Boys & Girls Club Executive Director Kent Campbell, in white, is surrounded by club members during a recent donation. Campbell has been with the club since 1982. Courtesy photo
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In 1982, E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial was playing in theaters, Michael Jackson's Thriller was pumping over the airwaves and Ronald Reagan was president. And a 29-year-old, Indiana native named ...
Rick and Connie Hedrick stand aboard their 32-foot sailboat Rhino. The couple plan to set sail shortly for the adventure of a lifetime. Their first stop will take them 2,800 miles to the Marquesas Islands. Photo by Andrea Swayne
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The screeching sounds emitted by a box-sealing tape dispenser fade into memory as the last contents of the San Clemente house are packed and stored. The home is ready for a renter to move in. The b...
Participants in San Clemente’s summer surf camp take a break from the action on the waves. Photo courtesy of Aloha Beach Camp
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Summertime, and the living’s easy? Not necessarily for the thousands of kids who take up any one of the region’s diverse summer camps or dive into the city’s recreation activities, which are choc...
The high-performance waves of Lower Trestles will, once again, showcase local talent at the annual Nike Lowers Pro. Here, Nathan Fletcher tackles the world-class break. Photo by Bryce Lowe-White
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Held in a location as rich in surfing heritage as San Clemente and neighboring communities Capistrano Beach and Dana Point, it’s not uncommon to see some local shredders out in the lineup at the Ni...
Christine Sonntag and her stepmom Andrea Alvarez of Dana Point interact with kittens Sugar and Spice in the Cat Room Addition at the San Clemente-Dana Point Animal Shelter. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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No matter what species you are, the Lori Hoenow Cat Adoption Center is best described as purr-fect. For humans, the grand opening Saturday, April 14 of the sparkling 1,129-square-foot cat room add...
Griffin Colapinto of San Clemente catches air on Day 2 of ISA World Jr. Championship competition in Panama, April 16. Photo ISA/Rommel Gonzalez
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Locally based members of the PacSun USA Surf Team contributed some of the most high-flying, high-scoring heats in early rounds at the ISA 2012 Dakine World Junior Surfing Championship in Playa Vena...
Local members of the PacSun USA Surf Team traveling to Panama for the 2012 ISA World Championships are (L to R) Trevor Thornton (San Clemente), Jake Davis (Capistrano Beach), Griffin Colapinto (San Clemente) and Colt Ward (San Clemente).
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On April 12 the PacSun USA Surf Team boarded a 1:50 a.m. flight to Panama en route to the Dakine/Billabong International Surfing Association World Junior Surfing Championships at Playa Venao, April...
Jodi Barber, who lost her son Jarrod Barber at age 19 to a drug overdose, recently spoke to San Clemente High students. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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This is the second in a two-part series examining the impact of drug abuse in San Clemente and the surrounding community. Heroin High. It’s a common nickname for San Clemente High School though...
James Kennedy and his wife Teri Kennedy spruce up the roadside memorial for their son Joseph "Joey" Kennedy, a ritual that brought the father to tears. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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This is the first in a two-part series examining the impact of drug abuse in San Clemente and the surrounding community. Please see next week’s edition to read more on the subject. For a brief m...
Vector Control Inspector Ray Cavileer inspects for mosquito larvae in standing water ponds on the nearly 250 acres of land where the Marblehead Coastal development is planned. Photo by Andrea Swayne
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Rats, mosquitoes and fire ants. Oh my. On a March 20 morning ride along with Vector Control inspectors assigned to San Clemente and Dana Point, we got a close-up view of the wildlife these men an...
Keone Patterson and mom Vicki Patterson introduce the all new T. Patterson Surf Shop. Photo by Andrea Swayne
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T. Patterson Surf Shop is making some big changes including another move and a total revamp of the store, both with regard to concept and product lines. Timmy and Vicki Patterson have been no stra...
