Claremont education rooted in the environment

by Ron Mittino The vision of Sustainable Claremont’s Schools Action Group is to create and support high-quality, hands-on learning experiences for our children built on a foundation of environmental literacy, through partnerships between the Claremont Unified...

Stories of the season bring harmony, healing

by Cantor Paul Buch Over the years my family and I have lived in Claremont, I have participated in dozens of Passover Seders in our community, both “Model Seders” designed to educate Jews and non-Jews alike about this annual spring festival, and more...

Once a mom always a mom

by Debbie Carini Once a mom, always a mom. That’s what they say. And that’s what my grandmother always told me. When she had something serious to expound upon, she’d take a nice long drag on her cigarette, cough it out and then point the smoldering...

Obituary: John Ozias

Courageous veteran, community activist John Ozias, a 60-year resident of Claremont, died Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the age of 92.  A native Californian, he was born in Fullerton, the third oldest child of Jesse and Velma Ozias. In 1942, three days after...

Obituary: John Francis Parker

Champion of justice, loving patriarch John Francis Parker, a resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan who previously lived in Claremont, died April 5, 2017 after a brief illness. He was 88. Born in Los Angeles in 1929 to Ignatius and Helen Parker, he lived most of his life...