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After an eight-year hiatus, The Hafif Foundation is bringing back its Concert Under the Stars fundraiser at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 18 at Hafif Concert Garden, 4742 Live Oak Canyon Road, La Verne.
Congratulations to repeat winner Ben Castro, one of just three readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as the sign outside Saca’s Mediterranean Cuisine in the Claremont Village at 248 W. Second St. Ben 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
Teachers, including Claremont High’s Wendy Crilly, right, continued to rally for salary raises while a group of parents pressured Claremont Unified School District officials to consider new guidelines for screen time on school-issued technology at the May 7 CUSD Board of Education meeting. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The Claremont City Council, including Council member Jed Leano, pictured here, took steps Tuesday toward conforming to the requirements of Senate Bill 707, which requires government agencies to offer hybrid meetings by July 1 and to establish policies dictating how remote participation will work. By a 4-1 vote, council adopted procedures outlining meeting suspension and reconvening protocols, specifically in the event of a disruption of remote participation. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont Heritage archivists Carina Arias and Sarah Mackey have spent months sifting through Garner House history for an exhibition up now at the Ginger Elliott Center celebrating the iconic structure’s 100th anniversary. The show, up through June 3, includes images of the land that would become home to the Garner House and later Memorial Park, and of Claremont icons Herman and Bess Garner. Photo/courtesy of Claremont Heritage
Upland City Council voted 3-2 Monday to reinstate the city’s Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance after weeks of public resistance to its unexpected repeal in June 2025. The vote followed nearly two hours of comment from residents and mobile home administrators. In the end the original ordinance was restored with an added provision regarding the sale of homes. Several Council members apologized to the overflow audience for what they characterized as a lack of transparency and due diligence on their part regarding the implications of the repeal last year. Photo/courtesy of pexels.com
Sumner Danbury Elementary School students and staff, CUSD representatives, and U.S. Congresswoman Norma Torres christened the school’s newest resource, the Kindness Den, on May 8. “It is a place where [students] can get what they need, when they need it, without questions asked,” said Sumner Danbury sixth grade teacher Jennifer Ballesteros, who, along with students from San Antonio High School, created the project. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
It’s so tempting to write “Souled American is back!” But that’s not only cheesy, it’s also not what’s happening; yes, the celebrated Chicago band credited as progenitors of both “alt country” and “slow core” just released its first new album in 30 years and have embarked on an equally rare nationwide tour, including a May 16 show at the Folk Music Center in Claremont, but the truth is Souled American never went away. Photo/by Christopher Bruno
“Recently I joined some 475,000 other music fans for the 56th New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. In my previous life as a bulletproof traveler with bottomless enthusiasm and unlimited stamina, my only advance thought would have been how to cram in as much music and fun as possible into the five days I had in the Crescent City. But that was then, and this is 62.”
Vendors interested in hosting a booth space at Claremont Chamber of Commerce’s October 24 Village Venture Arts and Crafts Festival can submit an interest form at claremontchamber.org/village-venture-arts-crafts-festival.
Claremont residents age 55 and up can get $15 tickets for a May 21 excursion to the LA County Fair, including 12:30 p.m. transportation from Alexander Hughes Community Center at 1700 Danbury Rd., and return to same by 5:45. Search “LA County Fair” at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/claremontrecreation for tickets.
Actor and author George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy” is the featured read for One Book, One Coast, LA County Library’s regional reading initiative. The 2019 graphic memoir recounts the author’s childhood imprisonment at American concentration camps during World War II. More than 140 libraries will offer free digital copies of “They Called Us Enemy” […]
American Museum of Ceramic Art staff will present the winners of its juried high school ceramics exhibition in a pre-recorded awards ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16 on its YouTube channel, youtube.com/amocamuseum.
Congratulations to Larry Hoffmann, one of five readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as “The Angle of Repose” sculpture by Stephen Elicker at The Commons at La Verne, 1600 Foothill Blvd. Larry 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
“Claremont’s Specific Plan for the Village South development was approved in 2021, the tract map in 2023. This was after very extensive deliberations by Claremont citizens and city staff, along with the developers. The developers now contend they can make substantive changes without amending the environmental impact report. I hope the city will receive many letters and emails by May 22 in support of requiring an analysis of how the proposed changes will affect the project.”
Claremont third baseman Dominic Sink loses control of the ball during the Pack’s 5-4 win over University High on Wednesday. The team ended their regular season on a high note, snapping a four-game losing streak and improving their record to 17-9, leaving an outside chance of making the CIF Southern Section playoffs in an at-large bid. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Heartfelt and tearful testimonies from Pomona residents and workers about recent run-ins with federal immigration agents made for a tense atmosphere at a May 2 public hearing convened by Pomona Mayor Tim Sandoval (pictured), including from a Pomona Unified School District teacher, who said, “In this school year, we’re witnessing a crisis of disappearing families. We have seen a severe decline in enrollment.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
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