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Claremont Little Leaguer Addie Smith was one of just 96 girls from the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico invited to Little League International’s inaugural Maria Pepe Legacy Series June 7-9 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Pilgrim Congregational Church, 600 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, will host the 41st annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Project (PIV-MLK) celebration on Sunday, January 15, Dr. King’s birthday. The evening will begin with a marketplace filled with arts, crafts, books and more at 5 p.m. At 6 p.m., there will be musical performances, presentations and more. Photo courtesy of PIV-MLK
The annual reptile super show and breeders expo comes to the Pomona Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Saturday, January 7 and Sunday, January 8, and the exotic bird mart and expo takes place Sunday, January 8. Photo courtesy of Exotic Bird Mart.
High over the Claremont Wilderness Park the beginning of a wet storm system enters the area late Wednesday afternoon. Southern California will experience over one inch of rain through Thursday, with even more in the foothills and mountains. COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger
Claremont McKenna College’s float, titled “launching responsible leaders,” was featured in today’s 134th Rose Parade. The float — a first for CMC — honored the school’s 75th anniversary and featured […]
Claremont Hills Wilderness Park parking permits will be available at the Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont, when normal operations resume after the holidays Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The annual permits are $140 and are valid through December 31, 2023. They may be used at the north or south parking lots with no restrictions.
by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com What’s Happening Claremont? Friday, December 30 Artist Baz Francis, accompanied by Hillary Burton and Andre Tusques of Honeychain, will perform at Ophelia Jump Productions music lounge, 2009 […]
PICTURES OF THE YEAR: Over his 61-year career, longtime Claremont High School coach Jack Helber, who died this year at 81, taught thousands of athletes the game of baseball. More than 100 of his former charges paid their respects at his February memorial in the CHS gymnasium. COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger
By far, the stories that had the greatest impact this past year concerned housing development and how that ties into sometimes conflicting views about Claremont’s future. These same issues drove much of the conversation during Claremont City Council meetings and on the letters page of the COURIER. Housing became one of those topics that threatened to divide the community, with some advocating for more, specifically affordable housing, while others expressed concern that new construction was threatening to ruin the character of Claremont.
At the beginning of 2022, we asked Claremont how it was being impacted by the surging COVID-19 Omicron variant.
Anyone raising money for a nonprofit will tell you it’s a labor intensive, detail oriented, and sometimes personal effort that requires help from a community of supporters. Knowing this, Rotary […]
On Tuesday, December 13, Strom C. Thacker, chief academic officer at Union College in New York, was announced as Pitzer College’s seventh president and will officially take office on July 1, 2023. Thacker succeeds sixth president, Melvin L. Oliver, who retired in 2022 after a six-year tenure. Jill A. Klein is currently serving as interim president for the 2022-23 academic year.
The architectural commission gave mostly high praise to a newly redesigned plan for the South Village development, which is good news because the city is rapidly running out of its allotment of public hearings. During its December 14 meeting the commission heard presentations from city planning staff, the developer, and several architects, with the goal of finalizing a plan for the proposed transit oriented development to be built under the guidelines of the Village South Specific Plan.
When the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section updates its record books in 2023, the Vivian Webb School’s girls varsity soccer team will see its name appear twice: once next to its 2022 Division VI CIF-SS title, and another among the longest winning streaks of all time. Webb is in the midst of a 28-game win streak and moved into fifth place in CIF-SS history with its most recent 3-0 win over Glendora on December 15. Sixth year VWS varsity head coach Malick Mbengue said it’s a “mind boggling” stat.
Today is the final day to donate to Children’s Foundation of America’s holiday heroes gift drive.
On Tuesday evening, about 100 children from Claremont and neighboring cities gathered at Granite Creek Community Church, 1580 N. Claremont Blvd., Claremont, for KidCare International’s annual Christmas party and toy giveaway. Nonprofit KidCare International has hosted the party for 20 years running, benefitting hundreds of children every year.
In what has become a seasonal labor of love for the Rotary Club of Claremont, more 30 bicycles were given away Saturday to local kids in need of their first bike during a special event at Claremont Presbyterian Church. First-grader Abigail Insaurralde, 6, from Vista de Valle Elementary School, was able to get on and ride her first bicycle quite easily, but getting off proved to be a little more difficult. COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger