Opinion

by Debbie Carini   On July 1, the New York Times ran a short piece about President Obama and Jeb Bush sharing a dislike of peas in their guacamole. I am also not an advocate of peas in food where they shouldn’t be. This includes Chinese fried rice, Spanish rice, pasta salad and now, evidently, […]

Museum misunderstandings Dear Editor: As a longtime Claremont resident and a graduate of the Claremont Colleges, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge David Shearer’s very thoughtful article clarifying Claremont Heritage’s position on Pomona College’s proposed Museum of Art. I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t love to see Pomona College build a gorgeous, state-of-the-art […]

by John Pixley I had bags of clothes. They were lined up on my futon. Perhaps that’s what happens when one goes, as I did, to New Jersey for a weekend in February, when I could see 300-year-old grave markers dusted with snow and a frozen river two blocks away. Perhaps it’s what happens after […]

by Mellissa Martinez Last week, I noticed the red, white and blue repurposed mailbox stationed outside of Claremont City Hall. Inscribed on the box were the words “Deposit Used Flags Here.” For a moment, I wondered if this relic had been placed on the street for a 1950s movie set. Curious to see if people […]

Pepper Tree Square Dear Editor: On behalf of the Pepper Tree Square ownership and leasing team, we want to thank Gabriel George for his civic participation and June 12 letter regarding the Pepper Tree Square shopping center at the corner of Indian Hill and Arrow in Claremont. It is good to see a young man […]

by Jan Wheatcroft I weave, sew, make jewelry, make books, print, draw and create all sorts of things that I display and sell through shows, fairs and galleries. I?use any means that I can dream up. The creating is done mostly in my home and in my garage and, sometimes, in workshop studios along with […]

by Ann Croissant Claremont has a serious watershed problem. Claremont has a serious conservation problem. In fact, the entire County of Los Angeles has serious watershed and conservation problems. That’s why cities in the San Gabriel Valley are looking to Claremont for leadership on these intertwined issues, made all the more important due to the […]

by Pamela Casey Nagler School’s out, and that means our schools have completed yet another year of standardized testing. What this should mean, in an education town like Claremont, is that we will be evaluating these tests before we start gearing up for the next round. However, I’m not sure that this will happen. In […]

Water mandate discriminates Dear Editor: I fully agree with Chet and Eileen Jaeger’s letter published June 5 that the upcoming water-saving plan discriminates against conscientious, civic-minded residents who have already implemented water-saving ideas, something we were asked to do voluntarily years ago. The 32 percent reduction favors those homeowners who are responsible for Claremont having […]

by John Pixley   No, I haven’t seen the Hall of Fame. I have never been downstairs. And I didn’t know that Winston Churchill had been there. My friend had returned from using the restroom at Bridges Auditorium, and, although I thought “Wow!” when he told me that a picture of Winston Churchill is among […]

by Kirk Delman The Claremont Colleges have built outstanding gallery programs and collections for many years that have enhanced our community’s rich artistic legacy.  The Florence Rand Lang Gallery at Scripps opened in 1939 followed by the Gladys K. Montgomery Gallery at Pomona in 1958. Every artist that the city of Claremont has embraced as […]

Which street in Claremont is the most historic? Is it Indian Hill Boulevard, a path used by the local Native Americans and where the first white settler built a cabin there near 11th Street? The Alvarado family built their adobe at what is now Memorial Park and the founder of Claremont, Henry Austin Palmer, built […]

by Jim Elssaser, Claremont Unified School District superintendent The 2014-2015 school year has been very exciting for staff and students throughout Claremont Unified School District. Teachers have spent tireless hours creating and teaching new units of study aligned to the California Standards, formerly known as the Common Core State Standards.  Throughout the spring, students in […]

Water savings Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Chet and Eileen Jaeger’s “Water Woes” letter published in last week’s COURIER, as well as Bob Gerecke’s letter of concern about the fairness of the required 32 percent reduction in water use. I am able to reduce our water use by more than 32 percent […]

by Debbie Carini William Butler Yeats wrote, “How can we know the dancer from the dance?” That’s easy: if you’re looking for me on the dance floor, I’m the one trying to push my poor husband all over the place. I can’t help it. It’s like Fred Astaire famously sang (and Sammy Cahn and James […]

Water woes [Editor’s note:?The following letter was addressed to Golden State Water Company, with a copy forwarded for publication. —KD] Dear Editor: I have just received the Important Drought Notice and am very upset. I have lived in Claremont since August 1931 and my wife has lived here since January 1946, when we were married. […]