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Wednesday, October 2 will be a full circle day for Brittany Brown. The 29-year-old 2013 Claremont High graduate, who won a bronze medal in the women’s 200 meters at last month’s 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, will return to the town that helped set her on her path for a parade in her honor starting at 4:45 p.m. at city hall. Photo/by World Athletics
Dear tree, I never wanted you. Truth be told, when you first came to our home on Forbes Avenue, I was a teenager and took no notice.
Our work here represents a slice of what the City of Trees is known for. Publisher Peter Weinberger explores our urban vistas, storied architecture, and mountain views with stunning photography in “Vertical Claremont.” COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger
California Assembly Bill 3074 establishes strict rules for the removal of flammable material within five feet of any structure located in a very high fire hazard severity area, such as the hillsides in north Claremont, but residents say drought-related requirements to both reduce water and electricity consumption conflict with the new edict.
I’m an only child. Mom had me in November 1963, then decided she was good. Dad was gone by the time I was out of diapers, but that’s a story for another day.
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com Ontario-based singer/songwriter Patrick Brayer, “The original brooding author of hardscrabble country-noir songsmanship,” is unhinged, in the best sense of the word. “If I was totally in control I think I would be bored,” Brayer said of his songwriting process. “This stuff happens, and one thing leads to another, and then […]
The Claremont Laemmle 5 theater is in escrow, and if the sale goes through, the current building will be transformed into a two-story structure housing an organic market with outdoor dining on the first floor, two restaurants on the second, and a rooftop bar.
Over the past several months, the COURIER has published a number of stories talking about the demise of local news throughout the U.S. We focused on what many of us call “news deserts,” where cities have little to no access to local news.
Due to a tight deadline last week, the COURIER was not able to fully report on the waste-to-hydrogen program. This update includes an overview as well as new information.
A ghostly specter haunts California’s Inland Empire. Several do, in fact.
by Steven Felschundneff | steven@claremont-courier.com Beginning January 1, the Claremont Police Department will begin collecting, and reporting “perceived demographic and other detailed data” on all pedestrian and vehicle stops, in compliance with California state law. The California Legislature passed Assembly Bill (AB) 953, the Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) in 2015, which requires all […]
by Peter Weinberger | pweinberger@claremont-courier.com As a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit newspaper, we are launching our first-ever three-year campaign drive to raise necessary operating funds to ensure the COURIER continues to provide you with the latest news and essential coverage of all the issues impacting our community. It’s not about the here and now. It’s about […]
Real estate agents tend to toss around the phrase “one of a kind,” but salesmanship can lean toward hyperbole, and sometimes it’s a stretch. But in the instance of the property at 2373 N. Indian Hill Blvd., the product lives up to the billing.
For many residents the idea of light rail service coming to Claremont faded when the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority announced a few years ago that it had funding to reach Pomona, but no further. Still, some people, including Councilmember Ed Reece, have never given up on completing the last few miles and are fighting to get the Gold Line to The City of Trees.
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com For the past several weeks, chef Phil Lee has gotten up in the early morning hours at his Los Angeles home to make the 33-mile drive to Second Street in the Claremont Village. Each time he’s made the sometimes 45-minute trek, chef Lee, the founder and owner of Honeybird, has […]
A lengthy tussle between affordable housing advocates on one side and a chorus of residents along with a local developer on the other, moved one step closer to a resolution Tuesday when the Claremont City Council voted to adopt a new Inclusionary Housing Ordinance but delay the implementation for 180 days.