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“Margaret (“Margee”) Shelton Meier (March 7, 1936 – March 20, 2023) composer, musician, and teacher, left this world with a legacy of beautiful music that has been performed on several continents,” her family shared.

Claremont Courier Event Calendar (April 28 – May 6, 2023)

Last spring Claremont’s real estate market was running pretty hot. Fueled by scant inventory, competitive interest rates and all-cash buyers, bidding wars were the norm. Now that interest rates have risen significantly, one would imagine prices would come down to earth, but that hasn’t happened.

Cal Poly Pomona’s annual Pepperzania sale begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 29 at the Farm Store, 4102 S. University Dr., Pomona, with more than 160 pepper plants including serrano, jalapeno, hatch, Poblano, Peruvian, and Asian.

Thousands of pedestrians from cities neighboring Claremont took to the streets Sunday morning and into the early evening hours in recognition of the 626 Golden Streets Heart of the Foothills event.

The Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve is one of the most well known and popular Southern California spots to see spring wildflowers in bloom. Located about 15 miles west of Lancaster, these fields are especially plentiful and colorful this year due to our extremely wet and snowy winter.

The California poppies are so abundant even the drive out Highway 138 provides excellent sightseeing along the two-hour trek from Claremont. Instead of taking the normal route up Interstate 5 north toward Castaic Junction, another option is heading east to Interstate 15 north, then catching 138 west to Highway 14 and following the signs through Lancaster. This route will take a few minutes longer but is well worth the trip.

Every Thursday morning, Mount Baldy artist Elizabeth Preston sets herself up at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center for a unique therapy.

Preston, an Expressive Arts Institute instructor, oversees the hospital’s long Covid recovery program, Rehabilitation via Inspiration, a creative journaling course that helps patients navigate the emotional aspects of COVID-19.

Claremont Courier high school sports roundup: April 21, 2023

The City of Claremont, the Friends of the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park and the Claremont Wildlands Conservancy are calling on the public for help in conducting surveys of visitors who visit the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park in the coming months.

Claremont Courier Event Calendar: (April 21 – 29, 2023)

The 626 Golden Streets Heart of the Foothills open street event will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. throughout the cities of Claremont, Pomona, La Verne, and San Dimas this Sunday, April 23.

The Claremont Planning Commission has signed off on a plan that will add a second and third story, housing, and additional outdoor dining to the former Rhino Records building in the Village.

Last month at the Joslyn Center, the Shakespeare Club of Pomona Valley welcomed Craig Colclough for a lecture about his time on some of the world’s largest and most prestigious stages.