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“Aging has made a few things clear. The most useful realization has been the past is gone, the future is unwritten (thanks, Joe Strummer), and all we truly have is now. I strive to keep this front of mind these days. I don’t always succeed; I get trapped in the twin loops of life bustle and replaying past mistakes and lose it in the disorienting fog of everyday struggle. Ruminating on my failures is a self-defeating dead end. Work, politics, striving for approval, these things are not who I am. Being present in the moment and fully engaged with my family and actual life, that’s where it’s at. That’s the sweet spot.”
Mayor pro Tem and Claremont City Council District 2 candidate Ed Reece and restaurant owner Jose Harro host a 7:30 p.m. election night party at El Ranchero restaurant, 984 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Light appetizers will be served and all are welcome. RSVP suggested via http://elranchero.edreece.com.
A sting operation with undercover Claremont police posing as sex workers resulted in the arrest of 15 “johns” and one man for “pimping and pandering” near the corner of Indian […]
The Claremont Police Department is looking for help in apprehending those responsible for an early morning burglary today at the Village Market, 370 W. Second St., Claremont. Police were called […]
How do they do it? By their own admission, Gabe Fondario and Robert Hargett’s success rate is in the single digits. So how do the duo, who make up the City of Montclair’s Homeless Outreach and Enforcement Unit, keep from becoming jaded in the face of that grim statistic? “I hope I never do get like that,” Fondario said. “And if I do, I hope somebody points it out to me, because then I don’t belong in this position anymore. Because you have to have that out here.”
Three Valleys Municipal Water District Division III board member Brian Bowcock says he was unaware of an October 18 $1,000 personal donation to his campaign from the CEO and president of Cadiz before it was brought to his attention by one of his opponents at the board’s November 2 meeting. And though he contends there is nothing illegal about accepting the money from Cadiz’s Scott Slater — a friend for more than three decades — he will nonetheless likely recuse himself from Cadiz matters going forward.
For the past 34 years, Marisa Nicely taught elementary students in the Claremont Unified School District. And though she retired a year ago, her passion for helping children has yet to cease. Now the author of “Ezer the Bagel: The Rescue,” the first in a new children’s book series, Nicely is hoping to continue to teach young ones.
The Craftsman style, popular from about 1900-1925, was derived from the English Arts and Crafts movement that emerged during the late Victorian period. The movement promoted handcrafted materials and simple detailing partly in a reaction against the elaborate, mass-produced ornamentation found on Victorian style homes at the turn-of-the century.
The monthly Claremont Art Walk returns Saturday, November 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. and will feature several artists throughout the Village and Memorial Park. Here’s the lineup: The Ahmad […]
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Donald DeLano, the driving force behind Pomona Fairplex’s abundant foliage since 1991, is hanging up his gloves. “My mind’s there, but my body is not,” […]
Scripps College’s free and open to the public Friday Noon Concerts are held in Balch Auditorium, 1030 N. Columbia Ave., Claremont at 12:15 p.m.
On Sunday, December 4, La Casita Girl Scout Camp will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a special celebration at the campgrounds, 150 E. Pomello Dr., Claremont. In preparation for the big event, scout leaders are extending invitations to all former La Casita campers, counselors, and troop leaders to take part in an interview about their experiences, which will be part of the celebration. The scouts are also asking the public for photos, artifacts, and/or other memorabilia to help highlight their time at the camp. Lastly, the camp is seeking La Casita girls, adults and seniors who love old camp songs to be part of the La Casita anniversary chorus that will perform at the event.
In our print edition for Friday, October 28, we inadvertently used the incorrect grid for crossword puzzle number 697. The clues were correct, as were the answers to puzzle 696. […]
In the mid-1980s Montclair was the murder capital of the Inland Empire. So brutal were the neighborhoods just above Holt Boulevard, along Bandera and Canoga streets and Kimberly Avenue, local NBC affiliate Channel 4 News dubbed them “the warzone.” Fed up, the City of Montclair tasked its code enforcement officers to begin working closely with police and apartment owners to eliminate problem tenants. The hope was to improve safety and overall quality of life for the law-abiding residents there.
At 2 a.m. next Sunday, November 6, some of us will be sleeping, partying, or working the graveyard shift. Whatever one is doing, all will experience perhaps the final part two of the longstanding biannual tradition of daylight saving time, when clocks will “fall back” from 2 to 1 a.m. It’s a practice Americans have been familiar with since 1918, but this year’s tradition may be the last.
On Saturday, October 29, composer Micah Huang will premiere an intensely personal musical work four years in the making at Claremont’s Scripps College, “American Dreams/Asian Nightmares.” Scripps Presents will host the free and open to the public 3 p.m. performance of the National Endowment of the Arts grant award winner at Garrison Theater, 241 E. 10th St., Claremont. Preregistration is required at eventbrite.com by searching “American dreams.”
This Sunday, October 30, Claremont will host Raven Chacon as he presents the West Coast premiere and just the third live performance of his composition “Voiceless Mass,” which received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for music. Written for pipe organ and chamber ensemble, “Voiceless Mass” includes solo strings, winds, percussion, and recorded sine tones. It will be performed during a special Sunday worship service at Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harrison Ave., said David Rentz, co-director of music and fine arts at the church. Rentz and Alexandra Grabarchuk, who is the church’s other co-director of music, will be the conductors. The event is free and open to the public, though space is limited.