Fire in Live Oak Canyon, Webb Schools evacuated

For the second time this week fire has threatened Claremont, this time at its western border. At 12:52 p.m., Los Angeles County Fire received a call about a brush fire directly behind LeRoy Haynes Center at 233 West Base Line Road in La Verne, just a few hundred yards...

Verna Smith

Enthusiastic traveler, lifelong learner, loving matriarch Vera J. Smith, a longtime Claremont resident, died peacefully on September 7, 2013 at the age of 95. Originally from Woodstock, New Jersey, she first moved to California upon her marriage to Mel Smith of Sierra...

Reuse, recycle, repurpose

The owners of Hamilton Two Twelve, recently opened near the corner of Foothill and Harvard, are redefining recyclables. The upscale consignment shop—which features repurposed home furnishings at reasonable prices—turns gently used items into reprocessed...