Making way for new neighbors

Work crews demolish the old Claremont Unified School District administrative offices Monday morning at the corner of Base Line Road and Mountain Avenue in Claremont. The demolition marks the first step in preparing the 4.3-acre site for a 54-unit townhouse development...

Readers comments 7.19.13

All kinds of families Dear Editor: Douglas Lyon’s tirade against the Supreme Court’s decisions on marriage equality raised the specter of the “degradation” of “the well-being of our children,” so I thought it worthwhile to toss my...

Police blotter 7.19.13

Lakers fan uses window to make escape with jewelry On the afternoon of Wednesday, July 10, a man returned home in time to watch $4500 worth of jewelry go out the window. He entered through the front door of his home in the 300 block of Armstrong Drive to find a black...

Edward Joseph Piercy

Grocer, veteran, loving husband and father Edward Joseph Piercy, a longtime Upland resident, died on July 7, 2013 at Parkview Community Hospital in Riverside, California. Mr. Piercy was born on August 28, 1920 in Streater, Illinois. His mother died when he was only 3...

Jeannette Brainard

Teacher, mother, musical theater aficionado Jeannette Brainard, a longtime resident of Claremont, died on July 10, 2013. She was 86. Mrs. Brainard was born on March 6, 1927 in Denver, Colorado to Walter and Lillian Ericson. She lived with her parents and her younger...