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President Trump’s immigration crackdowns in Democratically-controlled states have not only resulted in death and injury, they have propagated fear in the Hispanic and other targeted communities that previously safe havens such as schools are no longer secure. “We’re hearing a lot of fear out of our families that either have undocumented members or are in communities where they’re friends and family members with undocumented folk, definitely,” said CUSD Assistant Superintendent, Student Services Kevin Ward.
“At the Claremont Courier, we don’t just believe in the First Amendment — we affirm it every single day. We question authority, publish the truth, and keep public servants in the public eye. The right to speak, write, and know what’s happening isn’t some abstract legal concept; it’s the oxygen of a free community. When those rights get chipped away, we all breathe a little less freely.”
The Woman’s Club of Claremont’s monthly luncheons resume Wednesday, September 10 at 343 W. 12th St. with an 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. program featuring a speaker from House of Ruth.
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art’s annual fall gala, with a reception and viewing of its current exhibition, “Complications in Color,” featuring works by the late Karl Benjamin on the occasion of his 100th birthday, takes place at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, September 20 at 200 W. First Street, Claremont.
The Claremont Art Walk runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, September 6.
Pomona Valley Art Association’s annual “Young Artist Show,” featuring works by artists in grades sixth through 12th, opens Saturday, September 6 at the Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont, with free 11 a.m. opening reception, where ribbons and prizes will be awarded.
Sustainable Claremont volunteers recently helped Altadena homeowners affected by the Eaton Fire by applying compost to a dozen trees. “We came there and put compost and put a berm around the trees just to help water stay near the trees, so it’ll help percolate it down rather than just rushing straight to the street and go into our storm drain,” said Romeo Lodia, Sustainable Claremont’s community compost and climate resilient home program manager. Photo/courtesy of Stuart Wood
The long planned Claremont to Montclair segment of the Metro A Line light rail extension was thrust into limbo September 3 when the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board of Directors voted to stop negotiating a memorandum of understanding with the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority. “Until an MOU that protects SBCTA’s interests is finalized,” the board will not support the move, according to a staff report. Photo/courtesy of Metro Gold Line
Claremont’s Sophia Sink eludes defenders during Tuesday’s 52-13 home loss to Linfield Christian, bringing their record to 4-2. The Pack is back in action September 9 when it hosts Glendora at 6:30 p.m., then Ayala at 6:30 p.m. September 16. Results from all other fall sports, including football, golf, tennis, volleyball, cross-country, and water polo, are inside. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Local knitters and crocheters have been gathering for “twiddle time” throughout September, with a goal of producing as many “twiddle muffs” as possible, “a sleeve that they wear on their arm and then it has lots of little things that the people with dementia can play with, buttons, bows, and so on … soft yarn that feels like fur and so on,” said Claudia Pinter-Lucke of Claremont’s yarn crafts with kindness group. “So, if they are agitated, it can help soothe them.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Congratulations to Kathryn Wesley, one of 11 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as “Raccoon Family,” by noted Claremont sculptor Betty Davenport Ford, located at the Joslyn Center in Claremont. Kathryn 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
I met John when I was at UCLA for the spring 1984 quarter. He was from Maine and was a big guy, like a dairy farm boy, with a big grin. But he was no country hick. Not only was he at UCLA as an out-of-state student, he was majoring in bio-chemistry or some such, way outside my English/humanities lane.
About 400 people took to the streets of Claremont Monday morning as part of the nationwide “Workers over Billionaires” protests, organized by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and Indivisible Claremont. Protesters at Indian Hill and Foothill boulevards voiced their disdain for recent Trump administration actions they said are hurting workers in blue collar jobs. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
A review of Claremont Police Department service logs from January 2015 to April 2025 reveals reports of burglaries — commercial, vehicle, and especially residential — have all declined over the past decade. Courier file photo
One of my favorite photos, taken in 2007, is of my second daughter’s first day of kindergarten at Palisades Charter Elementary School in Pacific Palisades.
On September 12, 1888, instruction began in the four-room cottage in Pomona with a student body of two college-aged students and 30 from high school or lower grades. The faculty of three included Edwin C. Norton, an Amherst and Yale graduate, who was principal and teacher of Greek and other subjects, Frank P. Bracket, mathematics and Latin, and Mrs. Harry Storrs, who instructed the lower grades. Photo/courtesy of Claremont Heritage