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Donations of new, unwrapped toys will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, December 13 for Claremont Police Department and the Axel Garcia family’s annual toy drive at CPD, 570 W. Bonita Ave.
(L-R) Mountain View Elementary first graders Katie Truong and Mia Flood watch as six-week-old French bulldog Matilda gets to know teacher Julie Anderson at the school’s May 23 career day. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Congratulations to Ron Coleman, one of five readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as Nuno’s Bistro, 2440 W. Arrow Route, in Upland, where live music is a weekend highlight. Ron 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. Photo/by Naomi Howland
City Ventures Development Director Patrick Chien at Tuesday’s Claremont City Council meeting. The council delayed discussion of City Ventures’ proposed 70 unit townhome project in south Claremont. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Sumner Danbury Elementary School Principal Eduardo Acevedo was recognized by the Association of California School Administrators Region 15 as its 2025 promising administrator at the May 15 CUSD Board of Education meeting. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Ophelia’s Jump Productions’ “The Slow Drag,” by award-winning playwright Carson Kreitzer, opens at 8 p.m. Friday, May 30 at 2009 Porterfield Way, Suite I, Upland. Directed by Sheila Malone, it runs through June 29.
With June just around the corner, many high school students are eager to trade their textbooks for tan lines, and to unwind after a year of tests, finals, and all-nighters.
Claremont’s Monday morning Memorial Day event at Oak Park Cemetery included remarks from Claremont Mayor Corey Calaycay, Friends of Oak Park Cemetery Chair Nelson Scherer and American Legion Keith Powell Post 78 Commander David Mushinskie. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harvard Ave., hosts a free and open to the public 7:30 p.m. concert Saturday, May 24 featuring the winners of Claremont Community School of Music’s John Child Walker Music Competition in piano, string, woodwind, and chamber music.
Harvey Mudd College senior computer science and mathematics major Emilynne Newsom recently won the college-level 2025 American Mathematical Society math poetry contest with her sonnet, “Proof.”
The City of Claremont is seeking orators for its T. Willard Hunter Speakers Corner during the Fourth of July Celebration at Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Sign up at claremontca.gov/speakers-corner for a slot between 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. Speeches should be no more than five minutes in length, and biographies 100 words or less.
“AmeriCorps NCCC’s 2024 budget was $37.7 million. The federal government spent $6.78 trillion that same year. So, DOGE cut the feet off the youth volunteer branch of a 32-year-old agency that does unquantifiable good for some of the neediest Americans, all to save an amount equal to 0.000556047198% of the federal budget. Nice work, DOGE. Who’s next, Santa?”
Claremont City Council passed an ordinance reversing the city’s long-time ban on short-term rental properties at its May 13 meeting and discussed key tenant and landlord protections. The ordinance goes into effect June 12 and sunsets in a year. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Rachel Rudich no longer walks her dog or exercises in the Northwestern Drive neighborhood she’s called home since 1992. The reason? A recent spike in coyote sightings, with some attacking pets and other animals in the area. “I can no longer walk my little 10-pound poodle in my neighborhood. I will no longer walk myself in my neighborhood. It’s just too scary.” Photo/courtesy of pexels.com
Claremont City Council announced at its May 13 meeting that 3% increases in sewer and sanitation rates will go into effect July 1. Monthly sanitation rates for curbside, single-family residential solid waste pickup of single 35-, 64-, and 96-gallon cans are now $29.56, $35.32, and $45.06 respectively. Courier file photo
Congratulations to Marcyn Clements, one of 13 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as Kipp Kobayashi’s 2008 installation, “Multi-Verse,” outside Pomona Valley Health Center at Monte Vista Avenue and Claremont Boulevard, in Claremont. Marcyn 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