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In 2011, the Department of Homeland Security issued the DHS Sensitive Locations Memo, which designated schools from pre-school to college, as well as vocational and trade schools, places of worship, and hospitals, among other sites, as “sensitive locations” where Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities were curtailed. In 2021, DHS issued an expanded memo, this time including Customs and Border Protection and adding additional sites. Photo/by Katrin Bolovtsova
“Rabbi Kupetz believes humanitarian aid must enter Gaza, he also thinks that no military has an obligation to feed its enemy’s people. Disturbingly, Kupetz does not acknowledge Israel’s role in bringing about the Gaza famine … So yes, when a country deliberately and intentional kills civilians by starving them like Israel has been and is doing to Gazans, the world demands that its army provides the level of aid that’s needed to its ‘enemy’s population.’”
Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education heard an update from Claremont Faculty Association President Brian D’Ambrosia-Donner regarding ongoing negotiations for a 1% pay raise for the union at its August 21 meeting. The board also voted 5-0 to approve the first resolution of the new school year, to use state funds to install new kitchen sinks at Chaparral, Mountain View, Oakmont, and Sumner Danbury elementary schools. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Chaffey College Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art’s “Radical Geographies: possibilities of the imaged landscape” opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday, September 2 at 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga.
Paul Ghaffari and Evelyn Nussenbaum began four-year terms as members of the college’s board of trustees last month.
Community college students who meet California State University transfer requirements are guaranteed admission to Cal Poly Pomona in spring 2026.
Claremont Educational Foundation’s annual haircut fundraiser takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, September 14 at be Rosie Salon, 849 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.
The Scripps Fine Arts Foundation is offering a series of free monthly community events beginning in September and running through May 2026.
Claremont Courier event calendar: August 29 – September 6, 2025
Jamiqua Johnson kisses her son Cyrus Johnson as he begins his first day of transitional kindergarten Wednesday at Condit Elementary School. Hundreds of students, staff and faculty returned to Claremont Unified School District’s 10 campuses Wednesday to begin the 2025-26 school year. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Congratulations to Bill Gendron, the only reader who correctly identified last week’s apparently quite difficult “Where am I?” as the 1937 La Verne traverse station marker for Los Angeles County’s survey control system, located in Johnson’s Pasture inside Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. Bill, an 80-year-old retired detective who is clearly still utilizing his skillset, is now entered into the year-end drawing for a one-year subscription to everyone’s favorite award-winning local newspaper, the Claremont Courier. “I have enjoyed the HUNT,” Bill wrote. “It has kept me out of trouble for a while, for which I am grateful. Thank you for the opportunity!” 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
Claremont Community Services Department is seeking input from residents as it decides the fate of pine trees in the Claraboya neighborhood.
Claremont police made three arrests Wednesday in connection with a burglary of Aurora Modern Healing Therapies, 865 W. Foothill Blvd., 29-year-old San Bernardino resident Francisco Martinez, Marina Lopez, 18, of Pomona, and 33-year-old Pomona resident Gerardo Acosta. Courier file photo
“Democrats’ response to all this insanity has been to hold periodic press conferences and craft strongly worded letters to the manager. Most, save a handful of reliable firebrands, have hidden from cameras, apparently clinging to Michelle Obama’s now wildly archaic “we go high” philosophy. Thankfully, it appears a meaningful response is beginning to coalesce right here in California: Governor Gavin Newsom is getting down in the gutter with Trump, trolling him by aping his own ridiculous barrage of misspellings-laden, all caps social media posts.”
A crucial stop late in the fourth quarter sealed a 17-12 season opening win for Claremont High’s varsity football team Friday night over visiting Capistrano Valley Christian. The team is seen here taking the field at the start of the game. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The Friends of the Claremont Library’s On the Same Page Committee has announced “West with Giraffes” by Lynda Rutledge as its 2025-2026 community read.
