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Police station committee says study retrofit, city yard options

Plans to study adding on to the police station as well as the possibility of using the city yard site are moving forward. The Police Station Citizens’ Advisory Committee voted to send both proposals back to the city council for approval, weeks after the council pushed them back to the committee for more discussion.

More funding needed to get Gold Line to Pomona

The public got a glimpse of the future for the Gold Line at a scoping meeting in La Verne on Monday night. The meeting signaled the start of creating a supplemental environmental impact report (SEIR), which will examine the effects of building the light rail project from Glendora to Montclair. In November, the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority revealed it was aiming to split the project into two parts—from Glendora to La Verne by 2024 and La Verne to Montclair by 2028.

Claremont community rallies around CHS family struck by tragedy

The Claremont Wolfpack football team is participating in a fundraising campaign to support the family of their JV quarterback, James Brazzill, whose mother, Krista Brazzill, was brutally beaten in the backyard of the Upland home she shares with James. The attack happened on December 2 at 11 a.m. when Ms. Brazzill was at her residence and heard a man later identified as Armando Ramirez Jr., a 29-year-old transient, attempting to break into her house.

The holidays are here and Claremont events bring you cheer!

MINGLE, MUNCH: Claremont senior social group Mingle and Munch holds its December 14 event from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hughes Center, 1700 Danbury Rd. “An Olde Fashioned Christmas” will feature the Sweet Adelines and includes a white elephant gift exchange. Admission is $15 (payable at the time of reservation) and includes beverages, food and entertainment. The event is open to persons ages 50 and over. Reservations can be made by calling (909) 399-5488 or visiting claremontrec.com.

Girst waterpolo enjoy seven-game winning streak; round-up

The Wolfpack has extended its winning streak to seven straight games defeating Santiago Corona, 14-7, on Wednesday at home. A day earlier they got another win, 21-14, over La Serna, and last Thursday topped St Lucy’s 22-7. The girls had an away game against Los Osos after press time on Thursday.

CHS student makes strides in recovery, plans for graduation

In August, 17-year-old Claremont High School student Alexander “Al” Harris was on the cusp of achieving his long-held goal of becoming a professional motocross racer. In July, he placed 14th out of a field of 42 of the best riders in the nation at the 2018 Loretta Lynn’s AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship race in Tennessee.