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by John Fensterwald A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against the United Teachers Los Angeles and the organization that created a controversial ethnic studies curriculum adopted by at least two dozen school districts in California. U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin’s scathing November 30 ruling criticized what he concluded was a lack of evidence and […]

The Friends of the Claremont Library’s On the Same Page Committee recently announced its 2024-2025 community read, “Hollywood Park,” a memoir by author, journalist and singer/songwriter for The Airborne Toxic Event, Mikel Jollett. The Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., has copies of “Hollywood Park” available for check out. Lawn signs are also available.

Fairplex and Running Legacy Inc. host the annual holiday Penguin Waddle kid’s run at 7 a.m. Saturday, December 14, and a holiday half marathon at 7 a.m. Sunday, December 15 at 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona.

Montclair Place is asking for support for its giving tree and gift drop initiative, which benefits children in need this holiday season.

Pilgrim Congregational Church’s annual Christmas marketplace, with Christmas gifts, jewelry, handcrafted items, and food, takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, December 15 at 600 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

Claremont Symphony Orchestra’s 72nd season continues with a free and open to the public 3:30 p.m. Sunday, December 1 program highlighting the works of Giuseppe Verdi, Franz Doppler, Richard Wagner, and Felix Mendelssohn at Pomona College’s Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. The program will be led by guest conductor Alan Medak, […]

The public is invited to a free 6 p.m. lecture, “The November Election Results: The Potential for Ending the School Cultural Wars Across the Country and Here in California,” led by Carl Cohn, Professor Emeritus at Claremont Graduate University’s School of Educational Studies, at Albrecht Auditorium, 925 N Dartmouth Ave., Claremont, on Monday, December 2. […]

“Recalling Spirits,” a free and open to the public spoken word, visual arts, music, and dance collaboration from film and Broadway producer Michael Alden, composer and music producer Micah Huang, and Scripps College Frankel Chair of Music Hao Huang, debuts at 7 p.m. Thursday, December 5 at Scripps College’s Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

Claremont Interfaith Council invites all to its 33rd annual interfaith Thanksgiving service at 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 27, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 728 E. Base Line Rd., Claremont. The service will feature clergy and lay leaders from different religious and spiritual engagements in the Claremont area, including representatives of the […]

Inland Valley Repertory Theatre, a local nonprofit theater group, mounts its holiday musical comedy, “Winter Wonderettes”, at the University of La Verne’s Morgan Auditorium, 1950 Third St., La Verne, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 30, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 1.

The Farm at Fairplex hosts Fall in the Farm, a free and open to the public urban farmer experience featuring hands-on activities, displays, workshops, and agriculture and wellness vendors from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, November 23 at 2118 N. White Ave., Pomona.

A free and open to the public screening of “Defining Moments: The Life and Leadership of Quiet Revolutionary Frances Hesselbein,” a documentary highlighting the Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, will take place at Pitzer College’s Benson Auditorium, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont, from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, November 20. The screening, hosted by Claremont […]

The Claremont High School Marching Band and Color Guard brought home four honors from the November 9 Los Altos High School Field Tournament: first in the tournament sweepstakes guard, general effect, and high band score categories, and third in percussion. The Wolfpack were at Covina District Field after press time Thursday for another contest at […]