Opinion

Claremont won’t be bullied by Golden State Water Company Dear Editor: Recently, Golden State Water Company escalated its efforts to wage a deceptive and misleading campaign against Claremont and its residents.  The city of Claremont will not sit quietly by and allow Golden State’s attacks to go without a response. These baseless attacks are designed […]

by Debbie Carini Last Friday, it snowed. I know, I know — it’s February, it’s supposed to snow! On the Eastern seaboard of our country, citizens are digging out from under one of the largest snowstorms on record. It’s so big, it even has a name, Nemo. I live in southern California though, and it […]

by Joe Salas On Thursday, February 7, the CUSD School Board received a presentation on surplus property in the district and its corollary issue of transitioning the Service Center, which is currently located adjacent to the old district building on Base Line Road. The presentation was convincing in its focus that the current need for […]

by Peter Weinberger I’m surprised the post office didn’t kill Saturday delivery sooner. They’re broke. Even though they have been hemorrhaging money for the past several years, they needed permission from Congress to make any significant change, and you know what that means…nothing gets done. We knew it was coming, remain committed to delivering our […]

Council gets it right Dear Editor: We applaud our City Counciil’s continuing pursuit of acquiring the water system that serves Claremont. As residents since 1957, including owning a home for more than a decade, we have been customers of Golden State Water Company. Golden State provides a fine example of why distribution of natural resources […]

by John Pixley Excuse me. Where are the jumbo chocolate chip cookies and the cheese dip? Where are the endless cups of coffee? Why haven’t the Seaver House, San Jose Place and the Garner House been booked? Where are the debates? Where are the yard signs? Where are the campaign event listings in the COURIER? […]

Gun control Dear Editor: Recently we’ve all heard discussions and proposals on gun control. These have all been about an assault weapons ban, the Second Amendment, the NRA, background checks, improved mental health access, pervasive video violence, etc. But none that I’ve heard have addressed what I consider the real problem: the American culture, which […]

by Jan Wheatcroft I have a collection of over 10 travel journals that I created while traveling since 2000. They are filled with photos, drawings, descriptions and information about everything I have done while on a trip. I was leafing through them the other day to find some information about a museum I had enjoyed […]

Excuse the lawyers Dear Editor: I am overwhelmed by the 2 goliaths: The city and the for-profit water company. I am not sure either party is coming forth with the true agenda and exhuming what the citizens really need. I am especially concerned about the millions of dollars of legal fees that will be incurred. […]

An open letter to Claremont gun owners Dear Editor: Let me agree at the start that there is a constitutional right for individuals to own and possess guns. However, having a right does not give one carte blanche freedom to exercise that right. If a male is hired to do janitorial work at the high […]

by John Pixley “You know the Byrds?” “The what?” “The Byrds. B-Y-R-D-S.” “The Byrds?…The band?” “Yes.” Yes, my friend had heard of the Byrds. He is almost half my age and probably wasn’t even born when the band was playing, but I figured he had probably heard “Turn, Turn, Turn” or “Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man” […]

by Mellissa Martinez One day last week, I set my alarm early and headed out for a morning run. After about 10 minutes, I turned a corner and ran hard hit into an unwelcome surprise. Suddenly, I was slipping and sliding, unable to balance, precariously fumbling for traction on a sidewalk of ice. Yes, ice! […]

No place for violence Dear Editor: This weekend we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was killed 44 years ago by an assassin’s bullet, but whose legacy lives on in his words and actions. Now more than ever, Dr. King’s message of nonviolence is a powerful one that still […]

Transparency now Dear Editor: While we disagree with Ms. Marilee Scaff’s opinion that the time is now to forcibly acquire Golden State (“The Time is Now,” COURIER, January 12), the California Alliance to Protect Private Property Rights strongly believes that the time is now for the city to release its feasibility study to the public […]

by Chris Oakley [Editor’s note: COURIER Sports Reporter Chris Oakley took most of December off to travel to India for a friend’s wedding. We missed his jovial spirit in the office, but are thrilled he agreed to share his travel experience with us here. —Kathryn?Dunn] I received an invitation for the trip of a lifetime […]

by Debbie Carini “They’re h-e-r-e …” Those words, immortalized in the early 1980’s cinema classic Poltergeist announce the arrival of spirits who will turn an otherwise banal suburban home into a horror-fest—making glassware break and utensils bend, and moving furniture all over the place. Hey, wait. That sounds a little bit like having kids home […]