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“Every person that comes through here — doesn’t matter if they’re current students, recent alumni, been out of school 40 or 50 years — they all say the same thing: ‘San Antonio saved me.’ And that’s a big deal,” said San Antonio High School Principal Andrea Deligio. Pictured here is San Antonio teacher Tyler Baugh getting soaked at the school’s 60th anniversary celebration on Wednesday. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Some 493 players from 41 Claremont Little League teams, more than 200 volunteer coaches, and scores of family members and caregivers were on hand at College Park February 21 to kick off the league’s 67th season. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Cloud dappled winter skies frame the setting sun as it slips below the horizon February 21, offering a silhouette of downtown Los Angeles. With temperatures in the upper 70s, this week could pass for early spring, all this after a series of storms dumped up to five feet of snow in Southern California’s mountains last week. See more photos in our story. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Webb forward Dayleen Morales and defender Kate Cook embrace after Wednesday’s 4-0 home victory over AB Miller, which sent the Gauls on to Saturday’s CIF-SS Division 8 tournament semifinal. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the death of Diego Rios a homicide. On Thursday, the LA County Deputy Medical Examiner’s office released its autopsy and toxicology findings. Its “summary and opinion narrative” reads in part: “The cause of death is cardiopulmonary arrest due to effects of cocaine and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the setting of prone physical restraint. The manner of death is homicide due to volitional human involvement regardless of the intent of any individuals’ actions.” Click on the story for a link to the full autopsy and toxicology report. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Competition season for the 2026 Los Angeles County Fair, which opens May 7 and runs through May 31, is open.
Some 700 Claremont Unified School District students walked out of classes Wednesday and marched to the intersection of Indian Hill and Foothill Boulevard for a 90-minute protest of the federal immigration crackdowns taking place in Democratically-controlled states across the nation.
Students primarily from Claremont High but also from San Antonio High and El Roble Intermediate School walked out of classes at 1:25 p.m. and remained at the intersection through the end of the school day.
President Trump’s immigration crackdowns in Democratically-controlled states have not only resulted in death and injury, they have propagated fear in the Hispanic and other targeted communities that previously safe havens such as schools are no longer secure. “We’re hearing a lot of fear out of our families that either have undocumented members or are in communities where they’re friends and family members with undocumented folk, definitely,” said CUSD Assistant Superintendent, Student Services Kevin Ward.
The Courier took off from Cable Airport in Upland this week for a single-engine plane ride to the Pacific Ocean and back. We looped past the Santa Monica Pier, weaving through a maze of air traffic — planes, helicopters, and even drones — to capture this bird’s-eye view of the Los Angeles basin. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
More than 200 demonstrators took to the corner of Indian Hill and Foothill boulevards Friday afternoon to participate in a national shutdown protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity that has led to the death of eight people since the start of the year. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
An electric skateboard battery was the cause of a Wednesday evening second-floor dorm room fire at Harvey Mudd College’s Atwood Residence Hall that caused no injuries but displaced 35 students. Photo/by Brett O’Connor
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Victor Rios Jr., whose brother Diego died November 28, 2025 following a traffic stop by Claremont Department officers, speaks at a January 10 rally for transparency outside city hall. The city announced Tuesday it will release records regarding the death of Diego Rios by January 27. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Sparked by the January 7 killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross, more than 300 demonstrators turned out at Indian Hill and Foothill boulevards Sunday to voice disdain for President Trump’s policies and ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection tactics. The protest, organized by Indivisible Claremont/Inland Valley Action Group, followed similar demonstrations that took place nationwide over the weekend. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Uncertainty still haunts Diego Rios’s family as they continue to push for answers in the 30-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man’s death after a November 28, 2025 traffic stop by Claremont police. Friends and family will gather outside Claremont City Hall from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, January 10 to push for transparency. A memorial at the site of the incident, pictured here, still stands. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The three hikers who died on Mt. Baldy on December 29 have been identified as 19-year-old Marcus Alexander Muench Casanova of Seal Beach, and Juan Sarat Lopez, 37, and Bayron Pedro Ramos Garcia, 36, both Guatemalan nationals said to be residing in Los Angeles. Authorities believe the hikers fell from Devil’s Backbone Trail, pictured here last summer. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Conditions remained soaked Monday morning, January 5, but the rain finally ended in the early hours after a week of near-record storms across the region. More than six inches of rain fell in the Claremont area, with even higher totals reported in the mountains. Check out our latest coverage. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger