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Fred Swegles

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter to the Editor: Thanks, Fred Swegles

ROBERT BEAULIEU, San Clemente While reading a recent column by Fred Swegles about a friend of mine, John Alkema, I thought back on the number of…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: Everyone Has a Street Name Story

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles I had no idea what I was unleashing when I wrote last week’s column, making fun of some of San…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: Playing ‘The Name Game’

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Here’s a fun game that native English speakers can play during our coronavirus shutdown. Play it at home by calling…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: Growing up in San Clemente, Way Back When

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Who would guess that a modern office building in San Clemente once was the site of a vintage Ole Hanson-esque…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: An Easy Way to Share Our Highway 101 Heritage

By Fred Swegles A recent article I wrote, “PCH: A Tale of Two Highways,” struck a chord with readers. They told me they learned a…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: New Additions Likely to Come to Pair of Commercial Sites

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Changes could be coming to two key San Clemente commercial sites located next to Interstate 5 Freeway interchanges. AT PICO…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: 1970 – What Was San Clemente Like 50 Years Ago?

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Fifty years ago, San Clemente’s population was 17,000—barely one-fourth of today’s. But growth was stirring, jump-started by President Richard M….

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: How an Impersonator Who Now Calls San Clemente Home Tricked America’s Future President

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles As everyone knows, late-night talk show hosts thrive on spoofing the President. All San Clemente resident Ronald Knapp can do…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: Whatever Happened to Trestles State Park?

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles If President Nixon hadn’t bought an oceanfront home on the southern tip of San Clemente in 1969, California might now…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: A Year of Enjoying Reader Responses

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Here’s a thankful year-end shout-out to all you readers! My favorite email in response to a column was one about…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

UPDATE: City’s Flag Flies; CoastLines: Long Letting It Wave Is Not So Easy, Eagle Scout Learns

UPDATE: The city recently began flying its flag at the end of the San Clemente Pier. The city of San Clemente Flag flies at the…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: 1960s Vagabond Surfed Her Way Around the World

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Generations of young wave riders have known San Clemente’s Mary Lou Drummy as a surfing icon and director of the…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: Before He made San Clemente, Ole Hanson Made Headlines as a Seattle Mayor in 1919

By Fred Swegles One hundred years ago, Ole Hanson was one of the most famous men in America. “Fighting Mayor of Seattle,” The Oregonian newspaper…

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CoastLines: A Doggone Good Time at the Ole Hanson Beach Club Pool

By Fred Swegles Fred Swegles In all of the years I’ve enjoyed events at the Ole Hanson Beach Club, I’ve never witnessed a higher level…

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Letter to the Editor: My Two Cents

STEVE JUDD, San Clemente I enjoy reading the San Clemente Times every Thursday and get most of my local, mostly unbiased, news from it. I…

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