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“AI does not replace fact-based stories. It depends on them. And it is the same fight we have had with Google over use of Courier content. They are not paying us. They are using us to provide information they cannot create. AI takes that one step further. That is what makes this moment so important. In the old model, publishers received traffic in exchange for access. In the new model, AI systems may collect, summarize and repackage information while sending far less value back to the people who created it.”
Claremont resident Alexander Valdovinos, a beneficiary of Claremont’s temporary housing stabilization and relocation program, applauds the City Council’s decision on Tuesday to continue funding the program through December. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
by John Pixley I attended the local No Kings protest last month. For about 15 minutes. That was about all I could take. It wasn’t that I didn’t agree with the protesters and wanted nothing to do with the two-hour afternoon protest, one of thousands that day across the nation. God, no! I was right […]
In 2025, the five-member Claremont Unified School District Board of Education took 160 public votes, and 156 of them were unanimous approvals. “High quality, effective governance doesn’t have to just create discord, honestly,” said CUSD Board President Alex McDonald. “And just because our votes were unanimous is not necessarily a reflection on the hard work and the effective leadership we have as a board and within our student body and our community district also.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Congratulations to Darcy Weis, one of eight readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as Vincent the cat, who can usually be seen lazing about at Studio C, 260 W Bonita Ave, Claremont. Darcy is now entered into the year-end drawing for a one-year subscription to everyone’s favorite award-winning local newspaper, the Claremont Courier. And, as a seasonal bonus giveaway throughout April, she has also won a family four-pack of tickets to the LA County Fair, coming up May 7-31. So, “Where am I” this week? Email your answer, full name, and city of residence — and suggestions for future mystery photos — to contest@claremont-courier.com for your chance to win. Courier photo/Tom Smith
Eight-year-old James Hawkins traverses a hollow log at the April 9 opening ceremony for California Botanic Garden’s new Children’s Woodland, a natural play area for kids and the culmination of nearly 50 years of planning. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Following years of stagnant salaries and recent news that the Los Angeles County Department of Education was monitoring Claremont Unified School District’s finances, CUSD teachers stepped forward at the April 2 Board of Education meeting to voice concerns over morale, workload, and compensation. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Upland resident and California State University, Los Angeles and Mt. San Antonio College Spanish professor Pablo Baler was recently awarded the 2025 New American Fiction Prize for his forthcoming novel, “Gilroy’s Gloryhole,” on New American Press.
Sustainable Claremont’s free Earth Day celebration takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, April 19 at Shelton Park, at Harvard and Bonita avenues.
Congratulations to Amy Croushore, one of four readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as the 111-year-old horse hitch in front of the c. 1890 Lee House on Seventh Street in Claremont. Per owner K.M. Williamson, “There is an identical one! Its partner is in front of a 1910 residence at 923 N. […]
Some of the hundreds of gift cards thousands of dollars in fraudulent obtained cash Claremont police allege to have found in the car of a 31-year-old Beaverton, Oregon man on April 3. The man was arrested for felony warrants out of Tennessee and Minnesota.
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New local band The Disassociation’s debut record, “Losing is a Luxury,” was released March 21, and their first live show is Saturday, April 25 at the Folk Music Center. Pictured (back row, L-R) are band members Mark Givens, Jonathan Lethem, Sam Sousa, Dennis Callaci, Allen Callaci, (front row, L-R) Chris Jones, Amy Maloof, and Daniel Brodo. Photo/by Am Nicoletta
“If someone wants to know what’s happening with Claremont schools, a housing project, or a local crime story, they go to Google and type a few words. The Claremont Courier is taking a major step by stretching our reach to make sure our journalism is part of those searches. It’s a move so dynamic I believe it will even impact the City of Claremont’s Search Engine Optimization.”
Claremont Graduate University recently announced veteran poet Jennifer Chang and newcomer Eduardo Martinez-Leyva are winners of the 34th annual Kingsley Tufts and Kate Tufts poetry awards, respectively. Chang won for “An Authentic Life,” Martinez-Leyva for “Cowboy Park.” The poets will take part in a free and open to the public 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 reading and reception at Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont. Photos/by Jessica Attie, Nicholas Nichols
California State University Board of Trustees recently named Vanya Quinones the eighth president of Cal Poly Pomona and the school’s first Latina leader, at a yearly salary of $492,500, annual deferred contribution of $61,244 to the CSU Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives, potential incentive pay up to 5% of her base salary, a $1,000-per-month auto allowance, and standard executive benefits. Currently president of Cal State Monterey Bay, Quinones starts at Cal Poly Pomona on July 1. Photo/courtesy of Cal Poly Pomona
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