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On Tuesday, Diego Rios’ family asked the City Council for an internal review of the November 28, 2025 traffic stop after which the 30-year-old man died, with a focus on Corporal Benjamin Alba. Of particular interest was 2 minutes and 25 seconds of missing footage from Alba’s body camera. The speakers also asked the council for an explanation as to why a mental health professional was not called to deescalate the encounter. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The California Newspaper Publishers Association began rolling out its 2022 California Journalism Award winners last week, and the Claremont Courier has thus far picked up six of the coveted trophies. Courier Editor Mick Rhodes has won two first-place and two second-place awards thus far.
“[I] decided that I was going to do it because we have an opportunity to do some big things in California, to do some big things here in this district, and you need people who have a solid foundation,” she said. “What I don’t want is to see someone, anyone, get into that particular office and not uphold early childhood education with wraparound services, I am talking preschool.”
The Pomona-Pitzer womens water polo team repeated as USA Water Polo Division III National Champions, sinking Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 14-13 in overtime May 7 at Augustana College’s Anne Greve Lund Natatorium in Illinois.
Claremont-based nonprofit Parents Anonymous celebrated the third anniversary of its California Parent and Youth Helpline on May 9. The free help line serves parents and children of all ages who need emotional support or mental health services, information, or access to Parents Anonymous’ weekly therapy groups.
Pitzer College will again offer its long-running summer enrichment program Project Think to pre-kindergarten through eighth grade students.
Richard Brown Lethem and Jonathan Lethem will read together for the first time this Saturday, May 20, at the Maloof Foundation in Rancho Cucamonga at 4 p.m. RSVP via email to melanie.swezey@malooffoundation.org by May 19 to reserve a seat. More information is at malooffoundation.org.
Claremont Graduate University cut the ribbon for its new Yuhaaviatam Center for Health Studies last week.
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, at 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, will host its 37th annual Bug Fair May 20 and May 21. The festival celebrates local and exotic insects, including this year’s featured insect: the emerald cockroach. The fair takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days and is sponsored by Nickelodeon.
Nasira Bilqis Watts, a Pomona College graduate and senior class speaker, is all smiles with her family during the May 14 the college’s commencement ceremony. Watts graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English. See more photos from the more college graduations. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
New details have emerged about the “builder’s remedy” construction plans submitted by developer Trumark Homes for the former La Puerta school site.
Generations bond as granddaughter, grandmother team up for “philosophy of feminism” class at Scripps College.
The Claremont City Council took a bold stand in defense of the city’s many renter households Tuesday by tightening state law that protects tenants from certain “no-fault” evictions.
Nadia Murad has had a busy year. Last month she sat down with Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly. In February she met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. And that’s not all.