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On March 13 the Claremont Police Department released a new public online database, a citizen records information management system portal called “Citizen RIMS” at claremontpd.citizenrims.com/map.
Join Inter Valley Health Plan’s Friday Fitness course, held virtually every Friday at 10 a.m., to get some movement in your week. Attendees learn a new exercise every month and the classes are free for all to enjoy.
On the outskirts of the Claremont Village, near the Indian Hill Boulevard railroad crossing, residents once frequented a barbershop called The Statesman Barber Lounge.
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com Ontario-based singer/songwriter Patrick Brayer, “The original brooding author of hardscrabble country-noir songsmanship,” is unhinged, in the best sense of the word. “If I was totally in control I think I would be bored,” Brayer said of his songwriting process. “This stuff happens, and one thing leads to another, and then […]
It’s still cheaper to buy a home than to rent in the majority of the country, according a recent report on real estate and wage trends. But here in Southern California? Not so much.
On Friday, January 14, the city erected fences around El Barrio Park at 400 Claremont Blvd., effectively launching their effort to improve the beloved city park. The fences will remain in place until around mid-May, when the project is expected to be completed. Plans for the park include a new pedestrian walkway, safety lighting, landscaping, […]
Hello and welcome. This is Janice Hoffmann for the Claremont Courier, and thanks for taking a short break from your busy day to smile as you listen to the next installment of “Creative Mindfulness .No worries. I’m not going to tell you to relax; I’m not going to tell you how to breathe. Mindfulness is simply looking at […]
On Wednesday, the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority Board of Directors held a meeting to officially swear in Claremont Mayor Pro Tem Ed Reece and La Verne Council Member Robin Carder as the incoming chair and vice chair, respectively, of the construction authority’s board of directors. The duo were sworn into their new positions virtually […]
Friday morning art groups are still taking place at the Claremont Joslyn Center from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Artists are invited to bring their current works in-progress or create new ones at the center. Regardless of vaccine status, all attendees must wear masks.
It may seem like déjà vu all over again but on Tuesday the City of Claremont officially began the process of drawing new council district maps. City Council adopted the current map after voting in November 2018 to transition from at-large to district-based elections.
On Sunday, January 2, about 125 parishioners gathered inside Western Christian School’s gymnasium to attend the first service of Claremont’s new Christian church, Ignite City Church. The service was not only the first service of the year for ICC, but also their first official worship after cutting ties with it’s parent church, Purpose Church Pomona.
On Monday, what some residents on Bonita Avenue initially thought was some type of explosion turned out to be the demolition of a building at Mt. San Antonio Gardens that went a bit faster than planned. At about 1 p.m. a loud crash was heard in the area, setting off car alarms and creating a large dust cloud, the apparent result of a partial collapse of Building D at the Gardens.
The second virtual stakeholder’s focus group meeting of Claremont will be held on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. via Zoom. The link for the meeting can be found on the city’s website.
Kicking off 2022, Claremont received troubling news. As of Wednesday, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health recorded 628 new COVID-19 infections in the city over the previous two weeks. The winter surge is likely driven by holiday travel, winter weather and the less dangerous but still deadly Omicron variant.
In our year-end edition, the COURIER expressed hope that high vaccination rates in Los Angeles County would somehow blunt the rapid spread of the Omicron variant and that the region would avoid the explosion of new cases seen in other areas. But, as usual, the virus had other plans.
Los Angles County residents line up for COVID-19 tests on Tuesday at the Pomona Fairplex. The county has seen a staggering rise in new cases over the past two weeks with nearly 45,000 cases recorded over the recent holiday weekend. COURIER photos/Peter Weinberger
Claremont Unified School District parents and students line up on Sunday to get a coronavirus test at El Roble Intermediate School. School officials said they hoped to test 1,400 people on during the special clinic, one day in advance of classes resuming. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
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