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“The Hollywood Palladium fronts on Sunset Boulevard. In 1982 a handful of single-story storefront businesses were attached to the east, ending at El Centro Avenue. The brain trust of our spontaneous crime syndicate determined that we could easily scale an eight-foot high chain link fence, hop up on a dumpster, and pull ourselves up onto the roof of the Palladium, then bust open an unguarded door and make a mad dash to see The Clash. I, a teenager just out of high school and still heavily fortified with intoxicating pure optimism, assumed everything would work out fine. Why wouldn’t it?”
Donations of new, unwrapped toys will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, December 13 for Claremont Police Department and the Axel Garcia family’s annual toy drive at CPD, 570 W. Bonita Ave.
A mix of special and routine business played out at the November 20 Claremont Unified School District Board of Education meeting, including persons of the year recipients announced, including Jonathan Snapp (middle), pictured here, and a unanimous vote to spend $6.9 million for safety and security equipment. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont’s public art committee voted 3-1 November 17 to delay its decision on who will carry out a long-sought improvement project for El Barrio Park. The committee is expected to take up the issue again at its Monday, December 8 meeting. The committee weighed two proposals, one by Jose Antonio Aguirre, pictured here, and another by Cathy Garcia, Alba Cisneros, and Athena Hahn. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
“I never imagined this emerging during my year as mayor. It is likely the greatest experience and honor I will ever know, and I am extremely grateful that Claremont’s sister city relationship with Guanajuato has been renewed.” Photo/courtesy of Corey Calaycay
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Monday, November 17 After receiving reports of a car doing circles in the street, or “donuts,” Claremont Police Department officers stopped a driver near Foothill Boulevard and Towne Avenue at 1:20 a.m. The 18-year-old Claremont resident was arrested for misdemeanor reckless driving, transported to Claremont jail, booked, and later released […]
Congratulations to Ben Castro, one of 17 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as the life-sized cow sculpture that has greeted passersby the beloved Cheese Cave at 325 N. Yale Ave., Claremont, since it opened its doors in 2010. Ben, a two-time winner, is now entered into the year-end drawing for a one-year subscription to everyone’s favorite award-winning local newspaper, the Claremont Courier. So, “Where am I” this week? Email your answer, full name, and city of residence — and suggestions for future mystery photos — to contest@claremont-courier.com for your chance to win. Courier photo/Tom Smith
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com The start of the school year is often a busy time for Claremont High School’s Lyle Mideiros. The 17-year-old, now in his senior year, juggles the demands of school work and teenage social life with the rigorous schedule brought by autumn’s cross-country and band competitions. Even so, he manages to […]
by Drew Ready, Char Miller, and Fred Roth It is vital to acknowledge the trauma and fear that recent windstorms and wildfire events have generated in Claremont. The instinct to protect our families, homes, and neighbors is universal. However, the recent call to preemptively remove 207 pines in Claraboya — based on the fear that […]
After a series of storms moved east through Claremont last week, clearing dust, haze, and pollution from the air, the remaining red, orange, and gold wavelengths became especially vivid at sunset from Moab Drive in Claremont. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Regency Theatres, a private, family owned company with 28 locations in Southern California including in Azusa, Fontana, and Pasadena, will take ownership of the Laemmle Claremont 5 in late January. “We hope that everybody will support the new operator so that Claremont can maintain, still continue to have its own movie theater,” said Laemmle Theatres President and CEO Greg Laemmle. Laemmle patrons must use their gift cards, premier cards, and frequent moviegoer tickets prior to the ownership change. Photo/courtesy of Laemmle Theatres
The City of Claremont is seeking applicants to serve as citizen representative on its hotel or motel interdepartmental team. As part of Claremont’s 2023 hotel/motel ordinance, which was aimed at addressing criminal and nuisance activity at the city’s lodging businesses, the interdepartmental team is tasked with performing outreach and feedback gathering from community members impacted […]
Ontario International Airport’s communications and marketing department recently received two Public Relations Society of America Inland Empire Chapter Polaris Awards in the “tactics – special events” and the “campaigns – innovative communications” categories for its 5K at the Runway event and the “So Cal. So Easy” initiative. Learn more at flyontario.com.
The 18th Claremont Turkey Trot children’s 1K gets underway at 7:30 a.m. Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 27, followed by the 5K at 8 at Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd.
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art kicks off “She Opens the Door: Women Artists and Writers Shape Language and Space,” with a free and public reception Saturday, December 6, during the 6 to 9 p.m. Claremont Art Walk at 200 W. First St.
The Claremont High School Band and Color Guard claimed second place in the 4A Division at the November 13 South Hills Field Competition.
“As we pulled up to the restaurant there he was: ‘The Corral Kid’ in all his cartoonish cowboy glory, just as I remembered him. A good sign! Stepping inside, I was overwhelmed by an orgy of 1970s kitsch; the chuck wagon, the western paraphernalia — rifles, lassos, posters, old-timey lamps, steer horns, horseshoes, and various farm implements — all remained. It appeared largely unchanged from its 1965 beginnings. I could not believe what I was seeing. It was the best kind of flashback.”
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