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Hope that Metro’s A Line would reach Claremont was renewed last week when $61 million in funding for design of the 2.3 mile extension from Pomona to the City of Trees was approved. Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority’s Board of Directors awarded a six-year, $61 million contract to Virgina-based Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. for design and engineering services for the Pomona to Claremont segment. It will take about 18 months for the design to be finished and ready to bid, according to Construction Authority CEO Habib Balian, with estimates for completion in 2031 or 2032. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Though smog remains and LA still consistently tops the list for worst air quality in the nation, the region has seendramatic improvements since California began leading the way in the 1970s, to the point where being “smogged out” is a thing of the past in my old neighborhood. The pathway to cleaner air began when politicians of all stripes looked out their windows, saw the evidence, and followed the science. In 1970 this was just common sense. In 2023, not so much.
Savers rejoice! Short-term interest rates, such as those on U.S. Treasury bills, recently breached the 5% level after sitting near zero for nine of the past 14 years. Cash is no longer trash; “financial repression” — that is, central banks keeping rates at rock bottom to stimulate the economy — is taking a welcome breather.
Fifty-five-year-old Claremont resident Harold Sanin hopes to reinvigorate connections between the high school and the city at large in his new role as Claremont High School’s athletic director. “I’m here and I want to be able to make this place as good as possible,” said Sanin, who has lived in Claremont since 2001. “What can I do for the Little League? We used to have a Junior All-American [Football] program here, why isn’t it here anymore? My son played in that program.”
The light at the end of the Metro Gold Line tunnel may finally be reached if new state transportation funds are allocated to complete the rail system through to Claremont and Montclair. On Monday, Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority CEO Habib Balian expressed optimism that final leg of the project, now called the A Line, would at last get built thanks to a recent significant cash infusion. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
It’s going to be a year of firsts for Julie Pak. Chaparral Elementary School’s new principal has spent her entire career at Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, and this is her first year as a principal. “Claremont as a district, their core values of excellence, equity, innovation, and integrity just really spoke to me,” Pak said. “Making the leap to just even apply was easy because I felt like I could align myself to the vision and mission of this district.”
By Mark von Wodtke | Special to the Courier Tree legacy Homes, campuses, and Claremont’s public streets and parks should all have the benefit of heritage trees, which provide a living infrastructure for cleaner air and many other ecological amenities. Claremont has California Botanic Garden, the Claremont Wilderness Park, the Claremont Colleges campuses, the Village, […]
This month’s Claremont Art Walk runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, September 2.
At 9:36 p.m. Wednesday the moon reached its fullest phase, thus officially becoming a super blue moon. At this point, the moon is only 222,043 miles away from Earth, the closest full moon of 2023. A super blue moon is rare and is the source of the phrase “once in a blue moon.” See more coverage. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
The signs are up, though they are low to the ground so you will have to bend down to read them. But make a point of doing so the next time you stroll along the north side of Marston Quad on the Pomona College campus, coffee in hand, dog on leash.
Pomona College’s Department of Music begins its free and open to the public fall concert series Sunday, September 10 with a 3 p.m. performance by Celliola and Friends at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.
Claremont residents looking skyward last week may have been startled to see what appeared to be a passenger jet flying at a low altitude directly over our city. However, there was no need for alarm, it was simply the U.S. government conducting air quality research. The project, called Atmospheric Emissions and Reactions Observed from Megacities to Marine Areas or AEROMMA, flew four missions over Southern California between Tuesday, August 22 and Saturday, August 26. NASA conducted similar experiments in our area in June. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
It was difficult to comprehend what I was seeing in that Lake Tahoe hotel room back in 1993. We’d had a few beers and shared a joint, and things were a little fuzzy. “This is a hold-up,” read the note, handwritten on neatly folded yellow legal paper. “You will not be harmed … Put the money in the envelop … Keep smiling – be quick … There is two of us.” He would hand that note to a bank teller and stand there calmly while she — it was always a woman, he said — crammed stacks of bills into a manila envelope. That kind of risk — and cruelty — was as foreign to me as I could imagine. I’d never been so close to a criminal before, and this one was my father.
Ophelia’s Jump Productions invites the community to its annual Hispanic Heritage Month event, Espíritu Flamenco, a 6:30 p.m. Saturday, September 16. The event includes Flamenco, food, dancing, and music. Address and details will be provided with ticket purchase.
Ayn Rand’s philosophy, known as objectivism, has gained a significant following over the years, advocating for individualism, rational self-interest, and laissez faire capitalism. While some praise her ideas as a means to personal freedom and achievement, it is essential to recognize their negative impact on a healthy, sustainable society, and why they fall short in promoting the common good, social cohesion, and environmental sustainability.
Jasmine “Jazzy” Lyn, a member of Claremont’s Girl Scout Troop 15174 and Boy Scout Troop 408G, recently earned both Eagle Scout rank and a Gold Award, the highest achievements in both the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of the USA.