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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
CoastLines: Some of Our Spanish Street Names Are a Mouthful
By Fred Swegles How would you like to live on Pimple Street? I’m not suggesting that we have a Zit ...
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