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Three-year-old Zadie Takanashi, in red at right, plucks an egg during the city’s Easter egg hunt Saturday at Memorial Park. More from city’s spring celebration inside. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
On April 9, 26-year United States Representative Grace Napolitano of California’s 31st Congressional District announced her donation of congressional archives to the University of La Verne, which will be on display for free from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays at Wilson Library, 2040 Third St., through Thursday, May 1. A return engagement is set from Sunday, June 1 to Tuesday, July 15
Congratulations to David Sawhill, one of just four readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as the biome-themed mural located in the northwest corner of the Oakmount Outdoor School campus in Claremont. David, who also won the February 14 contest by recognizing Burt W. Johnson’s 1915 statue, “Spanish Music,” in Pomona College’s Lebus Courtyard, now has two entries in the year-end drawing for a one-year subscription to everyone’s favorite award-winning local newspaper, the Claremont Courier.
The Los Angeles County Fair makes its springtime return Friday, May 2 through Monday, May 26, at the Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Activities include 150 food vendors, carnival games, rides, musical guests, artistic exhibitions, dance and theatrical performances, pig races, a petting zoo, shopping, a silent disco, vendor fairs, and culinary, horticultural and livestock contests.
The Rotary Club of Claremont’s annual Taste of Claremont, a 21+ fundraiser at the Claremont Colleges Services building, 101 S. Mills Ave., lasts from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 26.
The East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center, the City of West Covina, and Plaza West Covina celebrate Japanese culture by hosting a free and open to the public 2 to 7 p.m. cherry blossom festival at 112 Plaza Dr., Saturday, April 26.
Over the weekend, volunteers from the San Gabriel Mountains Heritage Association, including Mike Smith (pictured above right), dusted off and restocked shelves at the Mount Baldy Visitor Center. Saturday, April 12, marked the first day the center reopened to the public since the devastating Bridge Fire of 2024, which consumed 56,030 acres.
“This is Claremont” is the title of a book published in 1941 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the then Claremont Congregational Church. It was edited by Harold H. Davis and was contributed to by forty-seven Claremont citizens.
Americans have never been shy about the importance of free speech, or the right to agree — or disagree — with others’ opinions. How many times have we said that?
Claremont resident Nicole Stark, 49, is beginning the latest chapter of her life, a startup called Buzzworthy Beverages. It’s billed as a non-liquor liquor store located on the outskirts of the Claremont Village at 305 N. Harvard Ave. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
(L-R) City Manager Adam Pirrie presented a commemorative pin to Claremont Mayor Corey Calaycay for serving on the City Council for 20 years. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
By Freya Fu A health educator walked into the classroom, a stack of black folders cradled in her arms. She handed them out to the girls and then asked the boys to step outside. For the next week, my seventh-grade classmates and I watched short videos on the menstrual cycle, studied posters of the female […]
The deadline for Claremont and San Antonio high school seniors to apply for a Woman’s Club of Claremont scholarship is Friday, April 18 at womansclubofclaremont.com/scholarships.
Children’s Foundation of America’s fourth annual “ChariTea” fundraiser, a ticketed event benefitting scholarships, mental health programs, transitional housing, foster care services, and grants for children in need, will be held at Granite Creek Gardens, 1580 N. Claremont Blvd., Claremont, beginning at noon Saturday, April 19.
Chaffey Community Museum of Art, at 217 S. Lemon Ave., Ontario, has three free and open to the public exhibits on display. Original works by William Graber in “William Graber: Outlier Artist of the Pomona Valley” and “Modern Expressions in Quilting,” quilts by Inland Empire Modern Quilt Guild, are on display through Sunday, April 20. “By the Sea: California Watercolors from the Permanent Collection” is up through Wednesday, July 30, and features six California artists.
Congratulations to Carol-Lee Marshall, one of 24 readers who correctly identified last week’s the fountain in the beautiful grove at Padua Hills Theater in Claremont.