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El Barrio Park, a unifying force for 50 years

El Barrio Park, a unifying force for 50 years

by Steven Felschundneff | steven@claremont-courier.com Legend has it the idea to build a park in Claremont’s traditionally Hispanic Arbol Verde neighborhood was hammered out after one too many beers at the Midway Inn on Foothill Boulevard. That makes for a great...
2022 Almanac: Ode to a Tree

2022 Almanac: Ode to a Tree

by Steven Felschundneff | steven@claremont-courier.com Dear tree, I never wanted you. Truth be told, when you first came to our home on Forbes Avenue, I was a teenager and took no notice. I could be forgiven because in those days the yard was a bit of a jungle, with...
Afghani family safe, but starting over

Afghani family safe, but starting over

by Melina Tisopulos Abdul jalil Barati and Zuhal Barati had only two small bags of essentials for their four-month-old son when they fled their home in Afghanistan. The decision to leave had been very sudden. Just days earlier, on August 15, 2021, Abdul was working as...