Poet offers worldly advice for students

Louise Glück is in a category so rare as to be nearly oxymoronic. She’s a successful poet. She’s published 10 books of poetry, plus a celebrated book of essays. Her collected works, Poems 1962-2012, is considered a must-have for the serious poetry...
Basketball sails over Diamond Bar

Basketball sails over Diamond Bar

Claremont junior Davis Haley drives to the basket on Friday during the Pack’s home conference game against Diamond Bar. Haley had a tem high 15 points leading Claremont to a 77-39 victory. With the win the boys strengthen their third place spot in Palomares...

Claremont Heritage celebrates 40 years

Oftentimes, when I’m thinking about something, or in a conversation or when something happens, a song title or lyric pops into my head. So, I am researching the history of Claremont Heritage for its 40th, and Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi”...

Watching and waiting for the rain

It came right on time. Like clockwork. Not only that, but the rain waited until we were ready. Or at least until it wasn’t too much of a damper. It didn’t come on New Year’s Day. The sky was left picture-perfect clear for the Rose Parade, just as it...