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“Many on the left will want to blame someone, but today I’m not feeling like there is anyone to blame. Kamala Harris couldn’t have made her position and her character any clearer. Neither could Donald Trump. There is much that both sides don’t want to see or understand about the other. The people have spoken; the Republicans won and now we have to figure out how to move forward, how to live with one another, how to find what’s good in one another, how to be the United States.”
In 2008 Sheryl Oring brought her unique “I Wish to Say” postcard writing campaign to Pitzer College, with a goal of spotlighting people of color, primarily women, who were often left out of important political conversations. On Wednesday she returned to the Claremont Colleges and invited the community to express themselves about President-elect Donald Trump. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
(L-R) Last Name Brewing co-owner Karen McMillen, Claremont City Council member Jennifer Stark, Last Name co-owner Andy Dale, Mayor Pro Tem Corey Calaycay, and Mayor Sal Medina at Tuesday’s council meeting. Dale and McMillen were recognized for their contributions to Claremont. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com The race for Claremont Unified School District Board of Education’s Trustee Area 5 remains tight, with Cheryl Fiello maintaining a narrow lead over Mark Reynoso, 2,343 (52%) to 2,200 (48%). Results are as of 4:36 p.m. Monday, November 11: Claremont City Council District 1 Incumbent Corey Calaycay has been reelected, […]
The weather was perfect for last weekend’s 76th annual Pilgrim Place Festival, as evidenced by these happy passengers on the boat ride. The well attended, much loved event raised funds for the Pilgrim Place Resident Health and Support Program. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
On hand November 7 to celebrate the ribbon cutting for AgingNext’s newly expanded offices were (L-R) outgoing Claremont Chamber of Commerce CEO Randy Lopez, multi-hyphenate multi-board member and Courier columnist John Neiuber, Claremont Mayor Pro Tem Corey Calaycay, AgingNext Chief Executive Officer Abigail Pascua, Council member Ed Reece, and Mayor Sal Medina at AgingNext’s November 7 ribbon cutting. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont Manor celebrated its 75th anniversary on November 7 with remarks from local dignitaries and Claremont Manor leadership, dancing, a ribbon cutting for the retirement community’s newly renovated rose garden, and an invitation for residents to drop items into a soon-to-be buried time capsule. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont officials, residents, first responders and military veterans congregated at Memorial Park Monday to celebrate Veterans Day. Opening remarks were delivered by Claremont Mayor Sal Medina and American Legion Keith Powell Post 78 second vice commander Michael Murphy before retired four-star U.S. Army General Austin Scott Miller took the stage for the keynote address. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Time travel is possible. All one needs to do is walk or drive in Claremont’s neighborhoods, and the architectural styles will reveal the decades in which they were built since the city was founded in 1887. It is like an unburied time capsule. Become familiar with the styles and when they were popular, and one can visit all of the 31 neighborhoods in the city and gain a greater appreciation of how it grew, not only architecturally, but also how cultural and economic influences informed its development. Photo/courtesy of Claremont Heritage
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., has deemed Pomona College, whose president G. Gabrielle Starr is pictured here, an “institution of particular concern,” citing “reported creation of a hostile campus environment for Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish and other students, staff, and faculty opposing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza,” according to a news release. Photo/courtesy of Pomona College
“There’s no getting the genie back in the bottle. John McCain is dead. Add our brutal, broken politics to the long list of shameful remnants our kids are going to have to deal with after we’ve joined him. I’d like to think there’s a better world out there in which the old white guys (like me) who run our two-party system call a timeout and reckon with their mess, but let’s face it, that ain’t happening.”
Congratulations to Hillary Huang, who was chosen at random among the 17 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as “229.5 Arc x4,” by French artist Bernar Venet, located in Village West, 652 W. First St. Hillary is now entered into the year-end drawing to receive a copy of the Courier’s new coffee table book of photography, “Timeless Claremont.” So, “Where am I” this week? Courier photo/Tom Smith
“It was like my dad had another, secret life. His field of study was a very high level of algebra, far above the algebra II that I struggled through in high school to get a grade adequate to get into the University of California. In this rarefied math world, my dad was something of a rock star. After his death, we received e-mails from mathematicians and former students from all over the world offering condolences and singing his praises.”
Retired four-star U.S. Army General Austin Scott Miller will deliver the keynote address at Claremont’s Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday, November 11 at Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Photo/courtesy of Holly Magnuson
Artist Paul Kittlaus with his painting, “number 25.” Kittlaus’s paintings will be on view at the 76th annual Pilgrim Place Festival, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, November 8-9 at 625 Mayflower Rd., Claremont. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont residents interested in replacing their worn or damaged American flags can stop by Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Veteran’s Day, Monday, November 11, to exchange it for a new, American-made flag provided by Parker Lyn, a 13-year-old scout with Claremont Troop 408, as part of his Eagle Scout project.