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Standout Claremont High School baseball team pitcher Brady Houlton delivers during the team’s 6-5 loss at Diamond Bar on Tuesday. With the loss the Wolfpack is now 2-1 in Palomares League play, 13-4 overall. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Since 2017 the Newcomers Access Center has had one goal, to help refugees — most recently Afghanistan citizens displaced by the Taliban — to reach new, independent lives in the United States.
Due to recent ‘follow-home’ robberies throughout Los Angeles County, such as a similar case in Claremont in which an unnamed victim was followed home and subsequently robbed, the Los Angeles Police Department released a countywide safety alert on Tuesday, November 9. “These crimes have occurred throughout the City of Los Angeles as well as neighboring […]
At 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 13, choreographer and Scripps faculty member Suchi Branfman will finally get to realize his latest five-year project in the making titled, “Undanced dances through prison walls during a pandemic.” According to the news release, in 2016 Branfman “began a five-year choreographic residency inside the California Rehabilitation Center, a medium-security […]
Fog slowly rolls into Claremont: Foggy mornings are in the forecast as the inversion layer from the west drifts far inland to the Claremont area at the Base Line Road exit at the 210 freeway. But high temperatures will still warm up to the 70s by the afternoon. There is also a warm-up in the forecast with temperatures in the mid-80s by week’s end. The bad news is the inversion layer traps pollutants and is a significant factor in the formation of smog. COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger
Claremont resident LaLoie J. Johnson, better known as “Loie,” died October 18. She was 86 years old.
When Aaron Fate was in high school he took advantage of a program which allowed seniors to take classes at Citrus College for extra credit. However, all of the academic programs were full so he enrolled in an elective introduction to criminal justice.
Claremont Police Chief Shelly Vander Veen reacts as she is presented with a birthday cake by Sergeant Robert Ewing on Tuesday during the department’s Coffee with a Cop event at Sanctuary Coffee. The birthday celebration was a surprise for Chief Vander Veen, although she did wonder why so many people, including many city employees, were […]
The Claremont Museum of Art, long a well-loved local treasure, is about to expand on that regional renown with new gallery space and exhibitions, all spearheaded by a dynamic new director, Adrienne Luce.
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com At the Claremont Club on Friday, October 29, two singles players and three doubles teams from the Claremont High School girls’ varsity tennis team participated in the Palomares League tennis championships, and earned themselves two league titles in the process — one for singles play and one for doubles play. […]
Surrounded by his friends and family, senior Viraj Urkudey was crowned Claremont High School’s homecoming king on Friday, October 27 during a special presentation at Memorial Park. This year’s ceremony kicked off at 3 p.m. in front of an audience of about 250 CHS students and parents who were introduced to this year’s grand marshals […]
City Manager Adam Pirrie announced on Monday that longtime Claremont Police Department employee Captain Aaron Fate will be the next police chief. Captain Fate will take over the top spot on the police force on November 11 following the retirement of Police Chief Shelly Vander Veen. There will be a public badging ceremony for Captain Fate at the DoubleTree hotel on Monday November 15 at 5:00 p.m.
The Claremont Museum of Art will host its 17th Annual Padua Hills Art Fiesta on Sunday, November 7 with an outdoor art show, craft demonstrations, music and festive foods.
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com A Claremont High School teacher is off the job following alleged inflammatory comments to students regarding the COVID vaccine resulted in the school district opening an investigation into the incident. Witnesses — who are minors and are therefore not named in this story — say Rosalinda Castillo told her students […]
This past Wednesday more than 100,000 seniors participated in the 28th annual National Senior Health and Fitness Day at over 1,000 locations around the nation, according the the event’s website.
On Monday the Claremont Police Department announced it had selected Brittany Sornborger to be the next school resource officer. The SRO handles most calls for service at Claremont’s public school campuses as well as related duties including attending afterschool events such as football games.
La Verne resident David Scarborough was very popular in his lab rat with a human head costume during Village Venture on Saturday in Claremont. According to his mother the 11-year-old has come up with a number of clever costumes and he loves science so it was a perfect fit. Village Venture attracted a good crowd […]
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