Dr. Charles Mervin Russell, Jr.

Dedicated pastor, pilot and missionary Dr. Charles Mervin Russell, Jr., who resided in Upland and Claremont, died on January 22, 2015 in Pomona. He was 93. He was born on December 12, 1921 in Miami, Florida to Ouida and Charles Mervin Russell. After graduating from...

Jose Jarin hired as new CHS football coach

Jose Jarin was named as varsity football coach at Claremont High School during the Thursday, February 6 Claremont Unified School District board meeting, according to CHS Principal Brett O’Connor. Mr. Jarin, who will replace outgoing Head Coach Mike Collins, has...

Police blotter 2-6-15

Tuesday, January 27 A Claremont driver had trouble with her accelerator pedal and collided with a city sign. According to Lieutenant Mike Ciszek, the 66-year-old female driver was traveling northbound on Indian Hill Boulevard around 12:11 p.m. when she discovered an...

Never too old to be radical

by John Pixley There were people who wrote letters saying that the college students who gathered in front of city hall a couple months ago to protest the killings of unarmed black men by police in Ferguson, Missouri and New York City—as well protesting the grand...

Readers comments 2-6-15

Pitbull attack must be handled [Editor’s note: The following letter was addressed to the Inland Valley Humane Society, with copies forwarded to the Claremont City Council. —KD] Dear Humane Society: What is “humane” about allowing a vicious dog,...