Opinion

by Peter Weinberger | pweinberger@claremont-courier.com Earlier this week we published part one and part two of a story about Feeling Groovy owner Nicole Lanni, who as chair-elect of the Claremont Chamber was going to be named executive committee chairperson to the organization, one of the most prominent business positions in Claremont. Before she started her […]

by Peter Weinberger | pweinberger@claremont-courier.com There’s an enormous amount of information about this ongoing world health emergency. The COURIER will continue publishing regular, daily, even hourly updates on our website and Facebook. Our goal is to dispel any rumors or inaccurate information. Please take social media information with a critical eye, since there are rumors […]

Back in April of 2017, this column reported on the efforts of long-time resident, Tom Skelly, to find a home for a project he had been working on, The Treasury of Claremont Music.  As Tom got further and further into the endeavor, and faced with an imminent move out of state, he approached Claremont Heritage […]

It wasn’t what I had in mind. It’s never what anyone wants, friends kept telling me. Nobody wants to have to go to the hospital. And nobody wants to be taken to the ER. But there I was, in the ER. It wasn’t so much that I was there—that was bad enough—it was the fact […]

Team Sugar Dear Editor: About six weeks ago we adopted a German Shepherd mix from the Rancho Cucamonga shelter. She was very scared and skittish, but we loved her nonetheless.  Five days after we brought Sugar home she escaped. We searched and searched that night but could not find her. Soon after her disappearance we […]

Cadiz study Dear Editor: A matter of interest for those who care about conserving our local desert: Last Monday, February 24, in a special meeting, our public-elected board of our local Three Valleys Municipal Water District, approved a study for Cadiz, a privately-owned company located on the public Mojave Trails National Monument, to study water-mining […]

A major part of traveling entails finding a place to stay.  Part of that choice involves the reason for the trip itself.  If the main reason for the trip is to get away and relax (and not mind the cost), relaxing at a spa, eating great food, drinking good wine and perhaps visting vineyards, well […]

by Peter Weinberger pweinberger@claremont-courier.com Over the years, literally hundreds of local politicians and political parties of all makes and affiliations chose to advertise in the Claremont COURIER. These advertisements have generally been limited to Claremont elections because of our hyper local reach. With the California Democratic primary moved back to March 3, the Golden State […]

We are volunteer members on the last two police station advisory committees. Our committees were brought together to propose a location and budget for a replacement station for our Claremont Police Department. It is time for us to speak out. A contributor on the social media platform NextDoor asked “Why can’t someone clearly communicate the […]

The silent majority Dear Editor: What a pleasure to see the picture of all those people at the city council meeting fighting against the idea of contracting with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for the policing of Claremont. With all the letters that are negative about everything and anything the council proposes, I had […]

by Rev. Karen Sapio, Claremont Presbyterian Church As I write this, my social media feed is filling up with early reports from the New Hampshire primary. No matter the outcome, the results are likely to turn up the heat here in California where our own primary is less than three weeks away. Election years are […]

Walking trail on Foothill Dear Editor: After reading Kurt Bumiller’s letter in last week’s COURIER regarding the removal of vegetation in the parkway on the south side of Foothill between Berkeley and Mountain, I thought I would share how much I have been enjoying this new park-like walkway in our town.  The overgrown mess of […]

by Kurt Bumiller This is an open letter to Mayor Larry Schroeder, and council members Corey Calaycay, Jennifer Stark, Jed Leano and Ed Reece: I am writing to address my concerns about the walls on the north and south Foothill Boulevard between Mountain Avenue and Berkeley. This is the only part of the recent Foothill […]

by Kurt Bumiller This is an open letter to Mayor Larry Schroeder, and council members Corey Calaycay, Jennifer Stark, Jed Leano and Ed Reece: I am writing to address my concerns about the walls on the north and south Foothill Boulevard between Mountain Avenue and Berkeley. This is the only part of the recent Foothill […]

Last month when my son Diego was home from college I found him asleep one morning on the living room couch. He explained that he had abandoned his room because he woke in the middle of the night to a relentless tapping sound. After an hour of trying to ignore the noise, he finally flipped […]

Issues with Amazon Dear Editor: Is anyone in Claremont concerned that Amazon filled the coffers in Upland so that they could get the city council votes needed to build a massive distribution center in an area just south of Cable Airport? This will have a negative impact on Claremont as at least 25 trucks and […]