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“As we pulled up to the restaurant there he was: ‘The Corral Kid’ in all his cartoonish cowboy glory, just as I remembered him. A good sign! Stepping inside, I was overwhelmed by an orgy of 1970s kitsch; the chuck wagon, the western paraphernalia — rifles, lassos, posters, old-timey lamps, steer horns, horseshoes, and various farm implements — all remained. It appeared largely unchanged from its 1965 beginnings. I could not believe what I was seeing. It was the best kind of flashback.”
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s homicide detectives are investigating a Claremont Police Department officer-involved shooting yesterday that left a 57-year-old man dead. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
By Lynne Juarez | Special to the Courier In 2017, my curiosity prompted a query: “Who are these immigrants and refugees who are traveling from their homeland to the United States?” With that question in mind I traveled to El Paso, Texas, where I spent two weeks at a refugee center operated by the Catholic […]
The 43rd annual Porky Show on January 18 raised some $8,000 for Claremont Police Department Explorer Post 411.
California Botanic Garden invites submissions of original photos of birds on its grounds through Friday, February 28 for its 2025 bird photography contest.
Kathleen Fariss, founder and chief executive officer of Fariss Coaching and Consulting, has been named CEO of the Claremont Chamber of Commerce.
California Botanic Garden and Pomona Valley Audubon Society host to 2025 family bird festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, February 16 at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.
Families affected by last month’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires recently got some much needed financial relief thanks to Chaparral Elementary School staff, students and families who collected $2,015 in earmarked funds for the American Red Cross.
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, 200 W. First St., will mount four exhibitions and a pop-up show in 2025. On view through March 23 are “Home in Aztlán: The Garcia Collection of Chicanx Art” and its companion exhibition, “One of Your Girls or Your Homies: Tan Jazz Mont.” The exhibits feature Chicanx art from the […]
Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art will open four new exhibits on Thursday, February 13: “Jonathan Lethem’s Parallel Play: Contemporary Art and Art Writing,” described as “a chronicle of an author who roams among visual artists,” showcases artistic and written works from or related to the personal collection of author Jonathan Lethem, a professor of […]
Inland Valley Repertory Theatre’s 2025 season begins March 29 with a 7:30 p.m. performance of “The Fantasticks” at University of La Verne’s Morgan Auditorium, 1950 Third St. Additional shows are 2 p.m. March 30 and April 6, and 7:30 p.m. April 5.
“The update to the City’s Tree Policies and Guidelines Manual provides updated [best management practices], transparency, protections for established trees, more robust community input procedures, and recommendations for urban forest resiliency,” according to a city staff report. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Residents of Moab Drive in Claremont were startled Monday morning by a loud bang and a burst of smoke resembling fireworks. Moments later, around 9:30 a.m., the power went out on Moab Drive and on Montana Lane, to the south. The blown transformer left at least a dozen homes without electricity for nearly 11 hours. Southern California Edison crews said the cause of the outage was a squirrel that made an unfortunate misstep, triggering the explosion and killing the rodent. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
The Claremont City Council updated two important documents, the priorities and objectives list for 2024-2026 and the tree policies and guidelines manual, at its January 28 meeting.
“With our new/old president/king dominating the headlines with his well-orchestrated flurry of wacky and dangerous executive orders, bizarre photo ops, and magical thinking, you may or may not be experiencing symptoms ranging from unease to panic, accompanied by rapid heartbeat, fury, and/or the joyless laughter of the damned. But this state of heightened anxiety is exactly what the new administration’s architects and wannabe oligarchs have in mind. You must say no to constant outrage. In the words of The Bard himself, LL Cool J, ‘I just chill. I don’t stand outside too much. I do what I gotta do and chill, man, know what I’m saying? That’s all. It’s cool.’ So, do what you gotta do, but be chill, ok?”
The deadline for submissions to Cal Poly Pomona’s 2026 Rose Float Concept Contest is 5 p.m. Tuesday, February 5. The contest winner will choose between two tickets to attend the 2026 Rose Parade or $500.
The Claremont Art Walk of 2025 runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, February 1.