Mom ‘smartens’ up

In 1968, when I was nine years old, I wanted to write on a typewriter so badly I made a pretend one out of some old National Geographic magazines by stacking, fanning and gluing them together and then marking it with a QWERTY keyboard. I sat and practiced on the back...

Botanical volunteers: the good and the bad

by Sue Schenk, Claremont Garden Club Without being deliberately planted, “volunteers” appear in our gardens from seed released by plants we did intentionally introduce, blown in by the wind, spread in compost, buried by squirrels, sneaked in by...

Obituary: Marilyn ‘Lynn” Kirkendall

Great grandmother, world traveler, volunteer, magician’s assistant Longtime Claremont resident Marilyn “Lynn” Kirkendall died after a short illness on February 25, 2018 at the age of 91 while vacationing in one of her favorite places, New Orleans,...

Police blotter 3-16-18

Tuesday March 6 Officers pulled over the driver of a car after it was observed, “acting suspiciously” near Indian Hill and Foothill Boulevards around 6:30 p.m., according to Sgt. Brian Thompson of the Claremont Police Department. The driver gave a false...