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In a 4-1 vote, the Claremont City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday to give themselves a nearly 300 percent boost to their monthly stipend, going from $400 to $1,275. Mayor pro tem Corey Calaycay cast the sole “no” vote. The generous raise will go into effect after the November 5 general election and comes a year after Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 329, which allows cities to adjust city council members’ salaries based on population. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

Each year the Rotary Club of Claremont’s Taste of Claremont seems to grow. This year all 935 tickets were sold, with hungry partygoers lining up 45 minutes before the event started. With dozens of food and drink vendors bringing their very best to this big dinner party, the warm Saturday evening was perfect to wine and dine, greet friends, and contribute to a good cause. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger

It’s that time of year again. The Los Angeles County Fair opens up at 5 p.m. Friday, May 3, at the Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Opening day tickets […]

By Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com  After ratifying its 2024-2026 priorities Tuesday, the Claremont City Council unanimously approved the conceptual design for phase three of the Oak Park Cemetery Expansion Project. […]

It took three rounds of votes Tuesday but the Claremont City Council unanimously agreed each time to set its priorities and objectives for the 2024-2026 budget cycle, which is July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.

Editor’s note: Northwestern University continues to be a leader on tracking the state of local news in the United States. In 2023, they were able to report about more specific […]

The Rotary Club of Claremont hosted the highly competitive regional round for the Dan Stover Music Competition at Claremont High School. The six participating high school musicians, two of whom […]

by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Cooper Crane, a 26-year-old Pomona College senior, is bringing to life an ambition he’s had for the last few years. Building on a podcast called […]

Claremont Courier event calendar: April 26 – May 4, 2024

Scripps College A free and open to the public reception for “Double Take,”  a senior art exhibition featuring works by Sarah Teske, Ella Lehavi, Ella Skinner, Natasha Sethia, Dahlia Wang, […]

Jessie Vallejo, an associate professor of music at Cal Poly Pomona, has been selected as one of “40 Under 40” music teachers celebrated for “music education excellence” by Yamaha Music USA.

Surrounded by friends and family, Kim Patterson, center, a licensed vocational nurse and health assistant at Claremont High School, was announced as the 2024-2025 classified employee of the year at Thursday’s Claremont Unified School District Board of Education meeting. She has been with CUSD since 1992. Photo by Elaine Kong/CUSD

Barbara Gonzalez, board president for Claremont Meals on Wheels, clearly had a lot to say to the 80 people at Wednesday’s annual recognition dinner at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Claremont.

On Thursday, 350 California publishers (including the Claremont Courier) reaffirmed their support of the California Journalism Protection Act after Google announced it would stop showing news to some California residents in its search results. This is an undemocratic and unprecedented attack on journalism.

Sustainable Claremont’s annual Earth Day celebration runs from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, April 21 at Shelton Park, at the corner of Bonita and Harvard avenues.

Claremont High School students Katie Truttmann and Mayo Ou were recently awarded all-expense paid scholarships for a language education and cultural immersion program at the Goethe Institut in Karlsruhe, Germany. The program runs from June 30 to July 20.

Shoes That Fit Chief Executive Officer Amy Fass and Claremont Unified School District’s Julie Olesniewicz were recently named as 2024 Women of Distinction for the 41st Assembly District, which encompasses much of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, including Claremont.