a bit more difficult considering the pastes were mostly peroxide and baking soda. One advertisement was for a Fairy Wand Tooth Whitener. This product promised to brush away cigarette and coffee stains. This advertisement was definitely aimed at both children and adults, we hope!
Then in 1927, Esther Watkins Arnold printed an eight-page play-let for children called The Tooth Fairy. It was the same year Sir Arthur Conan Doyle “proves” his claim that fairies and gnomes are real and has a picture with pictures of two little girls surrounded with fairies “verified”. So, the world was ripe with imagination and primed to have a tooth fairy about to come collect the lost teeth of little boys and girls and leave a coin or two behind.
For more information, visit the National Day Calendar page for National Tooth Fairy Day.
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE DAY
A delightfully delicious dessert is observed each year on February 28th as it is National Chocolate Souffle Day.The word souffle is the past participle of the French verb souffler, which means “to blow up” or more loosely “puff up”, which describes a souffle perfectly. A souffle is a lightly baked cake made with egg yolks and the beaten eggs whites that are combined with various other ingredients. Souffle can be found served as a savory main dish or sweetened as a dessert.
There are two basic components that make up every souffle.
1. a French creme patisserie base/flavored cream sauce or puree
2. egg whites beaten to a soft peak meringue
The flavor is provided by the base and the “lift” is provided by the beaten egg whites. A variety of cheeses, jams, fruits or chocolates can be baked into the base of the souffle. Many souffle bakers like to puncture the top of the souffle after it is removed from the oven, and pour mouth watering sauces onto it, such as chocolate, vanilla or for a savory flavor cheese and herbs.
For more information, visit the National Day Calendar page for National Chocolate Souffle Day.
NATIONAL FLORAL DESIGN DAY
National Floral Design Day is observed annually on February 28th. For thousands of years, floral design has been an important cultural art form. This is the day we celebrate that art form. It may be in a bouquet, a painting, in fabric, in a garden or a floral arrangement.Floral design is a multi-billion dollar industry that brightens our lives on a daily basis.
From great, historic gardens to a bridal bouquet on that special day floral designers have an eye for color, style and perspective. Floral design can complete a space, complementing existing structures and bringing brightness and color to them.
As with many arts, floral design has traditional roots hearkening back to Egyptian temple offerings to gods. Design changed from era to era, each having distinct customs and traditions.
For more information, visit the National Day Calendar page for National Floral Design Day.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
A Static Lullaby
Rival Tides, dead heroine
Sat, February 27, 2016
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Glass House
Pomona, CA
$15.00 - $18.00
Tickets
This event is all ages
Feb 27, 2016 - 28, 2016
B.R.A.K.E.S. Driving School
Location: White Ave. lot 3Held in the main lot at Fairplex
Put on the B.R.A.K.E.S. (Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe) is a non-profit 501(C)(3) whose mission is to prevent injuries and save lives by training and educating teenage drivers and their parents about the importance of safe and responsible driving
Registration at putonthebrakes.org
Parking is at Gate 9 on White Ave.
February 27, 2016 – NATIONAL STRAWBERRY DAY – NATIONAL KAHLUA DAY – NATIONAL POLAR BEAR DAY
NATIONAL STRAWBERRY DAY
We continue with February’s heart-shaped and red theme by observing National Strawberry Day on February 27. These juicy, sweet berries can brighten up any dish and are delicious all on their own.
There are a few different stories behind the origin of the name. The more widely accepted version is that the berries would drop off the leaves and become “strewn” about the plant. Overtime “strewn-berries” became “strawberries”. There was a time (and some gardeners still do this today) when strawberry beds were mulched with straw, insulating the plants over the winter, keeping weeds at bay during the growing season and making it easier to harvest. Another sweet story tells of English children stringing the berries on grass straws and selling the “straw berries” in their neighborhoods.
Strawberries are a little weird as far as fruits go; they wear their seeds on the outside.Not only are they delicious, they are fragrant as well. One of the more fragrant fruits, they belong to the rose family.
Strawberries are grown in nearly every corner of the Earth (if the Earth had corners) except for her most frozen southern and northern reaches. Along with all these possible locations, there are over 600 varieties of strawberries as well.
A great source of Vitamin C, strawberries are also a good source of folic acid, potassium and fiber. At 55 calories and zero fat in 1 cup, these sweet things really hit the spot when a snack is called for!
For more information, visit the National Day Calendar page for National Strawberry Day.
NATIONAL KAHLUA DAY
February 27th recognizes National Kahlúa Day. This day was created as a day for those, over the age of 21, to enjoy this creamy rich alcoholic liqueur. To celebrate, you may want to use Kahlua, a coffee-flavored rum-based liquor, to flavor your ice cream or another dessert such as cheesecake or cake. It also tastes great in coffee, hot chocolate, creamy cocktails as a shot or on the rocks.Pedro Domecq began producing Kahlúa in 1936. In 1994, the company merged with Allied Lyons forming Allied Domecq. In 2005, Allied Domecq was partially acquired by Pernod Ricard which merged with the Swedish Vin & Sprit (V & S Group) in March of 2008.
Kahlúa is made from coffee and rum, so does have caffeine. Kahlúa is found to be used in a few notable cocktails, including the following:
- B-52
- Baby Guinness
- Black Russian
- Mudslide
- White Russian
- Espresso Martini
- Caribbean Mudslide
NATIONAL POLAR BEAR DAY
National Polar Bear Day, also known as International Polar Bear Day is observed on February 27th. It is a day to learn more about the polar bear and conservation efforts where the polar bear is concerned.Polar bears can reach a height of 9 ft tall and a weight of 1400 pounds. They have large front paws, which are slightly webbed, that are used to paddle as they swim. As they are very strong swimmers, some polar bears have been seen swimming hundreds of miles from land, however, some of the distance may have been covered by floating on sheets of ice.
The polar bears have a warming layer of fat which is covered by their thick coat of insulating fur. This helps them live in the colder environments.
There are organizations that use this day to raise awareness of the declining number of polar bears worldwide. It is believed, by many, that these beautiful creatures are threatened due to global warming and the consequential loss of their natural habitat. Groups, around the world, gather together to find ways to make a difference and spread information to others.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Learn more about the polar bear, its environment and how it lives. Use #NationalPolarBearDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
Polar Bear Day has been recognized since at least 2011 and founding credit has been given to Polar Bears International which sponsors educational challenges annually.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Come one, come all! Come big, come small! Join the fun and celebration for Dr. Seuss’ birthday on Wednesday, March 2nd at the Colony High Branch Library from 6 PM – 6:45 PM. Make your own hat, take photos with silly props, and decorate your very own Dr. Seuss character. For more information, please call (909) 395- 2256.
Pomona Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, March 19 – 9 a.m. Hunt starts at 10 a.m. Please spread the word! The City of Pomona will be hosting six Easter Egg Hunts on Saturday, March 19th. The Kiwanis Club of Pomona will be volunteering at the Willie White Park and Ralph Welch Park locations. We hope to see you there!
May 30…FREE Memorial Day Celebration…Pomona Garfield Park WWI Statute To Get New Sword
In March, the Historical Society of the Pomona Valley will celebrate its 100th year anniversary. One of the projects planned in 2016 will be on Memorial Day. The Historical Society paid to have a reproduction of the original sword that is missing from the 16-ft statue in Garfield Park of the goddess Pomona. This stature was dedicated in memory of the Greater Pomona Valley soldiers who died in World War I. The base of the memorial lists the names of local soldiers from the greater Pomona Valley who died in the war.
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