Police Blotter 8-20-20

by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com Wednesday, August 12 Claremont police were called after a 20-year-old Upland man, Kayn Cox-Whittle, allegedly pulled a semiautomatic handgun on a two people near College Avenue and Seventh Street about 4:55 p.m. The...
COVID cases across LA County begin to stabilize

COVID cases across LA County begin to stabilize

by Steven Felschundneff | steven@claremont-courier.com Community spread of the coronavirus across all areas of the county has been in a sustained but slow decline over the past month, according to Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public...

Bitcoin scam victim reveals details of extortion

by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com As phone scams go, it seemed on its face to be garden variety. A 55-year-old Claremont woman got a call on her cell phone from an out-of-state area code. The man on the other end told her he was from “federal...

Couple transforms home to miniature farm

by Steven Felschundneff | steven@claremont-courier.com Often when Stan Abramowicz and Teresita Caspillo would tend to the garden out front of their Tenth Street home neighbors would comment, “Your yard is so unique, you should call the COURIER.” And one...