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Images so powerful it will make you laugh, cry, think, and visualize the beauty of a city full of life and history. This coffee table, photo-driven book gives the reader a birds-eye-view of the people and places that make Claremont such a unique and special place to live. Now you can preview pages of the book online and see why it’s become so popular. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
Congratulations to Hung Le, who was chosen at random among the 16 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where Am I?” as “Arbor” by sculptor Sijia Chen, on the east side of Claremont City Hall. Hung is now entered into the year-end drawing to receive a copy of the Courier’s new coffee table book of photography, “Timeless Claremont.” So “Where Am I” this week? Please email your answers — and suggestions for future mystery photos — to contest@claremont-courier.com for your chance to win. Courier photo/Tom Smith
Ten Claremont kids from the nonprofit Claremont Nighthawks running club will compete against the best young track and field athletes in the nation July 22-28 at the United States of America Track and Field National Junior Olympics T&F Championships at Texas A&M University’s E. B. Cushing Stadium. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Etched on Samantha Bosco’s right forearm is a colorful hummingbird tattoo, its wings spread, surrounded by small blue flowers. It’s more than just a beautiful piece of body art. For Bosco, a world champion in para-cycling — the sport of cycling adapted for athletes with disabilities — it’s a reminder of what she overcame when a bike accident, and subsequent traumatic brain injury, prevented her from cycling in the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021. Courier photo/Matt Weinberger
“I’ve always been a puzzle geek and kept this idea in my head. I started creating puzzles and texting them to my nephews about 15 years ago. Then in 2020 when Covid hit, my wife and I started a nightly thing with our friends, six couples. They would all be by their phones at 8 p.m. sharp, at which time would post the puzzles to our group text and they would race to answer it first.” Photo/courtesy of Gerald Gornik
Claremont Graduate University has named Jeanne Holm as its elected board of trustees chair, succeeding Rudolph I. Estrada. Photo/courtesy of CGU
“President Biden’s recent troubling and heartbreaking cognitive display has everyone questioning his acuity, and thinking about what it takes to be president. Obviously, the stakes of my little show are less than insignificant when compared to the job of President of the United States. But the dilemma is the same: when is enough, enough? When do we admit to ourselves that we’re diminished to the point of being ineffective, even if it’s just on our ‘bad days’? Hold ‘em or fold ‘em: it’s a tricky call sometimes.”
The Claremont Courier publishes the official city guide for the Fourth highlighting everything you need with maps, scheduling of events, lists of booths and features of those honored in the […]
The Fourth celebration revs-up Thursday, when the city’s Fourth of July events begin with a 7 a.m. pancake breakfast at Memorial Park, followed by the parade, festival, and fireworks show, as well as a host of other traditional events. Learn what’s happening at claremont4th.org. Courier photo
Readers recently contacted the Courier requesting information about where the groundwater runoff along Berkeley Avenue at Pilgrim Place, the subject of our May 24 story, “Golden State: surface water from Claremont aquifer no cause for concern,” is heading. City of Claremont Public Information Officer Bevin Handel wrote in an email, “The water from the storm drains goes to the ocean. Water cannot be pumped out as it will create a vacuum effect on the well that is located at the site.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The honored community group for Claremont’s Fourth of July celebration is an organization ubiquitous to the City of Trees: Claremont Kiwanis. And the designation is especially appropriate, as the Claremont Kiwanis will mark its 100th year serving others on September 21. But the club has plenty to do beforehand, like serving pancake breakfasts to hundreds of people ready to start the party on Independence Day at Memorial Park.
A line in the Boy Scouts of America’s oath implores scouts “To help other people at all times.” As the City of Claremont’s 2024 Honored Citizens, Jim Martin and Kevin Ward have certainly lived up to that pledge.
Claremont Claremont’s Fourth of July celebration, themed “Shout Hooray for the USA,” kicks off with a 7 a.m. pancake breakfast courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Claremont at Memorial Park, 840 […]
On Monday, the Claremont Unified School District Board of Education unanimously passed its budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year and a new local control and accountability plan spanning 2024 to 2027. The meetings capped the 2023-2024 CUSD school year and Dinah Felix’s two-year tenure as assistant superintendent of business services with the district. Felix will join the Rowland Unified School District as its assistant superintendent of administrative services on July 1. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
After a four-hour discussion, the Claremont City Council on Tuesday approved the latest update to its sixth cycle housing element for 2021-2029 by a 3-2 vote. The housing element, a component of its general plan, is meant to inform the California Department of Housing and Community Development that the city is demonstrating compliance with state housing laws and playing its part to provide viable opportunity sites to meet state mandated housing growth targets. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
by Beatrice Casagrán Our recent Ophelia’s Jump Gala was important both as a fundraiser and as a gathering of the community to show its support for our work. And it […]
by John Pixley Remember Occupy Claremont? Remember when there were people camping out in front of Claremont City Hall some 15 years ago? They were there in solidarity with other encampments […]