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“There are certain jobs you think you understand — until you actually do them. Last weekend, I added ‘parking lot attendant’ to my resume while helping my son Matthew manage the Claremont Club Championships, a two-day pickleball tournament. I’ve covered events for decades. I’ve photographed them, written about them, flown drones over them, but I’ve never stood in front of moving traffic wearing a bright yellow vest and hoped for the best. That was my job.”
The undefeated 11-and-under Claremont all-star team won the 11U California Little League District 20 title last week, earning a trip to the Section 3 tournament, which begins Saturday. The juniors, pictured here, lost a Tuesday Section 3 title game showdown with South Pasadena, 6-4, sending them home for the summer.
With temperatures approaching triple digits this weekend, the City of Claremont is opening several cooling centers to offer air conditioned oases to those in need.
Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., will be open Friday, July 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Blaisdell Community Center, at 440 S College Ave., will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, July 14.
The Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., opens at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday, July 14-15, and 10 a.m. Sunday, July 16. The Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., is open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
It’s fitting in a way that it took nearly eight hours to get the job done, but early Wednesday morning the Claremont City Council finally approved an update to the city’s housing element, ending a 20-month saga to bring the city back into compliance with state law.
Ophelia’s Jump Productions annual Midsummer Shakespeare Festival kicked off July 13 at Pomona College’s Sontag Greek Theater, with “Measure for Measure” running through July 23. Ophelia’s Jump founding artistic director Beatrice Casagran helps secure set walls after they were toppled by a windstorm during load-in. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Early Wednesday morning the Claremont City Council approved the long overdue housing element, ending a monthslong effort to update this important part of the city’s general plan.
by John Neiuber | Special to the Courier When we hear the word church we readily think of a building, a house of worship. Church in Christian doctrine, however, refers to the Christian religious community as a whole, or a body or organization of believers. The term “religious community as a whole” is an appropriate […]
This past Sunday, Sebastian Grannis and Saul Harper from Bert and Rocky’s Cream Company found themselves serving about 150 triple scoops made from native plants at California Botanic Garden’s Freeze Wild 2023 event at Lewis Family Forest Pavilion.
There is no vaccination for hepatitis C, but there is now an effective cure. Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver which can be caused by alcohol, toxins, unrelated medical conditions, or one of several viruses.
Last July 8, on the occasion of being named the Courier’s seventh editor in its then 114-year history, I wrote, “I will stumble. I will make mistakes. I will likely make you angry once in a while. Again, that’s life, and that’s journalism. I know I don’t have to tell our readers that letters to the editor are always welcome here at the Courier.” Well, y’all have certainly responded with gusto. I’m thankful our Readers’ Comments section continues to offer a vibrant public forum. And I’ve certainly made mistakes.
On June 25, Pomona College welcomed 33 high schoolers for its annual Pomona College Academy for Youth Success, or PAYS, four-week academically rigorous summer program meant to prepare students for college and life beyond. The program began in 2002 with a similar goal of serving underprivileged and under-resourced youth from Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties.
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Earlier this year, Joshua Rogers began circulating a petition to compel Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education to hold a special election to fill its Trustee Area 4 seat. That petition was successful, and ended the term of Hilary LaConte, whom the board appointed to the seat in January […]
The presidents of the Claremont Colleges responded quickly with messages of disappointment and resolve following the United States Supreme Court striking down affirmative action for student admission on June 29. “We write today to share our disappointment in the Supreme Court’s decision that removes the ability for our Office of Admission to consider race and ethnicity in its admission decisions,” Harvey Mudd College President Maria Klawe said in a statement.
Allen Ackerman — baseball coach and Claremonter who died April 29, 2017 at age 87 — will be inducted into the California American Legion Baseball Hall of Fame July 20 at UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium, 100 Constitution Ave., Los Angeles. The award will be presented during a ceremony prior to the 5 p.m. CALB Commission’s […]
The most problematic issue seems to be the parade’s 10 a.m. start time. Move it back to the afternoon. That gives more time for preparation for those in the parade, more time for people to show up early to Memorial Park, then simply walk over and watch the parade. Let’s make it easy to sign up to participate if your business or organization qualifies. A 50% drop in parade numbers needs to be addressed. It’s noticeable. Have the residents of Claremont simply lost interest?
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Here’s a recap of recent Claremont Little League All Star team play. Bracket information for each division is atclaremontlittleleague.org. CLL 8Us (1-2) After a 10-3 loss to Glendora American on June 24, Claremont bounced back June 29 to defeat San Dimas. Glendora American then brought Claremont’s season to an end […]
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