The Pasadena Star-News is a paid local daily newspaper for the greater Pasadena, California area. The Pasadena Star-News is a member of Southern California News Group (formerly the Los Angeles Newspaper Group ), since 1996. It is also part of the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group, along with the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and the Whittier Daily News .
17-506: First published in 1884, the paper was originally located at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Oakland Avenue for years. That building is now home to Technique at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts and 24 Hour Fitness . The first radio broadcast of the Rose Parade in 1926 aired from the newspaper's radio station KPSN, which broadcast out of a pair of radio towers that the building once hosted. From 1904 to 1940 Charles H. Prisk ,
34-637: A buyer it announced on 16 December 2015 that all 16 campuses in the United States would close by September 2017, giving enrolled students time to finish their programs. The last new students were accepted in January 2016. In June 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission requested documents and information regarding Career Education's fourth quarter 2014 classification of its Le Cordon Bleu campuses. Le Cordon Bleu has continued to maintain
51-529: A for-profit education company based in Chicago, Illinois. In 2009, the license was estimated to be worth $ 135 million. In 2014, Le Cordon Bleu North America generated $ 178.6 million in revenue and $ 70.6 million of operating losses. However, in light of the gainful employment rules implemented by the US Department of Education in 2015, CEC made the decision to sell the 16 campuses. When CEC failed to find
68-483: A presence in the United States through its New York office, Le Cordon Bleu Inc., which places students in the locations abroad. Le Cordon Bleu played in central role in the 2009 American film Julie & Julia , which was partly based on Julia Child 's memoir My Life in France . In addition, central protagonists in other films attended or were graduates of Le Cordon Bleu such as Audrey Hepburn 's character in
85-528: Is a French hospitality and culinary education institution, teaching haute cuisine . Its educational focuses are hospitality management , culinary arts , and gastronomy . The institution consists of 35 institutes in 20 countries and has over 20,000 attendees. The origin of the school name derives, indirectly, from the French Royal and Catholic Order of the Holy Spirit . This was a select group of
102-617: The Mountain News Views in Sierra Madre and the Colorado Boulevard.net grassroots news website. Patt Diroll writes a weekly social events column with photos and a calendar listing on Mondays and editorial board member Larry Wilson writes a column on Pasadena history and current events on Wednesdays. Le Cordon Bleu Le Cordon Bleu ( [lə kɔʁdɔ̃ blø] ; French : " The Blue Ribbon "; LCB )
119-1125: The Rose Magazine which provides coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl Game since 1994. Coverage area for the Pasadena Star-News includes the cities of Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, Sierra Madre, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Temple City and Arcadia and the unincorporated communities of Altadena and East Pasadena. The competing media sources for the Pasadena Star-News are: Pasadena Now , Pasadena Weekly , Pasadena Independent and Pasadena Outlook in Pasadena; South Pasadena Review and South Pasadenan News in South Pasadena, San Marino Tribune in San Marino, Arcadia Weekly in Arcadia,
136-662: The Star-News in 1956 and Bernard J. Ridder took over as publisher. Ridder merged with Knight to form Knight Ridder in 1974. The paper was sold off in 1989 to a company owned by William Dean Singleton ; the Thomson Corporation bought majority control of the paper a year later. Thomson sold the Star-News to Singleton's MediaNews Group in 1996, which went on to become part of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. The newspaper also publishes
153-484: The 1954 American film Sabrina , Huo Ting En in the 2017 Taiwanese television series The Perfect Match , Dev D in the 2017 Bengali film Maacher Jhol and Hervé Villechaize 's character Nick Nack in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun . The school also plays a central role in publications by its students. For example, American writer Kathleen Flinn 's 2007 book The Sharper Your Knife,
170-673: The French nobility that had been knighted . The first creation of Royal Knights at the French Court was performed in 1578. The French Order of the Holy Spirit was for many centuries the highest distinction of the French Kingdom. Each member was awarded the Cross of the Holy Spirit , which hung from a blue silk ribbon. According to one story, this group became known for its extravagant and luxurious banquets, known as "cordons bleus". At
187-460: The Less You Cry , is the first insider's account of attending the modern Paris flagship school. Flinn's best-selling memoir recounts the day-to-day trials of the contemporary program and provides a further history of the school. The book was translated into several languages. La Cuisini%C3%A8re Cordon Bleu La cuisinière Cordon Bleu , also spelled as La cuisinière cordon-bleu ,
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#1732793442255204-625: The age of 87 she retired and sold the school to André J. Cointreau , a direct descendant of the founding family of Cointreau liqueur and Rémy Martin Cognac . In 1933, former student Dione Lucas helped to open a school under the Le Cordon Bleu name in London , Great Britain. In the United States, 16 schools used to operate under the "Le Cordon Bleu North America" name through a licensing agreement with Career Education Corporation (CEC),
221-457: The best chefs in France. The magazine developed into the original Le Cordon Bleu that Distel and Henri-Paul Pellaprat established in 1895 in Paris , France. In 1945, after the end of WWII , Madame Elisabeth Brassart purchased what remained of the struggling school from a Catholic orphanage which had inherited it after Distel died in the late 1930s. Brassart managed the school until 1984; at
238-438: The newspapers as a result. William Paddock, also known as Olympic Champion Charles "Charley" Paddock, ran the world record for the 100-yard dash in 1921 at 9.5 seconds, giving him the title "World's Fastest Human". Editors in the historical Star-News Building included Ed Essertier, Charles Cherniss, Bill Winter, Larry Wilson, and Frank Girardot. Publishers after Bernard J. Ridder included Bill Applebee. Ridder Newspapers bought
255-582: The time, of the French Revolution , the monarchy and the Order were abolished, but the name remained synonymous with excellent French cooking. By the nineteenth century the blue ribbon had become synonymous with excellence. The name was adopted by a French culinary magazine, La Cuisinière Cordon Bleu , founded by Marthe Distel in the late 19th century. The magazine began offering lessons by some of
272-585: Was a culinary magazine started in the late 1890s by French journalist Marthe Distel (1871—1934). The magazine offered recipes and tips on entertaining. To prompt readership, the magazine offered cooking classes to subscribers. The first one was held in the kitchens of the Palais Royal in January 1895. The classes evolved in a more formal cooking school, Le Cordon Bleu . The magazine closed in 1960s, but school continues to thrive, with more than 27 schools in 17 countries as of early 2008. This article about
289-689: Was one of the first publishers and owner of the Pasadena Star-News. Charles was also the owner of Pasadena Post and the Long Beach Press-Telegram . William F. Prisk , his brother, was a publisher. William Paddock , Prisk's son-in-law, was the vice president and general manager of the Star-News, Pasadena-Post and the Press-Telegram. Willam Paddock married Prisk's daughter Neva Prisk Malaby, then began working at
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