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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

CANADIAN FURLAN ANNOUNCES A DEGANO FAMILY MILESTONE, ETC.

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Allegra and Albano Degano Ivano "Mio Caro Amico" Just wanted to share a little ...
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

JIM ALIGO REMEMBERED BY JAIMI SALDIVAR

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OFFICER JIM ALIGO - SAN FRANCISCO POLICE TAC SQUAD 1968-69 FAMOUS FRONT COVER PHOTO SEEN AROUND THE WORLD IVANO SAYS: I received the below e...
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010

THE GREAT POLENTA CONTROVERSY

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(Ivano says: We have quite a few comments to this article. Here's a tip. To view the "Polenta" article along with all the comm...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

SANTA CRUZ HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OR 1955 REUNION

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HEY, HEY, HEY!! THE GANGS ALL HERE! Photo above (l-r): Jim Ceragiol, Marvin Del Chiaro, Muriel Prolo, Ivan "Zorch" Comelli, Jerry ...
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

CHILD ABUSE FURLAN STYLE/ ANON FURLANA

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ANON'S MOUNTAIN TOP IN FRIULI ? What ever possessed my parents to send a 12-year-old girl (alone) up a winding, narrow and sometimes ic...
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Monday, February 01, 2010

A CHORUS LINE WITH ANDREW ROUBAL AS "MARK"

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ANDREW ROUBAL IN THE ROLE OF "MARK" IN "A CHORUS LINE" IS COMING TO THE SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY CENTER THEATRE - MAY 19 TO ...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

FALLEN LAKEWOOD POLICE OFFICERS - CHILLING DETAILS OF KILLINGS

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IVANO SAYS: Almost, two months ago, four Officers of the Lakewood, Wn., Police Department were gun-down by a ruthless, vicious killer. Figli...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

RESTORATION OF "CASA DELLA FAMIGLIA LOSK" AND A FURLAN 'EPIPHANY'

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IVANO SAYS: Out of the ashes (so to speak) rises the ancestral home of the LOSKS . (My grandfather GIOVANNI COMELLI , was also know in Fri...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM FRIULI

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IVANO SAYS: Remember my cousin Ferruccio Dri - proprietor and your genial host at the famous Ramandolo Club in Friuli : http://www.ram...
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Sunday, December 27, 2009

AMICA DELLA COSTA - EDITH KING REMEMBERED

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Edith I. King* Edith I. King passed away peacefully at home, Sunday December 6. She was 100 years old. She was born in the city of Santa Cru...
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY MARTIN

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NICK FAITOS -CYD CHARISSE-TONY MARTIN -2OO7 ('Clicca' on photo for enlarged image) On Christmas Day in 1913, Tony Martin one of our ...
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Saturday, December 12, 2009

COAST ROAD BLOG

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LA NOSTRA COSTA BEACH - GULCH RANCH - OFF THE COAST ROAD - 3 MILES N. OF SANTA CRUZ -(PHOTO TAKEN BY GINO CAMPIONI) IVAN...
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Friday, December 11, 2009

HOOVER'S CHILDREN - NICK FAITOS

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'CLICCA' ON PHOTO FOR ENLARGED IMAGE A VERY SPECIAL CHIRSTMAS GIFT FROM 'ST. NICK' IVANO SAYS: I met Nick Faitos at one of ...
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Monday, November 30, 2009

LA COSTA MEMORIES FROM GINO CAMPIONI

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***************'BAFFI' CAMPIONI ************************(Top)GINO 'BABI' CAMPIONI **************VANDA DEGLI ESPOSTI AND ADA...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

'PANE AMARO' (BITTER BREAD) FOR THANKSGIVING

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A couple of weeks ago, I attended a showing of the documentary film 'Pane Amaro' (Bitter Bread) at the Italian American Heritage Fo...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

MICHAEL NANNA REMEMBERS SANTA CRUZ - 2ND EDITION WITH PHOTOS

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Ivano: I've included a 'new' revised text below. In addition I've attached three pictures I would apprecaite that you wou...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

MEMORIAL DAY - La Costa E La Guerra - Marvin Del Chiaro

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IVANO SAYS: In 'La Nostra Costa', I have a whole chapter on the Coast and WWII. In fact in an end note (p.54) I mention the all Blac...
Friday, November 06, 2009

STORIES OF THE 'OLD COAST ROAD' BY LaNORMA

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LaNORMA AND 'THE OLD RANCERE' THE 'OLD CARRETTONE" ...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

ADDIO MI BELLA LOUISA

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IVANO SAYS: The remembrance below on Louisa Presepi first appeared in the Santa Cruz Sentinel: www.santacruzsentinal.com Louise J. Presepi, ...
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Friday, October 09, 2009

ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL NEWS

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IVANO SAYS: FIGLIO DELLA COSTA LIDO CANTARUTTI HAS INFORMED ME THAT HE IS CIRCULATING THE FLYER BELOW AT HIS ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL THIS YEAR...
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Born the youngest son of Immigrant parents from the Friuli Region in Northeastern Italy, I was raised on a "rancio" on the North Coast of Santa Cruz. In 1959 I graduated from San Jose State College and joined the City Police Force. I retired in 1989 with the rank of Captain. In 2001, my article, "Wrong Side of the Highway," was published in the book, "Una Storia Segreta: The Secret History of Italian American Evacuation and Internment during World War II" (Heyday Books). "La Nostra Costa" (Our Coast),which covers my family's journey to and from the north coast, roughly covers the period between 1923 to 1983. It is my first book. LA NOSTRA COSTA (OUR COAST) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORHOUSE: www.authorhouse.com, Copies of book also available at Amazon.com..
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