Three employee groups had contracts certified last week, with three more groups still at the bargaining table. The employee groups were without contracts since July 1, according to Claremont personnel manager Jason Barber. Negotiations with the groups and city management have been ongoing since March. Notable in the MOUs are one-time bonus payments of $1,000 given to employees after a surplus of $373,186 was found in the 2019-2020 budget.
There’s no question how much the youngsters enjoyed the festivities in downtown Claremont Friday night. But the most popular person of the evening was Santa, as he listened carefully what Ethan Brooks, 4, had on his mind. Ethan was one of dozens of kids who met with Santa at city hall. And even with rain was unable to wash out high spirits outside at the 2019 Holiday Promenade and Tree Lightening ceremony at the Claremont Depot. Check out our photo gallery! COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger.
Supporters of the lush, sometimes eccentric and always wholly original First Street Gallery—which unexpectedly closed in July—have reason to celebrate.
The Claremont Museum of Art will host an opening reception Saturday evening for “Vanguard: Origins of Tierra del Sol Arts in Claremont, featuring Helen Rae,” from 6 to 9 p.m. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
That bumpy stretch of Claremont Boulevard from Foothill Boulevard south to Sixth Street is about to get a lot smoother. At Tuesday’s meeting, the Claremont City Council approved a contract with Onyx Paving Company, Inc. of Anaheim to remove and replace asphalt damaged by bulging tree roots along Claremont Boulevard. The project, which will include curb and gutter repair, went out to bid last month.
Claremont police arrested Javier Sanchez, 26, in connection with making lewd comments to a minor at Blaze Pizza last Wednesday. On December 5, the Los Angeles District Attorney filed charges of annoying or molesting a child, and an arrest warrant was issued, police said. Claremont police found Mr. Sanchez shortly thereafter and he was arrested.
San Antonio Regional Hospital has been named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by IBM Watson Health. The study spotlights the top performing cardiovascular hospitals in the U.S., based on a balanced scorecard of available clinical and operational metrics and data.
This year’s study included 989 US hospitals with cardiovascular service lines.
The Claremont Unified School District has been in the dark for days after a ransomware attack crippled their email and Internet systems. The attack was first detected in the afternoon of November 21, CUSD Superintendent Jim Elsasser said. “We were trying to access one of our systems and we couldn’t,” Mr. Elsasser said. “And so that’s what set off our alarm bells.”
Claremont arrested two people Sunday afternoon on suspicion of stealing items from a motorhome.
Around noon, a witness contacted police after seeing two people entering a backyard, taking items from a motorhome on West Point Drive near Mills and San Jose Avenues, and leaving in a gold Toyota Corolla.
Investigators called to the scene determined that arson was to blame for the fire based on large burn and scorch marks found on one of the bedroom floors.
Foothill Boulevard was the dividing line with Measure CR, according to the election results recently ratified by the county.
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder identified four precincts for the November 5 local election—23A from the just below the 10 freeway to Harrison Avenue; 4A, from Harrison Avenue north to Foothill Boulevard; 18A from Foothill Boulevard north to Base Line Road; and 42A from Base Line Road north to the foothills.
Around noon, a witness contacted police after seeing two people entering a backyard, taking items from a motorhome on West Point Drive near Mills and San Jose Avenues, and leaving in a gold Toyota Corolla.
To hear Lou Styles tell it, his early days were straight out of a Martin Scorsese film, minus the gangsters.
“I thought the whole world was Italian,” the soon to be 92-year-old said. “And anywhere you went, you’d hear a kid practicing.”
Mr. Styles, founder of Pomona’s Styles Music, which opened its doors in 1978, grew up surrounded by music and by his extended Italian family, all of whom lived on the same block in Providence, Rhode Island.
The city of Claremont’s annual free, open to the public and charming Holiday Promenade and Tree Lighting event takes place throughout the Village from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 6.
The holiday season kickoff includes live entertainment, the tree lighting ceremony, and a visit from Santa Claus. Village business will be participating as holiday cheer stops and will be providing holiday treats.
In this season of giving thanks, the COURIER would like to shine a light on a group of do-gooders that year in and year out have brought smiles and comfort to man and beast alike.
These organizations are no doubt worthy, but to focus on just four nonprofits in Claremont is like saluting one soldier at Arlington: there are just so many deserving candidates.
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