Opinion

My name is Rolondo Talbott and I am a member of the Claremont Police Commission. Just like many of you, these past several weeks have proven to be trying and emotional as I grapple with the senseless murder of George Floyd, and those before and after, whose lives ended tragically at the hands of police […]

Mutual respect Dear Editor: This morning as I bird-watched at the top of Thompson Creek Trail, I met a man not wearing a mask (like I was)?who told me “the people who use this trail don’t have COVID-19.” No doubt he believed what he said, but I could only shake my head. If only we […]

by Peter Weinberger | pweinberger@claremont-courier.com My father once told me you really get to know someone not when times are good, but during times of challenge. That’s certainly the case with the COURIER, as readers continue to subscribe, advertise and donate in support of our local news coverage. It’s been quite telling to see the […]

by Bob Fass On June 2, Claremont Unified School District Superintendent Jim Elsasser sent a note to all district families that provided a cautionary glimpse into the future. He wrote, “Simply put, we are told we could be facing the largest cut to education funding in a single year in the history of California.” There […]

Dear Editor: In response to Peter Weinberger’s June 5th  “My Side Of The Line” opinion piece, I offer the following rebuttal: I agree that the country seems divided, but I do not believe that President Trump is the cause. President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” 2016 campaign mantra excited many voters and entrepreneurs like me […]

by Eric Hughson Let me start out by saying that I’m not a doctor, or at least not that kind of a doctor. My wife and I read an article in Forbes where the author said if you test for COVID-19 antibodies in an area where the prevalence of that virus is low, up to […]

Cutting services Dear Editor: The Claremont City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the 2020-21 budget put forth by the city manager, Tara Shultz. This budget is a clear indication that Ms. Schulz’s number-one priority is protecting her administrative staff at city hall, rather than serving the residents of Claremont who pay her salary.  With the […]

by Mellissa Martinez Last week, Americans were paralyzed by the image of George Floyd being held down and slowly strangled by the police. Empathetic people of all races suffered a shared agony. Yet, there was a deeper, more personal anguish felt by black Americans who live with the perpetual awareness that their lives are at […]

Civil unrest Dear Editor: In these times of convulsive anguish, where many are expressing their collective pain over the murder of George Floyd, it is crucial that our community recognize our obligation toward addressing racial inequality and injustice within our own community. The most effective mechanism for bringing voice to such concerns and having them […]

by Peter Weinberger | pweinberger@claremont-courier.com As we witness events unique for this generation, I cannot help but feel Americans need to show the world how we can bridge our differences and unite as a nation. On Wednesday, I watched 500 people march to the Claremont police station and peacefully, passionately express their views on police […]

by Peter Weinberger | pweinberger@claremont-courier.com The story is the same all across the country. Local community newspapers continue to merge, purge or simply disappear, as the nation’s economy continues its freefall from Covid-19. The real losers are the residents in small town America, as local news deserts become far too common. Weekly newspapers rely largely […]

By Don Gould It is often said that the economy is not the stock market, and vice versa. Never has that seemed truer. In the economy we have witnessed an unimaginable explosion in unemployment, the byproduct of lockdowns to slow the Covid pandemic. Thirty-nine million Americans have filed unemployment claims in the last nine weeks […]

Key term is ‘local’ Dear Editor: Last week’s opinion piece by Joe Lyons is an important reminder of the need to develop local answers to prevailing problems. CHERP is worth supporting and its example is worth applying to other areas of concern. The Covid-19 virus has dramatically demonstrated the foolishness of globalism. For Claremont and […]

You have been a blessing to our school for more than 60 years, and even though we are moving to Salem, Oregon, this summer, we will continue our friendship for years to come. When our School of Theology moved to Claremont from the campus of the University of Southern California back in 1956, the city […]

Public input Dear Editor: I am very glad that the letters and petitions sent to our city council after the agenda packet was sent out were read aloud by the city clerk and her assistants online during the council meeting. This wasn’t done before council meetings were closed to public attendance and began to be […]

by Chris Naticchia It’s been more than two months but the memory remains intense. Before there was even a stay-at-home order or talk of wearing cloth masks in public, my first adjustment was rather pedestrian: I put the winter exams for my university classes online. But when coronavirus soon made clear that our spring term […]