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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.
The La Verne Church of the Brethren Sanctuary Choir, directed by Niké St. Clair, presents “O Hear The Angel Voices,” a program of carols written and arranged by choral composer Shawn Kirchner, at 4 p.m. Sunday, December 10 at 2425 E St., La Verne. Call (909) 593-1364 for more info.
The Claremont Helen Renwick Library’s On the Same Page Committee hosts the free and open to the public inaugural reading of “This Is How It Always Is” by Laurie Frankel, the community read for 2023-24, at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 2 at the library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.
American rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra play the Toyota Arena, at 4000 E. Ontario Center Parkway, Ontario, at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 2, for its “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve: The Best of TSO and More!” tour. Tickets range from $50 to $426 at ticketmaster.com or trans-siberian.com.
The free and open to the public Pomona Holiday Parade is set for 5 p.m., Saturday, December 9, rain or shine. Following the parade, the free annual Holiday at the Plaza event will begin at Shaun Diamond Plaza, 171 W. Second St., and run until 9 p.m.
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center was recently awarded an “A” hospital safety grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence in patient care. More info is at hospitalsafetygrade.org or pvhmc.org.
The City of Claremont and the Claremont Village Marketing Group’s annual Holiday Promenade takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 1 in the Village, with the tree lighting ceremony at 6 at the Claremont Depot, 200 W. First St. This year’s entertainment will include performances by Dynamite Dawson, the Moultrie Academy, Claremont High School band, holiday carolers, and Santa Claus outside city hall from 5 to 8 p.m. For more information visit ci.claremont.ca.us. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
Towne Avenue improvements create safety hazard Dear editor: I am very concerned about the safety aspects in reference to the ongoing construction on Towne Avenue at the intersection of Towne and Briarcroft. On the east side of Towne a pedestrian protrusion has been built to extend into the bicycle lane and within inches of the number […]
The Claremont Police Department was called to the Claremont Lodge, 736 S. Indian Hill Blvd., at 8:10 a.m. Friday to assist the Los Angeles County Fire Department in rendering aid to an injured man, according to a news release from Claremont lieutenant Jason Walters. Police say the 45-year-old man had been stabbed in the hand […]
The city of Claremont has two new electric motor assist bike programs that aim to get residents moving in a fun and eco-friendly style.
Acclaimed violinist Fritz Gearhart joins Grammy-nominated pianist Genevieve Feiwen Lee for a free performance of Lee’s fifth concert in her Beethoven piano sonata cycle series on Saturday, October 28, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. This program consists of two Beethoven sonatas and “Pastorela” by the late […]
The City of Claremont is asking artists of all ages to submit work that fits the theme “Claremont Stands United Against Hate” by Wednesday, November 1, in preparation for United Against Hate Week, a national call to action to stop hate and implicit biases that takes place from Sunday, November 12, to Saturday, November 18. […]
Claremont Heritage will showcase “A Fine Feast,” paintings by Anne Seltzer, at the Ginger Elliott Exhibit Center, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont, from Friday, November 10 to Sunday, November 12, open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Seltzer, a distinguished artist known for capturing the essence of everyday life, explores the evolution of […]
Last Friday in a multiagency effort, the Claremont Police Department arrested 12 men for soliciting prostitution in a special enforcement detail along Indian Hill Boulevard and the 10 Freeway. In addition to Claremont, the detail included officers from the Glendora and Upland police departments and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office Bureau of Investigation. […]
“One of the easiest ways to identify a true disciple of Jesus Christ is how compassionately that person treats other people,” according to Russell M. Nelson, president and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Ontario-based Southland Symphony Orchestra and Chorus opens its 2023-2024 season at 4 p.m. Sunday, October 8, at the Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium, 1245 N. Euclid Ave., Ontario with Benjamin Britten’s “Soirées Musicales,” Joaquín Rodrigo’s “Concerto de Aranjuez,” featuring harpist Ellie Choate, and “Gloria” by John Rutter.
A Claremont couple, frustrated after a stranger began using their address to register his businesses, now think they may be unwitting and unwilling participants in some type of fraud, and are perplexed at their inability to get help from the California Secretary of State’s office. The pair claim someone they have never met, who quite possibly is not even a person, is using their Claremont address to register a limited liability corporation and attempting to interfere with the delivery of mail at their home.
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