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Jared Sedlis spends his lunch breaks doing jumps — axels, salchows, lutzes, flips and loops — at an ice rink 15 minutes from Pomona College. As a competitive figure skater and full-time student, the Birmingham, Alabama, native can’t afford to waste a minute. Photo/by Jeff Hing
Claremont resident Monica Argandona is a college professor, the founder of Keystone Network, a nonprofit that provides mentorship, academic support, and a multi-year college and career readiness program for underprivileged students across the Inland Empire, and the host of the podcast, “Path Found.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
If there’s one Claremont High Schooler who’s having one heck of a start to their senior year, it’s Joy Cheng. The student-athlete recently learned she had won a full-ride scholarship to Princeton University, adding to this year’s successes as captain of CHS’s cross-country team, which recently won Palomares League and CIF-Southern Section titles. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
“Hope you all had a merry and jolly holiday and New Year’s celebration. I’ve written numerous times about the lengthy and costly production process behind publishing a newspaper. As we enter the new year, here’s a brief roundup of the people who actually make the Claremont Courier happen …”
For decades, the Claremont Courier has visually chronicled the life of City of Trees, building a photographic record that endures in print and online. From quiet moments to historic events, our images reflect the rhythm and character of Claremont. In the end, it is not the technology that defines great photography, but the experience, creativity, […]
Embrace 2026 with us. Great things are ahead! Dear Courier subscribers and readers: As we close out another year of publishing local news in Claremont, I want to pause and simply say thank you. Your generosity, encouragement, and belief in the mission of the Claremont Courier made 2025 a year of renewed momentum — […]
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
Pomona College has entered into exclusive talks regarding the possible purchase of Claremont Graduate University. “This collaboration would preserve CGU’s important role in the consortium while positioning both schools to innovate and thrive in an evolving higher education landscape,” read a post on Pomona’s webpage. Pictured here is CGU’s Harper Hall. Photo/courtesy of CGU
This year marked the 10-year anniversary of the partnership between Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center and Health Bridges, a Claremont Colleges student-run nonprofit that provides interpretation services in Spanish, Mandarin, Korean and Vietnamese, and aid eligible patients with access to temporary insurance via the California Department of Health Care Services’ Hospital Presumptive Eligibility Program. The […]
The City of Claremont will dispose of residents’ live Christmas trees on routine trash days January 5 through January 15, 2026.
On December 10, Pomona College reached a settlement agreement of a U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Title VI investigation alleging Jewish students experienced antisemitism on campus. Photo/courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, The Council on American-Islamic Relations, has decried Pomona College’s settlement of a federal Title VI investigation that alleged antisemitism at the school. CAIR California Executive Director Hussam Ayloush’s December 17 letter to Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr, which names several areas of disagreement and lays out the group’s suggestions for addressing its perceived shortfalls, is excerpted here. Photo/courtesy of CAIR
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened a Title VI investigation of Pomona College in August 2024 after the Louis D. Brandeis Center and others brought a complaint against the school alleging Jewish students experienced antisemitism on campus and the school failed to protect them. The following is a transcript of a December 17 email exchange with Brandeis Center attorney Deena B. Margolies. Photo/courtesy of the Brandeis Center
“Suffering doesn’t have to shut us down. We can be in crisis and still do good work. We can be in mourning and still help. In fact, any act of service or kindness works to mend our sorrow, even if only for that moment. It all matters; even the smallest action propels hope forward for us and the people it impacts.”
From large local protests over various Trump administration policies, exploring declining school enrollment and local burglary trends, to seeing the long-awaited A Line open, 2025 kept the Courier quite busy. Pictured here is Upland resident Cesar at the June 14 “No Kings” protest in Claremont. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
“It’s been a challenging year for fact-based journalism as misinformation continued to spread at both the national and local levels. For the Courier, that meant chasing stories that affected Claremont but originated elsewhere, forcing us to localize broader national issues for our readers.”
Congratulations to Marka Carson, one of 10 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” — the final of 2025 — as the 1997 mural by the late Darci Raphaelon and Peter Harper at the back entrance of the Folk Music Center building at 220 N. Yale Ave., Claremont. Marka is now entered into the year-end drawing for a one-year print and digital subscription to everyone’s favorite award-winning local newspaper, the Claremont Courier. We will announce the winner in the January 9, 2026 edition, where we will also kick off the 2026 “Where am I?” contest. Thanks to everyone who played this year. It was a lot of fun for us, and we hope for you as well. Please email suggestions for future entries to contest@claremont-courier.com, and be sure to check this space on January 9 for another “Where am I?” mystery. Courier photo/Tom Smith