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Pictured here are the final moments of the blood moon total lunar eclipse just before sunrise Tuesday, with the moon slipping toward the western horizon at 6:08 a.m. At 3:04 a.m., the moon hung high in the sky, glowing a deep red at peak totality. As dawn approached, the color gradually softened before fading with the rising sun, marking the end of the eclipse. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
“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.
“We are living in a military occupation of Los Angeles orchestrated by the Trump regime. Let that sink in. Read it again. For most of the summer we have endured federal agents of different sorts (ICE, CBP, DHS, FBI) and paramilitaries (or ’empowered bounty hunters,’ as the media is calling them) roaming the streets of Los Angeles with ski masks and loaded high-caliber weapons as if they are in a war zone. Their target: defenseless and unarmed Angelenos.”
Have you ever wondered what happens to the trash, recycling, and green waste hauled away each week by those large, lumbering garbage trucks? Black bin materials are taken to Mid-Valley Landfill in Rialto for disposal; Blue bin recycling ends up at Grand Central Recycling and Transfer Station and prepared for marketing to end-user manufacturers; Green bin organics are hauled to American Organics in Victorville, where it is composted and marketed to agricultural end-users. Courier file photo
“Don’t worry, be happy” is a directive easier said than done. That is, unless you understand the science-backed markers of a happy life, and learn how to cultivate them in your daily existence. This is the mission of the newly established Claremont Flourishing Center at Claremont Graduate University. Pictured here are CGU professor Stewart Donaldson, president of CFC, and CGU Ph.D. student Tatiana Shemiakina, CFC’s director of operations. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Travelers in the westbound lanes of Base Line Road may have noticed a small island of healthy foliage blended smoothly into the surrounding scenery between Glen Way and Rhodelia Avenue. “It was like tumbleweed mixed with weeds, mixed with plant material, mixed with all sorts of debris off the street or whatever,” Marlena Monroe said. “We just one day just got our jeans on … rolled up our sleeves and I just started pulling away.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Mount San Antonio Gardens resident Peter Coye made a career working with renewable energy companies, such as founding wind turbine company California Energy and Power and working with Energy Vault, which provides solutions for accelerating the transition to renewable resources. But since his 2011 retirement he has taken on a new role: climate activist. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont Unified School District’s first day of school is Wednesday, August 27. In anticipation, the Courier reached out to CUSD Superintendent Jim Elsasser and CUSD administration for a back-to-school guide. In this photo from 2024, The Claremont High cheer team welcomes students back to campus. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Congratulations to Nancy Treser-Osgood, one of 17 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as the 2020 sculpture “Population (5),” by Brandon Lomax, located in California Botanic Garden’s Cultivar Garden. Nancy 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
Claremont Hills Wilderness Park will be closed beginning Wednesday, August 20, “until further notice due to a Red Flag Warning,” the city announced Tuesday evening. “The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for the Eastern San Gabriel Mountains, including the CHWP, due to extreme fire conditions.” Check claremontca.gov/CHWP for updates.
With the horrific images of dead and starving Palestinian children now reaching mainstream U.S. media, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are speaking up, some now calling the 22-month old conflict in Gaza a genocide. To better understand the impact of this conflict on our local Jewish and Muslim communities, I spoke separately with Rabbi Jonathan Kupetz, 55, from Pomona’s Temple Beth Israel, and Mahmoud Tarifi, 67, president of the Islamic Center of Claremont’s Board of Directors. Below is the full, unedited transcript of my July 30 interview with Tarifi. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
With the horrific images of dead and starving Palestinian children now reaching mainstream U.S. media, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are speaking up, some now calling the 22-month old conflict in Gaza a genocide. To better understand the impact of this conflict on our local Jewish and Muslim communities, I spoke separately with Rabbi Jonathan Kupetz, 55, from Pomona’s Temple Beth Israel, and Mahmoud Tarifi, 67, president of the Islamic Center of Claremont’s Board of Directors. Below is the full, unedited transcript of my August 11 interview with Kupetz. Courier file photo
Golden State Water Company is constructing a sound wall barrier in anticipation of drilling a new well and plant site at the northeast corner of Padua Avenue at Base Line Road in Claremont.