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City closes Wilderness Park due to red flag warning

The park will be closed on Monday, June 26 from 3 to 8:30 p.m., the city said.

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.

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.

Elvira’s opens with focus on Mexican heritage, Claremont history

For Oscar and Sandra Torres, opening a second Elvira’s Mexican Grill in Claremont was a no-brainer. After all, many customers at their Upland restaurant were Claremonters who practically begged the couple to open a location in the City of Trees. They couldn’t have picked a better location—the second iteration of Elvira’s (pronounced El-VEE-rah), named after Oscar’s late mother, opened on Friday, June 16 at the Old School House.

Coach Reeves earns state award as girls cross country coach

Claremont High School Track and Field Coach Bill Reeves received another award on Saturday when the California Coaches Association named him Girls Cross Country Coach of the Year during the group’s annual banquet in Sacramento. Earlier in the year, the association presented Coach Reeves with a regional award, but he was not aware that he would receive the statewide award, one of two given for girls cross-country, in advance of the banquet.