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Tickets for the City of Claremont’s Fourth of July fireworks show, $10 for ages 4 and older, are on sale now at the Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd.; city hall, 207 Harvard Ave.; and Vons, 550 E. Base Line Rd.
Longtime Claremont resident Brian Worley works on a mosaic tile mural recently at Claremont United Church of Christ.
Heirs of the late Paul Darrow — a giant of Claremont art whose COURIER cartoons ran in these pages for 64 years — made a surprising discovery.
Claremont Unified School District Board of Education President and Trustee Area 4 candidate Steven Llanusa hosts a get together with refreshments from 4 to 5 p.m. at the north basketball court at Lewis Park, 881 Syracuse Dr., Claremont. RSVP not required.
This week’s free movie matinee, which includes free popcorn, is “Clue” (1985) at the Blaisdell Senior Center, 440 S. College Ave., starting at 12:30 p.m.
With a unanimous vote late Tuesday night, the Claremont City Council authorized a temporary reprieve for Claremont renters facing the possibility of losing their housing at year’s end. With two actions the council passed both an urgency eviction moratorium ordinance and a separate regular moratorium ordinance barring a specific type of no-fault eviction in which a landlord removes a tenant to perform a “substantial remodel” on the unit.
The Children’s Foundation of America sponsored the Claremont Chamber of Commerce’s Village Venture children’s costume parade on Saturday, October 22 and selected the Fullers as the parade’s honored family. “They have a special dedication to children in need of a loving family, specifically siblings who would otherwise get separated in foster care,” read a CFA news release.
Claremont High School’s Palomares Carousel tournament was rescheduled to next Monday, October 24. Opponents and game times are still TBD.
Last week, Martha Gonzalez got the go-ahead to talk about what is perhaps the ultimate “one-up” story to tell this year around her holiday table. No, the associate professor of Chicanx/Latinx Studies at Scripps College and lead singer of Chicanx band Quetzal didn’t win another Grammy, but the educator did enter another exclusive club. On October 12 the MacArthur Foundation awarded Gonzalez a 2022 MacArthur Fellowship, sometimes referred to as a “genius grant.” The prize comes with an $800,000 stipend.
In response to a “notice of violation” from California housing authorities, the City of Claremont maintains the rejection of an easement over city owned land did not violate the law because the affordable housing project, Larkin Place, is still “feasible.” According to a letter sent last week from City Manger Adam Pirrie to the California Department of Housing and Community Development, the Claremont City Council’s denial of an easement at Larkin Park may have derailed the site plan for Larkin Place at the time of the vote, but the project can still move forward because there are other site plans that don’t require an easement.
The story of Cadiz begins in the 1980s, when British investor Keith Brackpool arrived in California after pleading guilty to criminal charges relating to securities trading in Britain. In 1983, Brackpool teamed up with others to locate water sources for development and sale to municipalities. Studying satellite images, he located an aquifer in the Mojave, and proceeded to buy up a patchwork of creosote scrub for the private corporation he founded: Cadiz, Inc. He remains connected to Cadiz today. He was appointed to the board in 1986, served as CEO from 1991 to 2013, and as board chair from 2001 to 2022.
Things had never been easy for Joshua Duncan. It was 2018, and the Kingman, Arizona boy was, once again, having trouble at home. He’d already tried weed in an effort to both fit in with his friends and numb his pain and anger. One day he took it further and smoked some methamphetamine. That first hit of meth set in motion a four-year slide that only recently — with the help of family and a pair of extremely dedicated City of Montclair Homeless Outreach and Enforcement Team officers — seems to have abated.
The Claremont Senior Computer Club hosts its free technology assistance lab from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont.
The Claremont Police Department has asked residents to be aware of a new telephone scam. “Today, the Claremont Police Department received reports of a caller identifying himself as Tony Garcia from Southern California Edison,” read a CPD press release. “The caller was calling to arrange an $800 cash bill payment for the return of utility service. The caller attempted to make payment arrangements in person. Please be advised that Southern California Edison and other utilities will never demand cash for billing payments.”
Kathryn Dunn may be a newcomer to Claremont politics but make no mistake: she is among a handful of residents who knows the city inside and out, and, of course, as a former longtime COURIER editor, where the bodies are buried. Dunn, 53, a lifelong Claremonter, will no doubt tap into that deep well of knowledge when she takes office December 15 on Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education, representing Trustee Area 1. She is running unopposed in the November 8 election.
Richard O’Neill has the lucky fortune of being assured of winning his race to represent Trustee Area 3 on Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Directors, as the 71-year-old CUSD veteran of nearly three decades is running unopposed. Though he will be new to the board when he takes office December 15, he’s certainly no stranger to CUSD. His family’s connection to the district — perhaps not surprisingly after spending nearly three decades teaching at CHS and sending each of his four grown children through Claremont schools — is profound.
Saturday, October 15: Sue Robb hosts a coffee with Claremont Mayor and City Council District 4 candidate Jed Leano from noon to 1:30 p.m. Email jedforclaremont@gmail.com to RSVP and receive address. Sunday, October 16: Lina Patel and Dan Michon host a 10 a.m. coffee and conversation with Claremont City Councilmember and District 3 candidate Jennifer Stark at 1527 Lowell Ave., Claremont. RSVP via email to linskipatel@yahoo.com.