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About 150 demonstrators occupied the corners of Indian Hill and Foothill boulevards Tuesday to participate in the nationwide “Free America” walkout protest.
Congratulations to Jim des Lauriers, who was chosen at random among the record 28 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as “Manhole Man” one of several playful sculptures outside the Claremont City Yard on Monte Vista Avenue.
“‘This hue and cry about, we can’t lose our movie theater, it kind of rings false,’ said Laemmle Theatres President and CEO Greg Laemmle. And who could argue? Claremont audiences still haven’t returned to the Claremont 5 at anywhere near pre-pandemic levels, no doubt due in part to the comparatively opulent AMC Dine-In Montclair Place 12 theater, which opened in 2021. ‘ … well, if that’s the case and the people in the community prefer to spend their money in Montclair to see movies, then … does Claremont need a movie theater?’ Ah, the $1.2 million question …”
Friday marks three months since an early morning fire forced the closure of Walter’s Restaurant, the beloved Yale Avenue eatery that had recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Dawoud Ghafarshad, Walter’s director of events and operations and general manager, said he’s hoping to reopen sometime in the spring. “We’re going to hope for April or May,” he said. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Pomona College students suspended for the academic year for their participation in an October 7 demonstration in Carnegie Hall, pictured here, held a press conference in El Barrio Park on November 15. Speakers included members of Pomona’s dining hall faculty and shop steward Maria Ocampo, Chicana/o-Latina/o studies professor Rita Cano Alcalá, Associated Students of Pomona College Board of Trustees Representative for Student Affairs Oliver Rizvi, and Pitzer student Fia Powers. Photo/by Emilio Bankier
Claremont High School’s Marching Band and Color Guard will compete in the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association Field Band Championships for the first time since 2003 at 3 p.m. Saturday, November 23 at Long Beach City College’s Veterans Memorial Stadium. “It is an incredible honor for us to be able to represent Claremont at this level again,” said CHS Instrumental Music Director Burke Shouse. Photo/courtesy of Burke Shouse
After more than eight years of acrimonious litigation, The Claremont Colleges Services closed escrow November 15 on the 16-acre former home of the Claremont School of Theology. The sale price was $7.7 million. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Police responded to an altercation at Claremont High School Tuesday, resulting in a “soft lockdown” on campus following news of a student’s death in an early morning auto collision on Saturday, November 16. Police have not yet released the name of the deceased CHS student. Courier file photo
The Kiwanis Club of Claremont’s annual pop-up See’s Candies store opened Monday at the former Hibbard Auto Center location, 191 S. Indian Hill Blvd.
Part II: the Wall Street empire strikes back By Donald Gould | Special to the Courier This is the second 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. In part one of this series, I described how core investment […]
Pomona College received a joint letter last week from the American Civil Liberties Union, among others, asserting the school’s recent suspension of 10 students for the academic year due to their alleged participation in a October 7 protest at Carnegie Hall may have violated their rights, and that a lawsuit may be filed to challenge the decision. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
“When you’re young and work in a restaurant, your co-workers become family. There’s something about the physically demanding, high stress environment that brings people together. I had co-workers who were not so secretly in love with one another, others who were rivals, some were destined for greatness, others tragic ends.”
A fast-moving cold front blew through Southern California Thursday and early Friday bringing cool temperatures, a quarter inch of rain to Claremont and six inches of snow in the higher elevations of the Mt. Baldy area. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
More than 200 people were on hand at Claremont Graduate University’s President’s House on November 10 as Claremont After School Programs, more commonly, CLASP, honored volunteers including Jim Keith for their service to the educational nonprofit. Keith has served CLASP for many years as a tutor coordinator, site supervisor, and board member. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
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“Many on the left will want to blame someone, but today I’m not feeling like there is anyone to blame. Kamala Harris couldn’t have made her position and her character any clearer. Neither could Donald Trump. There is much that both sides don’t want to see or understand about the other. The people have spoken; the Republicans won and now we have to figure out how to move forward, how to live with one another, how to find what’s good in one another, how to be the United States.”