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In the November 2022 election, to Claremont and La Verne, the contest for Director, Division III, of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District may be one of the most important. Seeking to take the area into the future is J...

Outspoken and active, Mayor Jed Leano has spent the last four years being a catalyst for change. Despite a full campaign schedule, Jed set a few minutes aside for this short but informative interview to cover some of the to...

Brian Bowcock, the long-serving, incumbent candidate for Director of the Three Valleys Municipal Water Department, Division 3, brings over 60 years of experience and insights on the history, present state and future direction...

Jeff Hanlon , a first-time candidate for Board Director of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District (TVMWD), Division 3, is is keenly concerned about the effects of climate change and how it will impact Claremont's water so...

Claremont's Mayor Pro Tem, Ed Reece is one of the city's core group of people who are focused on, and dedicated to service to the community. In doing so, Ed is visible and known to the community through his past …

Everyone makes choices in their lives; circumstances change, jobs can disappear, and many have a desire to do something on their own. Jennifer and Adam Smith were faced with the need for a change, and chose to do what reall...

The Newcomers Access Center is a non-profit dedicated to assisting those who choose Claremont when coming to America, often from distressed areas of the globe. NAC continues to work tirelessly to improve the lives of the rec...

In one of the most informative yet casual, conversational and sometimes tangential interviews, Kari Anderson , the CEO of Employment Means Success , describes her path to starting her own company, the often life-changing assi...

Trusted Canna Nurse ' s professional team of experts - Megan Mbengue , BSN, RN, CHPN and Kathy Simmons , BSN, RN - are bringing their combined half century of direct nursing experience, board certification and graduate-leve...

Claremont's Wendy Ramallo thought she had found "it" several times over - California's sun, law school, working at Los Angeles high-profile law firms, Washington DC, the Robert Kennedy Memorial, working with Father Greg Boyle...

Clayton Becker has accomplished more than most in the years since graduating from Claremont High School, but to some, locally, he may be best known for his thoughtful, strong and data-backed responses and letters in the Clare...

The Concerts in the Park are a summer staple in Claremont, and The Happy Crowd has been one of the most beloved groups for over three decades. On August 11, 2022, The Happy Crowd - Hai, Smarty Marty, Collie and …

Given the drought situation at present, taking measures to reduce residential and personal water consumption only seems to make sense. However, adding hundreds of single-family homes and thousands of people makes those indiv...

In the first of three interviews focusing on whether the objectives for more - and more affordable - housing in Claremont are a good idea, or even possible, in the face of the drought SoCal is now experiencing. In the …

If you want to party in the west, the Kiwanians' party is the best. Get your kicks at (The Kiwanis') Route Sixty-Six...party. (with apologies to Nat King Cole*, The Rolling Stones, etc.) The Kiwanis group of Claremont brings ...

Randy Lopez, CEO of Ophelia's Jump, Executive Director of the Claremont Chamber of Commerce and one of the most recognized folks in Claremont took a few moments to discuss OJP's new Shakespeare Summer Festival offering. The...

During a recent City Council meeting's Public Comment, Megan Mbengue was a standout participant, and conveyed a concise and cogent argument regarding the decision to tax cannabis deliveries, sales and more in Claremont, and w...

As the afternoon cooled off and the Ravelers' music kept getting hotter and keeping the crowd energized, my luck held with three more random and extemporaneous conversations that turned out, as you'll hear, to have a common t...

What better time to try to talk to people than when one of Claremont's favorite rock 'n roll bands - The Ravelers - is tearing it up on-stage? Claremont speaks took the opportunity to catch people in a festive and …

Claremont Speaks - Al Fresco Edition continues with four brave souls accepting the invitation to speak their minds at a couple of Friday Night Live events in the village. Luis describes his experience in Azusa regarding thei...

The Claremont Lewis Museum of Art is one of Claremont's emerging art venues, bringing some of the best of the best art, in many forms, to Claremont and visitors. Seth Pringle, CLMA's Co-Curator, art educator/expert and amazi...

In another Al Fresco edition, Claremont Speaks went to the corner of Indian Hill and Foothill (Claremont's Protest Grounds of Choice) during the " Indivisible Claremont / March for Our Lives " demonstration by many of Claremo...

Kathryn Mora has spent many years marching to her own drum, having been a SoCal journalist, a professional clown, a standup comedian, an author and now a columnist featured regularly in The Claremont Courier. Kathryn first p...

Amongst Claremont's plethora of unique and valuable people, businesses and services, Tri-City Mental Health Services might best fit the metaphor of "Hidden Gem." Rimmi Hundal, TCMHS' new Executive Director, introduces hersel...