Claremont PD encourage community to give blood

The Claremont Police Department, in partnership with Cedars-Sinai, will host a blood drive on Thursday, August 1 from noon to 5:30 p.m. at Cahuilla Park, located at 1717 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Claremont Lieutenant Mike Ciszek is leading the blood campaign in honor of...

Home, sweet Swedish, home

by Jan Wheatcroft Many think that a “man’s” home is his castle, but I have just spent a week with a couple that strive to make their home a castle. Susanna and Christer live in a country house outside of the Swedish city of Uppsala, north of...

Clash of cultures

by Mellissa Martinez Recent events have me pondering a very popular word—culture. If you turn on the news, open a paper or listen to the radio, you’re sure to get an earful about gun culture, youth culture, marriage culture, the culture of violence,...

William Rasmussen

Beloved teacher, husband and father William “Bill” Charles Rasmussen, a longtime Claremont resident, died unexpectedly on Monday, July 22, 2013 at Kaiser Hospital in Fontana after emergency surgery, with his entire family by his side. He was 63. Mr....

Police blotter 7.26.13

Tuesday, July 16 Forty-year-old Ana Romero of Los Angeles gave a whole new meaning to getting high. Ms. Romero was spotted climbing in a tree at Larkin Park on Tuesday night, but it wasn’t her choice of evening exercise that got police attention. Her car, found...