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Claremont High School track coach Ernie Gregoire always knew his team was something special. Along with that belief came the confidence that several girls varsity runners would not only post Palomares League victories, but also compete at the 2025 California Interscholastic Federation State Championships. And that’s exactly what happened. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
With June just around the corner, many high school students are eager to trade their textbooks for tan lines, and to unwind after a year of tests, finals, and all-nighters.
Claremont’s Monday morning Memorial Day event at Oak Park Cemetery included remarks from Claremont Mayor Corey Calaycay, Friends of Oak Park Cemetery Chair Nelson Scherer and American Legion Keith Powell Post 78 Commander David Mushinskie. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harvard Ave., hosts a free and open to the public 7:30 p.m. concert Saturday, May 24 featuring the winners of Claremont Community School of Music’s John Child Walker Music Competition in piano, string, woodwind, and chamber music.
Harvey Mudd College senior computer science and mathematics major Emilynne Newsom recently won the college-level 2025 American Mathematical Society math poetry contest with her sonnet, “Proof.”
The City of Claremont is seeking orators for its T. Willard Hunter Speakers Corner during the Fourth of July Celebration at Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Sign up at claremontca.gov/speakers-corner for a slot between 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. Speeches should be no more than five minutes in length, and biographies 100 words or less.
“AmeriCorps NCCC’s 2024 budget was $37.7 million. The federal government spent $6.78 trillion that same year. So, DOGE cut the feet off the youth volunteer branch of a 32-year-old agency that does unquantifiable good for some of the neediest Americans, all to save an amount equal to 0.000556047198% of the federal budget. Nice work, DOGE. Who’s next, Santa?”
Claremont City Council passed an ordinance reversing the city’s long-time ban on short-term rental properties at its May 13 meeting and discussed key tenant and landlord protections. The ordinance goes into effect June 12 and sunsets in a year. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Rachel Rudich no longer walks her dog or exercises in the Northwestern Drive neighborhood she’s called home since 1992. The reason? A recent spike in coyote sightings, with some attacking pets and other animals in the area. “I can no longer walk my little 10-pound poodle in my neighborhood. I will no longer walk myself in my neighborhood. It’s just too scary.” Photo/courtesy of pexels.com
Claremont City Council announced at its May 13 meeting that 3% increases in sewer and sanitation rates will go into effect July 1. Monthly sanitation rates for curbside, single-family residential solid waste pickup of single 35-, 64-, and 96-gallon cans are now $29.56, $35.32, and $45.06 respectively. Courier file photo
Congratulations to Marcyn Clements, one of 13 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as Kipp Kobayashi’s 2008 installation, “Multi-Verse,” outside Pomona Valley Health Center at Monte Vista Avenue and Claremont Boulevard, in Claremont. Marcyn is now entered into the year-end drawing for a one-year subscription to everyone’s favorite award-winning local newspaper, the Claremont Courier. So, “Where am I” this week? Email your answer, full name, and city of residence — and suggestions for future mystery photos — to contest@claremont-courier.com for your chance to win. Courier photo/Tom Smith
Performances of Claremont High School Theatre Department’s “Mean Girls,” its final show of the season, begin at 7 p.m. May 30, 1 and 7 p.m. May 31, and 1 p.m. June 1, at Bridges Auditorium, 450 N. College Way, Claremont. Tickets are $15-$20 at chstheatre2129.ludus.com.
Memorial Day is a solemn occasion to honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. We attend parades, place flags at gravesites, and take quiet moments of reflection.
The Claremont Courier won 14 awards — including four first place nods, three for designer Skylar Anderson — at Saturday’s California News Publishers awards gala in Universal City.
“The mission of NAC is to assist newcomers to become independent. Most NAC family breadwinners work in lower-level jobs outside their profession. To upgrade, language skills and retraining are usually necessary. This takes time and lots of it. Financial independence can take several years but it rarely happens on its own. I witnessed this with my own children. NAC assists families wherever possible. We already have several ‘graduates.’ They are so proud!” Illustration/courtesy of cleanpng.com
Taken together, these eco-disasters make a case for the passage of Polluters Pay Climate Fund bills legislators have introduced in the State Assembly and Senate, and the U.S. House and Senate. These bills are all variations on the same theme: make the fossil fuel corporations pay for their carbon emissions. Right now, these bills are gaining traction, advancing through various state committees. Both the Democratic Club of Claremont and the Democrats of Pasadena Foothills endorsed them last month. Photo/by Dan Watson, Santa Clarita Valley Signal