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Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art, at 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont, opens three new exhibits this month.
The Courier took off from Cable Airport in Upland this week for a single-engine plane ride to the Pacific Ocean and back. We looped past the Santa Monica Pier, weaving through a maze of air traffic — planes, helicopters, and even drones — to capture this bird’s-eye view of the Los Angeles basin. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
More than 200 demonstrators took to the corner of Indian Hill and Foothill boulevards Friday afternoon to participate in a national shutdown protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity that has led to the death of eight people since the start of the year. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
“Though these horrific killings — some have called them executions — took place in Minneapolis, we are all in mourning. Many people turn to their faith in times like these. Here in Claremont and the surrounding communities, religious leaders are feeling their congregations’ pain, and some are mobilizing to be of service to our immigrant neighbors.”
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, at 251 E. 11th St., Claremont, hosts the free and open to the public opening reception for “Means to an End,” the 81st Scripps College Ceramic Annual exhibition, from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, February 7, with live music by Gold Minutes.
The Claremont Police Department will set up a DUI checkpoint somewhere in the city from 7 p.m. Friday, January 30 to 2 a.m. Saturday, January 31.
Claremont Courier event calendar: January 30 – February 7, 2026
A free and public opening reception for Pitzer College Art Galleries’ “Atomic Dragons,” a group showcase featuring activists with Slow War Against the Nuclear State, takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, February 7 at Broad Center’s Nichols Gallery, 1060 N. Mills Ave.
The Community Restoration and Revival organization was founded by Claremont High School student Mario Miranda and is currently sponsored by the Rotary Club of Claremont.
The Claremont Unified School District Board of Education and its President, Alex McDonald, pictured here, took final steps to reopen Vista del Valle Elementary’s preschool at its January 15 meeting. Vista’s preschool, closed three years ago due to low enrollment, will reopen February 17. “The changing landscape of early childhood programs has now stabilized and parents in the community are again expressing need for additional preschool enrollment,” according to CUSD. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
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
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
Musician Maritri Garrett and writer Janice Hoffmann combine forces for “Sangamon River Anthology: Complicated Families” at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, February 1 at Claremont United Church of Christ’s Lousie Roberts Room, 233 W. Harrison Ave. The theme of the performance touches on their shared histories of navigating troubling family relationships. Garrett with be on piano, guitar and ukulele accompanied by spoken word by Hoffmann. Photos/courtesy of Maritri Garrett by Sonia Tapia Photography
Two Minnesotans are dead after encounters involving federal immigration enforcement, and the country is watching a familiar pattern unfold: what people can see on video versus what officials say happened. On January 7, 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Macklin Good was shot and killed by ICE agents. On the 24th, ICE agents shot and killed ICU nurse Alexander “Alex” Pretti, also 37 (above). Those are facts. The deeper issue is what followed: a tug-of-war over reality itself. Photo/Wikimedia Commons
Claremont police responded to multiple 911 calls at 4:30 p.m. Thursday about a shirtless man with a bottle of laundry detergent dancing around a grey Tesla in the in the middle of Indian Hill Boulevard. When officers arrived at Indian Hill and Harrison Avenue, 30-year-old Newbury Park resident Diego Nocedal got in his car and drove north. The low-speed chase ended three minutes later at Sixth Street and Mills Avenue when police utilized a PIT maneuver to stop the car. But the drama, it turned out, was just beginning. Courier file photo
My interest in loss and grief began soon after my marriage disintegrated in 2013. A “conscious uncoupling” it wasn’t; it was ugly, and a heartbreaking by-product was an intensely strained relationship with my middle daughter, who was 11 at the time.
An electric skateboard battery was the cause of a Wednesday evening second-floor dorm room fire at Harvey Mudd College’s Atwood Residence Hall that caused no injuries but displaced 35 students. Photo/by Brett O’Connor