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Zadie Takanashi, 3, fills her basket with eggs during Saturday’s spring celebration at Memorial Park. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
It’s amazing how a smallish outdoor park can have such a large impact with the public near and far. Claremont Hills Wilderness Park, located on 1,620 acres in north Claremont along the bottom of the San Gabriel mountain range, has been exceeding expectations for hikers and bikers since opening in 1996.
Pomona College alumni and activists with Pomona Divest from Apartheid showed up before Pomona College’s annual parade of classes to form a blockade at the corner of Sixth Street and College Avenue on Saturday, April 27. Alumni weekend was also interrupted at Pitzer and Harvey Mudd Colleges. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
On Wednesday, February 21, at 8:20am, I was the victim of a distracted driver. My friend and I were on our way to Pasadena. She was driving, I was the passenger. It had rained the night before, and the roads were still slick. We were stopped at a red light meter on the on-ramp to the 210 freeway at Towne Avenue when we were struck from behind by a vehicle traveling at least forty miles per hour. Photo/courtesy of Zoe Brin
The Claremont Colleges commencement weekend for the Class of 2024 takes place Friday, May 10 through Sunday, May 12, 2024. Pomona College has already begun erecting the stage for their commencement planned for May 12 at 10 a.m. at Marston Quad, above. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Southern California mountains received a steady stream of snowfall this season, including a medium dusting on Mt. Baldy and even more in the Big Bear Lake area on Friday, April 5. The long range forecast calls for sunny skies and warmer weather for the next couple of weeks, meaning the snow season is most likely coming to an end quickly. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Police from at least four jurisdictions — many in riot gear — descended on Pomona College Friday and arrested 20 protesters after some had occupied President Gabrielle Starr’s office. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
March 13 had been just another routine Wednesday at the Pomona home of Sydni Myrick-Causey. After putting her 2-year-old daughter to bed, she hit the hay herself around 11 p.m. Then about 1 a.m. her son ran into the room where she and her two daughters were sleeping, shouting that a fire had broken out in his room. Myrick-Causey ran to his room and saw a raging blaze. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
By Tim Lynch | Special to the Courier April is Autism Acceptance Month, a time to promote inclusion and connectedness for people who have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and for the family and friends who support them. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines ASD as a developmental disability caused by differences […]
Congratulations to Jill Reilly, who was chosen at random among the 11 respondents who correctly identified last week’s “Where Am I?” as the main entrance to the social center at Mt. San Antonio Gardens. Reilly is now entered into the year-end drawing to receive a copy of the Courier’s new coffee table book of photography, […]
All these challenges, struggles, losses, achievements, and sacrifices were only for the sake of preserving our lives and securing a better future for our three children. And finally, after more than a year of waiting, I heard the good news that my request for asylum has been approved, and that is how I became an American. I want to say thank you to the United States and all the Americans who welcomed us with open arms and helped us start our lives from scratch. The beginning! Photo/by Zuhal Barati
It was winter, and though nighttime temperatures dropped to -10F, we only had summer clothes. My father caught a cold and had a high fever. My mother and I sewed jackets for my children and father from blankets. The bathrooms were very dirty, the food barely edible. In the first 24 hours, I ate only a boiled egg. After five days and nights, we boarded a plane headed to America. Forty-eight hours later we arrived at Philadelphia International Airport. It was August 30, 2021. Exhausted and hungry, we were ready to start our new lives. Photo/courtesy of Nabila Painda
We worked with women who had never attended school, including some who had not been allowed to leave their homes. They were unaware of their rights and lacked skills beyond household chores. Our goal was to educate them to the best of our ability. Many eventually joined schools and later, universities. But sadly, history repeated itself: on August 14, 2021 I was on my way to work when a man dressed in the garb of a Taliban member stood in front of me and shouted, “If you don’t want to die, go back home; a woman’s place is at home.” Photo/by Hamed Painda
Following a tumultuous seven hour meeting in which emotions ran extremely high, the Claremont City Council voted unanimously early Wednesday to affirm its “longstanding practice of not adopting resolutions or issuing proclamations that take an official city position on social or political issues that are not local to Claremont,” essentially rejecting an alternative declaration that would have called for a cease-fire in Gaza. This story will be updated later today. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Claremont Colleges students staged a sit-in protest on December 8 demanding Pomona College divest funds from its endowment they say are benefiting weapons manufacturers and institutions that aid Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza. The students also demanded Pomona College officials call for a cease-fire in the conflict. “I and other administrators have repeatedly offered to meet when protestors have come to Alexander Hall, but these offers have been refused,” wrote Pomona College President Gabrielle Starr in a post on the school’s website. “I remain open to dialogue with students.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Twenty-two-year-old Mira Nadon will tread a familiar stage this weekend for Inland Pacific Ballet’s annual staging of “The Nutcracker.” Nadon, a former Claremont resident and IPB trainee turned pro with New York City Ballet, will be dancing the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy December 16-17 at Bridges Auditorium. “It’s super special,” said Nadon, who was 11 when she danced the role of Clara for IPB’s 2012 show. “It’s always fun to look back on that time.” Photo/courtesy of Erin Baiano
Several of those interviewed for the new documentary, “Peter Case: a Million Miles Away,” said the acclaimed, twice Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and author should be playing larger venues, and that more people should be aware of his wide-ranging catalog. Case has no such grievances.