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City Council Corner: Stepping Out: 12 Years of Public Service

By City Councilmember Lori Donchak Those of you who participated in Lori Donchak Mayor’s Walks know that stepping out is one of my favorite things…

San Clemente artist Jeff Lukasik brightens up the Los Molinos industrial district with this mural on the wall of his building.

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CoastLines: Murals, Murals on the Walls, What’s Fairest Way to Paint Them All?

By Fred Swegles Once upon a time, a modern remake of a classic Pablo Picasso painting adorned a controversial mural at the top of Avenida…

CoastLine: An artist’s rendering shows the site for a drive-thru restaurant, two smaller eateries and a bank on the west end of San Clemente’s Target Store parking lot. Photo: Fred Swegles

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CoastLines: Coming Full Circle on New Foodie Options

By Fred Swegles Everyone loves new foodie options. Three new ones may be coming to San Clemente in 2019 in a part of town that…

San Clemente Mayor Tim Brown examines documents stored by the San Clemente Historical Society. Photo: Tom Marshall

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Historical Happenings: City Documents Need Saving in Digital Format

By Tom Marshall As one of his last requests as San Clemente’s mayor, after not seeking re-election, Tim Brown is calling for the digitalization of…

Mycle Brandy takes a walk on the San Clemente Beach Trail. He was forced to turn back on his most recent cross-country trip due to wildfires and illness, but Brandy said he wants to try again next year. Photo: Fred Swegles

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CoastLines: Forced into Hiatus, Mycle Brandy Knows ‘It’s Hard Giving Up’

Editor’s note: This column will appear in the Nov. 21-28 edition of the San Clemente Times this week. By Fred Swegles If you spot 280-pound…

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Wavelengths: Affliction of Affluence: Do We Struggle with Too Much More than Too Little?

By Jim Kempton For most of human existence, societies have struggled with a consistent set of challenges: how to avoid famine, evade deadly disease and…

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CoastLines: Ghost of Burger Stop Haunts Vacant Lot—Now for Sale!

By Fred Swegles If you could get your hands on one of the most enticing patches of vacant land in San Clemente, what would you…

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City Council Corner: Residents of San Clemente Deserve the Truth

By San Clemente Mayor Tim Brown In the past two editions of the San Clemente Times, full-page ads have been taken out in criticism…

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CoastLines: Halloween Horrors of a Different Kind

By Fred Swegles San Clemente isn’t the same today. Long gone is the era when one day out of the year Avenida Del Mar transformed…

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Bartlett Bulletin: New Ordinance Creates Addiction Treatment and Recovery Business Registry

By Supervisor Lisa Bartlett Poorly operated addiction treatment facilities and sober living homes have horrible impacts on our quality of life and public safety in…

That distant radio station you can sometimes pick up in San Clemente, AM 660, comes from Window Rock, Arizona, seat of the Navajo Nation. A monument there salutes the Navajo Code Talkers of WWII. Photo: Fred Swegles

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CoastLines: Airwaves Flow to California from Navajo Nation

By Fred Swegles Hey, San Clemente. Just for fun, see if your car radio can lock onto AM 660. The search button took me there,…

Remember the cobblestoned beaches of summer? They are long-gone this fall season, replaced by a cushy carpet of sand. Sunday, Oct. 7, the air was warm, the water an inviting 70 degrees and few tourists, except at the Pier for the clam chowder cook-off. Photo: Fred Swegles

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CoastLines: Timing is Everything When Relatives Come to Town

By Fred Swegles Whenever relatives ask about visiting San Clemente, I tell them “September or October.” That’s the best time of year at our beaches….

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View from the Pier: Recent FBI Investigations Elicit Personal Past Memories

By Herman Sillas Recent investigations by the FBI have brought to my mind my own experience of being investigated by federal agents. President Jimmy Carter…

Patrick Economy from the cockpit of a Cessna airplane. Photo: Courtesy of the Economy family

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CoastLines: Young San Clemente Pilot Flies into Future

By Fred Swegles At a time when most sophomores at San Clemente High School are preoccupied with fetching a learner’s permit to drive, Patrick Economy…

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Historical Happenings: City Council Candidates Forum Explores Historic Preservation

By Tom Marshall Nearly 90 people were on-hand recently to hear the first debate by candidates for San Clemente City Council. Sponsored by the…

City Council Corner: Stepping Out: 12 Years of Public Service

CoastLines: Murals, Murals on the Walls, What’s Fairest Way to Paint Them All?

CoastLines: Coming Full Circle on New Foodie Options

Historical Happenings: City Documents Need Saving in Digital Format

CoastLines: Forced into Hiatus, Mycle Brandy Knows ‘It’s Hard Giving Up’

Wavelengths: Affliction of Affluence: Do We Struggle with Too Much More than Too Little?

CoastLines: Ghost of Burger Stop Haunts Vacant Lot—Now for Sale!

City Council Corner: Residents of San Clemente Deserve the Truth

CoastLines: Halloween Horrors of a Different Kind

Bartlett Bulletin: New Ordinance Creates Addiction Treatment and Recovery Business Registry

CoastLines: Airwaves Flow to California from Navajo Nation

CoastLines: Timing is Everything When Relatives Come to Town

View from the Pier: Recent FBI Investigations Elicit Personal Past Memories

CoastLines: Young San Clemente Pilot Flies into Future

Historical Happenings: City Council Candidates Forum Explores Historic Preservation

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