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Despite an emotional plea from Claremont residents Richard and Carol Suter, the Claremont City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to deny their request to remove a nearly 60-foot tall Canary Island Pine city tree that towers 29 feet from their house they said was a health and safety concern. Council member Jed Leano voted in favor of the request. The decision upholds previous tree committee and community and human services commission guidance that argued the tree couldn’t be removed per the city’s tree policies and guidelines manual. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The Laemmle Claremont 5 Theatre hosted a special screening of 22 short films and public service announcements by Claremont High School’s advanced placement video production and broadcast journalism courses on Wednesday.
Pomona-Pitzer’s Angie Zhou, a Pomona College sophomore, claimed the 2023 NCAA Division III singles championship in women’s tennis May 22 after winning 6-2, 6-2 against Babson College sophomore Olivia Soffer at the United States Tennis Association’s National Campus in Florida. View Zhou’s bracket at ncaa.com.
The Webb Schools, boys tennis: Webb singles player Morgan Qiu (San Joaquin League champion) bested West Covina’s Valle Vista League runner-up Johnny Su in a grueling first round match, 6-3, 4-6, 12-10. He then took down Andrew Cisneros of Summit (Sunkist League runner-up), 7-5, 6-2, in the second round. Diamond Bar’s Hacienda League champion Solon Chi Chit Au then ended Morgan’s run in the third round, 6-1, 6-0.
Some of the 480 HiRel staff, including company president Fred Baumann, white hair and beard, pictured May 4 at the Claremont business. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The Children’s Foundation of America held their second annual ChariTea Fundraiser on Saturday, May 6 at the Garner House in Claremont. The event, presented by Claremont Lincoln University, raises funds and awareness during National Foster Care Month. Photo/by Jacqueline Legazcue
The California Newspaper Publishers Association began rolling out its 2022 California Journalism Award winners last week, and the Claremont Courier has thus far picked up six of the coveted trophies. Courier Editor Mick Rhodes has won two first-place and two second-place awards thus far.
“[I] decided that I was going to do it because we have an opportunity to do some big things in California, to do some big things here in this district, and you need people who have a solid foundation,” she said. “What I don’t want is to see someone, anyone, get into that particular office and not uphold early childhood education with wraparound services, I am talking preschool.”
The Pomona-Pitzer womens water polo team repeated as USA Water Polo Division III National Champions, sinking Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 14-13 in overtime May 7 at Augustana College’s Anne Greve Lund Natatorium in Illinois.
Claremont-based nonprofit Parents Anonymous celebrated the third anniversary of its California Parent and Youth Helpline on May 9. The free help line serves parents and children of all ages who need emotional support or mental health services, information, or access to Parents Anonymous’ weekly therapy groups.
Pitzer College will again offer its long-running summer enrichment program Project Think to pre-kindergarten through eighth grade students.
Richard Brown Lethem and Jonathan Lethem will read together for the first time this Saturday, May 20, at the Maloof Foundation in Rancho Cucamonga at 4 p.m. RSVP via email to melanie.swezey@malooffoundation.org by May 19 to reserve a seat. More information is at malooffoundation.org.
Claremont Graduate University cut the ribbon for its new Yuhaaviatam Center for Health Studies last week.
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, at 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, will host its 37th annual Bug Fair May 20 and May 21. The festival celebrates local and exotic insects, including this year’s featured insect: the emerald cockroach. The fair takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days and is sponsored by Nickelodeon.
Nasira Bilqis Watts, a Pomona College graduate and senior class speaker, is all smiles with her family during the May 14 the college’s commencement ceremony. Watts graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English. See more photos from the more college graduations. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
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