Now that’s (not) funny

by Mellissa Martinez My eight-year-old son Felix has recently started watching a Disney show called Mr. Young. As the dialogue from the TV flows through our living room, I loosely follow the story of a 14-year-old prodigy who returns to his hometown to teach at his...

Readers comments 2-8-19

Good intentions, bad outcomes Dear Editor: Claremont, wake up! Big changes are coming to the way we elect our city council members. In response to a potential lawsuit that may be filed against the city seeking to enforce the provisions of the California Voter Rights...

Police blotter 2-8-19

Monday, January 28 Police are looking for two suspects who burglarized two homes in north Claremont. Around 3 p.m., a resident on the 800 block of Base Line Road told police that he heard someone knock on her door and then a window breaking, the Claremont Police...

Familiar name gets recycled: see video

There are more than a few familiar things about one of the new restaurants in town, Coates Fried Chicken and Burgers, at 353 W. Bonita Ave. in the Village. First, the name. Co-owners Travis Flood and Matt Fong, avid cyclists, took their name from Coates Cyclery, the...

Girls soccer upset, water polo cruises to 17-10 win

You win some and you lose some. And that was exactly how it played out for Claremont High School’s two Palomares League champions in the first round of the CIF playoffs Wednesday night at home. Both girls soccer and girls water polo came into the competition as...