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by John Pixley Remember Occupy Claremont? Remember when there were people camping out in front of Claremont City Hall some 15 years ago? They were there in solidarity with other encampments […]
The Claremont Police Department recently recognized a trio with its Life Saving Award. Pictured above are members of the Claremont Police Commission, City Council, Police Chief Aaron Fate, representatives from The Claremont Club, and holding their awards (L-R) are Norma Perez, Michelle Bassette, and Joanne Livolsi, with Mr. Lew (in Hawaiian shirt). Photo/courtesy of Claremont Police Department
Two Claremont High School girls varsity relay teams shattered school records at last week’s Arcadia Invitational.
On April 7, the 4×800 meter relay team — Kaitlyn Smith, Isla Bulmer, Denise Jie Yi Chen, and L’Mio Edwards — earned first place with a time of 9:25.51, breaking the previous CHS record of 9:28.87.
Also on Friday, the girls’ sprint medley relay team of Zylah Araujo, Sade Escalante, Annika Graham-Scanlon, and L’Mio Edwards finished third with a time of 4:06.60, besting another school record (4:09.29) by nearly three seconds.
Claremont Courier high school sports roundup: April 14, 2023
Seeking asylum is a human right clearly codified in U.S. and international law, yet untold thousands of asylum seekers remain in limbo at our southern border, many unable to return to their homes due to imminent threats to their lives.
That logjam has for decades been a useful political cudgel for lawmakers looking to score points by being “tough on immigration.” But in March 2020, when the Trump Administration pressured the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue Title 42, it weaponized the COVID-19 public health crisis to effectively bar asylum-seekers, irrespective of the horrors from which they were fleeing. This exacerbated an already humanitarian crisis-level bottleneck, despite calls from the courts and from within the administration questioning the science and data behind the move.
Some residents claim College Park has become a hotbed of illegal activity and say it’s time the city took action.
At the March 28 Claremont City Council meeting angry parents of Little League athletes and people who live nearby described drug use in the bathrooms, arson, and violent behavior from a growing number of unhoused people who spend time in the park. The situation reached a crescendo last month when the fire department had to be called to put out a blaze near the playground, which forced the cancellation of a Little League game.
The developer who wants to build luxury single family homes at the former La Puerta Middle School site has elected to use a somewhat obscure provision of state law to get the project fast tracked.
On April 10, Citrus College announced psychology major Jessie San was one of 50 community college students nationwide named to the 2023 Coca-Cola academic team of gold scholars.
On April 6 several homeowners in the Stone Canyon neighborhood just off Mt. Baldy Road began to notice mysterious flooding in their yards. And then on Monday residents on New Hampshire Avenue and Moody Place noticed similar flooding that seemed to rise directly out of the ground.
The Claremont Public Art Committee is again calling on artists to submit ideas for transforming 10 more utility power boxes over the summer.
On April 6, Scripps College announced that acting president Amy Marcus-Newhall was given the permanent job as the institute’s 11th president following the mutual departure of 10th president Suzanne Keen after just eight months.
Sitting comfortably amongst her backyard foliage last week, Susan Schenk, president of the Claremont Garden Club since 2012, wore a bright smile.
I recently went to a talk at Scripps College by DJ Kurs, the director, currently, of Deaf West Theater in Los Angeles. Deaf West is a small but increasingly mighty theater that produces plays featuring deaf and hearing actors, some of which, like “Spring Awakening” and “Big River,” have ended up on Broadway.
The Rotary Club of Claremont’s 22nd Annual Taste of Claremont promises to be another festive night of delicious food, wine, craft beer and entertainment from local artists and establishments.
The City of Claremont’s 2023 spring celebration Saturday at Memorial Park began with an inclusive egg hunt. The morning event included a pancake breakfast courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Claremont, traditional egg hunts, a magic show by Minh Tran, face painting by Claremont High School Theatre Department Thespian Troupe 2129, an instrument booth from Claremont Community School of Music, a petting zoo hosted by Ponies and Pets, and arts, crafts and information booths.
They called the September 8, 2019 fundraiser “Room For All,” and partnered with Claremont United Church of Christ, then Claremont High Theater Director Krista Elhai, and local theater production company Ophelia’s Jump. It was held at CHS’s Don F. Fruechte Theater and featured a production of Robert Schenkkan’s “Building the Wall.”
The goal was to raise $7,200. At the end of the night they had more than $26,000.
“And we decided to do a lot more,” Leano said.