Editors Picks
Pioneering minister, professor, volunteer The Rev. Barbara B. Troxell died of cancer on October 17 shortly after her 90th birthday at her Pilgrim Place home in Claremont. Those who knew her, especially younger women clergy, described her as a pioneering spiritual guide and source of encouragement and deepened faith who lived as a follower of […]
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.
Being a leader and teaching others run in the bloodlines of Rahkiah Brown, who just a few weeks ago became the new principal for Sumner Danbury Elementary School.
Claremont has a long tradition of preserving the hillsides above the city, and one environmental advocacy group would like to add the proposed Clara Oaks development land to the list.
In two weeks, the Pomona Fairplex will host a downsized version of the Los Angeles County Fair appropriately called the Bite-Sized Fair.
Lizeth Hernandez, right, listens to the introductionary remarks of Community Groundwork Executive Director Mike Ceraso during a mixer for the non-profit last Thursday in Claremont. The start-up trains community college students in the mechanisms of politics and matches them with mentors with the goal of finding employment. Ms. Hernandez is one of 17 students who have completed Community Groundwork’s 20-hour coursework and aspires to become an elected official.
Coinciding with the day it opened 20 years ago, the Latino Art Museum in Pomona reopened on Saturday after shutting down due to COVID-19 restrictions a year and five months ago. Although about 100 people came to witness the historic gallery’s reopening, LAM founder and former director, Graciela Nardi, was not there for the milestone. Sadly, she passed away in December 2020.
Now that the COURIER has successfully received nonprofit status from the state of California and the IRS, we have been working on setting up a business model to increase our ability to qualify for local news grants, while being able to accept tax deductible donations.
When Nangy Ghafarshad and his wife Fahima were watching the news late one night and saw pictures of the Afghanistan people under siege by the Taliban, all they could do was weep.
Part two of two: After Claremont resident Abbie Moore, who is a member of the LGBTQ+ community, had a Pride flag stolen from her home in June, she posted about the incident on social media to alert the community. Usually a private person, Ms. Moore said she wrote about her situation on the Facebook group Claremont Connects not only because she was ‘rattled’ but also because she wanted to know if other neighbors had experienced something similar.
Created as a serene environment for students and faculty 100 years ago, it has long been a center point for college and community activity since completion in 1923.
Imagine in the era before social media, an enterprising youth sitting in a converted garage pounding out news of the neighborhood on a manual typewriter. A stack of notes sits on the desk while a fan oscillates in the corner, occasionally blowing some errant sheet of paper onto the floor. The adolescent pauses from typing, grabbing a notepad and a pen to jot down a flashing idea.