Opinion

  A costly awareness campaign Dear Editor: After Claremont residents overwhelmingly rejected Measure PS, supporters of the measure, including our city council, were claiming Measure PS a success! Really? Where else but in politics can victory be claimed at the hands of a 3-1 drubbing? We live in a time where up is down, black […]

by John Pixley RuPaul isn’t on the list. But Arianna Huffington and Desmond Tutu are on the list. So are Ken Kesey, Anderson Cooper, William F. Buckley, Bono and Spike Lee. Mitt Romney, Jonathan Frazen and Anita Hill are on the list, as are Oliver Sachs, Tony Kushner, Elie Wiesel and Karl Rove. Others on […]

By Peter Weinberger With so much negativity in the world in 2015, it’s easy to feel frustrated, afraid and even intimidated when listening to a constant barrage of bad news. Even our political process has served to exclude and alienate those who make our country great. Clearly, many Amercians are in a mood to build […]

Thanks for giving Dear Editor: As the year draws to a close and my six years on the board of directors concludes, I wanted to share the possibilities that exist through your support of your community foundation. During the past year, the Claremont Community Foundation and the California Community Foundation entered into an affiliation agreement […]

It was the fall of 1963 when I flew in to Tel Aviv, Israel from Lagos, Nigeria. I carried robes made of brightly-colored Dutch Wax-printed fabric covered in cheerful sayings such as, “Keep On” and “Be Happy,” as well as a selection of spears from villages I had visited.  My bags were filled with lovely […]

by John Pixley She said she had to buy more lights. Her family had gotten their Christmas tree, and it turned out that one of their strands of lights was not working. So she had to go out and buy a new string of lights to put on the tree. That’s what we always do. […]

Anonymous city Dear Editor: On December 11, the city’s automatic emergency calling program called me with the information about the Indian Hill Boulevard closure. It’s a pretty nifty system, but I didn’t get the message right away. Why? Because the caller ID was “unknown.” I get enough junk calls that I only pick up when […]

I have a box of photographs from 1987, my junior year at Claremont High School, shot with the Pentax K-1000 I bought for my photography class. A group of these photos were taken in Rosemary Adam’s classroom and were developed in the CHS darkroom. The beautiful chaos of her room is evident: the assignment on […]

An answer to our worst fears? Dear Editor: A computer geek friend of mine told me the whole Internet system could crash with about three key strokes. He said the Internet was never designed for how it is currently being used and neither is the wireless technology. So, it occurs to me there’s hope for […]

by Debbie Carini In the winter of 1966, I broke my right elbow. I wish I could say it was in the service of something dramatic like trying to jump off a swing in mid-air and experience flight (that’s how my sister broke her arm), but it was a nerdy pursuit in the dead of […]

by John Neiuber It is Christmas in 1906, and most people are enjoying dinner at home with family and friends. However, you have recently arrived to Claremont, and are facing a new year filled with immense promise in this little town that is just one year away from incorporation as a city. Perhaps you are […]

Claremont Lincoln at La Puerta Dear Editor: The search for a brick-and-mortar location by this business enterprise, which includes “university” in its business name, has focused on land in an established neighborhood of the city. This is a pleasant place of homes and park and walking/biking trails that happens to also include excess land that […]

by John Pixley Someone said that the woman was making them uncomfortable. It was an uncomfortable moment. To say the least, it was an awkward situation. Andrea Ritchie gave a trigger warning before her talk last month at Garrison Theater, saying that her presentation, “Policing Gender, Policing Sex, Policing Race,” would be graphic and disturbing […]

Long range goals of wilderness park master plan Dear Editor: The draft master plan for the Wilderness Park contains much to be applauded. It seeks to balance the concerns of various stakeholders, it recommends an enlarged ranger staff with increased duties and powers, it encourages the establishment of a robust volunteer program and it includes […]

by Mellissa Martinez On the day after Thanksgiving, people often find themselves stuck within the orbit of the refrigerator. Most of us return throughout the day to procure a piece or two of cold turkey. There is something about the unprepared meal that tastes just as good as it did the night before (or maybe […]

The city is being proactive by alerting Claremont property owners to avoid potential problems from flooding due to intense storms likely to result from El Niño. We also need to be proactive about the opportunities to harvest rainwater to mitigate effects of the prolonged drought. Let’s harvest rainwater and prevent flooding, while continuing to conserve […]