0 SPORTS & OUTDOORS, Sports Headlines Column: Remembering Kobe Bryant, ‘Mamba Mentality’ There were many sides to Kobe Bryant. By Zach Cavanagh There’s still that deep sinking feeling in my stomach talking about the Lakers legend in…
0 Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX Letter to the Editor: Brava, Ms. Bianco ELLEN GADDIE, San Clemente I look forward to every “At the Movies” column by Megan Bianco. Her reviews are thorough and have convinced me more…
0 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX View from the Pier: Steel-Trap Minds Open Like Vaults at Retired Living Facility By Herman Sillas When you get older, life changes. I think back to my first years in San Clemente, when I was introduced to its…
1 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX Historical Happenings: Beach Club Weathervane Finally Blowing in the Wind By Tom Marshall Hillary Clinton was right: It takes a village. After years, even decades, of effort by many people, a unique weathervane once again…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines Life’s a Beach: Celebrating the Season—A Storied Tradition By Shelley Murphy Taking a break from the hustle and bustle of seasonal shopping, I stopped by the salon for a holiday haircut. Moments after…
0 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX 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…
2 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX CoastLines: Familiar Face Returns to Writing about San Clemente By Fred Swegles Greetings, readers. I hope you will welcome a new kid onto these pages. This is the first in a series of San…
0 SC SURF, Surf Headlines No Surf? How About a History Lesson? With a downer surf forecast for the rest of the winter, here’s a brief look back at the evolution of San Onofre By Jake Howard…
1 SPORTS & OUTDOORS, Sports Headlines Column: Thanks for The Memories Breazeale Banter By Steve Breazeale After nearly six years, I will no longer be the sports guy at Picket Fence Media. This will be the…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: After a Long Trip, It’s Good to Be Home By Tom Blake One of the best aspects of taking a long trip is coming home. Such is the case for my partner Greta and…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines Life’s a Beach: Milestone Birthdays: Happy or Hype? Twenty-One is a Rite of Passage By Shelley Murphy It’s the last quarter of the calendar year, and the clock races ahead, but before calling it quits for 2017 my family…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Finding Wi-Fi in Foreign Countries as a Newspaper Columnist By Tom Blake My partner Greta and I have just completed the first week of a 34-day cruise from San Diego, traveling south around…
0 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX Lew’s Views: The Power of Visual Media in Disseminating News By Lew Avera The recent hurricane disasters of hurricanes Harvey and Irma are unprecedented in terms of natural disasters, economic losses, personal losses and property…
0 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX View from the Pier: Ocean Water Conditions Need Better Monitoring By Herman Sillas In 1988, Cora and I purchased an interest in a beach condo in San Clemente and went out there on every third…
0 SPORTS & OUTDOORS, Sports Headlines Column: A Return to the Madness of March NCAA basketball tournament offers plenty of fun for the casual fan Breazeale Banter By Steve Breazeale Last year in this space I laid out my…
