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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
In 2022 the City of Claremont removed 827 trees — an estimated 353 due to the windstorm — and planted 348 new trees. In 2023 it planted 478 and removed 443, and from January to March 2024 planted 74 and removed 65. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
CUSD’s Board of Education voted unanimously at its August 1 meeting to approve the hiring of Desiree Reyes as assistant superintendent, business services at an annual salary of $221,379 through June 30, 2027. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
A trio of Sycamore Elementary School alumni combined their brain power last month to snag a mix of high honors in the junior division at the World Scholar’s Cup Global Round in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo/by Rufus Cox
Annabelle Delgado, 7, and her twin sister Alex from Claremont light up the night during the playing of Wizard of Oz, part of the Claremont Movies in the Park series. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
U.S. Representative Judy Chu honored Claremont Chamber of Commerce CEO and Ophelia’s Jump CEO Randy Lopez with the Building Bridges Award at her annual Congressional Leadership of the Year Awards ceremony on July 20.
Fridays cap the week’s learning for Project Think students, children between pre-kindergarten and eighth grade enrolled in the summer enrichment camp at Pitzer College, as they finish up their projects and interact with a mystery animal. On July 19, students were introduced to 19-year-old alpaca, Magic. Pictured here is Simon Baker, 11, as he emotes during a Project Think drama class. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
On July 15, 19 current and/or former Claremont Colleges students were due to be arraigned in Pomona Superior Court after the LA District Attorney’s Office filed misdemeanor trespassing charges against them stemming from their April 5 protest occupation of Pomona College President Gabrielle Starr’s office. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
This image by reader Lawrence Castorena was taken about 6:45 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of Lafayette Road in Claremont. This week’s forecast calls for more of the same, with temperatures in the mid-90s through Friday, but letting up a bit beginning Saturday, when they will — allegedly — drop into the high 80s.
As of 8:48 p.m. Friday more than 200 firefighters, including several helicopters and air tankers, were working to contain the Fork Fire, which has burned 250 acres in the east fork of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument section of Angeles National Forest above Azusa, according to Angeles National Forest Public Affairs Officer Dana Dierkes. The first reports of the fire near East Fork Road, which leads from Highway 39 on the Azusa side to Glendora Mountain Road, came in at 3:21 p.m. Friday. It is now burning toward the Sheep Mountain Wilderness. Photo/courtesy of ALERT California
Claremont Little League’s 12-year-old All-Star team continued cruising on Monday, securing their bid to the Southern California State Little League Tournament in decisive fashion with a 16-1 mercy win over Upland Foothill in Baldwin Park. With the win Claremont is 6-0 and is the section three champion. The team will play La Mirada, the section five champion, at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 20 on field 1 at Eastvale’s Harada Heritage Park, 13099 65th St. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Fire officials reported Wednesday that the Vista Fire, burning since July 7, is 67% contained after burning 2,936 acres. This photo from Tuesday shows the fire scars and damage from near Mt. Baldy. For the latest updates on the fire, visit the federal incident information management system website, inciweb.wildfire.gov, or the San Bernardino National Forest Facebook page at facebook.com/sanbernardinonf. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
The U.S. Forest Service is reporting the Vista Fire near Mt. Baldy is 47% contained after charring some 2,936 acres since July 7. “We don’t have an active fire front,” said U.S. Forest Service Spokesperson Nathan Judy at 2:15 p.m. Monday. “The fire was wind tested over last two days with the thunder cells we’ve had, and our containment lines are holding. We haven’t had much fire activity at all.” Photo/by Peyton Rodriguez, USFS
The Vista Fire is no longer a threat to Mt. Baldy Resort and was 31% contained as of 10:20 a.m. Saturday. “With that black line,” a trench dug to bare mineral soil to cut a line between the unburned fuel and the fuel that’s burning, “we knocked that threat out. There is fire still burning to the east of it, and we’re inserting Hot Shot crews to work on those hot spots now,” U.S. Forest Service Spokesperson Nathan Judy said at 10:15 a.m. Saturday.
The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority got a great bit of news Monday when the California State Transportation Agency announced it had secured $798 million to complete the 3.2 mile segment of Los Angeles Metro’s A Line (formerly Gold Line) extension from Pomona to Montclair, capping a yearslong effort to fund the project. Photo/courtesy of Habib Balian
By Tuesday afternoon, the Vista Fire had burned over 1,300 acres near Lytle Creek, up to and including the evacuated Mt Baldy Ski Resort. This video taken Monday show the firefighting efforts below the notch area at 7,800 feet. Photo courtesy of Mt. Baldy Ski Resort
The hot weather has closed the Claremont Wilderness Park, above, until further notice, leaving unhealthful air quality (high ozone levels) from heat and fires to the west, especially in the afternoon hours. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger