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The City of Upland’s 5th annual Lemon Zest 5K and 1K Dash returns to Magnolia Recreation Center, 651 W. 15th St., Upland, Saturday, March 7.
A memorial service for Lauren Cassatt, who died January 19, will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, February 28 at Garner House, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711. Please RSVP via email to lmcassatt@gmail.com.
by Chris Toovey Mick Rhodes’ December 12, 2025 Editor’s Note acknowledged that publishing the December 5, 2025 Viewpoint, “El Barrio art project headed in wrong direction” by the late Al Villanueva was a mistake. Here are some reasons why I agree. The Viewpoint, which was removed from the Courier’s website on December 7, 2025, was […]
Claremont’s Prison Library Project, which sends books to incarcerated people around the nation, recently announced it received more than 10,400 letters requesting books and educational materials and mailed over 17,300 books to incarcerated readers in all 50 states in 2025.
Claremont Unified School District hosts a public ribbon cutting for its new student and family resource center at 4 p.m. Thursday, February 19 at 120 W. Green St., Claremont.
The Los Angeles County Fair is seeking donations of sports jerseys for its Play Your Way wall in expo hall 7, running May 7 to 31.
Pomona College’s annual Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electroacoustic Music kicks off with a free and open to the public 2:30 p.m. Thursday, February 5 lecture and musical presentation from its 2026 composer-in-residence James Diaz at Thatcher Music Building, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.
The deadline for Los Angeles County landlords and property owners to apply for the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs’ Emergency Rent Relief grant program is 4:59 p.m. Friday, January 23 at lacountyrentrelief.com.
Special needs children, adults and their families are invited to a free screening of “Toy Story” at Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont, at 6 p.m. Friday, January 30.
The Woodwind Celebration Ensemble starts at 7 p.m. followed by Ontario Chaffey Community Show Band’s “Disney Magic,” at 7:30 in a free concert at Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium, 1245 N. Euclid Ave., Ontario on Monday, January 26.
A celebration of life for Katie Gerecke, who died November 19, 2025, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 24 at Claremont Center for Spiritual Living, 509 S. College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711. Guests should enter the long driveway for parking at the west end of the church, where there is a ground level […]
Local nonprofit event production company Dirty Opera hosts a 40th anniversary screening of the 1986 film “River’s Edge” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 22 at the Claremont Laemmle 5 theater, 450 W. Second St., followed by a Q&A with director Tim Hunter and cast members Daniel Roebuck and Josh Richman. The event will be moderated […]
Claremont Heritage’s exhibition, “Karl Benjamin — His Studentsʼ Work 1953–1960s,” runs through Saturday, January 31 at the Ginger Elliott Center at Garner House, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Service recently awarded a $949,993 grant to the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, which is comprised of 31 cities, including Claremont.
Long-time Claremont resident Jeanne S. (Hazelton) Master died December 31, 2025, just minutes before the New Year. Services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, January 31 at the Claremont Presbyterian Church, 1111 N. Mountain Ave. A full account of her life will appear in a future edition of the Courier.
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