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Congratulations to Ben Castro, who was chosen at random among the just four readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as the fresco over the west entrance to the Chase Bank building at 400 N. Indian Hill Blvd.

Claremont Courier Event Calendar: (May 19 – 27, 2023)

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, at 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, will host its 37th annual Bug Fair May 20 and May 21. The festival celebrates local and exotic insects, including this year’s featured insect: the emerald cockroach. The fair takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days and is sponsored by Nickelodeon.

Nasira Bilqis Watts, a Pomona College graduate and senior class speaker, is all smiles with her family during the May 14 the college’s commencement ceremony. Watts graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English. See more photos from the more college graduations. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo

New details have emerged about the “builder’s remedy” construction plans submitted by developer Trumark Homes for the former La Puerta school site.

Claremont Courier high school sports roundup: May 12, 2023

Generations bond as granddaughter, grandmother team up for “philosophy of feminism” class at Scripps College.

The Claremont City Council took a bold stand in defense of the city’s many renter households Tuesday by tightening state law that protects tenants from certain “no-fault” evictions.

Claremont Courier Event Calendar: (May 12 – 20, 2023)

Place — a simple word but full of meaning. Place is where our lives begin and where the chapters of our life stories are written. We connect memories to places and we connect places to the people we encounter in each chapter of our lives. Place gives us context to which we attach emotions and feelings.

Former Claremont Unified School District Board of Education President Steven Llanusa has pled not guilty to three misdemeanor counts stemming from a holiday party at his residence in December.

A 38-year-old Claremont man is in custody after barricading himself in his apartment during a six-hour standoff with police from multiple agencies.

Police from multiple agencies have been in an hourslong standoff with a suspect who has barricaded himself in a Village-adjacent apartment complex.

Residents of La Verne and San Dimas received a recent surprise that might sound familiar to people who live near the proposed Larkin Place development in Claremont.

by Donald Gould In the 1946 film classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” community banker George Bailey (played by Jimmy Stewart) is besieged by depositors demanding their money after the despised Mr. Potter spurs a run on the bank for his own gain. George says to the anxious crowd, “No, but you … you … you’re […]

Pitzer Professor of Sociology Alicia Bonaparte was one of the organizers of the Midwifery Is Public Health conference at Pitzer College. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo