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More often than not, Californians find themselves asking the familiar question while at the pump: why is gas so (insert expletive) expensive? It’s a great question, and one that the California Energy Commission is attempting to answer. On  Friday, September 30, the state commission sent a letter to five major petroleum companies seeking an explanation for the recent increases. As of Tuesday, it had not received a response.

In June, Anthesis’ thrift store at 4669 Holt Blvd., Montclair, became one of 100 nonprofits around the country to receive a $70,000 grant as part of Lowe’s 100 Hometowns. The ongoing initiative by Lowe’s funds the completion of “signature improvement projects in 100 hometowns across the country.” Over the last few months, Anthesis CEO Shawn Prokopec said the organization has been using the money to renovate its property in an attempt to have the thrift store double as a training site for adults with disabilities by the end of 2023.

Enjoy this week’s movie matinee, “The Lost City” (2022), at the Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont, starting at 12:30 p.m.

On September 17, Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare threw a gala, “Tribute to Courage,” which included a farewell for its outgoing president and CEO, Felice L. Loverso, pictured. […]

Our Lady of the Assumption church held its OLA Fiesta this past weekend. With a carnival flavor like a county fair, the Fiesta included spinning rides and musical entertainment, and […]

Claremont resident Maassoumeh Gholipoor, who was born in Iran, holds up a sign reading “Women, Life, Freedom,” on September 30 at a demonstration at Indian Hill and Foothill boulevards. Gholipoor, who organized the protest along with her husband Kourosh Gholipoor, said the purpose was to show solidarity with the Iranian people and champion women’s rights following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died while in custody of Iran’s “morality police” after being arrested for improperly wearing a hijab.

After nearly eight years of consciousness raising, coalition building, pandemic-related delays, and a complete revamp of its initial product, Claremont’s remarkably ambitious CHERP Solar Works began making solar panels at its Pomona facility on September 14. The nonprofit has its eye on the lofty goal of revitalizing economically disadvantaged communities through the creation of thousands of manufacturing and field jobs at solar panel factories across the country.

Three Valleys Municipal Water District Division III board member Brian Bowcock is up for reelection this November, and instead of walking away from nearly two decades of work, he wants another go-round to conclude his efforts. “I’d like to get reelected simply because I’d like to finish some of the projects that we started,” he said. “It’s something that I definitely want to do: complete everything.”

Mayor Pro-tem Ed Reece is proud of the accomplishments the City of Claremont has achieved in the four years he has been on the council, but he also wants people to know the job is not complete. That’s why he’s running for re-election in District 2. “I think there is a lot that still needs to be done,” he told the COURIER. “When I came into office we were looking at a $2.5 million structural deficit, and last year we declared a $4.2 million surplus. That is one step toward maintaining the financial health of the organization. There is a lot more to be done in the area of financial health, as well as in things like [The California Public Employees’ Retirement System], streets, public safety and, of course, looking at all the opportunities to maintain our trees and our infrastructure.”

In 2019, Cadiz, Inc., a privately held water company based in Los Angeles, made a $805,000 grant to Claremont-based Three Valleys Municipal Water District. The money was to pay for an environmental impact study of an extremely lucrative project Cadiz was proposing that would extract 16 billion gallons of groundwater annually from an aquifer beneath the Mojave Desert, process it, and sell it to water suppliers in Southern California, including, presumably, Three Valleys.

Claremont resident Javier “Javi” Aguilar is worried. Aguilar, a candidate running to take Division III incumbent Brain Bowcock’s seat on Three Valleys Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors, is concerned about current and future generations in the area due to recent decisions by the board. “We’re going in the wrong direction in terms of water policy,” he said.

On Tuesday the Claremont City Council gave its seal of approval to a committee’s vision for reforming safety at Claremont’s public schools. However, it’s likely the council will have to consider the issue again before any changes go into effect. By a 4-1 vote, the council agreed with the recommendations of the School Resource Officer Working Group, which had been given the task of “reimagining” the on-campus safety program, including the future of the school resource officer position.

Friday Noon Concerts, jointly sponsored by the Pomona College and Scripps College departments of music, are held weekly in the Balch Auditorium, 1030 N. Columbia Ave., Claremont, and being at 12:15 p.m.