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Claremont High School Class of 2026 Booster Board’s free holiday market takes place rain or shine from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, November 16 at Taylor Hall, 1775 N. Indian Hill Blvd. It features more than 40 artisan craft vendors, food trucks, raffles, and live music by Swingin’ Doors.
Inland Valley Repertory Theatre has announced its 2024 season, which opens Friday, April 5 at Taylor Hall, 1775 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont, with ScriptFest, a three day reading festival. It runs through Sunday, April 7 with readings of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “A Doll’s House Part 2,” “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” and “Spike Heels.” Tickets, […]
Claremont’s Pooch Park, 100 S. College Ave., will close temporarily for the month of April for bi-annual turf maintenance. The City’s landscape contractor will aerate the turf, flush dog urine, remove invasive weeds, and allow the turf to rest. More info is at ci.claremont.ca.us.
Mervyn Winston Adams Seldon died January 24, 2024 after a battle with dementia.
By Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Tuesday, March 12 Claremont Police Department officers responded to an 11:10 a.m. call regarding a man near the intersection of Base Line Road and Mills Avenue acting erratically, waving his arms and yelling. Police matched the description to 31-year-old Sergio Valencia of Pomona. A search revealed he was in possession […]
High winds buffeted Claremont and the surrounding communities early Thursday morning, with gusts up to 40 mph.
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 […]
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