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Claremont Courier event calendar: February 27 – March 7, 2026
From 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, August 28 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Pomona Valley branch hosts its annual free and open to the public viewing of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famed “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial.
High school students with or without experience in ceramic art are invited to apply for the American Museum of Ceramic Art and School of Arts and Enterprise’s teen council, a free after-school ceramic program held from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays starting September 2 and running through May 2026.
The Claremont High School varsity football team plays its first game of 2025 against Capistrano Valley Christian at 7 p.m. Friday, August 22 at CHS, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd.
by David Andrews Claremont — the City of Trees and Ph.D.s — is blessed beyond measure. The city is beautiful, with rich infrastructure and deep traditions. The Colleges, the Village, and the natural beauty of the city’s setting all combine to magnificent effect. We have much to be thankful for. Amidst this abundance, however, many […]
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.”