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Graber Olives is in Foreclosure…But There’s a GoFundMe

So it looked like Graber Olives was going to reopen.

Then it didn’t.

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…”

Modern Airport Identity Security: mDLs at TSA at ONT

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.

Graber Olives WITHOUT Arteco Partners

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?

The Buca di Beppo in Claremont is Closing

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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:

  • Brea
  • Carlsbad
  • Claremont
  • Encino
  • Garden Grove
  • Huntington Beach
  • Pasadena
  • Redondo Beach
  • San Diego
  • Santa Clarita
  • Thousand Oaks

And So Ends July

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Told you it was going to be a busy day.

Although my first of my three meetings started at 7:30 am, my day actually started three hours earlier with light Things To Accomplish. Suffice it to say that the Bredemarket blog will have daily content until Monday, August 4.

Sneak preview. Come back Monday. Imagen 4.

My first two meetings were followed by content creation (including a personal LinkedIn article on product marketing strategy) and other tasks.

From LinkedIn. Imagen 4.

I took a mid-afternoon break before my third meeting, the Inland Empire BizFest in Montclair. I wrote about that here and here, plus on the Bredemarket socials.

Log those business miles.

In fact I knew I would be so busy today that I declined a personal invite at 10 this morning. Good thing I declined, because I was neck deep in a requirements workbook (yeah, Microsoft Excel again) for a Bredemarket client’s end customer. (Can you say TOT? I knew you could.)

Anyway, I left Montclair Place before 7:30 pm and called it a night after a long day.

Thankfully the first day of August only includes a single meeting.

Which starts at 7:00 am.