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New program to divert some police calls to mental health team

December 04, 2020 1:08 PM

Tri-City Mental Health and the Claremont Police Department are set to unveil a new program in Claremont through which trained mental health professionals will respond to certain police calls. The Psychiatric Assessment Care Team, informally called PACT, is scheduled to begin responding to calls in January.

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Measure Y is a game-changer for Citrus College

December 04, 2020 12:57 PM

Voters in the Citrus Community College District approved Measure Y, a $298 million general obligation bond, during the Nov. 3, 2020, general election. The Los Angeles County Registrar?Recorder/County Clerk’s election canvass period has concluded and Measure Y—the Citrus College Career Education, Repair, Affordable Higher Education Measure – passed with 57.67 percent of the votes.

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CIF cancels playoffs and places fall season on hold

December 03, 2020 9:02 PM

The deteriorating situation related to the spread of the coronavirus in the state has now reached our local high school sports, with the California Interscholastic Federation announcing Tuesday that all regional and state championships for fall sports would be called off.

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Holiday MAG 2020: Let's shop local!

Are you ready to help support Claremont businesses during this holiday season? The COURIER Holiday MAG is a yearly special section that focuses on shopping Claremont. This year we toured the Village to profile some of the wonderful shops that have great ideas for holiday gifts. If you're a shopper, you will want to see this. We also tell another heart warming story focused on the gift of giving. We show the sheer joy of youngsters opening gifts, especially when so many go without. And there's more! All inside the Friday, December 4 COURIER print edition and online.

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Health officials plead for public support

December 03, 2020 9:16 PM

The dreadful fall outbreak of the coronavirus in Los Angels County took a turn for the worse this week, as public health officials recorded the highest number of new cases in a single day and the most people hospitalized since the beginning of the pandemic. “We are seeing terrifying increases in numbers in L.A. County that can only be turned around if everybody, business and individuals, carefully uses the tools we have to slow the spread,” Los Angeles Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer said

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Holiday MAG: Claremonters step up for shoebox gift drive

December 03, 2020 9:04 PM

The well dressed woman in the blue Toyota had work to do, and was not interested in talking. In her car’s backseat were 24 shoeboxes, each hand-packed with supplies and gifts by members of a local senior community. Masked volunteers unloaded the two dozen shoeboxes, which were then logged and labeled as part of Operation Christmas Child.

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Get creative for safe festive holidays

December 03, 2020 9:01 PM

Typically we head into the holidays making plans to gather with family and friends. But 2020 is no typical year. The novel coronavirus is currently spiking beyond all previous spring highs, and many Claremonters are concerned primarily about keeping themselves and their families safe. The truth is many of our rituals are just not going to happen this year. Pictures of the kids with Santa at the indoor mall? Out. Festivals and theme parks? Closed.

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