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Since the November 28, 2025 death of Diego Rios following a traffic stop by Claremont police, which the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office has ruled a homicide, the city’s police commission, including members Vickie Noble and Aundre Johnson pictured here, and City Council have been peppered with requests for more transparency. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
A few weeks ago, Claremont resident Nancy Mintie received an alarming piece of mail. It was from Golden State Water Company, the city’s water supplier, outlining its plans to apply for three rate increases. “People are outraged,” said Mintie. “It’s an innocuous looking little folded piece of paper with tiny print that looks like some kind of gobbledygook legal notice. I think for many people they would look at it and say, ‘This is some kind of irrelevant technical legal notice, I don’t need to pay attention to it.’” But, she said, they should, especially to five key words: “This will increase your bill.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
By Lisa Butterworth | Special to the Courier Suffragists, a pie contest, and the pandemic might seem to have little in common, but they’re all part of the origin story of Revolutionary Bites Bakery, the newest kiosk addition to Claremont’s Packing House. Gennie Truelock, baker and proprietor, isn’t just serving tasty treats with inspired flavors, […]
CUSD Superintendent Jim Elsasser greets Claremont High students Angelique Wisher, left, and Katie Ray, at Tuesday’s Claremont Unified School District Board of Education meeting. The students were recognized for their award-winning entries in the 2024 Directing Change film contest. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont Graduate University recently welcomed Tim Kirley as its interim president. Kirley served as chair of the CGU’s Board of Trustees for the previous six years and succeeds Len Jessup, who announced his resignation in March after six years at the helm. Kirley’s first day on the job was June 2, three weeks after CGU’s 97th commencement, and followed a vote of confidence from the board of trustees in May.
More than 100 were on hand to witness Connor Gale, Nathan McDermott and Camden being promoted to the rank of Eagle Scout last week at Claremont United Church of Christ. Just 4% percent of Boy Scouts are promoted to Eagle Scouts. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Crossroads, Inc., a reentry program for formerly incarcerated women, celebrated their 50th Anniversary Gala, held Thursday, June 6th at the Padua Hills Theatre. The Gala brought together a group of philanthropic sponsors, guests, alumni, current residents and elected officials. The event also raised funds to support a reentry program for formerly incarcerated women. The major […]
The Rocket Ducks rocketry team of young cadets from La Verne’s Civil Air Patrol Squadron 64, finished 12th out of 100 teams from across the country at the May 19 national finals of the American Rocketry Challenge, the world’s largest student rocketry competition.
When Nick Sandro came to California from his hometown Chicago in 1978, he just wanted to help his cousin sell mopeds. But one day, while visiting Claremont, he fell in love with the quaint Village, thought it held enormous potential for a cultural transformation, and instinctively knew what the city needed: a shot of espresso.
By John Neiuber In the previous installment of this series, the turn of the century styles of one-story bungalows and American Colonial Revival were explored. As a refresher, turn of the century is a term used to describe a group of residential styles popular from the late 1880s through the 1910s. The rapid industrialization that […]
The Webb Schools’ commencement ceremonies took place June 1. Vivian Webb School’s 41st graduation on Faculty Field saw 52 young women receive diplomas.
More than 90 people gathered at Claremont Presbyterian Church recently to celebrate Claremont After-School Programs tutors and to announce the Henry Krieger Scholarship winners, Naisaa Khedia and Giselle Soto.
“It was a gorgeous 74 degree early spring afternoon at Pomona College’s Merritt Field, the kind of day that reaffirms one’s love of Southern California, complete with the typical late-May olfactory bounty of jasmine and fresh cut grass wafting in on the faintest of breezes. I was one of dozens of parents and caregivers dropping off our sons (and perhaps daughters) for day one of Claremont High School football camp. My boy, a 14-year-old rising freshman, had been looking forward to this for weeks. His excitement had become mine, as happens with kids.”
The Democratic Club of Claremont hosted a June 2 meet and greet fundraiser for four candidates running in the November 5 general election, including incumbent U.S. Representative Judy Chu; John Harabedian, California’s 41st Assembly District; Claremont City Council candidate Rachel Forester; and Cheryl Fiello, who is vying for the Claremont Unified School District Board of Education. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Tuesday was opening day for Legends’ Attic, a sports memorabilia museum that will make local Los Angeles Dodgers and Lakers fans weep with joy. Located at 619 W. Foothill Blvd., it is part love letter to LA’s sports teams, sports museum, art gallery, sports card collectibles shop, and perhaps the greatest man cave ever assembled. The multifaceted museum is a collaboration between longtime Claremont resident Eddie Allizadeh, Mike Caposio, and legendary retired Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser — all collectors — to bring iconic memorabilia to Claremont. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
“In October 1952, in an average house in the outskirts of Kabul in the village of Qarabagh, a girl named Shaima Safi was born. Some were not pleased with her birth as the third daughter in patriarchal Afghanistan. But her father saw ‘Shima’ as a source of happiness, considered her an ‘angel of joy,’ and loved her dearly. Soon her interest in education began to bud in her heart, eventually compelling her father to request the establishment of a girls’ school in Qarabagh. And though the request was granted, no one in the village was willing to enroll their daughter, as at the time it was thought to be disgraceful to send girls to school. Shima did not lose hope. At 8, she left home with her uncle so that she could attend school near his home in Kabul.” Photo/by Katya Fairbanks