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Hamza El Lahib’s decision to join student government at Citrus College was spontaneous. After graduating early from Claremont High School — while simultaneously finishing his first year of college, thanks to dual enrollment — he overheard a classmate talking about the Associated Students of Citrus College. “I’ve always had a desire to be active in local government,” Hamza said. “Once I heard more about ASCC, I knew attending college meetings and representing student interests was the type of civic engagement I had always been interested in.” Photo/courtesy of Citrus College
A group of current and former Claremont mayors and City Council members gathered at Mount San Antonio Gardens last month for a group photo. Pictured, from left, are: Opanyi Nasiali Larry Schroeder, Peter Yao, Ed Reece, Jennifer Stark, Karen Rosenthal, Corey Calaycay, Sam Pedroza, Sal Medina, and Frank Hungerford. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont residents interested in receiving a new street tree can call (909) 399-5431 or email trees@claremontca.gov to participate in the city’s 2026 reforestation cycle, which began in November and runs through April 2026. Property owners may choose from a list of trees list at claremontca.gov/trees.
Claremont Helen Renwick Library invites young quilters ages 10 to 17 to its annual youth quilting bee. Quilters will work 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, January 28, February 4 and February 11, learning new skills such as hand-sewing and how to operate a sewing machine.
Students who live in or attend school in Claremont are invited to participate in the City of Claremont and Claremont Unified School District’s Making Change contest, an annual individual or group competition where students recognize the impacts of human rights and social justice champions through letters, essays, multimedia presentations, or artistic works.
The Claremont High School varsity cheer team is pictured here in December after claiming first in the “show cheer” and “game day” categories and overall grand champion at the World Class Championship California Crown competition in Pomona.
The Claremont Colleges’ women’s rugby team, the Claremont Foxes, begin their spring 2026 Division I Pacific Desert Rugby Conference season at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 17 against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at Claremont McKenna College’s Parents Field, 690 N. Mills Ave., Claremont.
Upland resident Tony Ferguson has been named president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
“How about this for a New Year’s resolution: don’t let anyone steal your money. Simple as it sounds, avoiding financial scams gets more challenging by the day. Our electronic financial lives create a bonanza of opportunity for bad actors to separate us from our cash. The scams get ever more clever and sophisticated, with AI opening still new avenues of fraud.”
Welcome to the 2026 edition of the Courier’s “Where am I?” feature and contest. We’ve been doing this for three years now, and hope you are enjoying it as much as we are. 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 a one-year subscription to everyone’s favorite award-winning local newspaper, the Claremont Courier, in our year-end drawing. Speaking of, congratulations to the winner of 2025’s contest, Kathryn Wesley! Photo/by Naomi Howland
“The hardest discipline, especially now, is resisting the urge to declare truth before it exists. That patience — demanding facts, waiting for verification, and accepting uncertainty — may be the most important civic act left to us.”
Uncertainty still haunts Diego Rios’s family as they continue to push for answers in the 30-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man’s death after a November 28, 2025 traffic stop by Claremont police. Friends and family will gather outside Claremont City Hall from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, January 10 to push for transparency. A memorial at the site of the incident, pictured here, still stands. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
An abundance of new state laws hit the books on January 1, and one, Senate Bill 79, which goes into effect July 1, could have a direct impact on Claremont. It allows high density housing projects as tall as nine stories to be built within half a mile of publicly funded transit hubs such as the Claremont Metrolink station. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The three hikers who died on Mt. Baldy on December 29 have been identified as 19-year-old Marcus Alexander Muench Casanova of Seal Beach, and Juan Sarat Lopez, 37, and Bayron Pedro Ramos Garcia, 36, both Guatemalan nationals said to be residing in Los Angeles. Authorities believe the hikers fell from Devil’s Backbone Trail, pictured here last summer. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Conditions remained soaked Monday morning, January 5, but the rain finally ended in the early hours after a week of near-record storms across the region. More than six inches of rain fell in the Claremont area, with even higher totals reported in the mountains. Check out our latest coverage. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger