Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

CLAREMONT - A small fire was knocked down after it ignited in a Claremont restaurant late Tuesday night.
 
The Fire ignited in a vent inside the first-floor restaurant at 1 N. Indian Hill Blvd. at 11:51 p.m. November 20. The building is also home to two additional stories of businesses, according to Dispatch Supervisor Miguel Ornelas of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
 
The restaurant is listed as Blaze Pizza.
 
The fire was contained to the vent area and was knocked down at 12:23 a.m., Ornelas said.
 
No injuries were reported.
 
A cause is under investigation.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

CLAREMONT - Police arrested a driver Saturday, whom they believe intentionally hit a bicyclist who later died.

Sandra Wicksted, 61, was behind the wheel of a green 1996 Mercury Tracer station wagon when she hit the bicyclist at the intersection of Radcliffe Drive and Mills Avenue at 11:35 a.m. November 3, according to the Claremont Police Department.

The bicyclist was identified as 54-year-old Leslie Pray.

Firefighters were dispatched to the crash scene at 11:38 a.m. The bicyclist was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, according to Dispatch Supervisor Melanie Flores of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

The bicyclist died a short time later.

It was unclear if Wickstead was at the scene of the crash, or fled the area.

During the course of the investigation, northbound Mills was closed at Chaparral. Southbound Mills was closed at Baseline Road.

Firefighters were called back at 5:24 p.m. to assist police with washing blood off the road, Flores said.

Wickstead is being held in lieu of $2 million bail. She is scheduled to appear in Pomona Superior Court November 6.

Claremont investigators are searching for witnesses to Wickstead’s driving behavior prior to the crash. Witnesses cal call Claremont Police at 909-399-5411.