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The Claremont City Council conducted its annual restructuring at its final meeting of the year on Tuesday, voting unanimously to name Corey Calaycay mayor and Jennifer Stark into the newly named mayor pro tem/vice mayor position for 2025. Calaycay replaces Sal Medina and Stark will replace Calaycay. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Pomona College received a joint letter last week from the American Civil Liberties Union, among others, asserting the school’s recent suspension of 10 students for the academic year due to their alleged participation in a October 7 protest at Carnegie Hall may have violated their rights, and that a lawsuit may be filed to challenge the decision. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
A fast-moving cold front blew through Southern California Thursday and early Friday bringing cool temperatures, a quarter inch of rain to Claremont and six inches of snow in the higher elevations of the Mt. Baldy area. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
(L-R) Last Name Brewing co-owner Karen McMillen, Claremont City Council member Jennifer Stark, Last Name co-owner Andy Dale, Mayor Pro Tem Corey Calaycay, and Mayor Sal Medina at Tuesday’s council meeting. Dale and McMillen were recognized for their contributions to Claremont. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The weather was perfect for last weekend’s 76th annual Pilgrim Place Festival, as evidenced by these happy passengers on the boat ride. The well attended, much loved event raised funds for the Pilgrim Place Resident Health and Support Program. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont officials, residents, first responders and military veterans congregated at Memorial Park Monday to celebrate Veterans Day. Opening remarks were delivered by Claremont Mayor Sal Medina and American Legion Keith Powell Post 78 second vice commander Michael Murphy before retired four-star U.S. Army General Austin Scott Miller took the stage for the keynote address. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
“There’s no getting the genie back in the bottle. John McCain is dead. Add our brutal, broken politics to the long list of shameful remnants our kids are going to have to deal with after we’ve joined him. I’d like to think there’s a better world out there in which the old white guys (like me) who run our two-party system call a timeout and reckon with their mess, but let’s face it, that ain’t happening.”
Artist Paul Kittlaus with his painting, “number 25.” Kittlaus’s paintings will be on view at the 76th annual Pilgrim Place Festival, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, November 8-9 at 625 Mayflower Rd., Claremont. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Sal Medina and Corey Calaycay (pictured) have been reelected to Claremont City Council’s District 5 and District 1 seats, respectively. Meanwhile, the race for CUSD Board of Education’s Trustee Area 5 remains too close to call. Photo/courtesy of City of Claremont
Sal Medina (pictured) has been reelected to Claremont City Council’s District 5 seat. Corey Calaycay looks to be assured reelection as well, with a 16 point lead over challenger Rachel Forester, while the race for CUSD Board of Education’s Trustee Area 5 remains too close to call. More election info in story. Photo/courtesy of City of Claremont
After 23 years in the House of Representatives, Adam Schiff has been elected to the U.S. Senate. The 64-year-old Democrat defeated political newcomer Steve Garvey. More election results in story. Photo/courtesy of Adam Schiff
As if 10:15 p.m., Claremont City Council District 1 challenger Rachel Forester (pictured) is behind incumbent Mayor pro tem Corey Calaycay by 451 votes. Calaycay has 1,699 (58%) and Forester 1,248 (42%). With 1,233 votes (76%), incumbent Mayor Sal Medina is cruising to an easy victory in District 5, outpacing challenger Kingoro Onami, who has 382 (24%). More results in story. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Democrat Judy Chu appears to be cruising to a win against April Verlato in the race for the Claremont inclusive 28thDistrict of the U.S. House of Representatives. With 197,513 votes against Verlato’s 52,212. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Polling centers are open until 8 p.m. at Claremont Unified School District’s Richard S. Kirkendall Education Center, 170 W. San Jose Ave.; Granite Creek Community Church, 1580 N. Claremont Blvd.; Condit Elementary School, 1750 N. Mountain Ave.; and Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Ballot drop boxes are at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., and the Hughes Center, 1700 Danbury Rd. Ballots need to be dropped off by 8 p.m. tonight. To find additional vote centers, visit locator.lavote.gov. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont High School senior Meghan Robles, center in blue, celebrates being crowned the 2024 homecoming queen at halftime with her marching band and color guard colleagues on Friday, November 1. Senior Theo Krebs was crowned homecoming king. See more photos on our page link. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Best known for her acclaimed series of records beginning with 1987’s “Who’s Gonna Save the World,” singer-songwriter Cindy Lee Berryhill— who appears at Claremont’s Folk Music Center this Saturday, November 2 — has studied acting with Lee Strasberg, been a full-time music instructor for 20 years, was one of the originators of the “anti-folk” movement in New York City, is the executor of the estate of her late husband Paul Williams, author and founder of Crawdaddy Magazine, she’s a mother, and oh yeah, she’s about to publish her first novel. Photo/by Stevo Rood
With perfect weather, more than 400 vendors, and activities galore, there was never a dull moment at Saturday’s 42nd annual Village Venture Arts and Crafts Festival, hosted by the Claremont Chamber of Commerce. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo