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Etched on Samantha Bosco’s right forearm is a colorful hummingbird tattoo, its wings spread, surrounded by small blue flowers. It’s more than just a beautiful piece of body art. For Bosco, a world champion in para-cycling — the sport of cycling adapted for athletes with disabilities — it’s a reminder of what she overcame when a bike accident, and subsequent traumatic brain injury, prevented her from cycling in the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021. Courier photo/Matt Weinberger

Claremont Art Walk, November 2023

The three week run of “Nevermore” recently wrapped at Ophelia’s Jump Productions in Upland.  Based on the imaginary life and mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe, the intimate venue — with […]

Pitzer College’s Student Engagement and Activities Team will host the second annual Harvest Fest, Saturday, November 4, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Brant Field, near 1050 N. Mills Ave.,Claremont. […]

by Steven Felschundneff | steven@claremont-courier.com Los Angeles Police Department officers have captured the man wanted for allegedly stabbing another man in the chest during a fight on Claremont’s Metrolink platform […]

Claremont resident Vanessa Torrez tries to elicit a smile from her nine-month-old daughter Juliet on Saturday during the annual Village Venture in Claremont. With sunny skies and a perfect 75-degree temperature, the event was well attended this year with a large selection of booths and activities for all to enjoy. See more photos. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff

Ken Gonzales-Day, 58 and Scripps College’s Fletcher Jones Chair in Art, is currently balancing two spotlights, one shining from the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art and the other from The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, where the art and photography professor is being double featured.

Less than 24 hours after last year’s Village Venture concluded, staff at the Claremont Chamber of Commerce were already at work thinking about the 2023 event. Executive Director Randy Lopez, Natalia Estrada, office manager, and Xochitl Nieves, event manager, pondered the annual headscratcher — how to make this year’s 41st edition different from previous Ventures.

by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Claremont High School Football (1-8) Claremont grabbed its first win of the season, a 17-12 victory over Chaffey at home on October 20. The team […]

Elsie Eggen was so excited about Claremont Manor’s Dia de los Muertos altar that she wanted to share it with everyone. She pondered how best to get the word out, and so the 99-year-old decided to call the local newspaper.

What’s happening Claremont?  by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com   Friday, October 27 “Airplane!” is this week’s free movie matinee at 12:30 p.m. at the Blaisdell Community Center, 440 S. College Ave., Claremont. […]

by Steven Felschundneff | steven@claremont-courier.com Tuesday evening the Claremont City Council corrected a misunderstanding that some Native Americans have sought for over 10 years. The council voted unanimously to change […]

Melinda passed peacefully at home on September 23, 2023, surrounded by her loving family after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.  Born in Dallas, Texas to Donna and George Lyon on April 16, 1951, she was the second of four daughters. Growing up, she had a quiet independent nature and marched to the beat of her own drum. Early on, she developed a love of animals and the outdoors which would become part of her character and moniker that described who she was and how she lived her life.

On Tuesday, Michael Kelly was named executive director of Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker Institute, and will lead CGU’s executive education programs as well as elicit feedback from the Drucker School […]

It was clear from the very beginning the annual 2023 Children’s Foundation of America Charity Golf Classic was going to be a hoot and all for a good cause. Over 86 golf participants descended on the Glendora Country Club on Monday, October 23 for a day of golfing, giving and maybe winning some cool prizes. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger

On October 18, Keck Graduate Institute announced it would rename its Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies degree program to the Chan Family Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies degree program in recognition of a recent philanthropic gift from doctors Tony Chan, his wife Virginia, and their two children, Megan and Jonathan.

A man was taken to the hospital Sunday after he was attacked in the Claremont Village. The Claremont Police Department received a call at 3:53 p.m. about a man suffering from a stab wound at the Metrolink platform in the 200 block of W. First Street. When officers arrived they located the adult male who had apparently been stabbed in the chest following a verbal argument, police said Monday.