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Standout Claremont High School baseball team pitcher Brady Houlton delivers during the team’s 6-5 loss at Diamond Bar on Tuesday. With the loss the Wolfpack is now 2-1 in Palomares League play, 13-4 overall. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
A boisterous, multi-generational crowd estimated between 3,000 and 3,500 lined the intersection of Indian Hill and Foothill boulevards March 28 for the third “No Kings” protest, many carrying signs, some banging drums, chanting and singing, and most all raising their voices. Saturday’s nationwide protest drew some 8 million people to more 3,300 cities throughout the country. Photo/by Jessie Cadenas
One of the most difficult discussions we consider as we age is the one about giving up our car keys. This is especially true here in Southern California, where car is king and we take pride in navigating its dizzying grid with hard-won efficiency.
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center emergency department recently opened a new waiting area and treatment room for pediatric patients. The waiting room offers activities and games ahead of a child’s visit to a PVHMC physician or nurse.
Performances of Citrus College writer/actor Nick Dillenburg’s new play, “One Final Beautiful Impossible Year,” which is loosely based on Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labor’s Lost,” take place at 7 p.m. April 3-4, 10-11, and 2 p.m. April 4 and 12 at the Little Theatre, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.
Saturday, March 28 The City of La Verne’s free 9 a.m. to noon “eggcellent adventure” at Heritage Park, 5001 Via De Mansion, features live music, a vendor fair and Easter Bunny photo opportunities. More info is at laverneca.gov. Rancho Cucamonga’s egg shellebration, with a petting zoo, crafts stations and $10 egg hunts takes place from […]
Women 40 and up can schedule a $50 mammogram at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center mammography locations in Pomona, Claremont, La Verne and Chino Hills throughout April by calling (909) 469-9395.
“Mom lived to see Trump elected the first time. She had been sick, and refused treatment at the end, preferring to die at home. Before she left us though she was clear about one thing: she loathed that man. I miss her every single day, but there’s one thing about her death I’m grateful for: that she didn’t live to see what he has wrought.”
“The American political elite of this country have a worldview shaped by our position in the world that was caused by the aberration of World War II, where the U.S. had 50% of the global gross domestic product and the other powerful nations of the world had been weakened. Today, our share of the global GDP is around 17% and shrinking, and other nations — notably the People’s Republic of China — have eschewed wars and concentrated on real economic growth, not financial gimmicks that in the words of convicted Goldman Sachs derivatives trader Fabrice Toure, are ‘mental masturbation.'” Image/courtesy of MIT News
Congratulations to Sara Tayyarah, one of four readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as the mural outside of Chaparral Elementary School’s Outdoor Learning Center by the mother daughter team of Gracesol and Lola Thomas. Sara is now entered into the year-end drawing for a one-year subscription to everyone’s favorite award-winning local newspaper, the Claremont Courier. So, “Where am I” this week? Email your answer, full name, and city of residence — and suggestions for future mystery photos — to contest@claremont-courier.com for your chance to win. Courier photo/Tom Smith
When Kim Freudenberg’s son, Kurt, started online gambling at age 11 — first through video game skins, then virtual betting sites — she had no idea it would cost him thousands of dollars and derail his college education. Now, California lawmakers are trying to stop similar cases with a new bill aimed at restricting online gambling access for minors in the state. Assembly Bill 2617 — the Protecting Kids from Online Gambling Act — proposes to ban platforms from providing gambling and predictive market wagering to minors. Photo/courtesy of Unsplash