Crime Prevention Specialist Leslie Mowers holds a bag for the Character Counts program, which she has overseen in the city for 12 years. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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For Leslie Mowers, soon everything will be coming up roses. The woman ubiquitous with the Character Counts campaign at city schools retires March 21 after 15 years as a crime prevention specialist...
Still Water at Renaissance owner Damian Collins, Sunsets at the Pier chef Caryn Mayural and Still Water partner Edgar Carbajal gather at the bar to oversee major cleaning work being done at the newly acquired Dana Point hot spot. Photo by Andrea Swayne
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Sitting on the patio at Sunsets restaurant, with its view of the iconic San Clemente Pier and the endless Pacific beyond, it’s easy to get lost in the idea that there’s nowhere else on Earth like t...
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Dana Point kicked off its 41st Annual Festival of Whales on March 3 and 4. Check out the official event guide and discover the wide variety of things to see and do March 10 and 11 at this tradition...
Backyard astronomer and dark skies advocate Jim Ruehlin stands with his 12-inch Newtonian telescope on his balcony in San Clemente. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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Backyard astronomer Jim Ruehlin envisions San Clemente as a destination for stargazers. “Why can’t the sky in San Clemente be as beautiful as everything else is,” said Ruehlin who’s helping to spe...
Marisa Prolo competes in the soloist’s event at the USA Regional competitions. Courtesy photo
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Dance Team • Although the team did well in two United Spirit Association regional competitions February 18-19, taking home four firsts and one second on Saturday at Arroyo Valley High School and ...
Emmy Merrill of San Clemente takes the top spot on the podium after winning the SUP Surf Women's division at the inagural ISA World Standup Paddle and Paddleboard Championships in Miraflores, Peru, February 19 through 25. Photo ISA/Tweddle
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Emmy Merrill and Brandi Baksic of San Clemente led Team USA to a silver medal on Saturday as both earned gold medals at the ISA World Standup Paddle and Paddleboard Championships in Peru. Merrill ...
Courtney Faye Smith, 15, sits in the Courtney’s SandCastle Playground of Vista Hermosa Sports Park which celebrates its grand opening Saturday, February 25. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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Vista Hermosa Sports Park is a dreamer’s destination. The park officially opens Saturday, February 25 at 8:30 a.m. with a host of festivities fitting for the grand $31.5 million, 45-acre space tha...
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On the morning of February 19, 1945, “Manila John” Basilone was leading his machine gun platoon through the hellish invasion of Iwo Jima, one of Japan’s last island bastions of defense before mainl...
Griffin Colapinto of San Clemente flies high on his way to winning the Boys U14 division at the O’Neill Surfing America Prime Event on February 12 at Upper Trestles. Photo by Jack McDaniel/Surfing America
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In blackjack the, the number to get is 21. And that’s exactly what was “in the cards” for local amateur surfers over the weekend of February 11 and 12. Surfers from San Clemente, Dana Point and C...
The TaxACT commercial that Cole Edwards, 8, of San Clemente, took part in was aired during the second quarter of the Super Bowl Sunday. Courtesy photo
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The anticipation mounted in the Edwards’ Shorecliffs home. It was Super Bowl Sunday, but the 50 or so people glued to the two flat-screen televisions cared less about the Giants, Patriots or Madon...
Boys & Girls Club Education and Career Director works on homework with Edgar Melgar, 7. The club offers an afternoon tutoring program for members. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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Earlier this month, a hazy nighttime video caught the last pieces of a violent street fight on Avenida Rosa and in the background voices are heard yelling racial slurs. The gang-related incident le...
Jacob Davis won Boys U16 and took second in U18 January 29 at Steamer Lane. Photo by Jack McDaniel/949foto.com
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The Surfing America Prime series brought the West Coast’s best under 18 surfers to Santa Cruz’ Steamer Lane the weekend of January 28 and 29 for the third stop of the six-stop series. While none ...
