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Three hikers were found dead at Mount Baldy Monday. Search and rescue crews from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department responded to a request at 11:30 a.m. Monday to locate a 19-year-old male hiker who had fallen some 500 feet near the Devils Backbone trail, above. The bodies of the missing 19-year-old and two other hikers were found Monday during a Sheriff’s Department aerial search, but efforts to recover the bodies have been hampered by high winds. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
It’s obvious Claremonter Bill Buehler is enthusiastic about the holidays. Every year his collection of blowup Christmas figures make an appearance near Miramar and Bonnie Brea Avenues and light up his front yard at night. But during the day, the inflatables are deflated, creating a much different tornado aftermath look. Since all the figures are […]
Two colorful rainbows quickly appeared out the sky in north Claremont during a light rain at sunset on Friday, December 22. For about 20 minutes they grew in intensity until the sun finally set, disappearing into the darkness. Courier video/Peter Weinberger
The line of cars along the north side of Foothill Boulevard in Pomona starts forming early every Friday morning. The food bank at Pomona’s Newlife Church has been operating since 2009, a pet project of Zamar Alkiezar, one of the church’s pastors, along with his wife Anna. “I was homeless and living across the street,” volunteer Arthur Munoz said as he took a brief break from hefting large boxes of donated food into waiting cars. “This church saved me.” Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
Though vibrant fall colors are in full swing at June Vail Park, rain is in the forecast through Friday. Partial clouds should prevail Saturday, followed by sunshine Sunday. High temperatures will remain seasonal for the next 10 days, mostly in the low 60s. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
For the 23rd year running, the Rotary Club of Claremont delivered more than 30 bicycles to local children in need during a special event Saturday at Claremont Presbyterian Church. Now known as Bill’s Bikes for Kids Giveaway, Claremont Rotary purchased the $150 bikes, which also came with helmets. Volunteers from the Claremont High School and El Roble Interact clubs assembled the bikes last week in anticipation of the pre-Christmas giveaway. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Twenty-two-year-old Mira Nadon will tread a familiar stage this weekend for Inland Pacific Ballet’s annual staging of “The Nutcracker.” Nadon, a former Claremont resident and IPB trainee turned pro with New York City Ballet, will be dancing the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy December 16-17 at Bridges Auditorium. “It’s super special,” said Nadon, who was 11 when she danced the role of Clara for IPB’s 2012 show. “It’s always fun to look back on that time.” Photo/courtesy of Erin Baiano
An affordable housing project delayed by funding challenges and bad timing will begin construction early next year on an underutilized plot of land in north Claremont. The development, expected to be completed in 2025, will house 15 to 30 low-income seniors at 956 W. Base Line Road. It will include 15 one-bedroom units around a landscaped courtyard with six parking spaces. An existing single-family home will be transformed into a common use area where residents can access services or simply gather to socialize. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
Rabbi Shalo Harlig from Chabad of the Inland Empire spent Monday afternoon at Claremont Manor lighting the menorah for the fifth night of Hanukkah, and presiding over an event that also included arts and crafts, a raffle, and 91-year-old resident Mel Opotowsky’s bar mitzvah. In the evening led some 60 celebrants in lighting the menorah at Claremont City Hall. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
In late October, Zoë Batterman, a 21-year-old senior mathematics major at Pomona College, received an email she had to read a few times to process fully. It was good news, really good news. The email informed Batterman she was one of just two students nationwide to receive the 2024 Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman from the Association for Women in Mathematics. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The November 29 arrest of Pomona College professor Arón Macal Montenegro at an on campus “die-in” protest triggered a wave of concern from colleagues, activists, and administration, ultimately leading to the withdrawal of charges. Montenegro, a lecturer in Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, was arrested while “demonstrating in solidarity with Palestinians in front of Smiley Hall, playing music from a speaker.” Photo/courtesy of Samson Zhang
Nangy Ghafarshad gives a short speech, with his wife Fahima by his side, on Sunday during a party celebrating the 50th anniversary of the couple’s ownership of Walter’s Restaurant in the Claremont Village. During the ceremony the Ghafarshads received recognition from local and regional elected officials and were given an award by Claremont Heritage. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
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Ever since a devastating windstorm in January 2022, Claremont has been in a reflective mood when it comes to its urban forest. There have been private discussions, public meetings and much soul searching, and part of that involves an update to the city’s tree policy manual. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
The City of Claremont and the Claremont Village Marketing Group’s annual Holiday Promenade takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 1 in the Village, with the tree lighting ceremony at 6 at the Claremont Depot, 200 W. First St. This year’s entertainment will include performances by Dynamite Dawson, the Moultrie Academy, Claremont High School band, holiday carolers, and Santa Claus outside city hall from 5 to 8 p.m. For more information visit ci.claremont.ca.us. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
A few years ago, the three-acre farm was just a vacant lot owned by the Pomona Unified School District. Now the grounds are teeming with life — towering corn stalks, shady trees, garden boxes overflowing with herbs, rows of fall and winter vegetables, and even a pen featuring the farm’s newest addition, goats. “Everything starts with a vision,” said Stephen Yorba, executive director of Community Partners 4 Innovation, a Pomona-based nonprofit dedicated to building urban farms throughout the city, and lead farmer at Lopez Urban Farm. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
There’s so much to absorb during the annual Claremont Sunrise Rotary Turkey Trot, which returns Thanksgiving morning, and for the past decade, Claremont’s Joe O’Toole has basked in the experience one step at a time. “I love being out there, being just like everyone else who wants to be fit before we break bread as families,” said O’Toole, 60. Everyone else, of course, hasn’t endured what O’Toole has in confronting the inherited, incurable vision-stealing disease retinitis pigmentosa, which left him blind in his 20s after he watched it afflict his mother and uncle. Photo/courtesy of Elizabeth Tulac