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Claremont City Council passed an ordinance reversing the city’s long-time ban on short-term rental properties at its May 13 meeting and discussed key tenant and landlord protections. The ordinance goes into effect June 12 and sunsets in a year. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Rachel Rudich no longer walks her dog or exercises in the Northwestern Drive neighborhood she’s called home since 1992. The reason? A recent spike in coyote sightings, with some attacking pets and other animals in the area. “I can no longer walk my little 10-pound poodle in my neighborhood. I will no longer walk myself in my neighborhood. It’s just too scary.” Photo/courtesy of pexels.com
Claremont City Council announced at its May 13 meeting that 3% increases in sewer and sanitation rates will go into effect July 1. Monthly sanitation rates for curbside, single-family residential solid waste pickup of single 35-, 64-, and 96-gallon cans are now $29.56, $35.32, and $45.06 respectively. Courier file photo
Congratulations to Marcyn Clements, one of 13 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as Kipp Kobayashi’s 2008 installation, “Multi-Verse,” outside Pomona Valley Health Center at Monte Vista Avenue and Claremont Boulevard, in Claremont. Marcyn 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
Performances of Claremont High School Theatre Department’s “Mean Girls,” its final show of the season, begin at 7 p.m. May 30, 1 and 7 p.m. May 31, and 1 p.m. June 1, at Bridges Auditorium, 450 N. College Way, Claremont. Tickets are $15-$20 at chstheatre2129.ludus.com.
Memorial Day is a solemn occasion to honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. We attend parades, place flags at gravesites, and take quiet moments of reflection.
The Claremont Courier won 14 awards — including four first place nods, three for designer Skylar Anderson — at Saturday’s California News Publishers awards gala in Universal City.
“The mission of NAC is to assist newcomers to become independent. Most NAC family breadwinners work in lower-level jobs outside their profession. To upgrade, language skills and retraining are usually necessary. This takes time and lots of it. Financial independence can take several years but it rarely happens on its own. I witnessed this with my own children. NAC assists families wherever possible. We already have several ‘graduates.’ They are so proud!” Illustration/courtesy of cleanpng.com
Taken together, these eco-disasters make a case for the passage of Polluters Pay Climate Fund bills legislators have introduced in the State Assembly and Senate, and the U.S. House and Senate. These bills are all variations on the same theme: make the fossil fuel corporations pay for their carbon emissions. Right now, these bills are gaining traction, advancing through various state committees. Both the Democratic Club of Claremont and the Democrats of Pasadena Foothills endorsed them last month. Photo/by Dan Watson, Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Tucked into one of Mt. Baldy’s craggy nooks is Ice House Canyon, home to the long neglected and dilapidated 1921 Ice House Canyon Resort. At noon on Friday, May 23, a groundbreaking ceremony will signal a new era for the site, which is set to become California’s first and only Veteran Retreat Center and home to The Heroes Project. Photo/courtesy of The Heroes Project
“With the announcement that Salman Rushdie has decided to withdraw as keynote speaker at Claremont McKenna College’s May 17 commencement, we are reminded that the stakes of freedom of expression are not confined to faraway lands or abstract principles, but are present here and now, on our own Southern California campuses.” Photo/by Christoph Kockelmann
Nearly a week after reports that Salman Rushdie would deliver the keynote address at Claremont McKenna College’s May 17 commencement sparked outrage from students and civil rights groups, on Tuesday CMC President Hiram Chodosh announced the novelist had withdrawn from the job. Photo/by Anibal Ortiz
by Donald Gould This is the third in a three-part series of reflections on changes in the investment industry in the 25 years since I started Gould Asset Management in Claremont. Perhaps the most important trait an investor can have is humility, a lesson I’ve been taught repeatedly over the past quarter century. The good […]
What’s happening Claremont? by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com Friday, May 16 Keck Graduate Institute offers free 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. campus tours. RSVP at events.kgi.edu. Claremont Senior Computer Club hosts free drop-in technology workshops from 1 to 4:30 p.m. the first and third Fridays of the month at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont. The […]
Cal Poly Pomona commencements take place daily beginning Friday, May 16 through Sunday, May 18, with ceremonies at 8 a.m., noon, 4 and 7:30 p.m., except for May 16 when the third ceremony begins at 3 p.m.