When it comes to shopping and dining, there’s something for everyone in Claremont.
The city is full of longstanding gems, whose continuity and charm provide a small-town feel.
Wolfe’s Market is just shy of a hundred years old, Some Crust has been the Village’s go-to bakery since 1916 and the Village Grille has been serving up all-American food since 1949.
A group of Orientation Adventure councilors greet the incoming class of freshman students as they run down College Avenue on Sunday at Pomona College. The Enter Here run is part of the orientation week for the Class of 2018 that will include placement testing, enrollment and field trips. Classes begin on Tuesday September 2. More pictures in our next edition. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
For those who are virtuoso or interested in the field of music, Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra (CYMO) will be holding auditions starting August 30 through September 14 for a fee of $15. CYMO is a Los Angeles Philharmonic premier youth orchestra dedicated to preserving symphonic music for future generations through its young musicians. Therefore, it offers annual events for orchestra members such as public performances at Disneyland and Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College.
Transgender activist Janet Mock will speak at Claremont McKenna’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum on Monday, September 15 at 6:45 p.m.
Ms. Mock is a contributing writer to Marie Claire, the former editor of People.com and an advocate for LGBTQ rights and social justice. In 2011, she came out as transgender in an article in Marie Claire. This past February, she released her memoirs, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More, which became a New York Times bestseller.
Keeping the Good in Our Neighborhood (KGNH) will host their seventh annual Crime Watch Street Faire & Car Show on Saturday, September 6 from 5 to 10 p.m. This family-friendly event will feature food trucks, live music, a beer and beverage garden, a kids’ corner, raffle and a silent auction. Public safety partners, including the Claremont Police Department, will be on hand.
From its humble beginnings, Claremont has utilized its ordinances as a measure to provide guidelines for residents and businesses. Without them, we’d likely see a very different city. The city’s first ordinance was passed in October of 1907. It should come as no surprise, Claremont’s Ordinance No. 1 scheduled the bonds and salaries of the city’s first officers. The clerk, marshal and recorder were required to sign bonds “conditioned for their faithful performance of their respective duties...in the penal sum of $500,” the document states.
Claremont boasts a city-style police force with a small-town feel thanks to Claremont’s own, Police Chief Paul Cooper.
One look at Claremont Police Department’s $2 million dollar mobile command center and it’s obvious that this isn’t Andy Griffith’s Mayberry. With the right kind of leadership and a dedicated chief, however, Claremont feels more like a hamlet than a metropolis.
“As a Claremont resident all his life, Paul brings a unique perspective to his role as chief,” says City Manager Tony Ramos. “When making decisions for the department's future, he carefully weighs the long-term effect on the community, knowing the decisions he makes will impact him both as a resident and the police chief.”
It’s official. Claremont’s water revenue bond has been given a name: Measure W—as in “winning” or “waste of money”—depending on what side of the water table you sit.
City staff received notification of the selection on Monday, August 18 after submitting several name choices to the County of Los Angeles, which ultimately chose Measure W as the name to appear on the November 4 ballot.
The ballot measure, which will require a “Yes” or “No” vote, will be printed and read as follows:
Concerns over design elements of a 95-unit residential development on the former strawberry patch located on the corner of Towne Avenue and Base Line Road were addressed Tuesday evening, thanks to a public informational meeting orchestrated by William Lyon Homes and the city of Claremont.
The project design came under fire from residents at a Claremont Architectural Commission meeting last month, who felt the style of the multi-family residential community wasn’t in line with the general feeling of the neighborhood.
America’s top surgeon Dr. Lori Vanyo has been practicing in the Claremont area for 15 years and she continues to raise the bar—both figuratively and literally.
Not only is Dr.Vanyo a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, a fellow on the American College of Surgeons and the Chief of Surgery at the Pomona Valley Medical Center. She can now add another feat to her list of accolades, gold medal winner and world record holder in the United States Powerlifting Association’s Master Division of Women’s Raw Bench Press.
Eureka restaurant, located at 580 W. First St. in Claremont, will host a Dining for a Cause fundraiser on Monday, August 25 beginning at 5:30 p.m.
During this event, a portion of your bill will be donated to Team Jazzy, a group of dedicated followers who support cancer survivor Jasmine Lyn, a second grader at Condit Elementary School.
Anne K. Turner, who has been serving as Claremont’s interim human services director since May 2014, has been appointed to the position permanently, according to a city news release.
As the human services director, Ms. Turner will oversee the city’s recreation programs, parks, senior services, youth and family support services, as well as special projects and community partnerships.
July In Claremont mimicked a lot of how June looked; slow and steady with values
showing flat to very moderate increases. Interestingly the numbers year over year for
July look very similar. With how unique the various sub-markets are within Claremont,
it is unusual to find such parallels. In this city, a few outlier sales can skew the data significantly
in any given month.
The Pomona College Museum of Art’s ongoing Art After Hours series will return with a Fall 2014 kickoff event on Thursday, September 4 from 5 to 11 p.m.
Guests will be invited to view the museum’s current exhibits, including Petrochemical America: Project Room, Project Series 49: Sam Falls, Allied Against AIDS: Sue Coe's AIDS Portfolio and Miniature Worlds: Chinese Snuff Bottles.
The celebration will head into full gear beginning at 9 p.m. with live music spun by a KSPC DJ, an ice cream sundae bar, raffles and prizes. The event is free and open to the public.
