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Claremont nonprofit Shoes That Fit’s Every Step Matters campaign is reaching out to the community in hopes of reaching its $200,000 fundraising goal before the end of 2024. The campaign is at $192,006. Donations can be made at shoesthatfit.org/everystep. “When kids don’t have shoes that fit them, they miss out on important steps in childhood […]
by Beth Donovan | Special to the Courier Fewer Americans are smoking cigarettes these days, and that’s a good thing since smoking is the leading factor contributing to the risk developing lung cancer. The next biggest factor is age. Although treatments are becoming more effective over time and there are more options available, just over […]
Last week the Claremont Architectural Commission signed off on a prospective ordinance that, if approved by both the Claremont Planning Commission and the City Council, will alter the design review process for many construction projects in town.
By Pamela Casey Nagler An overflow crowd — a broad interracial coalition of Muslims, Jews, Christians, residents, professors, and students — showed up at the February 13 Claremont City Council meeting to ask that a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and return of the hostages be placed on its agenda. The subject met with […]
CUSD Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services Julie Olesniewicz presented an outline to this year’s LCAP during the Board of Education’s February 15 meeting, just ahead of the February 28 deadline set by the state. The update has been divided into two separate reports, the 2023-24 LCAP mid-year expenditure update and the 2023-24 metrics, which can be found in the board’s agenda for that same meeting. Image/courtesy of CUSD
Solveig Nelson, a postdoctoral fellow at Dartmouth College, will becoming Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art’snew full-time curator of photography and new media in August. “I’m thrilled that Solveig will help us shape a vision for the further development of our photography and new media collections, the largest areas in our overall holdings,” museum director […]
Cal Poly Pomona alumni and students certified by the Internal Revenue Service provide free income tax assistance from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Saturday through April 13 at Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave. The program, sponsored by the IRS and California Franchise Tax Board, has been active since 2015 and resulted in […]
Pomona College was recently named on a list of top producers of United States Fulbright students for the 2023-2024 academic year by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Pomona placed among the top three baccalaureate institutions nationwide with 16 Fulbright students this academic year. The college has produced 315 such students throughout its history and has […]
Inland Pacific Ballet has teamed up with Candlelight Pavilion to mount Disney’s beloved Broadway musical, “Beauty and the Beast,” at the Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, March 2 and 9, and 2 p.m. Sundays, March 3 and 10. The show features both IPB members and […]
During the first half of the fiscal year the city’s funds are generally performing as expected and Claremont has received sufficient revenues to project that the full year budget estimates are “realistic and that the city in on track to meet or exceed those full year projections,” according to a staff report from Finance Director Jeremy Starkey. Image/courtesy of the City of Claremont
by Mick Rhodes | editor@claremont-courier.com The body of 22-year-old El Monte resident Lifei Huang, who had been missing since 2 p.m. Sunday, February 4, was airlifted from steep terrain at Mt. Baldy Sunday. According to reports, the U.S. Forestry Department told the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office a citizen flying a drone may have spotted Huang’s body […]
Claremont and Upland police made five arrests Friday, February 9 for furnishing alcoholic beverages to minors. The “Shoulder Tap” operation, conducted in Claremont and Upland with California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control agents and local law enforcement, targeted adults buying alcohol for minors. It works like this: a minor under the direct supervision of law […]
Anthony Contreras, principal of the Azusa Adult Education Center, was installed as the new president of the Citrus Community College District Board of Trustees in December 2023. Contreras represents Trustee Area 1, which includes Azusa and portions of Duarte. He was appointed to the board in 2020 and elected in 2022. Contreras has spent 34 […]
Ontario Chaffey Community Show Band and Chaffey Adult School perform “At Last: An Evening of Love and Jazz,” a free and open to the public 7:30 p.m. concert Monday, February 26, at Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium, 1245 N. Euclid Ave., Ontario. The show features guest artists Dan Friberg, Skip Cain, and Reed Gratz and solos from Holly […]
“Rain Puddles,” By Fiona C.: Hopping in puddles … Meanwhile the rain is dropping … It Sounds like sobbing.
Carlos Goytia, Javier Hernandez, Robert Torres and Nick Wilson, who are all vying to represent California’s 53rd State Assembly District, will be at Cal Poly Pomona Friday, February 9 to participate in a noon to 1:30 p.m. candidate forum. The free event, at 3801 West Temple Ave., Pomona, will also be livestreamed. Register at eventbrite.com, search “candidate forum 53.”
The Mei Duo, made of Scripps College faculty Rachel Huang, violin, and Hao Huang, piano, will perform a free and open to the public concert at Scripps College’s Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 11.
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