Obituary: Richard McDonald

Richard “Dick” Lawrence McDonald, a longtime resident of Walnut and Claremont, died peacefully at Kaiser Permanente Ontario on April 14, 2016. He was 82. He was born on a brilliant summer day, July 19, 1933, in the hardscrabble mining town of Leadville,...

District mulls over potential school bond measure

A group of community members convened at the Claremont High School theater Wednesday night to discuss what a school bond measure might look like, should the district decide to place one on the ballot in the upcoming November election. Superintendent Jim Elsasser and...

Are we heading for another real estate bubble burst?

by Ryan Zimmerman The real estate market has been on fire since completely bottoming out between 2011 and 2012. Investors started the trend by realizing that prices were low, and they pounced. Investors with deep pockets were grabbing up as much real estate as...

Bear meets Claremonter

It was an unusual afternoon for Daniel Kentner as he came face-to-face with a big brown bear at his home in the Claraboya area. Here’s the encounter in his own words. “I had a visitor in my yard on Friday, April 22 around 2:26 p.m. The very large bear had...