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Claremont Heritage archivists Carina Arias and Sarah Mackey have spent months sifting through Garner House history for an exhibition up now at the Ginger Elliott Center celebrating the iconic structure’s 100th anniversary. The show, up through June 3, includes images of the land that would become home to the Garner House and later Memorial Park, and of Claremont icons Herman and Bess Garner. Photo/courtesy of Claremont Heritage
From parking lots to residential streets, 27 volunteers fanned out over Claremont Tuesday evening to gather census data during the 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The annual count measures how many unhoused people are out on a given night and helps allocate federal funding to aid the community. “It just seemed like a small thing to do, perhaps it might help the problem,” said Claremonter and count volunteer Wesley Mason. “You know, I’m a little skeptical of how the information’s going to be used. We didn’t find any homeless people, but I know — we both know — and we all know there’s homeless people in Claremont right now.”
If you recently made a New Year’s resolution, it likely had to do with improved health and fitness. But a recent survey from Forbes Health found that the second most common resolution, one identified by 38% of respondents, was to improve one’s finances and start saving for the future.
From hard labor like pulling weeds, to cataloging at the herbarium, to overseeing seeds and sprouts at the grow native nursey, California Botanic Garden volunteers keep the nonprofit going — and looking its best.
A yearslong project finally came full circle Wednesday when Vince Skelly, a 36-year-old Claremont native and wood sculptor, donated a handmade bench to Claremont Heritage. The bench, in the entryway to the nonprofit’s offices at Memorial Park’s Garner House, was made from a segment of a century-old, 80-foot coast live oak uprooted during the January 2022 windstorm. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The morning of January 17 I was asleep in my Ventura apartment when the quake struck, knocking me out of bed. As I stood and looked out the window a daisy chain of exploding electrical transformers lit the night sky in brilliant shades of bright green. There were no cell phones, and landlines were down, so communication was nonexistent. I was on my own. Photo/courtesy of Steven Felsch
Dale Salwak is celebrating a rare professional milestone: the language arts instructor recently reached 50 years of teaching at Citrus College.
Thirteen students and two professors from Cal Poly Pomona got an up-close glimpse into Iowa’s quirky election system last week when they traveled there to observe and take part in the state’s Republican Party caucuses. The January 2-9 trip was in conjunction with CPP Assistant of Professor of Political Science Jarred Cuellar’s class, “Nominations: Iowa caucuses.” Photo/courtesy of Yeltzin Rodriguez Luna
Claremont Police Department officers were called to a residence on January 11 after they were alerted to a report of a “critical missing person.” Through their investigation police said the victim had been kidnapped, and they were able to identify the suspect’s vehicle, which was tracked to Arizona. “With the assistance of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the suspect vehicle was located and the victim was safely located,” read the release. “The suspect was arrested and is currently being held in custody in Arizona.”
The San Gabriel Mountains have barely had any winter weather in 2024, yet the lure of climbing local peaks in the Mt. Baldy area can still bring injury and even death on the trails. In most cases rapidly changing weather, coupled high winds and blowing snow make winter hiking risky, especially when someone is unprepared and inexperienced. And though officials warn hikers regularly, at this time every year the pattern inevitably repeats, often resulting in an injured hiker extracted via helicopter and flown to a hospital. Photo/courtesy of West Valley Search and Rescue Team
Nowadays, seasons surprise in SoCal. Appearing well into December, fire season often exceeds his welcome, not that he ever had one. Rainy season usually shortens her much-welcomed appearance by weeks, if not months; like a surly teenager, you never know for sure she is gone until she just stops showing up. The seasons, once blurred, are now unrecognizable.
Two tenants have moved into the space on Yale Avenue in the Village formerly occupied by Heroes and Legends Bar and Grill: Sancho’s Tacos and Nosy Neighbors Coffee and Donuts. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
On New Year’s Day, Paige Morales loves to watch the Rose Parade with her family, but this year offered a bit of a twist, as her family watched Paige in the Rose Parade.
A controversial program that nonetheless contributed to a significant reduction in crime at Claremont’s large apartment complexes might be in jeopardy because of a new law passed in Sacramento this fall. Assembly Bill 1418, which took effect January 1 and was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in October, takes aim at crime free housing policies that many cities, including Claremont, passed in recent years as a means of combating serious crimes in and around apartment buildings. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
Nostalgia has not been a topline pursuit of my so-called adulthood. Save the occasional high school reunion, I’ve generally shied away from looking backward. “Nostalgia is a killer” has been my credo for a good long time. On one hand, I get it: it didn’t hurt to get out of bed in 1981. I was constantly surrounded by oodles of friends. There were fun things to do every night of the week. I could stay up until 3 a.m. then pop right at 8 and go to work. I didn’t worry about my creaky body, or much of anything for that matter. But was it better? No. I’ll take today over yesterday.
Sunday will be especially meaningful for Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra cellist Brent Samuel. He will return to his hometown and the group his parents founded, helping kick off Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra’s 35th season. Samuel is the featured soloist for the free and open to the public 7 p.m. concert, performing Camille Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No.1 Sunday, January 14 at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. Doors open at 6:30. Photo/courtesy of Ryan Hunter
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