Claremont High School sports hit high gear for fall

Claremont High School sports teams have returned to league play, with athletes preparing for several match ups next week. A look at a number of the fall sports teams is below. GIRLS TENNIS: Fresh off an 11-7 victory against Troy High Tuesday night, the girls tennis...

Maurice Paul Bertino

Custodian, athlete, theater-lover Maurice Bertino, a longtime fixture in the Claremont and Mt. Baldy communities, died on July 6, 2012 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Hollywood. He was 80. Mr. Bertino was born April 18, 1932 to Joseph and Angelina Bertino, 3 ½...

His turn on the carousel: Memories from the Fair

by Sarah Torribio This past weekend, I took my son Alex, 3 1/2, to the Los Angeles County Fair. Accompanied by my parents, who took me to the fair each year when I was a kid, I had an acute sense of the cyclical nature of life. On the one hand, I could easily have...