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(L-R) Last Name Brewing co-owner Karen McMillen, Claremont City Council member Jennifer Stark, Last Name co-owner Andy Dale, Mayor Pro Tem Corey Calaycay, and Mayor Sal Medina at Tuesday’s council meeting. Dale and McMillen were recognized for their contributions to Claremont. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Pomona College alumni and activists with Pomona Divest from Apartheid showed up before Pomona College’s annual parade of classes to form a blockade at the corner of Sixth Street and College Avenue on Saturday, April 27. Alumni weekend was also interrupted at Pitzer and Harvey Mudd Colleges. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
There’s a lot to sing about as the 2024 Fourth of July honoree selections were announced. The grand marshal is Brett O’Connor; honored citizens are Kevin Ward and James Martin; and the honored community group is the Kiwanis Club of Claremont. More Fourth information inside. Courier photo
Each year the Rotary Club of Claremont’s Taste of Claremont seems to grow. This year all 935 tickets were sold, with hungry partygoers lining up 45 minutes before the event started. With dozens of food and drink vendors bringing their very best to this big dinner party, the warm Saturday evening was perfect to wine and dine, greet friends, and contribute to a good cause. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
It’s that time of year again. The Los Angeles County Fair opens up at 5 p.m. Friday, May 3, at the Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Opening day tickets are $10 online at lacountyfair.com. This year’s fair, themed “Stars, Stripes and Fun,” runs through Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, and is open from 11 […]
By Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com After ratifying its 2024-2026 priorities Tuesday, the Claremont City Council unanimously approved the conceptual design for phase three of the Oak Park Cemetery Expansion Project. The proposed design for the southwest end of the property includes approximately 996 new inground grave sites, a pre-fabricated, two-stall restroom, an expanded parking lot […]
It took three rounds of votes Tuesday but the Claremont City Council unanimously agreed each time to set its priorities and objectives for the 2024-2026 budget cycle, which is July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
Editor’s note: Northwestern University continues to be a leader on tracking the state of local news in the United States. In 2023, they were able to report about more specific trends related to the impact of ‘ghost newspapers’ with no staff reporters. Sounds absurd but unfortunately, it does exist. The good news is that promising […]
The Rotary Club of Claremont hosted the highly competitive regional round for the Dan Stover Music Competition at Claremont High School. The six participating high school musicians, two of whom were from CHS, had already proven themselves by winning previous rounds. The winner of this round will have a chance to compete for the Rotary […]
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Cooper Crane, a 26-year-old Pomona College senior, is bringing to life an ambition he’s had for the last few years. Building on a podcast called “The History of the World in 100 Objects,” a joint project by the British Broadcasting Corporation and British Museum that looks at world history through various objects, […]
Scripps College A free and open to the public reception for “Double Take,” a senior art exhibition featuring works by Sarah Teske, Ella Lehavi, Ella Skinner, Natasha Sethia, Dahlia Wang, Ruth Mueller, Nicole McDermott, Kendall Fosse, Avery White, and Izzy Kramer, will take place at The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 251 E. 11th St. Claremont, […]
Jessie Vallejo, an associate professor of music at Cal Poly Pomona, has been selected as one of “40 Under 40” music teachers celebrated for “music education excellence” by Yamaha Music USA.
Surrounded by friends and family, Kim Patterson, center, a licensed vocational nurse and health assistant at Claremont High School, was announced as the 2024-2025 classified employee of the year at Thursday’s Claremont Unified School District Board of Education meeting. She has been with CUSD since 1992. Photo by Elaine Kong/CUSD
Barbara Gonzalez, board president for Claremont Meals on Wheels, clearly had a lot to say to the 80 people at Wednesday’s annual recognition dinner at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Claremont.
On Thursday, 350 California publishers (including the Claremont Courier) reaffirmed their support of the California Journalism Protection Act after Google announced it would stop showing news to some California residents in its search results. This is an undemocratic and unprecedented attack on journalism.
Sustainable Claremont’s annual Earth Day celebration runs from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, April 21 at Shelton Park, at the corner of Bonita and Harvard avenues.