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Congratulations to Charlotte Van Ryswyk, one of just three readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as a sculpture on the outside wall of Pomona College’s Center for Recreation, Athletics, and Wellness at 212 E. Sixth St., Claremont.
Days after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged Turkey and parts of Syria on February 6, Turkish artist and Claremont resident Arzu Kastal decided to spring into action — halfway across the globe.
To help raise funds for disaster relief efforts, the Claremont Graduate University alumna created a group art show, “You Are Not Alone!” A free and public opening reception takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 14 at Claremont Heritage’s Ginger Elliott Gallery, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. The gallery will remain open Saturday, April 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, April 16 from 1 to 3 p.m.
After all our recent rain spring is beginning to emerge at Claremont Wilderness Park, with a noticeable color change in the hilly terrain over the past week. Claremont should see sunshine and temperatures in the mid-70s by the weekend. The bloom will likely get more intense in the coming weeks as our weather warms. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Claremont High School alumna Kristina Leopold, 28, is living the dream. The Claremont native recently moved to New York City to begin work as an alternate in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical “SIX.”
Friday, March 31 saw thousands of protests across the world, including in all 50 states and Washington D.C. — and nearby Pomona — in observance of International Transgender Day of Visibility. The annual event serves as both a celebration of the transgender community and a call for more protections and freedom from discrimination.
About 60 protestors showed up to the Pomona march, organized by the Pomona Pride Center and Queer Youth Assemble, including 55-year-old demonstrator Drakar Druella. The staff minister and chaplain at Claremont Center for Spiritual Living has been protesting since the 1990s.
The City of Claremont’s Padua Hills Theatre community use program is currently accepting applications from local nonprofit organizations that would like to hold events at the historic theater between January 1 and December 31, 2024.
Claremont Courier Event Calendar: (March 31 – April 8, 2023)
At 8:30 a.m. March 23 a male El Roble student was riding his bicycle southbound in the bike lane on Mountain Avenue when a male driver, who was also headed south, attempted to overtake the boy and make a right turn into Claremont Presbyterian Church. There was insufficient time for the driver to make the turn and the boy collided with the car. The boy was wearing a helmet and gloves and was not seriously injured.
The grass may not be greener, but something very green is nonetheless happening at Temple Beth Israel.
Seeing her resolve, in 2016 a Catholic priest who had nurtured her when she was at her lowest gave her the keys to a church-owned building in the foothills above Tijuana. It was in disrepair. There were three small rooms and one bathroom, making up roughly 1,300 square feet of living space. The largest area, a central courtyard, was open to the elements. Everything needed mending or upgrading. Still, it was a start. She named it Por amor a Dios y a los mas necesitados, una luz de esperanza, or “For the love of God and the most needy, a light of hope.”
The first day she was open, she fed three people.
Five spring celebrations will take place in cities neighboring Claremont on Saturday, April 1.
During the Claremont City Council meeting on Tuesday, senior planner Nik Hlady presented the annual update of the city’s housing element, outlining all the construction, building permits, and housing plans conducted in the city over the last year.
According to state law, Claremont must provide an annual progress report to the California Department of Housing and Community Development and the Office of Planning Research by April 1 of each year.
Friday, July 15, 2022 was a typical summer day in Mexico City, with temperatures in the low 70s, stifling humidity, and thunderstorms. Locals were having their hair styled for the weekend. The salon was bustling.
Asked to describe what happened next, X paused, gathered strength, then spoke.
“We were about to close up, I was finishing up with a few clients, and I didn’t realize a few other people had arrived. Once they arrived they opened fire.”
The flood of grief hit her then, as if remembering had brought a wave that had overtaken the small, windowless office in which we were talking. Gasping for air, her voice rising, it seemed the terror was right there with her, some nine months later.
“Eight bullets hit my daughter. I felt the bullets whizzing by and I didn’t understand what was happening. When I turned around I saw my daughter, the bullet wounds, and how her body was losing life. I asked her not to close her eyes. I didn’t want her to go away.
“I felt like she was saying her goodbyes. She looked at me and it was like she know what was happening. As I was holding her there were still bullets whizzing through the air around her.”
As a longtime Dodgers and Angels fan (mostly Dodgers), visiting my favorite teams during spring training has never been too difficult, given both have facilities in the Phoenix area for their yearly five week stay through March.
A revised application for the affordable housing project Larkin Place has been with city planners for a couple of months and is moving through the approval process.
Jamboree Housing Corporation’s new plan for the permanent supportive housing development includes the same number of units, 33, but parking at the site will be significantly reduced to make room for a combination fire lane and driveway. The building will have a smaller footprint, which means the four-story portion of the structure will be significantly larger. It will still be a tiered design, meaning the facade facing Harrison Avenue will start at two stories, but will step up much more quickly to three and four stories as one moves deeper into the property.
March is Women’s History Month. The title of the column this month is the title of Judy Wright’s 2007 book, “Claremont Women, 1887 – 1950, They Created a Culture.” Wright’s contributions to the history and culture of Claremont are immeasurable.
This year marks 20 years since we moved to Claremont and many people know me through my involvement with Claremont Heritage, which is where I met Judy Wright. When I became involved in Heritage, Ginger Elliott was the executive director and Wright was on the board. When I met her, I could tell she was a force of nature, but it was only over time that I grew to understand who she was and what she had accomplished. It was a year after I joined the board that Judy published “Claremont Women.”
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