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July 4th Fireworks in Claremont

Fourth of July events and fireworks displays will take place in Claremont, La Verne, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, and Upland.

The Claremont City Council authorized a program last week to regulate the operation of “micro-mobility” vehicles including scooters, push bikes and electric bicycles within the city.

Last month Claremont Little League named players and managers to its seven all-star teams. Bracket information for each division is at claremontlittleleague.org. Here’s a recap of recent play:

Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority will highlight the installation of light rail tracks for the new 9.1-mile, four-station light rail project connecting Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, and Pomona at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 24.

If Willie Nelson’s iconic guitar, “Trigger,” had an automotive counterpart, my 2001 Toyota Sienna van might very well qualify.

Claremont Courier Event Calendar: (June 23 – July 1, 2023)

Jeff Hanlon, an associate professor of political science at Whittier College and Three Valleys Municipal Water District Division III Board Director, will speak via Zoom from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 26 as part of Sustainable Claremont’s “Water Rights or Rights to Water” dialog.

More than 600 young people graduated from Claremont and San Antonio high schools and Claremont Adult School on an unusually cool Thursday evening at the CHS football field. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff

The cadence and lyrical typography of Southern California poet Bert Meyers will be revived at 2 p.m. June 24 when his son and three poets read his work at the Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

I met my father when I was 28. More accurately, I remember meeting him at that age, as he had split when I was a year old, never to return.

A group of parents dubbed “Informed Parents of BUSD” recently filed paperwork challenging three books available to students through the school district’s libraries, including “I Am Jazz,” by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings; “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison; and “Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out” by Susan Kuklin.

Jamboree Housing Corporation’s latest application for Larkin Place has been approved by the city’s planning department and the company now has the green light to apply for utility, grading and building permits.

The Claremont Village Marketing Group hosts the annual Craft Beer Walk from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 17.

During its priority setting meeting last year the Claremont City Council added developing anti-racist anti-discrimination policies and plans to achieve “community and organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

On Saturday, June 17, Juneteenth Education Technology Mobile Arts Center hosts the 33rd annual Pomona Valley Juneteenth Jazz and Arts Festival at Ganesha Park, 1575 N. White Ave., from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.