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About 70 Sycamore Elementary School students and 30 chaperones took a bus to see “Swan Lake” at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on March 9. The trip was arranged by Foothill Philharmonic Committee, as part of LA Philharmonic Orchestra’s Symphonies for Youth, which allows third grade students to enjoy a concert and ballet. For more information, visit laphil.com. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
So “Where Am I” this week? Please email your answers — and suggestions for future mystery photos — to contest@claremont-courier.com for your chance to win a copy of the Courier’s new coffee table book of photography, “Timeless Claremont.” Photo/by David Sawhill
Over the past two winters, Mt Baldy, above, and other snow resorts have dealt with higher than average snow totals, as the current ski season continues into April. But there’s no secret it’s getting more dangerous to ski and snowboard in Southern California. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Claremont High School senior Hamza El Lahib was recently selected by the U.S. Department of State for its National Security Language Initiative for Youth to study in Jordan this summer.
I just finished reading Sassenberger’s first book, a moving, clear-eyed, and rollicking memoir, “Toxic Shock Records, Assassin of Mediocrity: A Story of Love, Loss and Loud Music,” which was released last month by Fluke Publishing. It tracks both his monumental love affair with Towns, who died in 2019 of complications from series of strokes that began in 2011, and his heroic championing of what was once called “underground music.”
Southern California experience a partial eclipse that reached its height around 11:10a.m. on Monday, April 8. The sun was expected to stay partially covered for about an hour after, ending […]
Southern California mountains received a steady stream of snowfall this season, including a medium dusting on Mt. Baldy and even more in the Big Bear Lake area on Friday, April 5. The long range forecast calls for sunny skies and warmer weather for the next couple of weeks, meaning the snow season is most likely coming to an end quickly. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Police from at least four jurisdictions — many in riot gear — descended on Pomona College Friday and arrested 20 protesters after some had occupied President Gabrielle Starr’s office. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Cal Poly Pomona students got a glimpse recently into of how IRS Criminal Investigation special agents conduct challenging investigations during a full-day criminal investigation simulation known as the citizen academy.
What’s happening Claremont? by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com Friday, April 5 Upland Chamber of Commerce’s 7:30 a.m. first Friday breakfast at Panzarello’s, 1615 N. Mountain Ave., is $20 for members, $23 […]
The Claremont Unified School District Board of Education has appointed Andrea Deligio as San Antonio High School’s new principal, taking over for interim principal Brett O’Connor. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
March 13 had been just another routine Wednesday at the Pomona home of Sydni Myrick-Causey. After putting her 2-year-old daughter to bed, she hit the hay herself around 11 p.m. Then about 1 a.m. her son ran into the room where she and her two daughters were sleeping, shouting that a fire had broken out in his room. Myrick-Causey ran to his room and saw a raging blaze. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Better Claremont Playgrounds hopes to convince the City of Claremont to not only reassess what they say are outdated playgrounds that have not been significantly upgraded for some time, but also to upend the city’s “like for like” policy with respect to playground equipment.
I think most of us fear being irrelevant. We spend our early years building a life, a career, a circle of people who care about us, a philosophy we hope to follow until our time is up. We want people to like us. Sure. We want our friends to respect us. And we don’t really think what we create will ever end.
By Peter Weinberger | pweinberger@claremont-courier.com It seems like it was long ago when Martin Weinberger was writing yet another Courier column on state or national politics, usually slamming the GOP […]
by Mick Rhodes | editor@claremont-courier.com America loves an underdog, right? Claremont’s Joel Gonzales sure hopes so. The film producer’s latest project, “The Long Game,” which is being released nationwide April 12, is […]