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In the ongoing evolution of the housing project slated for the site of the former La Puerta school, many aspects have changed, some several times. Eric Nelson, Vice President of Community Development at Trumark Homes, has be...

Sometimes the catalyst that drives an epiphany is almost accidental, yet can bring out the very best in people, and puts them on the course to what they are sure is their true purpose. For Dr. Wen Chen , her …

There is a direct relationship between the value of living in Claremont and the quality of Claremont's schools. In an effort to maintain and strengthen that link, Alex McDonald MD is running for Claremont Unified School Di...

Political activist/Grass Roots advocate Mike Netter joins Claremont Speaks to discuss key topics, including the recall efforts of Governor Gavin Newsom and District Attorney George Gascón. Energetic, informed and interesting...

Three members of the activist group Claremont Streets for People - Ross Pringle, Buff Brown, and Nic Lucio - took the opportunity to introduce themselves and the Streets for People group, then explain their strategy to reach ...

Nutritious, healthy plants surround us--in our neighborhoods, where we work, and where we call home. For Claremont's Earth Day Celebration on April 23 , expert forager Douglas Kent is leading a foraging tour of Claremont, ho...

Assembly Bill 1482 (“TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF 2019″) and Claremont's proposed ordinances, which could further enhance the level of tenant protection provided, have presented Claremont's City Council with some unique opportuni...

Claremont: the city of trees, bees and PhDs. Human trafficking and prostitution are not usually the first thing people associate with the city's name. However, like nearly every other city in the US, Claremont has its share...

In an effort to deliver ever-more value, it is time for Claremont Speaks to evolve. Isabel Ebiner , creator and host of the popular podcast Isabel in San Dimas assists in setting the course for leveling-up the focus and conte...

The issues that come before the City Council in Claremont are often complex, nuanced with underlying rules, considerations and trade-offs of which most citizens are unaware. Whether to keep Claremont's parklets is no excepti...

Marshmallows are reported to have been invented in Egypt, around 2000 BC. Four millenniums later, Lani Fox - owner of Rosemallow Artisanal , a small batch artisanal confection company - has taken marshmallows to the next lev...

Claremont is regarded by many as "where you go for what you can't get anywhere else", which only starts to describe the offerings at 2023's Common Good International Film Festival . After a COVID-related hiatus, the festival ...

Dr. Deepak Shimkhada, PhD, returns to Claremont Speaks to provide some insight into four new books he has either written or been a chief collaborator. As way of recording the highlights of his nearly eight decades of extrao...

The Antikythera Mechanism , an astronomical computer probably crafted in Rhodes in the second century BCE, is regarded as being the first precision, gear driven calculator and the forerunner of modern computers. Found by spo...

Kathryn Mora - a popular writer for The Claremont Courier and one of the most favored by Claremont Speaks' listeners - returns to the microphone to relate a story about a recent outpatient visit in which the staff illustrated...