Letter to the Editor: On Fred Swegles
MIKE CONLON, San Clemente After teaching 37 years at San Clemente High School, in my retirement speech, I said that ...
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CoastLines: A Fighter, to the End
Featured Image: Ole Hanson, circa 1928. Photo: Courtesy of San Clemente Historical Society Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles There was ...
Publisher’s Letter: An Update on Fred Swegles
Norb Garrett By Norb Garrett, publisher and founder of Picket Fence Media Devotees of Fred Swegles and his weekly column, ...
San Clemente Chamber Honors Local Professionals, Community Members
By Shawn Raymundo In another sign that life is getting back to “business as usual,” the San Clemente Chamber of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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