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By Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Samuel A. Simon is in what he’s called his “fourth age of life” — and loving it. “It’s what you do after you’ve done everything else and then find out what you were meant to do,” he told the Courier Monday. The former lawyer and member of Ralph Nader’s first […]
Ms. Bustamante has no idea how she contracted the coronavirus. Her family exercised extreme caution throughout the pandemic and she worked from home, rarely going out. Her husband Edward did most of the shopping so perhaps he contacted the virus at the grocery store. He, too, became sick but had a mild case.
Claremont Unified School District’s wide-ranging capital improvement projects are now complete, five years after voters approved the $58 million in general obligation bonds that funded them.
Claremont’s Bob Forrest has counseled hundreds of addicts and users of the incredibly powerful synthetic opioid drug fentanyl over the past five years.
“They’re seeking out this experience,” said Mr. Forrest, a renowned addiction counselor. Addicts are looking to duplicate the euphoric, joyous hits of dopamine that occur naturally.
Claremont Police Sergeant Hector Tamayo will be retiring from the department after 17 years of service. Sergeant Tamayo was a Ventura County Sheriff deputy for five years before joining CPD as a police officer in 2004. After six years with CPD, he was promoted to corporal, spending several of those years as a detective. In […]
What preventative interventions are in place at Claremont Unified School District for students who are actively using, or are curious about using, fentanyl, the massively potent synthetic opioid suspected to be responsible for the June 1 death of rising Claremont High sophomore Chloe Kreutzer? Unfortunately, not many. The district has for many years hosted a high-profile yearly drunk driving prevention program, Every 15 Minutes.
At 4 p.m. Saturday, Karie Krouse hosted a memorial service for her daughter Chloe Kreutzer, now forever 15, above. The rising Claremont High School sophomore died June 1 of a suspected drug overdose.
Her friends say a single fentanyl-laced counterfeit Percocet pill was the cause, one she obtained from a 2021 CHS graduate.
The results of a toxicology report of a second pill found in her backpack by officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s San Dimas substation, the city in which Chloe died, are pending. An investigation into her death is also underway, police say.
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by Steven Felschundneff | steven@claremont-courier.com Reflecting a growing nationwide trend, the Claremont City Council unanimously approved a plan to “redesign” public school safety, including reassigning the armed and uniformed student resource officer. Tuesday’s action during the regular city council meeting represents a crucial step in implementing the findings of the Claremont Police Commission’s SRO ad […]