Opinion

by Jan Wheatcroft Okay, so here I am writing another piece about food. I guess I do spend a large amount of time and energy thinking about and eating food. I watch a great variety of food programs on television, read recipes as if they were short stories and can get lost in any kind […]

Flushing out the truth Dear Editor: You can’t read body language from a PR piece that is crafted by an outsourced communication firm. Thank you for publishing Freeman Allen’s analysis in the Wednesday, September 26 edition of the COURIER, which pokes huge holes in Golden State Water’s propaganda mailer. As for GSW Vice President Denise […]

by Steve Sabicer It was in the Negev Desert on an archaeological excavation when I first thought about building a cistern in my backyard. I was a Pomona College sophomore on a summer internship when I climbed to the top of Masada, the ruins of King Herod’s desert palace. Perched on the edge of a […]

by Freeman Allen [Editor’s note: The following viewpoint was submitted in an effort to refute claims made by Golden State Water in their letter to Claremont customers that was distributed September 11, 2012 by Denise Kruger, senior vice president of GSW. The original letter can be viewed at http://www.gswater.com/csa_home pages/claremont.html. —KD] Claim: Water rates. Customer […]

Dodging bicycle traffic Dear Editor: I just wanted to share a safety heads-up with Claremont residents who frequent the Village. Recently, my husband, who is recovering from surgery, stepped out of a business onto the sidewalk and was dealt a glancing blow by a cyclist who was speeding by. She stopped immediately and apologized profusely […]

by John Pixley “When will this hot weather end?” I wondered. “I’m so tired of it.” I was getting ready for bed one night last week, and something much more than the day and all its activity was weighing in on me. I was tired—literally—of the summer heat. It wasn’t just one night, though. I […]

by Peter Weinberger A few weeks ago, Digital First Media, who jointly operates Inland Valley Daily Bulletin owner MediaNews Group and the Journal Register Company, announced the Journal Register filed for bankruptcy the second time in 3 years. They own a number of small-to-medium daily newspapers throughout the country, and have a partnership with the […]

by Sarah Torribio This past weekend, I took my son Alex, 3 1/2, to the Los Angeles County Fair. Accompanied by my parents, who took me to the fair each year when I was a kid, I had an acute sense of the cyclical nature of life. On the one hand, I could easily have […]

by Ginger Elliott It started as a gravel road called Mesa Avenue. In 1911, Mesa became Foothill Boulevard and was paved.  Its first speed limit of 10 miles per hour was also posted in that year. That led to Claremont achieving a somewhat less than desirable reputation. The Los Angeles Examiner in 1911 reported that […]

by John Pixley She was having lunch with her not long ago in San Francisco. The friend worked in the same field for another company in the city, and my sister and her have made it a point in the last few years to meet every 3 or 4 months for lunch. The friend, who […]

Claremont landed on another “best of” list earlier this summer. This time, we were named 15th on Huffington Post’s “College Towns: Consider These 16 Communities For Retirement.” Second-to-last isn’t like winning gold, but it’s noteworthy nonetheless. The Huffington Post credits Professor Andrew Carle, director of the program in assisted living/senior housing administration at George Mason […]

by Jan Wheatcroft As I write and talk, I throw words around interchangeably, such as travel, journey, trip, vacation and holiday without thinking about the subtle meanings and impressions that they can have on the reader and listener. For me, travel is about the unfamiliar and undiscovered. Vacation is more about simplification and renewal. A […]

By Peter Weinberger After hearing negative news from the newspaper industry for years now, I’m starting to believe that newsprint might just be around for a while. I say this not because Warren Buffet invests in media companies, but for a truly surprise announcement from the new owner of the Orange County Register. In my […]

by Suzanne H. Christian Like the tortoise beating the hare, the US stock market has been slowly and steadily inching its way up over the past few weeks. Since touching an intraday low on June 4, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 index have all rallied more than 10 percent, […]

by Debbie Carini As I set out to write this column, I tried to save it in my computer but the system warned me that I already had a document called Home Alone. It was a column I had written in April 2011, about being on my own, without my family, for a week.  Well, […]

by Freeman Allen It’s no wonder control of our water supply is a big issue in Claremont these days. Water rates have doubled in the past 5 years for the typical user—and in the last 4 years for heavier users. Water is going to become even more expensive in coming years, and rates will further […]