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Pomona College hosted a “coffee talk” session February 27 to update staff and students on next steps as it prepares for a final decision on the proposed acquisition of Claremont Graduate University, which may come as soon as May. Photos/courtesy of Wikimediacommons
Longtime Claremont super-volunteers Sonja Stump and Bob Fagg will be grand marshals of Claremont’s Fourth of July celebration.
As part of the preparations for the opening of the nine-mile Foothill Gold Line light rail extension project from Glendora to Pomona, Metro will be running trains throughout the entire project corridor through the morning of Monday, May 5.
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art hosts a free 4 to 9 p.m. outdoor concert, “Sounds Formations: Live,” Saturday, May 3 at 200 W. First St. Performers include Amps for Christ, Baldy Crawlers, Jom Trio, Kotz Percussion, Los Savages, Otto D’Ambrosio with Mark Herring and Patrick Langford, and Rufie and Friends. Food and beverages will be available to purchase. For more info, visit clmoa.org/exhibit/sound-formations.
There is no denying the role preservation has played in protecting the built environment of Claremont, while addressing the needs of the community for the present and the future. The National Trust for Historic Places is celebrating the power of place for this year’s preservation month. Photo/courtesy of Hartman Baldwin Design Build
Congratulations to Brian Moraga, one of 11 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as the itinerant Canada Geese who have frequented Chaparral Park in Claremont of late. Brian 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
Declining enrollment is nothing new for Claremont Unified School District: it has been on the wane for the past seven years, falling 12% over that period, from 7,075 students in 2018 to 6,261 in 2024. All surrounding districts have experienced the same problem, some more than others. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Here’s the lineup for the 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 3 Claremont Art Walk.
The Napier Initiative at Pilgrim Place recently held its annual celebration and presentation of awards, marking its 15th year by saluting 10 new Napier Fellows.
A fiery solo Tesla crash near Mills Avenue and Sixth Street in Claremont left two people dead early Monday. Claremont Police Department officers responded at 2:08 a.m. following reports that a car had caught fire after colliding with a tree. Los Angeles County Fire Department crews arrived shortly thereafter and extinguished the blaze. The driver and passenger were subsequently pronounced dead at the scene. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
“One afternoon in 2017, I had a transient ischemic attack. It’s sort of a mini-stroke. One minute I was fine, the next I could not recognize anything I was seeing. Words were unreadable. Letters seemed scrambled. It was terrifying. My first glimpse at a Welsh roadway sign was a little like that. ‘Gwernymynydd.’ ‘Tafarn-y-Gelyn.’ ‘Bodelwyddan.’ And the coup de grace, ‘Llanfairpwilgwyngyll.’ Every sign looked like the worst set of Scrabble tiles I’d ever seen.”
Saturday’s cool, damp weather didn’t seem to slow down a crowd of more than 700 from attending the 24th Taste Of Claremont at the Claremont College Services building on Mills Avenue. The Rotary Club of Claremont brought together dozens of local food and beverage vendors, offering guests scores of options created exclusively for the event. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
AgingNext, the Claremont nonprofit that connects people with services and resources related to aging, kicks off its 50th anniversary celebration at Padua Hills Theatre, 4467 Padua Ave., Claremont, at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 8.
Aaron Cayer, assistant professor of architecture at Cal Poly Pomona, was named among 26 Carnegie Corporation of New York’s 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellows on April 16. Each recipient received a stipend of $200,000 to research political polarization, according to a news release at carnegie.org.
Children’s Foundation of America’s annual ChariTea fundraiser on April 19 raised $24,000 for children affected by abuse, neglect, and trauma. The event also saw CFA award grants to Shoes That Fit, $6,000; Women Rise Psychological and Wellness Center and dA Center for the Arts, $1,000 each; and Los Angeles County Parks Foundation, $500.
Fairplex Pomona was recently named a venue for the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics for cricket, which is returning to the games for the first time since 1900.