| Olivieri Brothers founder dies at 76
Donald Olivieri Sr., a home builder whose company designed and built thousands of homes and businesses throughout the Southland for more than 50 years, died Tuesday in Bonita Springs, Fla. Mr. Olivieri died from lymphoma, according to his family. He was 76. He started Olivieri Brothers on Chicago's Southeast Side with his brothers in the 1960s and later moved the firm to Frankfort and ran it with his sons Donald Jr. and John after they bought out his brother Henry's share in the firm in 1987. The firm designed and built more than 2,500 projects -- ranging from homes, businesses, banks and churches. Mr. Olivieri developed a reputation for putting artistry on par with structural integrity in his work. "Most buildings have the technical aspect of it, but then there's the artistic aspect.
'InsideMetals.com' Adds 13 Junior Gold Companies to Its Popular ...
RENO, Nev., April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InsideMetals.com, an internet website that provides world-wide information about the gold mining industry and profiles U.S. stock exchange listed Gold Producing Stocks, reported today that it has added 13 Junior Gold Companies to its Gold & Mineral Exploration Shopping Mall. The http://www.insidemetals.com/ website information resource now includes 77 companies. The following Junior Gold companies, which are listed by stage of development, have been added to the Insidemetals.com Gold & Mineral Exploration Shopping Mall. They are grouped where they are traded including the NASDAQ, the American Stock Exchange, the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the Toronto Exchange and the Toronto Venture Exchange. Junior Gold Prospectors added are Amanta Resources Ltd., Amera Resources Corp., American Creek Resources Ltd., Bravo Venture Group, Condor Resources Ltd., Copper Ridge Explorations Inc., Coral Gold Resources Ltd., and Tone Resources Ltd., all traded on the Toronto Venture Exchange, and X-Cal Resources Ltd., traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
New views surface in Alma Plaza debate
Several local groups jumped into the fray surrounding the redevelopment of Alma Plaza this week, just days before the Palo Alto City Council's scheduled decision on the center's fate at its meeting tonight. The city's Chamber of Commerce came out against the Planning and Transportation Commission's March 30 recommendation to add more retail space to the plan for the 4.2-acre plaza on Alma Street. The manager of the neighboring Stanford Villa Apartments, along with Greenbriar Homes, the company expected to build 39 single-family residences on the site, added their dissent to the mix as well. "The chamber's position is that we feel that the process has gone on long enough," said chamber board chair John King. "Let's get something going there." Currently, developer John McNellis' proposed plan for the dilapidated shopping center includes two commercial buildings totaling 24,000 square feet intended to house a market, small shops and a community room; a 9,000-square-foot park; 39 single-family homes; and 14 below-market-rate apartments.
When the Southland meets Tinseltown
As a movie junkie, nothing thrills me more than seeing the Southland on the big screen. When local sites are highlighted on film, I can't help but feel proud. That may seem strange, but I like knowing outsiders are getting a glimpse -- be it gritty or stunning -- of this fascinating and complex region. With each year, more directors and production companies are discovering the Southland. The latest crew arrived Saturday in Blue Island to shoot scenes for "The Express," a biopic about Ernie Davis, the first black Heisman Trophy winner who lost a battle with leukemia before ever playing in the NFL. Rob Brown ("Finding Forrester," "Coach Carter") plays the lead, and Dennis Quaid stars as Davis' Syracuse University coach.
A Taste of Paramus shows Paramus has taste!
Presented by The Greater Paramus Chamber of Commerce's Education Foundation, this 2nd annual food tasting event was held in the Rotunda at Neiman Marcus in the Westfield Garden State Plaza Shopping Center. Foundation President Lisa Herrmann entertained a packed house showcasing music provided by the Paramus High School Cadence Quartet. This vivacious GSP Marketing Director also had an auction to attract more donors. Over $10,000.00 was raised as a result of this effort.
The participating restaurants were: The Rotunda, Fabulous Foods, Napa Valley Grille, Dim Sum Dynasty, Blue Moon Café, Japasia, Harvest Bistro, Madeleine's Petit Paris, Legal Seafoods, Joe's American Bar & Grill, Bensi, Papa Razzi and Pine Hill Restaurant. They presented a lavish array of their specialties for the hungry and discerning attendees with a beautiful background supplied by the setting sun.
Inspectors target Fat City
Building inspectors and sheriff's deputies rolled into the former Fat City just after 8 this morning to sweep the neighborhood for code violations and criminal suspects. The effort was the third such neighborhood sweep of the year for Jefferson Parish authorities but the first on the east bank of the Mississippi River. Previous initiatives targeted the Tallow Tree subdivision in Harvey and the Monterey Court-Cooper Road area of Terrytown. Officials assembled their task force at Lakeside Shopping Center then caravaned into what was Metairie's thriving entertainment district in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since then, Fat City has evolved into a mishmash of low-rent apartment complexes, bars, stores, offices and restaurants with poor drainage, exposed power lines and a dearth of off-street parking.
Palo Alto Bowl already missed
At 11:30 a.m.Wednesday, teacher Kathy Wilson was still shepherding little stragglers out of the Palo Alto Bowl and into the waiting Peninsula Day Care Center school bus. The roundup concluded one of the center's popular bimonthly outings. "They love it. They go crazy," Wilson said. But those field trips to the bowling alley may have to be rerouted in the near future. Libby Glass, development project manager at Barry Swenson Builder, confirmed Tuesday night that her company probably will complete a deal to buy the bowling alley site at 4329 El Camino Real by April 30 and build a "brand-name" hotel there. That means nearly 20 bowling leagues and regulars at the alley's Tuesday and Sunday night karaoke events and Thursday 50-cent beers night will have to find a new venue. Russell Smith, owner of Phoenix Construction, said the league his company sponsors, the Phoenix Vanderbeek Classic, closed last week after at least 20 years because members knew the alley was for sale.
Music burning kiosks: On the right track?
John Timmons looks like what he is. Tall and thin with wild blond hair that flows like a Jimi Hendrix riff, he fits the mental image of a record-store owner. His shop, ear X-tacy, sits on a trendy stretch of traffic jam in Louisville, Ky. Inside, music muffles the sound of CD cases flipped by listeners scanning for titles. .
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