Bolton Colburn, former director of the Laguna Art Museum, is the new Executive Director of the Surfing Heritage Foundation. Photo by Tom Servais
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The San Clemente-based Surfing Heritage Foundation on Wednesday announced the hiring of Bolton Colburn as its new executive director. The announcement put to rest months of rumors within the surf ...
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus hands Carla and Jim Hogan the Navy Cross for their son's heroic actions that cost him his life while serving with the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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No one was surprised by Lance Cpl. Donald J. Hogan's bravery. Not his parents Jim and Carla Hogan. Not his fellow Marines whose lives were spared August 26, 2009 in Helmand Province's Nawa District...
A view of the Marblehead Coastal project from Avenida Salvador. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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Marblehead Coastal, the residential and commercial project on some of the last undeveloped coastal land in San Clemente and probably California, is on the verge of action. The project, on about 25...
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Surfers and fans had many venues to choose from this weekend as three contests were held along the shores of South Orange County from San Onofre to San Clemente and Dana Point. Going into the week...
Lindsay Armstrong, lifeguard at the Ole Hanson Beach Club, stands in front of the facility that will close this month for renovations. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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You don’t need a crystal ball to know San Clemente will be busy in the coming year. Last year, the city checked off some of its biggest projects off its to-do list, namely the openings of the Tar...
In the North Beach parking lot, Golden Retriever Dakota is the reason his owner Don Slater wants a dog beach in San Clemente. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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Parks Commission approves one-year pilot program to allow pooches on portion of beach, council vote needed Don Slater cut short his vacation and drove the 350 miles from Yosemite to be home ...
The 2011 San Clemente High School Triton football team. Photo courtesy of Randy Brister of RSBphoto
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Tritons Reach Finals for First Time in 32 years When the San Clemente High football team earned a berth in the CIF finals, Coach Jon Hamro’s sister, Anne Hamro, flew 20 hours—about 6,000 miles—...
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Lakewood High, St. John Bosco Tech, the Titans of Tesoro, all of the dozen teams that have fallen to the San Clemente High School Tritons, all of them should have seen it coming. Looking for lesso...
Ryan Buckley, 23, will head to North Africa in March to serve with the Peace Corps. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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Lifeguard to serve in Morocco helping youth Ryan Buckley plans to leave behind his comfortable lifestyle in San Clemente for more than two years of third-world service with the Peace Corps. ...
Scuba divers explore the shipwrecked A.C.E., a bait boat that went down during a wind-whipped storm in November 2005. Photo by Boonchob Vijarnsorn
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In August of 2010, I signed up as a volunteer diver for the annual Dana Point Harbor cleanup. While I was picking up my gear, one of the guys at the dive shop asked me if I was interested in diving...
San Clemente High senior Kyle Murphy is among the nation’s top football recruits this year. Photo by Jonathan Volzke
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Dozens of colleges vying to recruit Triton tackle Kyle Murphy You wouldn’t know it from talking to him, but San Clemente’s Kyle Murphy is one of the most wanted young men in America. It’s n...
Former gang member Andrew Marquez displays the tattoos on his hands he is having removed. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
Nov 09, 2011 | 1 | 17 |
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Andrew Marquez remembers the day a fellow gang member needled the three tattooed dots near his right eye like it was yesterday. He was 12. “I just didn’t care,” he said in the outdoor lounge area ...
Patrick Gudauskas pulls a Gorkin Flip at the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco. Photo © ASP/ Cestari
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The past few weeks have been eventful for San Clemente surfers in ASP competition. Reports from the Rip Curl Pro Search dominated the news October 2 as what was at first believed to be the heat w...
The Miramar Theater and bowling alley is back on the market for $4.9 million. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
Nov 03, 2011 | 3 | 15 |
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For nearly 75 years, the Miramar Theater, with its white-washed walls and Spanish colonial architecture, has welcomed visitors and residents alike who drove into San Clemente from the north. But f...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
PHILHARMONIC HOUSE OF DESIGN APRIL 24 TO MAY 20, 2012
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