🌱 Patch AM: Why were Claremont police called to a low-key Pomona grad party?

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In today's newsletter:

• Why were Claremont police called to a low-key Pomona grad party?
• How are 5C campus businesses really using AI this year?

Also on today's calendar: Redfish Piano Trio and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 91 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 89, low: 63.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 87 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Claremont Police Department called on senior graduation party, raising questions around college police protocol (tsl.news) — A late-night Pomona College senior party in Claremont ended with Campus Safety calling in the Claremont Police Department, prompting questions about when and why city police are involved on the 5C campuses. Students and residence life workers say they were never trained on any protocol for summoning CPD, and TSL's review of handbooks and MOUs highlights unclear guidelines around noise, trespassing, and "unauthorized" gatherings.
   

• After Coop Store backlash, 5C businesses to navigate AI's growing role (tsl.news) — Campus shops and eateries around the Claremont Colleges are rethinking how, or whether, to use generative AI after backlash to AI-made Coop Store Instagram posts. From Pomona's dining services experimenting with waste-cutting tools to Pitzer's Grove House rejecting AI graphics in favor of handmade art, 5C businesses are sketching out very different approaches that will shape daily life for Claremont students.
   

📸 Around Claremont

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Claremont

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• Redfish Piano Trio →
  Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth Street, Claremont
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 12
• Redfish Piano Trio →
  Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music (Little Bridges), 150 E 4th St, Claremont
  8:00 pm
• Ophelia's Jump presents In Some Dark Valley: The Testimony of Reverend Brand →
  Ophelia's Jump Productions, 2009 Porterfield Way, Upland
  8:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Claremont Farmers and Artisans Market →
  100-200 blocks of Harvard Ave, Claremont
• Claremont Farmers Market →
  Harvard Avenue, Claremont
• California Biodiversity Day Free Day 2026 →
  Claremont CA
• All summer internship assignments due to readers →
• California Biodiversity Day and Latino Conservation Day Celebration - FREE →
  California Botanic Garden, 1500 North College Avenue, Claremont
• FREE ADMISSION DAY at California Botanic Garden, California Biodiversity Day 2026 →
  Claremont CA
• California Biodiversity Day Free Day 2026 →
  California Botanic Garden, 1500 N College Ave, Claremont
  8:00 am
• Celliola and Friends →
  Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music (Little Bridges), 150 E 4th St, Claremont
  3:00 pm
• Ophelia's Jump presents In Some Dark Valley: The Testimony of Reverend Brand →
  Ophelia's Jump Productions, 2009 Porterfield Way, Upland
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Let's work together to keep pets safe.
  Please do not shame neighbors who have had pets attacked and killed by coyotes. It should not be controversial to post video warnings of coyotes and… (Nextdoor Serrano)
• Report of police activity in Burbank, California.
  10:45PM on Sep 10: Nextdoor user reports helicopter and police presence at Vons on Pass Ave. (Nextdoor )

• San Antonio Regional Hospital posted a job opening for Patient Account Representative in Upland. Apply here.
• Upland Unified School District posted a job opening for 2026/2027 - Elementary Teacher - 4th grade in Upland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Claremont here.

🗞 Nearby News

La Verne

• La Verne students and faculty have mixed feelings about gradeless option (lvcampustimes.org)
• 'Blooming with Sisterhood' answers recruits' questions (lvcampustimes.org)
• Leopards dominate Cougars in season opener, 30-3 (lvcampustimes.org)

Pomona

• No. 13 CUI Earns Draw With No. 2 Cal Poly Pomona (cuigoldeneagles.com)
• PPP #26-009 T.S. No.: 25-38327 (avpress.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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