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A symphony of family chatter, player enthusiasm, and cracking bats signaled the return of Claremont Fastpitch softball season February 28 at La Puerta Sports Park. The organization’s opening day included Ava Miano of the 10-and-under Sharks delivering “The Star-Spangled Banner,” announcements of CFP’s board, raffle winners, a team parade, and scavenger hunt. Gentry Robertson, coach […]
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
“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