VIEWPOINT: A is for apple, B is for boondoggle…

by YouYoung Kang, Claremont resident and associate professor at Scripps College Last week, students throughout the Claremont Unified School District started taking the state-mandated Common Core examinations in the English-language arts and mathematics on iPads...

Linda Emmersen-Hill

Teacher, loving mother, grandmother Linda Faye Emmersen-Hill died peacefully at her home in Cayucos on April 30, 2015. She was 74. Linda was born in September of 1940 to Arnold and Gertrude Emmersen of Kingsburg, California. After graduating from Kingsburg High...

Michael Loader

Loving husband, father and grandfather Michael L. Loader, a longtime Claremont resident, died on May 9, 2015. He was 60 years old. Michael, or “Doc” as he liked to be called, was born on October 12, 1954 in southern California. He was raised in Orange...

Emy Frederick

Volunteer, loving wife and mother Emy Frederick, a longtime Claremont resident, died on April 20, 2015. She was 91.  Emma Silvia Brusasco was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 22, 1924 to Delfina and Evasio Brusasco. The family moved to Hollywood when she was...