Opinion
by Richard Haskell, Sustainable Claremont DRIP Contemplating your monthly water bill? Is it bigger than your former bill? Want to eliminate your lawn, but by all means keep your trees? Or do you simply want to do the right thing in the 21st century in southern California and install a beautiful sustainable garden? […]
by John Pixley “And I hate change!” my friend joked. Actually, he was only half-joking. We were talking over lunch in the dining hall at a camp in the Santa Monica Mountains behind Malibu. It was Memorial Day weekend, and we were at a gathering that had been at the camp every year for […]
Contemplating Claremont Dear Editor: We moved to Claremont from Glendora three years ago. Before that, both my wife and I worked for years in her business and my private practice in Claremont. I’m thinking about this tonight after two glasses of wine, so I’m more openly nostalgic than usual. What a community we have here […]
Tutti Frutti by Mellissa Martinez The variety of fruit that once thrived in Claremont and surrounding areas left its mark in names such as Orange County, the grapevine and Pomona, a city that derived its name from the goddess of fruit. One of the wonderful things about living in such a fertile area is […]
by YouYoung Kang, Claremont resident and associate professor at Scripps College Last week, students throughout the Claremont Unified School District started taking the state-mandated Common Core examinations in the English-language arts and mathematics on iPads purchased specifically for the purpose of testing. For the past year, CUSD has been holding informational sessions for parents on […]
Pomona’s museum of art Dear Editor: Besides being incredibly ugly, this new building would cause significant traffic and parking problems. It would be a shame to replace lovely old structures with this monstrosity. As a graduate of Claremont High School, secretary of the CHS alumni association, a former employee of Claremont Public Library and a […]
The many joys of writing by Jan Wheatcroft I like words. I like the way they roll on and off my tongue and the way they look on the page. I like to think about the origin of words and, since I speak some Greek, I am always happy when I can suss out […]
by Jim Elsasser, EdD, CUSD Superintendent of Schools Keeping children safe at school is of the utmost importance for the Claremont Unified School District. We work diligently to maintain safe schools by having policies, procedures, and practices in place to hire and annually train and supervise our staff on appropriate behaviors and interactions with students. […]
by John Pixley Usually, when I buy a ticket, I feel happy. I feel excited. I feel lucky and privileged that I get to see the performance. I might feel relieved that I managed to snag the ticket. I don’t usually feel sad, like I want to weep. But it was different a few weeks […]
Remembering Harrison Stephens Dear Editor: It was with great sadness that my wife, Rochelle, and I read of the death of Harrison Stephens. When we moved into our home on Bridgeport Avenue in 1972, the first people who welcomed us were our next door neighbors, “Steve” and his wife Doris. As long as they were […]
The new museum: Not a monument to college administrators Dear Editor: As a patron and graduate of Pomona College, I hope that the city of Claremont and the newspaper will generate public support to ensure that a multi-purpose, multi-use museum building serves the broader community. The site, across the street from the old Claremont Inn, […]
by Debbie Carini “A 12-day tour, a 12-day tour” (Sing to the theme song from “Gilligan’s Island”) When seven people set sail on what was scheduled to be a three-hour sightseeing tour on the charter boat The Minnow, they got caught in a storm and ended up stranded on an uncharted tropical island—it was a […]
by John Pixley Some things haven’t changed. The film started late. When I got to the auditorium, I wondered if the screening was canceled, because it looked like no one was showing up. Maybe I hadn’t gotten the notice. When I saw that the room was still empty at 7:30 when the film was scheduled […]
May has arrived and, with it, so has National Preservation Month. In a city where I once lived, we had a Historical Society, which most people referred to as the “Hysterical Society.” It was active only when there was a perceived threat to a historic resource. Everyone would run around in a sky-is-falling frenzy and, […]
Claremont has a serious water problem. Its dimensions became glaringly clear on April 18 when the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) announced that the City of Trees must reduce its residential consumption of water by 36 percent. That is the highest tier of reductions statewide, putting Claremont on a par with the much-maligned Beverly […]
by Mellissa Martinez Six years ago when I began the column Lex in the City, I ran into Pat Yarborough at a COURIER event. She took a long look at me and said, “Are you the same Mellissa Martinez who used to run around the field as a little girl at your dad’s meets? I […]