Claremont's latest news

Police release surveillance footage of suspected Village burglar

The footage, captured on Saturday, June 3 around 11:19 p.m, shows the suspected burglar walking across a parking lot on the corner of Harvard Avenue and First Street toward Petiscos, located on 211 west First Street.

Man robs Claremont Motel 6, police investigating

The robbery occurred around 6:33 a.m., when the suspect entered the business on 840 south Indian Hill Boulevard, brandished a black semiautomatic handgun at the clerk and demanded cash, police said.

Claremont’s Dial-A-Ride system could undergo a big overhaul

Following a report by a third-party group, the city is planning to improve a number of aspects of the transportation system, including a single phone number for all inquiries, a new website and a new driver. The plans were presented to the Community and Human Services Commission on Wednesday, June 7. The commission passed the plans unanimously, directing them to be sent to the city council for final approval.

CHS student places second in national academic contest

Faith Nishimura of Claremont won second place in the Senior Individual Performance category at the national finals for the National History Day contest. Faith, a sophomore at Claremont High School, earned the prize with a project titled, Beyond the Boundaries of Barbed Wire: Japanese Americans in a Stand for Racial Justice.

Claremont lights up the landscape

The evening sky may be getting darker, but Claremont still lightens the landscape as seen from the top of Potato Mountain on Sunday. The weather is finally going to cool down to more normal summer temperatures this week, meaning Claremont will have high temperatures in the upper-80s and lows around 60. The weather pattern will remain unchanged through next week, so you can plan on plenty of outdoor activities for the July Fourth holiday on Tuesday. The COURIER will be printing a special section Friday listing all the holiday events planned in Claremont next week. COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger

CALENDAR: Food of love, rock billboards, movies in the park, butterflies

IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE, PLAY ON Claremont’s free live music series Friday Nights Live rolls on Friday, June 23 with Amazing Tone Benders at Laemmle plaza; Liz Hangan and Blues and Fries at the chamber of commerce; rock, country, blues and soul with Mick Rhodes and the Hard Eight at Shelton Park; and Random Spark at city hall; Friday Nights Live runs from 6 to 9 p.m. through October 27. More info, including future lineups, is at claremontchamber.org.