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COURIER Gallery 4.14.12
  • A group of walkers start the 5-mile loop early Thursday morning at the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. The park’s popularity has increased substantially in the last few years which has prompted the city to build a pay parking lot to be completed by Septe

    A group of walkers start the 5-mile loop early Thursday morning ...

  • Claremont Police patrol North Mills Avenue near the entrance to the Wilderness Park on Thursday. If the proposed pay lot for the park is built it is likely that Claremont Police will handle parking enforcement.

    Claremont Police patrol North Mills Avenue near the entrance to ...

  • The current parking lot for the Wilderness Park at the top of Mills avenue fills up every morning and stays full most of the day. At peak use times in the morning and evening both the top and lower parking lots fill to capacity forcing park visitors to li

    The current parking lot for the Wilderness Park at the top of Mi...

  • Park visitors crowd the entrance to the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park on Thursday. The proposed pay lot for the park will be built just to the south of this gate.

    Park visitors crowd the entrance to the Claremont Hills Wilderne...

  • Terra Parham, left, Jenny Uyboco and Martha Didier begin their walk on Thursday at the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. The women said that they walk at least once a month at the park and Ms. Uyboco thought charging everyone to park was a good idea.

    Terra Parham, left, Jenny Uyboco and Martha Didier begin their w...

  • A Honda Civic that was being pursued by police as a stolen vehicle rear-ended a parked Volvo following a pursuit on Friday with Claremont Police. A woman who was riding in the Honda was transported to the hospital and the driver was taken into custody.

    A Honda Civic that was being pursued by police as a stolen vehic...

  • Paramedics attend to a pregnant woman who was in a stolen vehicle that crashed Friday afternoon in the Village. Claremont police were involved in a short pursuit with the vehicle that ended it rear-ended a parked Volvo on Bonita between Harvard and Yale.

    Paramedics attend to a pregnant woman who was in a stolen vehicl...

  • Claremont Faculty Association president Joe Tonan spoke with the COURIER recently about the state of public education in Claremont as well as his reaction to the ideas of LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy.

    Claremont Faculty Association president Joe Tonan spoke with the...

  • Los Angeles based artist Harry Gamboa Jr. strikes a whimsical pose with a carrot in a photo taken at Los Angeles County Museum of Art in August of last year.

    Los Angeles based artist Harry Gamboa Jr. strikes a whimsical po...

  • A fotonovela created by Harry Gamboa Jr. in conjunction with his Virtual Verite performance troupe.

    A fotonovela created by Harry Gamboa Jr. in conjunction with his...

  • Los Angeles artist Harry Gamboa gives a lecture titled Something Out of Nothing earlier this month at Scripps College. His visit was arranged by Helena Viramontes, this year’s Mary Routt Chair of Writing at the College.

    Los Angeles artist Harry Gamboa gives a lecture titled Something...

  • Twyla Meyer plays Johan Sebastian Bach’s Prelude to The Well-Tempered Clavier on Thursday in the parking lot of Rhino Records in Claremont. The event was part of Play Me, I’m Yours an art installation sponsored by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra that featur

    Twyla Meyer plays Johan Sebastian Bach’s Prelude to The Well-T...

  • Twyla Meyer smiles as she finishes her first short musical prelude on Thursday during the Play Me, I’m Yours art Installation in the Claremont Village. Anyone interested in playing the piano can do so 24-hours a day for the next 3 weeks.

    Twyla Meyer smiles as she finishes her first short musical prelu...

  • A small group of art and music fans gather on Thursday in the Rhino records parking lot to hear Twyla Meyer perform a work by J.S. Bach as part of the Play Me, I’m Yours art installation. The piano will be in the parking lot, day and night, for the next 3

    A small group of art and music fans gather on Thursday in the Rh...

  • One of the music books that Twyla Meyer brought for her participation in the Play Me, I’m Yours art installation in the Claremont Village.

    One of the music books that Twyla Meyer brought for her particip...

  • Claremont resident June Polk holds her granddaughter Katherine Sandberg as they listen to Twyla Meyer play Johan Sebastian Bach’s Prelude to The Well-Tempered Clavier on Thursday in the Claremont Village. The pair were at lunch and decided to take in the

    Claremont resident June Polk holds her granddaughter Katherine S...

  • Southern California Edison and Hill Crane Service work to replace an electrical transformer behind a home on Indian Hill Blvd. on Wednesday. Two transformers were replaced which required closing Furman Drive and diverting traffic on Indian Hill.

    Southern California Edison and Hill Crane Service work to replac...

  • Southern California Edison and Hill Crane Service work to replace an electrical transformer behind a home on Indian Hill Blvd. on Wednesday. Two transformers were replaced which required closing Furman Drive and diverting traffic on Indian Hill.

    Southern California Edison and Hill Crane Service work to replac...

  • Southern California Edison and Hill Crane Service work to replace an electrical transformer behind a home on Indian Hill Blvd. on Wednesday. Two transformers were replaced which required closing Furman Drive and diverting traffic on Indian Hill.

    Southern California Edison and Hill Crane Service work to replac...