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Daily Hampshire Gazette · Pasadena, CA
Nearby: Pasadena, CAPasadena, CA – The Shafer family is deeply saddened to announce the death of Janice Button Shafer on October 13, 2026, one month after her 95th birthday. She died peacefully from natural causes in the presence of family in Pasadena, CA. She was an amazing woman and a powerful force who impressed everyone she met. We will miss her energy and hearing all her stories, but she will never be forgotten.Janice was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 13, 1931, with her twin sister Judy Button Harmon, to mother Anita Wolever and father Charles T. Button. Inspired by her engineer father, she studied Engineering Physics at Cornell University at a time when there was one woman student for every 500 men in engineering.
Business · Pasadena, CA
Nearby: Pasadena, CAThe former iPic theater at One Colorado in Pasadena will reopen in early December under the management of the Look dine-in theater chain.
Long Beach Post · La Puente, CA
Nearby: La Puente, CAAfter Sabrina Arellano opened Coffinated Coffee in La Puente in October 2022, the coffee shop’s Instagram account gained 41,000 followers. Coffinated Coffee has a menu of drinks inspired by quintessential horror movies, games, TV shows and books. It was Arellano’s grandmother who first turned her onto all things horror. On Saturday, Arellano opened the shop’s second location on First Street in Downtown Long Beach. The Long Beach Post sat down with Arellano to learn more about Coffinated Coffee and its spooky menu. The interview has been edited for clarity and length. How did Coffinated Coffee come to be? My grandma and I grew up loving everything horror and spooky-related. We were really close, so I get a lot of the demented, dark humor from her. I love it, but she got really sick – she had cancer – and so I [put everything] on pause to take care of her. In 2021, she passed at home.
Business · Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, CACity officials joined the buyers of Oceanwide Plaza on Thursday to celebrate the removal of spray-painted graffiti splashed as high as 54 stories that threatened to become an unwelcome icon for the city during the 2028 Olympics as the bankruptcy sale of the hotel, residential and retail complex dragged on for almost two years.
Black Star News · Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, CALos Angeles, CA – While BLMLA does not endorse candidates, we oppose politicians whose political stances, policies, and actions have been harmful to the Black community. Our “Bye” campaigns are legendary and have been pivotal in the fall of police chiefs, sheriffs, city councilmembers, city attorneys, district attorneys, mayors, and political aspirants. To be clear, as vehemently as we opposed many of the priorities and positions carried by the outgoing mayor, we never placed a “Bye” hashtag in front of her name. However, we understand what it means that Karen Bass was voted out despite the many millions of dollars spent by the Los Angeles Police Protective League (a rabidly racist and fascist force), Republicans and right-wingers to oppose Nithya Raman. Angelenos rejected the woman who they saw as the establishment candidate. While BLMLA welcomes the new leadership in the Mayor’s office.
Business · Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, CAA notice filed last week shows the Ellison Medical Institute in West L.A. will permanently cut 88 positions in the new year.
Big Bear Grizzly · Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, CAIn his new essay, Space Story 2.0, Fox argues space has never had a technology problem, only a story problem, as FUTURE of SPACE brings its VECTOR series to Los Angeles November 13 to 14.
Baxter Bulletin · Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, CAAmerica celebrated a few milestones this year, beginning with its 250th birthday in July. But another honorable designation of Americana deserves to be celebrated as well. “The Mother Road,” better known as Route 66, the iconic American highway that spans over 2,000 miles from Chicago, Ill., to Los Angeles, Calif., marks its 100th anniversary today, having been originally commissioned on this date in1926 in Springfield, Mo. to connect two of the country’s largest cities from the east coast to the west coast. The highway was remembered back in April when it was the 100th anniversary of the inception of the highway, though its official status would not be realized until 100 years ago to the day.
California · Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, CASteve Veres, Darryn Harris and Randall Winston are poised to be declared the official winners in races for the Los Angeles Community College District board of trustees.
The Frontier · Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, CANovember 9, 2026 The Frontier spent months tracking down patients, obtaining insurance records and seeking answers from treatment providers accused of exploiting people struggling with addiction. Here’s how we uncovered the story. Tweet Share Share Author Kayla Branch [email protected] Reading Time 4 min Posted In Health The sun sets over a row of apartment buildings in Los Angeles. Frontier reporter Kayla Branch went to California in June to visit treatment facilities where Oklahomans received care. KAYLA BRANCH/The Frontier By the time I walked up to Integrity Recovery Center’s front door, I’d been trying to get a hold of the owners for months. Integrity’s website described the treatment facility as a “healing sanctuary” and showed photographs of a gleaming white mansion with a pool in the Los Angeles foothills. The place looked a little dingier in person, with trash in the driveway and weeds growing over a retaining wall.
Rafu Shimpo · Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, CAKeiro’s ninth annual Keiro no Hi Festival, presented by Kawaguchi-Kihara Memorial Foundation, brought hundreds of community members to Little Tokyo from across Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties. Held on Sept. 12, at Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple (Nishi), the sold-out event was especially meaningful as Keiro commemorates its 65th anniversary of serving older […]
Asian Journal · Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, CAHISTORIC SWEEP – Los Angeles Mayor-elect Nithya Raman speaks at a lectern alongside City Controller Kenneth Mejia (left photo). City Attorney-elect Marissa Roy is pictured at right. Raman’s and Roy’s November...
Asian Journal · Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, CAVeteran show producer Trinity Foliente of Trinity Entertainment and Events leads a major production effort alongside Peachy Formacion and Carnie Banares of Stargaze Entertainment and Jay Lansangan of Apicem Productions....
Rafu Shimpo · Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, CAPlaywright Luis Valdez, State Sen. Ben Allen will also be recognized. California Humanities is bringing legendary playwright and filmmaker Luis Valdez to Los Angeles for “Everyday Courage,” a special evening focused on what courage means in our lives and communities. Valdez will headline the program, which will also honor two California leaders with the Spirit […]
Gadsden Messenger · Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, CABy Caylie Moore, Features Editor Mable Christine “Tillie” Yunker Griffin was born on Oct. 24, 1926 in a small Nashville, Tennessee house — and she has faced all kinds of one-of-a-kind ventures since then. The Gadsden resident officially celebrated her 100th birthday two weeks ago on Oct. 24, 2026, surrounded by her living family, family friends, and fellow church members. But technically, as her son Sam Griffin would explain to Features Editor Caylie Moore in a phone interview, the celebration went on for two days. “It’s a very unique situation with her birthday,” Sam stated. “We also recognize her birthday on Oct. 23 because of some recordkeeping issues back in 1926.” He went on to detail just what those issues were: Since Tillie was born at home and not in a hospital, where birth certificate records would have been kept more accurately, her birth report was written up incorrectly. As such, the state recognizes her birthday as Oct.
