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Laurie Ciszek pins the chief’s badge on Mike Ciszek, her husband and Claremont Police Department’s 14th chief, during an April 17 ceremony. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

As part of nationwide anti-Trump and Musk rallies on Saturday, April 5, more than 300 local protesters gathered at the familiar intersection on Indian Hill and Foothill Boulevards in Claremont. The peaceful two-hour demonstration featured signs and speeches critical of a wide range of Trump administration actions. See photos inside. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger

The Claremont City Council, including (L-R) Mayor Corey Calaycay and Vice Mayor Jennifer Stark, voted unanimously March 25 to approve a first reading of an ordinance that would allow e-bike usage on Claremont Hills Wilderness Park trails. The ordinance will have a second reading April 22 and if approved will go into effect 30 days later. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

(L-R) Dozens of children cheered on Claremont City Council member Ed Reece, Mayor Corey Calaycay, member Sal Medina, and member Jed Leano as they cut the ribbon to reopen Lewis Park playground Saturday morning. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

Scripps College President Amy Marcus-Newhall, pictured, informed the college community last week that the school had received a formal notice of investigation from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights on March 14; OCR said the investigation stems from a complaint alleging antisemitism filed against Scripps last month.

Former Claremont Police Department officer Gabriel Arellanes, 32, has been arrested on suspicion of on-duty sexual assault and is facing a felony criminal charge of forced oral copulation. Arellanes, the City of Claremont, and 10 city employees are also named in a wide-ranging civil complaint seeking $20 million in damages. Courier file photo

Monique Saigal Escudero went from a 3-year-old child hiding from Nazi soldiers in a small French village during World War II, to an accomplished author and Pomona College professor. Now 86, she will share her dramatic history in a free and open to the public talk at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 27 at Claremont Heritage’s Ginger Elliott Center, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

A man in his 50s died Tuesday afternoon after collapsing on the east side of Monte Vista Avenue just south of Base Line Road. Witnesses called the Claremont Police Department at 3:30 to report seeing a man that had been walking collapsing on the sidewalk. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger

Some 40 volunteers planted camphor saplings at Citrus and Baldy View elementary schools in Upland on Saturday. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

Three tense hours after receiving a call about a possible active shooter with a bomb, police lifted a shelter in place order at Claremont McKenna College at 7:30 p.m. Thursday after a multi-agency search turned up no gunman or weapon. Police suspect the 4:44 p.m. call was a case of “swatting.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

The City of Claremont has changed the March 20 state of the city address by Claremont Mayor Corey Calaycay from a ticketed event to a special meeting of the City Council in order to comply with the Brown Act, and reduced the cost of admission from $80 to free. The 11 a.m. Thursday, March 20, event at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., will also include remarks from the City Council. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

Police have lifted the shelter in place order at Claremont McKenna College after searching the area and finding no evidence of a shooter or  weapon. There were no injuries, and no arrests were made. The shelter in place order was lifted at 7:30 p.m. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

Dinosaurs are cool. And in the spirit of showcasing some of history’s most interesting species, the Webb Schools’ Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology hosted its annual Fossil Fest Saturday. “A lot of people don’t know that Southern California is probably one of the best places to be a paleontologist in the country,” said Alf Director Andrew Farke. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo