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CUSD board to decide between online or on campus school

July 14, 2020 4:41 PM

The Claremont Unified School District Board of Education tomorrow will decide whether to reverse course, when it votes on a recommendation “to open the 2020-2021 school year in Phase One of CUSD's ‘COVID-19 2020-21 Return To School Continuum Plan,’ and to remain in this phase until further notice.” If it passes, all students will be attend online school when classes begin September 2.

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Conversation series ‘Claremont Speaks Black’ to launch this Sunday on Zoom

July 14, 2020 11:57 AM

In recent weeks the assertion that Black lives matter has appeared again and again in social media, news outlets and private conversations. In the effort to center Black perspectives at the local level, the Claremont Baha’i community is sponsoring a moderated series of conversations featuring Black Claremonters.

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Citrus Grove Distillers changes business model in time of need

July 13, 2020 11:24 PM

Just over a year ago, when co-owner Madelyn Dillon first went into business with her father Thomas Rohde, she never thought Citrus Grove Distillers (CG Distillers) would pivot to create a different kind of product. But that was before a once in a lifetime pandemic changed the way we all live. Now, instead of producing spirits in a 300-gallon vat named “Bertha,” Ms. Dillon’s business is focusing on making hand sanitizer for the masses.

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Childhood blooms in new mural

One day when Athena Hahn was six years old, she and her father took a trip to the Claremont Post Office. “That’s the first time I remember seeing murals,” she said, regarding Milford Zornes’ enormous 1939 masterpiece, “California Landscape,” which wraps around the four walls of the lobby. “I looked at those images by Zornes that we all see all the time, and I was just completely blown away."

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More indoor operations close as coronavirus numbers rise

July 13, 2020 11:33 PM

As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise here and across California, the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order will be modified today to align with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s directives to prevent more cases. The daily July 13, LA County Covid-19 report stated 2593 new cases, 13 deaths and other analysis. The COURIER has included all the information in today's county health report, including an updated list of the virus numbers from every city in the county.

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VIEWPOINT: Our refuge, with solar electric batteries

July 13, 2020 11:20 PM

Many of us are making our homes as sustainable as possible. But are these homes sustainable? How can we regenerate? A significant change for a home is to use solar electricity—particularly with battery backup. This provides energy production and storage—right where we need it. We can make better use of solar energy as well as avoid uninterrupted grid-power outages.

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Claremont's different FOURTH—special section

July 10, 2020 11:39 AM

This special section has replaced the yearly Fourth of July edition that is published before the holiday. This year we delayed the publishing by one week in order to show what Claremont residents are doing without the city's July Fourth festivities. We also profiled Grand Marshals of years past and highlighted how Claremont businesses have adapted to better serve the public during this difficult time. Check out this upbeat special edition.

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