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All CUSD employees are given access to vaccine

March 04, 2021 7:00 PM

Each of Claremont Unified School District’s roughly 1,050 employees was given access to the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week, further clearing the way for elementary schools to reopen April 12. The district partnered with Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center for the clinic for CUSD employees, which ran Monday through Thursday

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CUSD says ‘it’s doable’ for secondary schools to open this year

March 04, 2021 6:52 PM

With COVID-19 numbers continuing their welcome downward trend in Los Angeles County, and Claremont elementary schools tentatively set to reopen April 12, it appears inevitable middle and high schools will soon be eligible to bring students back as well. And while virus numbers are cooperating, is it possible to get secondary school kids back in class before the end of the school year?

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Daily new virus cases fall to pre-surge levels

March 04, 2021 6:49 PM

The county reached an important milestone on Monday when its case rate dropped to a level not seen since before the winter surge began in late November. However, more people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 than in December and more than 100 die every day on average. “The seven-day average number of cases by episode date has decreased to less than 900 per day as of February 23,” public health said.

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PACT city mental health team approved

The city of Claremont and its local mental health agency have formally agreed to a new program called the Psychiatric Assessment Care Team, informally know as PACT, under which trained and licensed mental health professionals will respond to certain non-emergency calls received by the police.

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LENT just got a little easier…and a lot tastier

March 04, 2021 7:19 PM

It’s no secret the liturgical season of Lent can be difficult at times, especially when you still can’t have that one special thing you gave up for the 40-day season. Though not all parishioners give up the same items, one universal rule followed by Catholics is meat is abstained from on Fridays. Growing up, Fridays during Lent meant McDonald’s $2 Filet-O-Fish sandwiches after school and a happy car ride home. While yes, those fried cod fillets were convenient and tasty, they left me feeling lethargic soon after.

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Things they don’t teach you in school!

March 04, 2021 7:09 PM

Let me catch you up on how we got here. So, a couple of nights ago we were awoken in the middle of the night by noises coming from inside our wall and the kitchen. In the morning we found oranges that had been partially eaten. It did not take a Super Genius to figure out that it was either a mouse or rat.

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Witness to a changing WORLD

March 04, 2021 6:44 PM

It’s almost inconceivable to imagine all of the changes in Claremont since 1920. The city had incorporated just 13 years earlier, and the population was just was 1,728. Many of the citrus groves which came to define the area were still too new to bear fruit. There were no improved roads in the north part of town, which meant a trip to the “Village” took a fair amount of effort. Pomona College was still our only institute of higher education.

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