Opinion
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com The phrase “fake it ‘til you make it” has served me well throughout my so-called adult life, but it never really seemed applicable to my favorite and most long-lasting job — fatherhood. The fake it part works: when my kids started being born and I stepped into my new role […]
I have a bazillion dreams yet to live in my lifetime. Undeniably, I was born with an insatiable appetite to experience and taste the new. And, I never hold myself back.
Never anyone’s first choice, 35 years ago we fell in love with an unusual, long narrow lot that only nodded to the street in front, but lavishly embraced the valley to the sides and back.
Leila Ackerman assumed the position of secretary, what today would be the executive director, of the Claremont Chamber in 1923 and would serve in that capacity for the next 21 years, retiring in 1944.
Running errands a couple of days ago, I passed two drive-through Starbucks, each with over ten cars in line. This was midday, not breakfast or lunchtime.
Today, many local newspapers including the Claremont COURIER, are under incredible financial pressure and in jeopardy of going out of business because the control of access to trustworthy news online has become concentrated between two Big Tech companies: Facebook and Google. They set the rules for how, where and when we see journalistic content online and how much revenue is made […]
by Steve Harrison Like many of you, my husband and I go for a walk as many mornings as we can. With the pandemic and safer-at-home regulations, it’s became even more important to get outside and breathe. We are so lucky in Claremont to be surrounded by natural beauty and the majesty of Baldy, Cucamonga, […]
Recently there has been an intense focus on the protection of the right to vote in federal, state and local elections.
by Peter Weinberger | pweinberger@claremont-courier.com It’s been six years since the COURIER has raised subscription prices. Our philosophy has always been to try to keep our prices not only competitive, but low enough that almost anyone could afford to follow local news. Access to our website is also included in the price, which makes subscribing […]
Nowadays, winter is the season of surprises in Southern California. Fire season far exceeds his welcome, not that he ever had one, appearing well into December.
My fantasy is to live past 100 and always be young. Fly high and embrace the unknown with oodles of years to ride the wave of technical inventions and feel the excitement of new creations.
Since early 2019, when Clean Power Alliance began procuring electrical energy for Claremont, our electricity has been generated with roughly 50% renewable energy sources like solar, wind and geothermal.
The duration of a generation has been traditionally measured in decades defined by significant historical events and cultural norms.
I don’t know about you but I’m having a hard time dealing with this latest COVID surge.
The year is 1922. Warren G. Harding is president. In February the first issue of the Reader’s Digest is published. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is established.
I’ve been traveling up to the Mt. Baldy area since I was five years old, creating numerous memories of skiing at the top of the Notch, hiking up Mt. Baldy — even helping build a snow igloo to spend a quiet, cold night at the peak.