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Claremont Courier Event Calendar: (March 31 – April 8, 2023)
The grass may not be greener, but something very green is nonetheless happening at Temple Beth Israel.
Seeing her resolve, in 2016 a Catholic priest who had nurtured her when she was at her lowest gave her the keys to a church-owned building in the foothills above Tijuana. It was in disrepair. There were three small rooms and one bathroom, making up roughly 1,300 square feet of living space. The largest area, a central courtyard, was open to the elements. Everything needed mending or upgrading. Still, it was a start. She named it Por amor a Dios y a los mas necesitados, una luz de esperanza, or “For the love of God and the most needy, a light of hope.”
The first day she was open, she fed three people.
Five spring celebrations will take place in cities neighboring Claremont on Saturday, April 1.
Friday, July 15, 2022 was a typical summer day in Mexico City, with temperatures in the low 70s, stifling humidity, and thunderstorms. Locals were having their hair styled for the weekend. The salon was bustling.
Asked to describe what happened next, X paused, gathered strength, then spoke.
“We were about to close up, I was finishing up with a few clients, and I didn’t realize a few other people had arrived. Once they arrived they opened fire.”
The flood of grief hit her then, as if remembering had brought a wave that had overtaken the small, windowless office in which we were talking. Gasping for air, her voice rising, it seemed the terror was right there with her, some nine months later.
“Eight bullets hit my daughter. I felt the bullets whizzing by and I didn’t understand what was happening. When I turned around I saw my daughter, the bullet wounds, and how her body was losing life. I asked her not to close her eyes. I didn’t want her to go away.
“I felt like she was saying her goodbyes. She looked at me and it was like she know what was happening. As I was holding her there were still bullets whizzing through the air around her.”
As a longtime Dodgers and Angels fan (mostly Dodgers), visiting my favorite teams during spring training has never been too difficult, given both have facilities in the Phoenix area for their yearly five week stay through March.
A revised application for the affordable housing project Larkin Place has been with city planners for a couple of months and is moving through the approval process.
Jamboree Housing Corporation’s new plan for the permanent supportive housing development includes the same number of units, 33, but parking at the site will be significantly reduced to make room for a combination fire lane and driveway. The building will have a smaller footprint, which means the four-story portion of the structure will be significantly larger. It will still be a tiered design, meaning the facade facing Harrison Avenue will start at two stories, but will step up much more quickly to three and four stories as one moves deeper into the property.
March is Women’s History Month. The title of the column this month is the title of Judy Wright’s 2007 book, “Claremont Women, 1887 – 1950, They Created a Culture.” Wright’s contributions to the history and culture of Claremont are immeasurable.
This year marks 20 years since we moved to Claremont and many people know me through my involvement with Claremont Heritage, which is where I met Judy Wright. When I became involved in Heritage, Ginger Elliott was the executive director and Wright was on the board. When I met her, I could tell she was a force of nature, but it was only over time that I grew to understand who she was and what she had accomplished. It was a year after I joined the board that Judy published “Claremont Women.”
A number of alert readers contacted the Courier this week after learning Claremont had lost its Tree City USA status.
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Claremont High School Baseball The Pack hosted Glendora March 16 to begin Palomares League play and won, 7-6. The Tartans exacted their revenge on […]
by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com Friday, March 24 Every Friday at 9 a.m., a free art group meets on the Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont. For information call (909) 399-5488. […]
Upset about private banks’ funding of trillions to the fossil fuel, gas and coal industries, thousands of seniors across the nation marched in solidarity Tuesday to express their distaste during the “stop dirty banks” day of action, organized by Third Act and numerous national advocacy groups.
Upset about private banks’ funding of trillions to the fossil fuel, gas and coal industries, thousands of seniors across the nation marched in solidarity Tuesday to express their distaste during the “stop dirty banks” day of action, organized by Third Act and numerous national advocacy groups.
Last summer, Claremont resident Mollie Ramos decided to blend her love of helping people and grooming hair and started a mobile hairstyling business, Hairbound. Her business model is simple: she travels to seniors and children and offers cuts and simple coloring for a decent price.
More than a dozen teens gathered among the native plants and grasses on top of a Pomona College dorm last week to pick lemons, make lemonade, and learn about healthy eating with their Rooftop Garden “enviro-mentors.”
The Rotary Club’s 22nd annual Taste of Claremont takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 29, from 5 to 9 p.m. at The Claremont Colleges Services building, 101 S. Mills Ave.
More than 40 local restaurants, wineries, and breweries will be on hand to provide guests, who must be 21 and over, with samples. The event also includes live music, an art exhibit, and raffle drawings.
The slow but steady death of live original music in the Claremont area sustained two massive body blows this week, leaving one to wonder if the art form might just vanish entirely from the 91711.