Obituary: Reuel Piersol Witherell

Award-winning gardener, married 66 years   Reuel Peirsol Witherell, also known as “Rudy,” died at home in San Clemente on July 13. Reuel was born April 6, 1928 to James and Cleda Peirsol of Pomona, where she grew up and in 1946 graduated from Pomona...

Obituary: Mary Patricia Abts

Nurse, volunteer, traveler, devout Catholic, great-grandmother Mary Patricia Abts, 99, of Claremont, died peacefully on August 14. She was born Mary Pat Carey on May 23, 1920, in Lakewood, Washington to John and Eleanor (Berger) Carey. She married Richard M. Abts...

Police blotter 8-30-19

Tuesday, August 20 Officers were called to Harvey Mudd College around 1:10 p.m. and found 36-year-old Urbano Bazaldua of Pomona in possession of bike and burglary tools, Cpl. Sean Evans of the Claremont Police Department said. He was arrested and taken to CPD jail....

Readers comments 8-30-19

Gratitude to Claremont Dear Editor: It is with great gratitude to all the people of Claremont and the surrounding communities that I announce my retirement as an ophthalmologist after 31 years of practice. I came to Claremont in June 1988 to join the elder John J....

What a difference a candidate makes

In yet another attack against journalism and free speech, the Trump administration and their allies are ready to target journalists they deem as “hostile” with background checks, in an effort to publicize damaging information. The focus so far largely is...