Claremont's Canam Bridges sold to Quebec firms as part of $640M deal

New Hampshire Union Leader
CLAREMONT — The River Road steel bridge manufacturing plant is part of a $642 million deal that takes the Canam Group private, and puts it completely in control of Canadian firms. The sale sees the equity firm American Industrial Partners sell its share in Canam Groups Canadian operations to the Marcel Dutil family, and investment firms ...
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Claremont's Canam Bridges part of $640 million sale

New Hampshire Union Leader
CLAREMONT — The River Road steel bridge manufacturing plant is part of a $642 million deal that takes the Canam Group private, and puts it completely in control of Canadian firms. The sale sees the equity firm American Industrial Partners sell its share in Canam Groups Canadian operations to the Marcel Dutil family, and investment firms ...
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Smiley retires after nearly 50 years

United States Navy
A ceremony celebrating his long career was held Jan. 16 in Camarillo, California. Smiley graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1970. He went on to complete a Master’s in Business Administration with Pepperdine University in 1976 and earned a doctorate from the Claremont ...
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Claremont Rug Company Reports Significant Increases In Sales of “High-End” Antique Oriental Rugs

Business Wire
OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Claremont Rug Company founder/president Jan David Winitz, in his annual letter to clients, today reported sales increases ranging from 68 percent to over 250 percent of high-end antique Oriental rugs from the “Second Golden Age of Persian Weaving,” ca. 1800 to ca. 1910. Defining “high-end” carpets as ...
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Mexican restaurant company Carolo Corporation invests in Eureka! Restaurant Group to help fuel expansion

Nation's Restaurant News
the California company said Tuesday ... in the “Inland Empire” east of Los Angeles, where Eureka! already has locations in Claremont and Redlands. Further expansion of Eureka! in 2021 would also likely be in markets where the chain already has a ...
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How L.A. Metro plans to close billion-dollar funding gaps on major rail projects

