Opinion

by Jan Wheatcroft As a child, my mother always made a big fuss whenever I had a birthday. It was a day just for me, without sharing with anyone. I got to choose the dinner menu, have a party and get presents. I was special. Mostly I loved it and the feeling of that day […]

Mansionization next door Dear Editor: My heart goes out to the Graber family. I suspect they have no recourse when it comes to this particular “monstrosity” being built next door. We have a world filled with people who take more than their share of the land. It was unfair for the city to approve these […]

by John Pixley Dear Flat Mom, I don’t need to tell you that, like being green, being flat isn’t easy. You’ve been telling me this since I began life as a little paper cut-out. Especially when 3D has been all the rage—although I recently heard that those movies aren’t quite so popular now. There was […]

By Kathryn Dunn I woke Tuesday morning with a peculiar feeling. After more than 20 years of Tuesday newspaper production, it dawned on me that this would be my last. Since the fall of 1991, minus some years of maternity leave and child-rearing, I have spent nearly every Tuesday parked in front of a computer […]

by Mellissa Martinez Many consider February to be a time for warm fires, chocolates, love proclamations and romance. This month is so synonymous with amour that it’s hard to imagine hunkering down for a long Valentine’s weekend of rigorous spring-cleaning. What about bathing under a torrent of rain or praying for atonement the entire month? […]

by Jan Wheatcroft DON’T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS…. I was in Sweden staying with my Swedish friends, Susanna and Christer. They were planning to move and were looking for a house in the country and were juggling their finances to see what they could afford to buy.  One day, we had an outing to a small […]

Claremont won’t be bullied by Golden State Water Company Dear Editor: Recently, Golden State Water Company escalated its efforts to wage a deceptive and misleading campaign against Claremont and its residents.  The city of Claremont will not sit quietly by and allow Golden State’s attacks to go without a response. These baseless attacks are designed […]

by Debbie Carini Last Friday, it snowed. I know, I know — it’s February, it’s supposed to snow! On the Eastern seaboard of our country, citizens are digging out from under one of the largest snowstorms on record. It’s so big, it even has a name, Nemo. I live in southern California though, and it […]

by Joe Salas On Thursday, February 7, the CUSD School Board received a presentation on surplus property in the district and its corollary issue of transitioning the Service Center, which is currently located adjacent to the old district building on Base Line Road. The presentation was convincing in its focus that the current need for […]

by Peter Weinberger I’m surprised the post office didn’t kill Saturday delivery sooner. They’re broke. Even though they have been hemorrhaging money for the past several years, they needed permission from Congress to make any significant change, and you know what that means…nothing gets done. We knew it was coming, remain committed to delivering our […]

Council gets it right Dear Editor: We applaud our City Counciil’s continuing pursuit of acquiring the water system that serves Claremont. As residents since 1957, including owning a home for more than a decade, we have been customers of Golden State Water Company. Golden State provides a fine example of why distribution of natural resources […]

by John Pixley Excuse me. Where are the jumbo chocolate chip cookies and the cheese dip? Where are the endless cups of coffee? Why haven’t the Seaver House, San Jose Place and the Garner House been booked? Where are the debates? Where are the yard signs? Where are the campaign event listings in the COURIER? […]

Gun control Dear Editor: Recently we’ve all heard discussions and proposals on gun control. These have all been about an assault weapons ban, the Second Amendment, the NRA, background checks, improved mental health access, pervasive video violence, etc. But none that I’ve heard have addressed what I consider the real problem: the American culture, which […]

by Jan Wheatcroft I have a collection of over 10 travel journals that I created while traveling since 2000. They are filled with photos, drawings, descriptions and information about everything I have done while on a trip. I was leafing through them the other day to find some information about a museum I had enjoyed […]

Excuse the lawyers Dear Editor: I am overwhelmed by the 2 goliaths: The city and the for-profit water company. I am not sure either party is coming forth with the true agenda and exhuming what the citizens really need. I am especially concerned about the millions of dollars of legal fees that will be incurred. […]

An open letter to Claremont gun owners Dear Editor: Let me agree at the start that there is a constitutional right for individuals to own and possess guns. However, having a right does not give one carte blanche freedom to exercise that right. If a male is hired to do janitorial work at the high […]