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The City of Claremont released 18 videos this week related to the November 28, 2025 traffic stop that took place prior to the death of Diego Rios, including body camera footage from the two Claremont Police Department officers primarily involved in the incident.
Claremont Sunrise Rotary’s 17th annual Turkey Trot was a resounding success on Thanksgiving morning, with more than 1,000 runners in the 5K and hundreds in the children’s 1K. Vicente Huerta, 23, defended his title as 5K champion, at 15:35. His 2024, 11 seconds better than his winning time last year. Claremont’s Denise Chen captured first in the women’s 5K, at 19:09. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
It’s only a matter of time before the holiday shopping season consumes us. In October, Washington D.C. retail trade association the National Retail Federation predicted holiday spending would grow between 2.5% and 3.5% over last year, with shoppers spending between $979.5 and $989 billion in the November-December shopping period, compared to $955.6 billion in 2023.
Claremont Courier event calendar: November 29 – December 7, 2024
Last month, the City of Rancho Cucamonga announced that a new 15-year lease agreement with Rancho Baseball LLC had been inked to allow the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, a minor-league affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, to continue to call LoanMart Field, 8408 Rochester Ave., home. “With the approval of this new lease agreement, construction on […]
Claremont Courier holiday event calendar: November 29 – December 25, 2024
Oakmont Outdoor School and Chaparral Elementary took their turns in delivering their school plans for student achievement at the November 21 Claremont Unified School District Board of Education meeting. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Two weeks ago, the Claremont Colleges announced it had acquired the 16-acre former home of the Claremont School of Theology for $7.7 million. The sale closed November 15. Midway through the statement outlining next steps for the property was a mention that TCC had learned November 16 that nonprofit Youth […]
The Claremont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allocate some its remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds to partially fund long sought improvements at the aging Claremont Police Department building. Pictured here Tuesday during unrelated business are (L-R) Mayor Pro Tem Corey Calaycay, outgoing chamber of commerce CEO Randy Lopez, and Mayor Sal Medina. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Congratulations to Charlotte Van Ryswyk, who was chosen at random among the 26 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as “Imbue,” sculptor Allison Saar’s 2020 bronze located in the courtyard at Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art. Charlotte is now entered into the year-end drawing to receive a copy of the Courier’s new coffee table book of photography, “Timeless Claremont.” 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
At 6 p.m. Saturday, November 30, a free and open to the public closing ceremony will be held for “Mike Hill | Earth and Sky” at Claremont Heritage’s Ginger Elliott Exhibition Center, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Hill will no doubt be showered with compliments; and frankly, it’s about time. After decades of steady work as an acclaimed sculptor of wood, steel, and marble, as a painter, and a stained glass artist, Hill, 84, is having a moment. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com Friday, November 29 It’s Black Friday, which is considered the official start of the holiday shopping season. In observance, California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, hosts Green Friday, with free admission from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. RSVP at org. Also, gardener Krista Von Stetten leads a free […]
Over the last few weeks, the Courier reached out to public school districts in Claremont, Pomona, La Verne, Glendora, Azusa, and Upland to inquire about the annual salaries and benefits packages of their superintendents, assistant superintendents, and heads of educational services. We took our student numbers from the California Department of Education School Dashboard. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
AgingNext, The Kiwanis Club of Pomona, and Pomona Police Department are looking to the community for donations of boxes of stuffing to benefit needy Pomona families this Thanksgiving.
Claremont Sunrise Rotary’s 17th annual Claremont Turkey Trot begins at 7:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, with the children’s 1K fun run, followed by the 5k run and walk at 8. Races will start in front of the Metrolink parking lot, 201 W. First St., and end near the Village.
On November 14, the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority ratified a $798 million funding agreement amendment put forth by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority last month that would effectively fund the remaining 3.2-mile, two-station (Claremont and Montclair) construction project of the Metro A Line extension project.