Reworking the middle of the road

Reworking the middle of the road

Work crews install rocks along the median of Indian Hill Boulevard on Tuesday in Claremont. The work is part of the city’s effort to replace grass medians with hardscape and drought tolerant landscaping. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff  

Planting ideas for replacing lawns

Antonio Sanchez, plant production manager at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, displays Siskiyou blue fescue is a popular drought tolerant plant that people use as ground cover. The experts at RSABG have a wide range of plants, and some good advice, for anyone looking...

Romelia ‘Rosie’ Miranda

Romelia Rosaria Miranda, a 30-year employee of Walter’s Restaurant in Claremont, died Monday, August 3, 2015. She was 55. Born on August 8, 1959 in Los Angeles, Rosie was the oldest of six in a large family, who all lived together in Echo Park, California until...

On the Road, a new window on Claremont

by John Pixley   It turned out that Emma was taking us the long way. What should have been a 17-minute trip ended up taking 45 minutes. There were an awful lot of right and left turns, coming one right after the other, and we found ourselves driving on  the...

Readers comments 8-7-15

Holding on Dear Editor: It is very sad to drive around the city which I have lived for almost 40 years and look at the yards that I remember with lush grass turned into gravel pits with weeds—excuse me, gorgeous succulents. I am trying to hang on to my grass and...