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Feeling the heat Los Angeles County firefighters battle a fire that completely engulfed a home on the 3300 block of North Mills Avenue Tuesday afternoon in Claremont. Ryan Felter, 18, was taking a shower at the residence when the fire broke out. He escaped unharmed. According to witness Claremont resident Martin McLeod, the fire started outside on the south end of the home and quickly spread to the entire structure. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
NOTE: Full story and more photos will be published on Saturday. Camp Claremont has become a popular family destination this summer With the Claremont Unified
School District cutting summer
school this year, the cityrun
summer camp, Camp Claremont, has
been a hit with local families.
Over 500 kids from Claremont schools have taken
part in the free camp at Wheeler Park that opened on
June 21. ENTIRE STORY
Opening of the Cheese Cave is nothing but grand The newest shop in the
Village has quickly become
a popular destination,
drawing hundreds of
visitors to their grand opening
celebration on Saturday afternoon.
Located on 325 Yale Avenue, the
Cheese Cave offers nearly 100 varieties
of cheese from around the world as
well as specialty jams, chocolate and
other tasty treats. ENTIRE STORY
Claremont teams on the fast track to Nationals Claremont Girls Fastpitch will have
3 opportunities to bring home a national
title when they compete at the
2010 Amateur Softball Association of
America's Western Nationals.
The league's 10U Gold, 12U Gold and 14U All-Star
teams will be traveling to different destinations, but still
have the same championship goal in mind starting on
August 2nd. The 10U and 12U teams head east to Tucson
(Arizona) and Las Cruces (New Mexico) respectively,
while the 14U squad journeys north to Roseville. ENTIRE STORY
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Tentative contract agreement means good news for schoolsThe Claremont Unified School District
and the Claremont Faculty
Association (CFA) are getting
very close to an official agreement.
Each side affixed their signature to a tentative 3-
year agreement on Tuesday morning that will allow
CFA bargaining unit members (teachers, counselors)
to retain their jobs and avoid furlough days in exchange
for helping the district to save $1.6 million
over the next 2 years. ENTIRE STORY
Employees tied and threatened during night robberyTwo employees from 21 Choices
yogurt shop were threatened and
tied up by armed robbers who
made off with cash from the store. The
brazen crime occurred late Sunday night
after it closed for the evening.
At 11:50 p.m., one of the employees, a 19-year-old
male, was taking out the trash through a rear door
when 2 men approached him. They pointed handguns
at him and ordered him to lie on the ground. ENTIRE STORY
Residents raise concerns over school bond proposalThough the Claremont Unified
School District Board of Education
passed a resolution last
Thursday that will put a $95 million bond
measure on the November 2nd ballot,
there are still many questions to be answered
before voting day.
With the Claremont community currently split
about whether the $95 million bond is a wise course
of action, Claremonters can expect plenty of discussion
and campaigning about the issue over the next
few months. ENTIRE STORY
What's death got to do with it?"Everything," believes
Claremont resident Betty
J. Kovacs, answering the
headline question, which is also the
title of her July 31 presentation at the
Claremont Forum: What's Death Got
To Do With It?
From how we grieve, to how we face our own
end-of-life issues; from our creativity and artistic
expression to how we acknowledge and trust
our intuition; from our health and potential as individuals
to the health and survival of our planet,
our attitudes and beliefs about death shape and
inform everything. ENTIRE STORY
Free speech becomes big issue for holiday parade organizersThe inclusion of a gay rights group in
the Claremont Fourth of July parade
has caused a backlash among some
residents, raising questions about what's appropriate
for the city's celebrated parade.
The city and the COURIER have received several letters
on the topic with writers saying they were "offended"
by the groups' message and found their presence in the
parade "distasteful." ENTIRE STORY
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