Rosa Augusto

Courageous immigrant, devoted friend Rosa Louisa Letechi Augusto, a longtime Claremont resident, died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, June 6, 2015. She was 95. She was born in the middle of the earth on March 22, 1920 in the coastal town of Guayaquil, Ecuador in...

Public Art Committee ready to beautify Claremont

Claremont City Council appointed residents to the Public Art Committee on June 9, following recommendations presented by the ad hoc committee. “This was one of the most exciting and difficult appointment processes,” said Mayor Pro Tem Sam Pedroza....
City lifts pool-filling restrictions

City lifts pool-filling restrictions

A city-imposed restriction preventing homeowners from filling their pools and ponds was lifted last week by the Claremont City Council. Council, by a 4-0 vote, approved an ordinance removing the limitation from the city’s municipal code. Opanyi Nasiali abstained...

Police catch man who stole purse from parishioner

Officers responded to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 14 after a Phelan man stole the purse of one of the parishioners. The 63-year-old victim witnessed Bradley Gray take her handbag and flee the location. Police questioned three people...