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
Feb 01, 2012 | 0 | 14 |
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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
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 | 9 |
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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
Dec 15, 2011 | 3 | 8 |
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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
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 | 9 |
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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
Nov 16, 2011 | 0 | 10 |
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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 | 9 |
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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 | 2 | 10 |
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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...
Crystal Green, Joan Anderson and Ron Castruita display Hanson’s Markets’ goods. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
Nov 03, 2011 | 0 | 12 |
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415 Avenida Pico, Unit P, San Clemente, 949-218-1690, www.hansonsmarket.com Hanson’s Market opened September 24 in 4,500-square-feet with five-aisles of organic goods, a produce section —about 95 ...
Community members turned out October 23 in an attempt to move the 9-11 memorial flag to higher ground. Photo by Brian Miller
Oct 28, 2011 | 1 | 10 |
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The American flag jutting from a large hunk of driftwood at Poche Beach off Pacific Coast Highway has served as a memorial of sorts ever since it was hoisted just after the jolting events of Septem...
Lindsay Steinriede of Dana Point named the 2011 ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion at SWATCH Girls Pro in China. Photo © ASP/ Will
Oct 27, 2011 | 0 | 29 |
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Dana Point-based professional longboard surfer Lindsay Steinriede was crowned Association of Surfing Professionals 2011 Women’s World Longboard Champion at the conclusion of the SWATCH Girls Pro at...
Bob Whittier works with art instructor Lyndelle Stonick of Saddleback College Monday in the recently opened Dorothy Visser Senior Center. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
Oct 20, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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Senior Center Director Cathy Lee compared the opening of the downtown Spanish Colonial Revival building that houses both the Dorothy Visser Senior Center and the city’s newest fire station to, well...
Kolohe Andino wins the ASP 6-Star SuperSurf International in Brazil. Photo by ASP/SMORIGO
Oct 20, 2011 | 0 | 15 |
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Kolohe Andino and Tanner Gudauskas of San Clemente captured first and second place finishes, respectively, at the ASP 6-Star SuperSurf International at Itamambuca Beach in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Octo...
An unknown owner on Avenida San Pablo took Best Cottage Garden for a charming garden with a profusion of plants, flowers and trees. Courtesy photo
Oct 20, 2011 | 0 | 11 |
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From starting out as a hobby in the community, the San Clemente Garden Club has developed into a group determined to preserve the natural beauty and essence of the city, including projects like its...
The Transportation Corridor Agencies is promoting its latest plan to extend the 241 Toll Road. File photo
Oct 12, 2011 | 0 | 8 |
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Three years after rowdy hearings that rejected a plan to extend the Foothill South Transportation Corridor 16 miles from Rancho Santa Margarita to the I-5 south of San Clemente, toll road supporter...
Tricia Nicholson of San Clemente shops for groceries with her daughter Presley, 8, on the opening day of Target. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
Oct 05, 2011 | 1 | 14 |
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Anticipation. Excitement. Exhilaration. This was the mix of emotions that overtook anxious shoppers this week as the Target on Avenida Vista Hermosa opened. To usher in the occasion, members of th...
San Clemente’s Nathan Yeomans gave a stand-out performance at the ASP Prime Billabong Azores Islands Pro September 26-28. The final saw Yeomans take the runner-up spot to C.J. Hobgood who pulled off a come-from-behind victory in the waning minutes of the heat. Photo Aquashot/aspeurope.com
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San Clemente-based pro surfer Nathan Yeomans’ stellar surfing saw him make it to the final round of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Prime Billabong Azores Islands Pro September 28 wh...
Diver Jeff Bonisa of San Clemente holds his lobster report card from the Department of Fish and Game he purchased Tuesday. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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Alex Ray of San Clemente has six weeks to serve up a memorable wedding, and the opening of lobster season at midnight Saturday is key to his plan. The 26-year-old free diver hopes to snag enough ...
Team Hobie celebrates a strong third place finish by Team Hobie #1 among the 44, 4-person teams in the Battle of the Paddle Relay. Team Hobie #2 also finished in the top 10 with an eighth place finish. Photo by Melanie Levy
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Click here for a photo slideshow of the event. As the sport of stand-up paddling continues to grow, so does the Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle. The fourth annual event broug...
Mike Zoller and his daughter Savannah Zoller, 16, sit at the pool where they helped save a neighbor’s life. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
Sep 22, 2011 | 0 | 15 |
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A typical hot summer day at the pool turned out to be not so typical for Savannah Zoller. On August 15, the 16-year-old spotted a neighbor face down at the bottom of the neighborhood pool and with...
Ten-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater of Florida salutes the crowd after winning the Hurley Pro Trestles by defeating ASP World No. 2 Owen Wright (AUS) in the final. Slater’s win marks his fifth straight victory at this event. Photo © ASP/ Kirstin
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Updated September 20 and 21. Original story posted September 19, 2011, 10 a.m. Kelly Slater (FLA) won his fifth Hurley Pro today at Trestles beating Australian Owen Wright in the duo’s third co...
Stand-up paddlers participate in the 2010 Rainbow Sandals Battle of the Paddle at Doheny State Beach. Hundreds are expected to return to compete in this year’s fourth annual event, Saturday and Sunday, September 24-25. Photo by Tom Servais
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With Rainbow Sandals’ Battle of the Paddle stand-up paddle contest heading into its fourth successful year Saturday and Sunday, September 24 and 25 at Doheny State Beach, we caught up with Marketin...
Parents tried to get a bird’s eye view of San Clemente High Wednesday, September 7 during the bomb threat that sent students to the athletic fields while deputies searched the campus for any incendiary devices. Photo by Heidi Mefferd
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Back-to-back incidents this month not only left residents with their heads spinning, but also asking whether they and the community they live in had prepared properly for more major events. The b...
Triton quarterback Travis Wilson rushes for key yards before getting nabbed by a Fountain Valley Baron defender. Photo by Brian Miller
Sep 14, 2011 | 0 | 13 |
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Football • The seventh ranked San Clemente Tritons are now 2-0 on the season with a 43-10 victory against the 22nd ranked Fountain Valley Barons. Now, with two very decisive victories, the Triton...
Courtesy photo
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The Shea Center’s annual BBQ evolved from a few friends enjoying a glass of wine by the corral, to a family event attracting over 1600 avid supporters. Between 1978 and today, The J. F. Shea Therap...
Sheriff’s deputies who are part of the Orange County Transportation Authority’s new counter terrorism unit board a Metrolink train. Courtesy photo
Sep 08, 2011 | 0 | 17 |
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A decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks that rocked the United States, life seems pretty much life-as-usual in San Clemente. Beaches are crowded, students are returning to school, the City Counci...
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Students and teachers at San Clemente High tried to achieve some level of normalcy today after a bomb threat and hours-long evacuation cut short the first day of classes. An AWOL Navy corpsman was...
Concordia Elementary’s teacher of the year Melanie Garritson, who starts her 24th year at the school, prepares her kindergarten-grade 1 classroom for the start of school next week. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
Sep 01, 2011 | 0 | 21 |
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Back to school, these days, often means rebooting. Next Wednesday, when students cross the threshold of San Clemente campuses — spiffed up and ready for their arrival — students and teachers will...
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