by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com There are so many things I took for granted when I was young: that my family would be there, school was a refuge and source of a social life outside the home, and the rituals and rites of youth in Southern California...
NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez will visit Harvey Mudd College on Wednesday, March 9 to share his life’s journey with students at an Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) event titled “Perseverance: a trait that takes you to new heights.” And did it ever for...
Our publisher, Peter Weinberger, sat down with Ryan Zimmerman on his podcast “The Claremont Life” to discuss local journalism in Claremont. In the episode, Peter talks about what it’s like running a small, local newspaper and the move to turn it...
by John Neiuber Through the 1930s, 1940s and into the 1950s, the citrus industry and the colleges remained the major driving forces of the local economy. World War II saw the chamber, in conjunction with other civic groups, focus its attention on the war effort and...
by Steven Felschundneff | steven@claremont-courier.com Seventy-five years ago Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. In Long Beach, Howard Hughes took the Spruce Goose on its only flight. Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was murdered in Beverly Hills. And the movie...
