Folded Newspaper Icon White
Print Edition
Donation Icon White
Payments / Donations
Paper Renew Icon White
Subscribe / Renew
User Login Icon White
Login
Folded Newspaper Icon White
Print Edition
Paper Renew Icon White
Subscribe / Renew
Donation Icon White
Payments / Donations
User Login Icon White
Login

Future uncertain for Sanctuary Coffee

February 26th, 2026

Sanctuary Coffee Executive Director Steve Gerali pictured Monday. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

Sanctuary Coffee will soon be hit with a $2,000 monthly rent increase and absorb additional labor costs of about $1,000 per month associated with California’s new $16.90 per hour minimum wage. “We survived COVID and we survived the downturn in the economy,” said Sanctuary’s Steve Gerali. “Now we’re faced with a twofold hit, and it is pretty deadly to a lot of businesses.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

To read the rest of this article, please subscribe to the Claremont Courier to get access to all of our premium content! Login below if you're already a member!

Subscribe
Donate

0 Comments

Submit a Comment



Related

Welcome to the neighborhood, Larkin Place

Claremont Unified School District is exploring the possibility of asking voters to approve a new facilities bond as part of the November 3 election. If Claremont voters approve it, the potential new bond it would go into effect after the $48.9 million Measure Y bond, which voters approved in 2000, is retired in 2029. CUSD Superintendent Jim Elsasser is pictured here at the February 19 Board of Education meeting. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

To read the rest of this article, please subscribe to the Claremont Courier to get access to all of our premium content! Login below if you're already a member!

Lawyers for the family of Diego Rios, who died last November following a traffic stop by Claremont police Benjamin Alba and Joshua Orona, have filed a liability claims complaint with the City of Claremont and called on Los Angeles County’s District Attorney to file criminal complaint charges against the pair. Pictured here are supporters wearing T-shirts bearing Rios' image at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

To read the rest of this article, please subscribe to the Claremont Courier to get access to all of our premium content! Login below if you're already a member!

Where am I?

OLA girls basketball season is one for the books

Chau Vu is the first student from Pomona College to receive a Computing Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award — the highest honor for an undergraduate involved in computer science research. Vu, a senior computer science major and native of Hanoi, Vietnam, was one of eight students from across the country to be recognized last month for their excellence in research. Photo/by Travis Khachatoorian

To read the rest of this article, please subscribe to the Claremont Courier to get access to all of our premium content! Login below if you're already a member!

Share This