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A Rancho Cucamonga man is dead following a traffic stop by Claremont Police Department officers. Police pulled over 30-year-old Rancho Cucamonga resident Diego Alfonso Rios on Friday, and after a use of force incident he became unresponsive. He was then transported to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Courier file photo
Claremont Educational Foundation’s annual haircut fundraiser takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, September 14 at be Rosie Salon, 849 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.
The Scripps Fine Arts Foundation is offering a series of free monthly community events beginning in September and running through May 2026.
Claremont Courier event calendar: August 29 – September 6, 2025
Jamiqua Johnson kisses her son Cyrus Johnson as he begins his first day of transitional kindergarten Wednesday at Condit Elementary School. Hundreds of students, staff and faculty returned to Claremont Unified School District’s 10 campuses Wednesday to begin the 2025-26 school year. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Congratulations to Bill Gendron, the only reader who correctly identified last week’s apparently quite difficult “Where am I?” as the 1937 La Verne traverse station marker for Los Angeles County’s survey control system, located in Johnson’s Pasture inside Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. Bill, an 80-year-old retired detective who is clearly still utilizing his skillset, is now entered into the year-end drawing for a one-year subscription to everyone’s favorite award-winning local newspaper, the Claremont Courier. “I have enjoyed the HUNT,” Bill wrote. “It has kept me out of trouble for a while, for which I am grateful. Thank you for the opportunity!” 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. Courier photo/Tom Smith
Claremont Community Services Department is seeking input from residents as it decides the fate of pine trees in the Claraboya neighborhood.
Claremont police made three arrests Wednesday in connection with a burglary of Aurora Modern Healing Therapies, 865 W. Foothill Blvd., 29-year-old San Bernardino resident Francisco Martinez, Marina Lopez, 18, of Pomona, and 33-year-old Pomona resident Gerardo Acosta. Courier file photo
“Democrats’ response to all this insanity has been to hold periodic press conferences and craft strongly worded letters to the manager. Most, save a handful of reliable firebrands, have hidden from cameras, apparently clinging to Michelle Obama’s now wildly archaic “we go high” philosophy. Thankfully, it appears a meaningful response is beginning to coalesce right here in California: Governor Gavin Newsom is getting down in the gutter with Trump, trolling him by aping his own ridiculous barrage of misspellings-laden, all caps social media posts.”
A crucial stop late in the fourth quarter sealed a 17-12 season opening win for Claremont High’s varsity football team Friday night over visiting Capistrano Valley Christian. The team is seen here taking the field at the start of the game. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The Friends of the Claremont Library’s On the Same Page Committee has announced “West with Giraffes” by Lynda Rutledge as its 2025-2026 community read.
“We are living in a military occupation of Los Angeles orchestrated by the Trump regime. Let that sink in. Read it again. For most of the summer we have endured federal agents of different sorts (ICE, CBP, DHS, FBI) and paramilitaries (or ’empowered bounty hunters,’ as the media is calling them) roaming the streets of Los Angeles with ski masks and loaded high-caliber weapons as if they are in a war zone. Their target: defenseless and unarmed Angelenos.”
Have you ever wondered what happens to the trash, recycling, and green waste hauled away each week by those large, lumbering garbage trucks? Black bin materials are taken to Mid-Valley Landfill in Rialto for disposal; Blue bin recycling ends up at Grand Central Recycling and Transfer Station and prepared for marketing to end-user manufacturers; Green bin organics are hauled to American Organics in Victorville, where it is composted and marketed to agricultural end-users. Courier file photo
“Don’t worry, be happy” is a directive easier said than done. That is, unless you understand the science-backed markers of a happy life, and learn how to cultivate them in your daily existence. This is the mission of the newly established Claremont Flourishing Center at Claremont Graduate University. Pictured here are CGU professor Stewart Donaldson, president of CFC, and CGU Ph.D. student Tatiana Shemiakina, CFC’s director of operations. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Travelers in the westbound lanes of Base Line Road may have noticed a small island of healthy foliage blended smoothly into the surrounding scenery between Glen Way and Rhodelia Avenue. “It was like tumbleweed mixed with weeds, mixed with plant material, mixed with all sorts of debris off the street or whatever,” Marlena Monroe said. “We just one day just got our jeans on … rolled up our sleeves and I just started pulling away.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo