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CoastLines: Casa Ro-WHAT-ica?

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles From 1980-1994, some eye-popping ideas were floated to try to save San Clemente’s landmark from demolition/development. Imagine if you visited…

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Coastlines: Trains Have Served Our Beaches for Decades

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Over many years, I’ve occasionally run into a traveler walking up to the Amtrak train stop at the San Clemente…

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CoastLines: Ocean Fest, SC Times Partner for Photo Contest

By Fred Swegles For all the years you’ve ever attended the San Clemente Ocean Festival, how many memorable photographs have you captured? Chances are, you’ve…

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Coastlines: So Many Big Decisions Faced San Clemente 25 Years Ago

By Fred Swegles Fred Swegles Let’s take a peek back 25 years: Were San Clemente residents excited—or exasperated—to learn that our town in 1996 was…

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CoastLines: Landmark is Reemerging with Public Events

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles If you’ve been hibernating at home during the pandemic, or a little less outgoing than usual, it’s exciting to see…

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CoastLines: Feast on a Few Tales by a San Clemente State Beach Lifeguard Veteran

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Some of San Clemente’s most fascinating storytellers are state and city lifeguards, as I can attest to from more than…

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CoastLines: Two ‘Scenic Roads’ That Never Came to Be

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles What if we had a two-lane road, instead of the Beach Trail, running from North Beach around Mariposa Point to…

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CoastLines: San Clemente’s Historic Legacy: ‘Potholes of the Week’

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles There was a time when San Clemente was famous for the quality of its streets. Our streets, in the most…

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CoastLines: Learn Some Historic Morsels About North Beach on City’s Website

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles The next time you visit the city’s homepage at san-clemente.org, fix your eyes on some details in a large historic…

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CoastLines: San Clemente Twins: A Pivotal Role in the History of Women’s Pro Surfing

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles A documentary movie currently appearing in theaters in Australia is shedding light on how two young pro surfers from San…

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CoastLines: Two San Clemente Marinas That Never Happened

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles San Clemente founder Ole Hanson’s 1928 vision of building a breakwater from the end of the pier over to Seal…

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CoastLines: Local Students Were Contenders for This Year’s Grammys

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Who would guess that 21 high school and middle school students could earn nominations to compete for the pinnacle of…

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CoastLines: If Ole Had His Way, There Might Be No Surf at T-Street, Lasuen and Riviera

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Imagine this: a breakwater that extends from the end of the San Clemente Pier south to Seal Rock. In February…

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CoastLines: Mischief on the RR Tracks—How Soon We Forget

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles When it comes to life and death along San Clemente’s coastal railroad corridor, it’s too easy to take for granted…

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CoastLines: Memories Go Back to When SC’s Historic Movie Theatre Was Being Built

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Day after day, we can watch the historic San Clemente Theatre’s restoration take shape. Joe Llamas is among only a…

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CoastLines: Casa Ro-WHAT-ica?

Coastlines: Trains Have Served Our Beaches for Decades

CoastLines: Ocean Fest, SC Times Partner for Photo Contest

Coastlines: So Many Big Decisions Faced San Clemente 25 Years Ago

CoastLines: Landmark is Reemerging with Public Events

CoastLines: Feast on a Few Tales by a San Clemente State Beach Lifeguard Veteran

CoastLines: Two ‘Scenic Roads’ That Never Came to Be

CoastLines: San Clemente’s Historic Legacy: ‘Potholes of the Week’

CoastLines: Learn Some Historic Morsels About North Beach on City’s Website

CoastLines: San Clemente Twins: A Pivotal Role in the History of Women’s Pro Surfing

CoastLines: Two San Clemente Marinas That Never Happened

CoastLines: Local Students Were Contenders for This Year’s Grammys

CoastLines: If Ole Had His Way, There Might Be No Surf at T-Street, Lasuen and Riviera

CoastLines: Mischief on the RR Tracks—How Soon We Forget

CoastLines: Memories Go Back to When SC’s Historic Movie Theatre Was Being Built

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