Tag: Historical Happenings

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall Yes, President Richard Nixon is San Clemente’s most famous former resident. But Hollywood stars discovered ...

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall As this publication reported at the time, legendary local businessman and personality Sam Tiberi (Sam’s ...

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall The decade before Ole Hanson became the founding father of San Clemente, he was the ...

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall There is an old axiom that a newspaper is the first draft of history. So, it ...

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall San Clemente’s largest historic preservation project in years has begun, as the long-awaited restoration of ...

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall The graduating classes of 2020—or some call it, the Coronavirus Class—definitely drew the short straws. ...

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall “San Clemente Broke; May Fire All City Employees”—that was the headline on the front page ...

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall The last time our country faced a pandemic like the coronavirus, San Clemente didn’t even ...

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall “Why did they call it Casino San Clemente when it never hosted gambling?” That’s a ...

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall One hundred years ago this month, Prohibition was enacted by the 18th Amendment to the ...

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall Local residents may finally have the answer to the most frequently asked question the San ...

By Tom Marshall Tom Marshall On Dec. 5 at 6 p.m., the San Clemente Historical Society will host a free ...

By Tom Marshall Tom Marshall The site of one of San Clemente’s first great restaurants has reopened following a renovation ...

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall When San Clemente founder Ole Hanson began building his dream, Spanish Village by the Sea, ...

Raad Ghantous By Raad Ghantous The unique character of San Clemente is directly attributable to the demanding tenacity of a ...