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“I want to ask the Courier if they can put an article about how monarchs are going extinct. I hope people will grow habitats in the yard of their houses for monarchs to have a place to thrive on their journey. The zoo keeper called them ‘gas stations.’ I learned about this on a trip to the zoo in San Diego. The driver of a double-decker bus she explained how the monarchs are going extinct. Me and my mom were able to grow 20 monarchs from an egg. And we released them into the wild (my backyard) to complete their journey.” Illustration/by 11-year-old Oliver Dee
In the game of soccer, there is no celebrating a victory until the referee blows the final whistle. Twelve-year-old Claremont resident Audrey Bauer, a defender with the Norco girls 2012 Legends Football Club, is thankful to know that sensation well. “Everyone from the bench ran onto the field, and then everyone on the field ran to the bench, and everyone just jumped around,” Audrey said, describing the scene on July 15 following a 2-0 victory over Lonestar Soccer Club of Austin, Texas, making the Legends the Elite Clubs National League Regional League Finals champs. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Congratulations to Gail Donahue, one of eight readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as a sculpture in Pomona College’s Richardson Garden purported to have been created by the late Norm Hines, who founded the ceramics program at Pomona College, where he taught for 39 years. Gail 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
Though Claremont Police stopped short of releasing new information regarding the search for a Perris man reported missing six years ago, they said last week that the investigation has heated up. Ruben Moreno, whose last known address was in Perris, California, was 41 at the time of his disappearance in August 2019. Photos/courtesy of CPD
The first Claremont Unified School District Board of Education meeting of the 2025-2026 school year wrapped up in just 15 minutes. The abbreviated session saw the board, including President Kathryn Dunn, pictured here, hear the first reading of new board policies pertaining to awards budgeting, updated observances, and summer course crediting, and the approval of a consent calendar item explaining the district’s use of federal dollars. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
“I’ve always liked alcohol’s tingly euphoria, and the (usually) slow ramp up to inebriation. Sometimes I’d get it right and my buzz would plateau somewhere near optimum. On those occasions I was fun, affable, high functioning. Other times I’d blow it, go too far, and wake up unable to recall periods of time from the night prior. That was rare, but it certainly happened, and I’m not proud.”
To celebrate its second chapter in Pasadena, Women’s Coaching Alliance, a nonprofit focusing on developing female coaches for youth sports, will host a free gathering at The Claremont Club, 1777 Monte Vista Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, August 17.
Karl Benjamin, the late Claremont artist and pioneer of the hard-edge art style would have turned 100 this year, and a number of museums in the region are celebrating.
Back in 2020, “Renaissance kid Jacqueline Cordes” introduced Courier readers to one of The Webb Schools’ busiest students, 17-year-old Jacqueline Cordes. She was a student-athlete, pianist, learner of Chinese and American Sign Language, was writing a screenplay, was a theater hand, and a Japanese manga artist. More than five years have since passed, and Pomona College graduate Cordes, now 22, remans just as busy, though her focus has narrowed. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Paddling a kayak on the electric blue waters of Lake Brienz, with the Swiss Alps majestically looming against the backdrop of a cerulean sky, is just one of the vivid memories that will last a lifetime for Claremont Girl Scout troop #1924, after a recent trip to Our Chalet, an international Girl Scout center near Adelboden, Switzerland. For the girls, most of whom will be starting their senior year at Claremont High School and have been Girl Scouts together since kindergarten, it was an exciting excursion many years in the making. Photo/by Beverly Speak
“The scale of the annual loss — $1.1 billion nationally — may simply be too large for some to absorb. Since the percentage of federal dollars varies from organization to organization, some will feel the cuts deeper than others. That said, cuts are coming, the question is exactly how big they will be locally. ‘We built a media system on the idea that public service was worth investing in,’ KPCC host Larry Mantle said in a statement. ‘Now that promise is being broken.’ For Claremont residents, it means more than just losing a favorite program. It’s about losing a resource that informs, educates, and connects.”
As perhaps the world’s leading city in cultural and economic opportunities, New York consistently hosts Claremont Colleges students looking to develop their passions and careers. This year is no exception. Some have joined New York’s banking, finance, real estate, and wealth management scenes; others have flexed their humanities muscles, interning at art studios and local newspapers. Photo/courtesy of Columbia University
Congratulations to Grace Morsberger (all the way from Vienna, Austria!), one of 10 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as Memorial Park in Claremont. Grace 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
“Once burned, twice shy. That adage warning against duplicating past errors appears to have framed the U.S. Forest Service’s strategy fighting the July 21 Sugar Fire. If so, the agency made a mistake when it immediately suppressed the small outbreak rather than manage it to achieve key ecological benefits.”
The Claremont City Council welcomed its representative in the 41st District of the California Assembly, John Harabedian (D-Pasadena) on July 31 to discuss a variety of local and state issues. On the agenda was the state budget, pending legislation, south Claremont concerns, open space acquisition, and the city council’s local control. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo