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Congratulations to Pablo Jimenez, one of three readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as the antique wagon on display at Pomona Valley Mining Company. Pablo is now entered into the year-end drawing for a one-year subscription to everyone’s favorite award-winning local newspaper, the Claremont Courier. 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
What is it about music, particularly the songs we heard when we were young, that gives it the power to remind us so vividly of time, place, emotion? Tom Waldman, playwright, television host, and author, taps into this question in his highly entertaining new personal, historical, and political musical memoir, “Countdown: A Life in 20 Songs.”
Felicia Williams is running to represent the 41st California State Assembly District, which includes Claremont, Williams’ hometown of Pasadena, and the foothill communities and portions of the high desert, against fellow Pasadena resident Phlunté Riddle and Claremont City Council member Jed Leano.
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Friday, June 2 The Claremont Senior Computer Club holds a free technology assistance lab at the Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., from 1 to 4:30 p.m. the first and third Friday of each month. It’s open to seniors wanting help with their laptops, tablets, phones, or other devices. Computers […]
The Claremont Art Walk takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 3.
Every now and then, Albert Gonzales puts on one of his favorites, a double breasted pinstripe suit made in downtown Pomona in the 1940s, when men’s and women’s department stores occupied the stretch of west 2nd Street now known as Antique Row.
Members of the Claremont Police Department will participate in the 2023 Special Olympics Southern California Torch Run fundraiser Thursday, June 8, running with the Olympic flame from Claremont to La Verne Police Department, at 2061 3rd St.
Mike Murphy with the American Legion, Keith Powell Post 78 salutes the American flag during Claremont’s 2023 Memorial Day observation on Monday at Oak Park Cemetery. The half hour service featured speeches, a moment of silence for veterans who died during combat and a performance of “Taps.” Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
On May 16, Claremont resident Marcyn Del Clements wanted to find a way to cook an acorn squash, so she decided to search the web for recipes. When she found a method she fancied, she clicked on a link. “That sent me to another website, and then a third,” the senior wrote in an email to the Courier. “And suddenly my screen froze up.”
The final batch of California Newspaper Publishers Association 2022 California Journalism Awards were handed out last week, with the Courier coming away with nine trophies.
“I’m running for this seat for the exact same reason I decided to run for city council in 2018, because we are in the grip of a crippling housing crisis,” Leano said. “I feel like everybody says we are in a housing crisis, but very few people act like it. And I want to be the leader that acts like it, and I think it’s time.” Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
The Laemmle Claremont 5 Theatre hosted a special screening of 22 short films and public service announcements by Claremont High School’s advanced placement video production and broadcast journalism courses on Wednesday.
Pomona-Pitzer’s Angie Zhou, a Pomona College sophomore, claimed the 2023 NCAA Division III singles championship in women’s tennis May 22 after winning 6-2, 6-2 against Babson College sophomore Olivia Soffer at the United States Tennis Association’s National Campus in Florida. View Zhou’s bracket at ncaa.com.
The Webb Schools, boys tennis: Webb singles player Morgan Qiu (San Joaquin League champion) bested West Covina’s Valle Vista League runner-up Johnny Su in a grueling first round match, 6-3, 4-6, 12-10. He then took down Andrew Cisneros of Summit (Sunkist League runner-up), 7-5, 6-2, in the second round. Diamond Bar’s Hacienda League champion Solon Chi Chit Au then ended Morgan’s run in the third round, 6-1, 6-0.
Some of the 480 HiRel staff, including company president Fred Baumann, white hair and beard, pictured May 4 at the Claremont business. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The Children’s Foundation of America held their second annual ChariTea Fundraiser on Saturday, May 6 at the Garner House in Claremont. The event, presented by Claremont Lincoln University, raises funds and awareness during National Foster Care Month. Photo/by Jacqueline Legazcue