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Those hoping to get a word in at Claremont’s Fourth of July T. Willard Hunter speakers corner have until June 4 to register at claremontca.gov/4th-of-July, select “T. Willard Hunter Speakers Corner.”
“I tell my kids to stand up to bullies, that doing what’s right is often not the easy thing, and that speaking up when something is wrong is not only okay, it’s a requirement. I’ve also told them that when things do go wrong to be sure to look in the mirror before lashing out, that we have to own up to our own shortcomings before we look outward. I haven’t always followed my advice. I’ve a list of parenting regrets a mile long. This disconnect — otherwise known as ‘Do as I say, not as I do’ — was something I heard a lot growing up. I always despised it. But I get it now; it’s complicated, this adulting.”
Claremont McKenna College’s 76th commencement took place Saturday, May 11. The class of 2024’s keynote address was delivered by award-winning author Cheryl Strayed, who received an honorary degree.
Applications are being accepted for cycle two of the Claremont Temporary Housing Stabilization and Relocation Program, which begins July 1. The program is designed to assist Claremont renters who are either income qualified or in need of emergency rental assistance due to qualifying as extremely low-, very low-, or low-income; experiencing certain qualifying exigent circumstances such as illness or job loss; needing to move as a result of a no fault eviction; and/or a rental increase imposed on an already rent burdened household or an increase that would result in a household becoming rent burdened. Courier photo/Steven Felschundneff
I suspect though that probably more significantly and importantly, more than Claremont has changed. There are no doubt plenty of teenagers and young adults who think that Claremont is dullsville, who think that nothing goes on here, especially during the summer, who put up with the freeway traffic to escape to LA and the beach and plot how to bust out of here someday. As I heard a student speaker say at the Pomona College commencement years ago, Claremont is “a nice place to live when you retire.”
On Monday, Ophelia’s Jump Productions picked up Orange County Theater Guild Awards for outstanding production of a musical and best costume design for its production of “Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe,” at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ Samueli Theater in Costa Mesa. “It was an unexpected and delightful surprise,” wrote OJP Producing Artistic Director and director of “Nevermore” Beatrice Casagrán, in a news release. Photo/by Francis Gacad
Congratulations to David Sawhill, who was chosen at random among the four respondents who correctly identified the May 10 “Where Am I?” photo as the Claremont North Swim Club sign on Regis Avenue. David is now entered into the year-end drawing to receive a copy of the Courier’s new coffee table book of photography, “Timeless Claremont.” So “Where Am I” this week? Please email your answers — and suggestions for future mystery photos — tocontest@claremont-courier.com for your chance to win. Courier photo/Tom Smith
Pro-Palestinian activists converged on Pomona College’s May 12 commencement at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and some graduates reportedly turned their backs while Pomona President Gabrielle Starr delivered her commencement address. Video posted on Instagram showed demonstrators confronting police and security personnel outside the Shrine, with both sides pushing one another. No injuries were reported. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The 9.1-mile Foothill Gold Line extension project that would link Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne and Pomona to the existing Gold Line via a new light rail system is less than eight months from completion and 85% complete. Crews are nearing completion on installation of the power system elements, and are underway with systems testing. The four new stations are also nearly 70% complete overall, and work is underway on the four intermodal parking facilities. Courier file photo
Tuesday’s Claremont City Council meeting included consideration of two heavy topics: local tenant preference policy and Claremont’s upcoming priorities budget. The first item was the local tenant preference policy, which City Attorney Alisha Patterson explained was a local policy that requires a certain percentage of affordable rental units be made available first to city applicants who meet certain criteria — for example, those who live or work in the city or whose children go to school here — before the general public. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
A live interactive kickoff event for the movie “Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue” (PG) Takes place at Magnolia Park, 651 W. 15th St, Upland, CA 91786, on Saturday, May 18. Tickets at Eventbrite start at $8 and run up to $41 for a family bundle. Proceeds will support of the Friends of Upland Animal Shelter. Image/courtesy of Second Chance Productions
As of May 3, Claremont resident Bob Mendez is once again a happy customer of Southern California Edison. Eight months and six days after SCE installed an oversized remote sectional recloser at the top of a utility pole next to his home, the electric providers moved to replace the massive fixture with a downsized RSR unit meant to perform the task of switching on or off parts of the area’s electric grid during a system failure.
Musicians from El Roble Intermediate School earned the highest honors at the May 11 Trills and Thrills music festival at Buena Park High School.
Charles Phoenix’s enthusiasm is contagious. Whether the mid-century pop culture expert is extolling the virtues of a 1959 Buick Invicta, his late mother’s Tupperware collection, or our own quaint little town, it’s hard not to assimilate his appreciation. “Claremont is a pillar of civilization. It’s really SoCal’s best-kept secret.” It’s this ardor, often delivered with hilarious but genuine hyperbole in his signature droll demeanor, that makes Phoenix the ideal emcee and auctioneer for Claremont Heritage’s Preservation Celebration Annual Awards Gala at the Padua Hills Theatre on Friday, May 17. Photo/by Fabian Fioto
Pomona Divest from Apartheid, a Palestine liberation collective made up of Claremont Colleges students, issued a news release Sunday stating hundreds of activists from across Southern California planned to “converge at the USC Shrine Auditorium to call for divestment from Israel.” The protest was set to begin at 3:30 p.m., with Pomona College’s commencement ceremony set to begin at 6. Before the demonstration, PDA posted on Instagram that they’ve “decamped” from Marston Quad. Maintenance staff were seen dismantling the encampment Sunday. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Taeya Boi-Doku and Rukmini Banerjee received Napier Initiative Awards at a recent ceremony at Claremont’s Pilgrim Place. The initiative is a partnership between Pilgrim Place and the Claremont Colleges to encourage leadership for social change. Photo/courtesy of Pilgrim Place
By Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com New principals The Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education unanimously approved two new principals and one assistant principal during its May 2 meeting. Ryan Easton takes over as Claremont High School’s assistant principal, student services, following the March 7 reassignment of Andrea Deligio as San Antonio High School principal. […]
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