Brock Christmas Tree Farm has deep roots

Brock Christmas Tree Farm has deep roots

by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com In 1961, shortly after buying a nearly two-acre lot in what was then mostly wide open north Claremont, René Brock planted an Italian stone pine. It remains there today, now 50 feet tall. Its oddly shaped canopy and...
Storm brings rain, but less snow

Storm brings rain, but less snow

With high temperatures in the 40s in Claremont Tuesday, one might think two inches of rain would bring significant snow to Mt Baldy, above. That wasn’t really the case this time around as less than a foot of the white stuff fell at even the highest of...