Claremont News

All year, members of the White Cane Center for the Blind do their magic by working on crafts.

Sheriff's deputies have arrested three men who allegedly burglarized a home in Claremont this week following a pursuit that ended in Upland.

Police arrested three men suspected of burglarizing a home in Claremont on Tuesday following a pursuit that ended in Upland, said Claremont police Lt.

After 107 years, Geneva McHann Shaver's life - filled with stories about growing up in the early 20th century in eastern Los Angeles County - has come to an end.

If Wayne Cook eats once a day, he's lucky. Last Tuesday, it seemed that luck was going to let him starve.

Preliminary drilling began this week for a bridge across the Foothill Freeway designed to serve as an "iconic" gateway into the San Gabriel Valley.

The issue of putting a traffic signal at Tenth Street and Indian Hill Boulevard will come before the City Council on July 14.

In the midst of an ailing economy, families need diversion more than ever. Free concerts in this summer could be just what the doctor ordered.

Sunday's military coup in Honduras is a reminder of democracy's shallow roots in much of Latin America, and it provides a major test of US and international influence in what was once the quintessential banana republic.

The White House said Monday that its goal is to see democratic order reestablished. But the US refrained from formally declaring Sunday's actions a "coup": a move that would require a cutoff of US aid.

Instead, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the US will work with the international community to see that Honduras returns "to the rule of law and constitutional order within a relatively short period of time."

The first Knights of Columbus Chino Valley Golf Tournament will be held Friday at El Prado Golf Course.

PEOPLE SOMETIMES send me questions about some bit of physical lore, like why a certain road jogs where it does or why a row of homes is angled as it is.

Coroner's officials seek the public's help in finding next-of-kin for Ronald Johnson, also known as Franklin Joseph McCallester.

The school board has chosen an assistant Duarte Unified superintendent to lead the school district.

Budget revision measures in both houses of the state legislature failed to get any Republican votes, pushing California to the brink of insolvency, the state controller's office said.

Armed robbers held a Rancho Cucamonga couple at gunpoint and ransacked their car in north Claremont late Tuesday.

Ice Cream Night at Bert and Rocky's Thursday An Ice Cream Night at Bert and Rocky's: Scoop for Hunger will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

The City Council will meet in closed session today to discuss purchasing the Golden State Water Co.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is going after Rep. David Dreier's seat for the 2010 midterm election.

It didn't take long for the community spirit to shine. Four days after Project Think, a nonprofit summer program for children, was burglarized and 13 of its 15 computers were stolen, members of the surrounding communities have offered their equipment for the students to use.

The following is an interview with Dr. David Drew of Claremont Graduate University.