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During Saturday’s monthly meetup, the SoCal Tech Forum displayed a list of upcoming events.
January 3rd’s “Fraud Detection in FinTech” presentation looks promising.
Details here.
And on Monday I will have more to say on the meeting I attended yesterday.
Ready to commute from Upland to the Small Business Expo in Pasadena.
So it looked like Graber Olives was going to reopen.
Here is the latest on Graber Olives, from a GoFundMe organized by Kelsey Graber.
“As many of you know, the property is currently closed and now in the foreclosure process.”
The GoFundMe is trying to raise $26,000.
“Even though foreclosure has begun, it is not yet final. With your support, we still have a chance to preserve the property and cover urgent expenses. Every donation will go directly toward utilities, loan payments, and essential operating costs needed to try to reopen its doors…”
Route 66 Cruisin Reunion, Euclid Avenue, Saturday 9/20/2025. 🚗
Route 66 Cruisin Reunion, Euclid Avenue, Saturday 9/20/2025. 🚗
At the Delta Hotel, across the street from the Ontario Convention Center.
That’s Ontario, California.
Visited the SBDC and several vendors.
Oh, and it was raining.
Liar.
Today’s acronyms are TSA, ONT, and mDL.
I finally found a legitimate use for my California mobile driver’s license (mDL) this afternoon.
Ontario International Airport (ONT) allows people without tickets to reserve a day pass to see departing passengers off. The day pass functions as the equivalent of a real passenger’s boarding pass…with appropriate identification.
Both the day pass and my mDL were in my smartphone wallet, so all went smoothly. I wasn’t paying enough attention to know if the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) compared my live face to my mDL, but they probably did.
And I can confirm that Richard Reid rule is gone: no shoe removal required. Belts are another matter.
No true pictures, just an artistic re-creation.
It all seemed to promising back in June, when Arteco Partners appeared at Graber Olives’ salesroom (converted into an auditorium) and announced its intent to partner with Graber Olives to reopen the facility for olives and events.
But yesterday David Allen revealed that Arteco Partners appears to have backed out, presumably because the costs exceeded the possible revenue.
So what’s next?
(Imagen 4)
The Buca di Beppo in Claremont is closing, along with a host of other locations nationwide.
I learned about this from an Utah source, which was shocked because 100% of the Buca di Beppos in Utah are closing. All two of them.
As of tonight the Claremont location remains open, and I haven’t been able to find a closure date.
Back here, other Southern California Buca di Beppo locations closing include:
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