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Incumbent California Democrat Judy Chu made a strong showing in yesterday’s 28th Congressional District primary race, which includes Claremont, with 60.2% of the vote with 67% of the ballots counted. Republican challenger April Verlato was second with 35.6%. Chu was particularly strong in Los Angeles County, with Verlato taking San Bernardino County. Chu and Verlato will face off in the November 5 general election. Courier photo/Matthew Weinberger
A March 1 investiture ceremony to officially recognize Harriet B. Nembhard as Harvey Mudd College’s sixth president was delayed by a “die-in” protest by Claremont Colleges students calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. As HMC’s Board of Trustees Chair James Bean conferred the presidency to Nembhard, her daughter Naomi tied a ceremonial pendant around her neck. Video of the ceremony is at hmc.edu/inauguration. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Diann Ring, former Claremont mayor and City Council member died from complications after a recent fall. She passed at the Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center’s ICU on Saturday morning.
The City of Claremont’s annual Spring Celebration will be held at Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Saturday, March 30, from 8 to 11 a.m.
Following a tumultuous seven hour meeting in which emotions ran extremely high, the Claremont City Council voted unanimously early Wednesday to affirm its “longstanding practice of not adopting resolutions or issuing proclamations that take an official city position on social or political issues that are not local to Claremont,” essentially rejecting an alternative declaration that would have called for a cease-fire in Gaza. This story will be updated later today. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Together We Prepare CPR and disaster preparation classes for El Roble eighth-graders have become a right of passage for thousands of middle-school students attending public schools in Claremont. Last week, the Rotary Club of Claremont just finished their 45th year of teaching at the school. The training includes three separate sessions covering not only CPR but also disaster preparation. Since its beginning, Rotarians have introduced CPR to over 21,000 students. Just this year it took 36 people to manage the classes, working with 459 students. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Growing up in Mobile, Alabama, 73-year-old Linda Perkins attended segregated schools and overcame various harsh challenges, all in the pursuit of knowledge. “We always got the leftover books from white people. You know, they were like 50 years old,” Perkins said. “That was the reality of Black people down there. But in spite of all that, Black people helped each other.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Big crowds flocked to California Botanic Garden’s Family Bird Festival on Sunday. The event showcased a variety of native birds, including the red-tailed hawk, great horned owl, and the incredible peregrine falcon, which can fly up to 240 mph and snatch prey right out of the air. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
By Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com About 100 mask-wearing Claremont Colleges students weathered steady rainfall Monday to take part in “5C walk out for Palestine” at Pomona College’s Marston Quad. The 1:30 p.m. protest, organized by Pomona Divest Apartheid, focused on the college’s endowment investments and included students banging on pots with plastic cutlery and chants […]
About ½ inch of rain had fallen in Claremont by mid-day Monday when this photo was taken along Padua Avenue. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch Monday that is in effect through Wednesday morning, when showers should dissipate. Local mountains should see about a foot of snow above 7,500 feet. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Ba’ac Garcia, of the Tohono O’odham Nation, performs the traditional fancy dance Thursday at Foothill Country Day School as part of its international days week. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Over the decades, Alan Carlisle has captured headlines as an older athlete who has competed in some of the most grueling high endurance races. Now 94, he has 93 marathons and eight Ironman triathlons under his belt, and he’s finally catching his breath at Mount San Antonio Gardens retirement community, where he lives with his wife of 55 years, Cherie, 91. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The final tally is in from the deadly and prolific atmospheric river that pounded Southern California Sunday through Tuesday, and the smaller, low-pressure system that arrived Wednesday: the storms dropped 8.68 inches of rain in Claremont, bringing the season total to 15.21 inches. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
The deadly and prolific atmospheric river that had pounded Southern California since Sunday has for the most part passed, but another smaller storm is due to begin dropping more rain in Claremont about 7 p.m. today and continue through midnight, with about a half-inch expected. After that, partly cloudy conditions should prevail through Thursday, followed by a welcome procession of sunny, clear days beginning Friday. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
The atmospheric river that has stalled over Southern California since Sunday had dumped 7.93 inches of rain in Claremont as of 5:55 p.m. Tuesday, according to the remote automatic weather station that reports data to the National Weather Service. This brings the season total, which began October 1, 2023, to 14.46 inches, more than doubling the city’s pre-storm tally of 6.53 inches. Flash flood warnings remain in effect through 8 a.m. Wednesday. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
The same slow moving weather system that dropped more than 4 inches of continuous rain in Claremont from 10 a.m. Sunday to 10 a.m. Monday will let loose with another 1 ½ inches on Tuesday, where a flash flood warning has been issued for the San Gabriel mountains through 4 p.m. On Monday the massive storm impacted everything from freeway traffic to Village parking, to school attendance. Meanwhile, snow continues to fall in the Mt. Baldy area, with over four feet recorded Sunday to Monday above 7,000 feet. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger