Opinion
by Peter Weinberger | pweinberger@claremont-courier.com Each day the COURIER staff reviews LA County—including Claremont—coronavirus numbers as reported by the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. We update these numbers every day and publish them on our website and Facebook. Clearly, it’s one of the more important things we report on, with website views showing there’s […]
By Char Miller I walk. A lot. I’ve always done so but now with a different kind of energy, an unsettling drive. Restless. Clocking more miles due to the quarantine, its prohibitions have altered some of my normal routes through Claremont. Morning treks up into the chaparral-studded foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, or […]
By Jan Wheatcroft Here I am like everyone else inside my cozy four walls. They are comfortable, familiar, friendly walls and they protect me; however the spontaneity is gone. I can only think back to remember when I jumped up and drove to a bookstore, the local coffee shop, an antique store, my Pilates class […]
by Peter Weinberger pweinberger@claremont-courier.com As Claremont gets deeper and deeper into the coronavirus health crisis, the COURIER will continue to publish local news until this mess has passed. Many of you have contacted us wanting answers to difficult coronavirus questions, and our staff is making every effort to get that information as quickly as possible […]
Superintendent’s message Dear Parents, Guardians and Students: Following Governor Gavin Newsom’s press release, the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools Debra Duardo announced she has extended her recommendation to close all schools in Los Angeles County for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year to limit the community spread of COVID-19. CUSD will follow this […]
By Rev. Jan Chase Minister of Unity Church of Truth Many of us may ask why does the world seems so divided at this time? Even simple conversations with friends and family can be fraught with difficulties and unexpected innuendos. I spent the last weekend of February in Minneapolis with my family who are […]
A statement on religious diversity from the Claremont Interfaith Council In response to President Trump’s statement that he is expecting “packed churches all over our country” on Easter, we, the undersigned members of the Claremont Interfaith Council, publicly proclaim our recognition that the United States of America is beautifully diverse in its religious traditions and does […]
by Don Gould Note: Before I write about money and investments in the context of COVID-19, I want to be clear that the illness is first and foremost a health and humanitarian concern and only secondarily a financial one. As important an asset as money may be, health and well-being are our greatest assets. Our […]
I don’t get it! Dear Editor: Okay, so hoarding toilet paper could conceivably have some very small justification. Except there is no projected shortage. The factories are still “rolling it out” and no indication they will slow down or stop. And the symptoms of the coronavirus do not normally include the abnormal use of toilet […]
by Peter Weinberger | pweinberger@claremont-courier.com Earlier this week we published part one and part two of a story about Feeling Groovy owner Nicole Lanni, who as chair-elect of the Claremont Chamber was going to be named executive committee chairperson to the organization, one of the most prominent business positions in Claremont. Before she started her […]
by Peter Weinberger | pweinberger@claremont-courier.com There’s an enormous amount of information about this ongoing world health emergency. The COURIER will continue publishing regular, daily, even hourly updates on our website and Facebook. Our goal is to dispel any rumors or inaccurate information. Please take social media information with a critical eye, since there are rumors […]
Back in April of 2017, this column reported on the efforts of long-time resident, Tom Skelly, to find a home for a project he had been working on, The Treasury of Claremont Music. As Tom got further and further into the endeavor, and faced with an imminent move out of state, he approached Claremont Heritage […]
It wasn’t what I had in mind. It’s never what anyone wants, friends kept telling me. Nobody wants to have to go to the hospital. And nobody wants to be taken to the ER. But there I was, in the ER. It wasn’t so much that I was there—that was bad enough—it was the fact […]
Team Sugar Dear Editor: About six weeks ago we adopted a German Shepherd mix from the Rancho Cucamonga shelter. She was very scared and skittish, but we loved her nonetheless. Five days after we brought Sugar home she escaped. We searched and searched that night but could not find her. Soon after her disappearance we […]
Cadiz study Dear Editor: A matter of interest for those who care about conserving our local desert: Last Monday, February 24, in a special meeting, our public-elected board of our local Three Valleys Municipal Water District, approved a study for Cadiz, a privately-owned company located on the public Mojave Trails National Monument, to study water-mining […]
A major part of traveling entails finding a place to stay. Part of that choice involves the reason for the trip itself. If the main reason for the trip is to get away and relax (and not mind the cost), relaxing at a spa, eating great food, drinking good wine and perhaps visting vineyards, well […]