Los Angeles Times
The shorter first phase of the line is slated to open in 2025, two years ahead of the original date. If officials can find $465 million by October, the contractor will keep building east, adding stations in Claremont and Montclair, Balian said. To Balian, the unexpected budget problems were a reminder that Measure M’s vast list of projects ...
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  • Critical Shortage Of Type O Blood: Red Cross Walnut Creek Drives
    Patch
    A widespread flu outbreak has prevented some regular donors from giving blood, prompting an urgent call from the Red Cross.
  • Dual Enrollment Reinforces K-12, Community College Partnerships
    Patch
    the future of dual enrollment in California was secured. In the months and years ahead, I anticipate that this legislation will enable the relationship between Citrus College and CUSD to continue to grow. I have no doubt that our collective commitment, passion and knowledge will increase student success rates in Claremont and throughout our region.
  • La Luz del Mundo will continue to host US ceremony while leader remains in jail
    Religion News Service
    A number of La Luz del Mundo temples are in Southern California, predominantly in Latino communities such as East Los Angeles ... according to The Associated Press. Daniel Ramírez, a Claremont Graduate University associate professor of religion, said it makes sense that the church would continue hosting the ceremony given how much it has ...
  • Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage Planned at the California International Antiquarian Book Fair
    Pasadena Now
    Green St., Pasadena). Votes for Women Women’s long struggle to secure political equality is revealed through rare and insightful materials from the special collection libraries of The Claremont Colleges, University of Southern California, California State University, Dominguez Hills and the Los Angeles Public Library. Featuring the writings ...
  • Newport Harbor girls’ water polo clamps down on rival Corona del Mar
    Los Angeles Times
    Coach Justin Papa said the Sea Kings added the Claremont tournament this weekend, and will try to get some wins there to improve their postseason chances. The Sea Kings were without junior center Kaity Greenwald (concussion) and senior defender Megan Peterson (sickness), Papa said. “Getting healthy is our No. 1 priority,” Papa said.
  • Biden picks up New Hampshire endorsements ahead of campaign stop
    CBS News
    Biden returns to the early primary state Friday for a two-day swing with stops in Claremont and Exeter, New Hampshire ... Fewer than 30,000 monarch butterflies are spending the winter in California — putting the migration at risk of collapsing. Scientists were able to reproduce the sound of an ancient Egyptian priest with the help of a ...
  • WOMENS HOOP SCOOP: SCIAC showdown at Claremont: Lady Bulldogs pull it off
    Highland Community News
    CLAREMONT — For the first time in years ... It all came down to this: Julia Balesteri, a freshman from Pleasanton Amador High in Northern California, took a high-lofted inbounds pass to bucket the game-winning basket with 12 seconds left. “Everyone else was covered,” said Murphy, noting Lady Athenas’ defenders were correctly defending ...
  • Concord retail center bought in all-cash deal
    Mercury News
    The Shops at Todos Santos Plaza, a two-acre complex of shops and restaurants in downtown Concord, has been bought in a deal that represents a hefty profit for the sellers.
  • Norms is heading for Ontario Mills’ ‘restaurant row’
    Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
    So long, Chevys; hello, Norms. The 24-hour diner is coming to Ontario Mills. I was driving past the Mills to lunch on Wednesday, Jan. 22, when my eye was caught by a banner reading “Norms Coming Soon” draped over the Fourth Street side of the old Chevys,
  • Pedestrian Killed In Hit-and-Run Near I-805
    Patch
    The victim was struck on Claremont Mesa Boulevard, then run over by two other vehicles, which also did not stop, police said. SAN DIEGO, CA — A hit-and-run driver fatally struck a 44-year-old pedestrian in San Diego Wednesday evening.
  • Claremont Place Senior Living is Proud to Receive a Deficiency-Free Survey
    bio-medicine.org
    Claremont Place Senior Living, a Meridian Senior Living assisted living and memory care community in Claremont, CA, is proud to receive a deficiency-free survey in August 2019 as administered by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). “A deficiency-free survey confirms the exceptional work that is done daily by our committed and ...
  • Dine 909: Last Name Brewing’s Brews & Bros Fest benefits schoolchildren
    Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
    Plus, Al Capone’s last meal is being recreated in Claremont, and find out how help Australian wildlife by eating a burger.
  • On top of the world at Mt. Baldy, a winter wonderland 80 minutes from L.A.
    Los Angeles Times on MSN.com
    Because this year in particular, Baldy is the best ski deal in California. Which means you can get out of here without having to ... Baldy is 20 minutes off the 210 Freeway near Claremont. From L.A., take the Baseline exit, then a left at the light to Padua Avenue. Take a right on Padua and go 1.5 miles to Mt. Baldy Road, then right again.
  • At center of impeachment trial, California’s Adam Schiff is both celebrated, scorned
    Mercury News
    Squeezed between morning coffee and noon sandwiches, there’s a good chance you saw Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, standing front and center in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, Jan. 22, in the role of lead impeachment manager in the marathon case against President Donald Trump.
  • At center of impeachment trial, Burbank’s Rep. Adam Schiff is both celebrated, scorned
    Los Angeles Daily News
    Squeezed between morning coffee and noon sandwiches, there’s a good chance you saw Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, standing front and center in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, Jan. 22, in the role of lead impeachment manager in the marathon case against President Donald Trump.
  • At center of impeachment trial, Burbank’s Schiff is both celebrated, scorned
    The San Bernardino Sun
    pic.twitter.com/eKqt543yto Amid all that, there was also a stream of positive reaction, with some calling the speech historic. “It was truly masterful,” said Claremont McKenna Political Science Professor Jack Pitney, who noted that Schiff’s presentation Tuesday and Wednesday in the Senate chamber were two of the “finest speeches I’ve ...
  • Services must come before housing, homelessness chief tells San Bernardino County
    Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
    In a presentation in Montclair Tuesday, Robert Marbut said the nation, including California, has the wrong approach to tackling homelessness.
  • Alane K. Daugherty Ph.D.
    Psychology Today
    She is co-director of the Mind and Heart Research Lab—a psychophysiology lab at California Polytechnic. She also serves as research consultant for the Center for Engaged Compassion at Claremont School of Theology.
  • Trump’s homeless czar tells San Bernardino County services are missing from ‘housing first’ model
    The San Bernardino Sun
    Often, government statistics are measuring the wrong things. “I’m a Claremont guy,” he began, saying he learned how to look at statistics and analyze problems under Peter Drucker, of the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University where he earned a master’s in criminal justice. When Marbut turned to housing ...
  • Solana Beach board honors outgoing trustee Rich Leib
    Del Mar Times
    “I hate that you’re leaving our board and I know your talents are better served for a bigger and broader stage…you will ensure great things for the future of California.” After graduating from UCSB, Leib earned a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School and a master of public policy degree from Claremont Graduate University. He is ...