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“Driving home on Lake Tahoe’s Highway 89 after one of those late nights at the office, I was struck by a sound emanating from my AM car radio. It’s impossible, I thought. Could it be? It was Vin Scully, that reassuring voice from home, calling a Dodgers game. I pulled over, thinking I must be hallucinating. I was 500 miles from LA. How could I be picking up a Dodgers broadcast?”
Three parents of Black or mixed race students sent a recent letter to Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education alleging incidents of racism on Claremont public school campuses, including students using vile racial slurs, calling Black pupils “monkeys,” and making racist gestures, including the Nazi salute. The CUSD Board, above, hears a report from a member of its equity advisory committee during its June 1 meeting. Photo/by David Kekone
The Claremont Colleges Women’s Rugby team were recently crowned the 2023 College Rugby Association of America Division II spring 15s national champions, the program’s second title in as many years, after defeating Howard University, 47-5, at the Aveva Rugby Stadium in Houston, Texas.
First year Stanford University golfer Kelly Xu qualified for the 78th U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship Monday after placing first at The Peninsula Golf and Country Club during United States Golf Association qualification conducted by Northern California Golf Association.
Like many good things in life, Sara Sawyer’s “yoga in the garden” class was born out of necessity.
The title of this column is a reference to the long-running game show that first aired in 1956 and ran in various iterations through 2022. I was concerned only older people would get the reference, although I am pretty sure the demographic for the show has always been older.
Supporters and board members from Scripps Fine Arts Foundation were all smiles after winning Claremont Heritage’s Cultural Heritage award during the annual dinner presentation on Sunday evening, June 4 at the Padua Hills Theatre. See the story for more photos. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
June is Pride Month, and the City of Claremont began celebrating June 1 by lighting up city hall each evening. The show of support for Pride Month will continue throughout June.
At last month’s renowned Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City, a Wire Fox Terrier named Bee stood eagerly on a table, allowing the judge to assess and evaluate her. She then trotted regally, her V-shaped ears folded forward, around the floor of Arthur Ashe Stadium, led by her owner and handler, Claremont resident Fan Yu.
What is it about music, particularly the songs we heard when we were young, that gives it the power to remind us so vividly of time, place, emotion? Tom Waldman, playwright, television host, and author, taps into this question in his highly entertaining new personal, historical, and political musical memoir, “Countdown: A Life in 20 Songs.”
Felicia Williams is running to represent the 41st California State Assembly District, which includes Claremont, Williams’ hometown of Pasadena, and the foothill communities and portions of the high desert, against fellow Pasadena resident Phlunté Riddle and Claremont City Council member Jed Leano.
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Friday, June 2 The Claremont Senior Computer Club holds a free technology assistance lab at the Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., from 1 to 4:30 p.m. the first and third Friday of each month. It’s open to seniors wanting help with their laptops, tablets, phones, or other devices. Computers […]
The Claremont Art Walk takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 3.
Every now and then, Albert Gonzales puts on one of his favorites, a double breasted pinstripe suit made in downtown Pomona in the 1940s, when men’s and women’s department stores occupied the stretch of west 2nd Street now known as Antique Row.
Members of the Claremont Police Department will participate in the 2023 Special Olympics Southern California Torch Run fundraiser Thursday, June 8, running with the Olympic flame from Claremont to La Verne Police Department, at 2061 3rd St.
Mike Murphy with the American Legion, Keith Powell Post 78 salutes the American flag during Claremont’s 2023 Memorial Day observation on Monday at Oak Park Cemetery. The half hour service featured speeches, a moment of silence for veterans who died during combat and a performance of “Taps.” Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff