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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: When Lifeguarding Began in San Clemente

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Generations of San Clemente ocean lifeguards this year are celebrating a 90-year heritage of protecting beach visitors and locals from…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: Feast on a Few Tales by a San Clemente State Beach Lifeguard Veteran

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Some of San Clemente’s most fascinating storytellers are state and city lifeguards, as I can attest to from more than…

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EYE ON SC, News Headlines, Video

Ready, Set, Swim: Applicants Test Their Mettle in City Lifeguard Tryouts

By Shawn Raymundo About 30 teens and young adults braved the cold ocean waters at the beach near the San Clemente Pier this past Sunday…

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EYE ON SC, News Bites

City to Hold Tryouts for Open Lifeguard Positions

Staff With the summer only a few months away, the city of San Clemente is gearing up for the season up by hosting tryouts for…

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EYE ON SC, News Headlines, SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

CoastLines: Humphreys Retires, Reflects on his 43-Year Lifeguard Career

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles The legacy of safety that recently retired lifeguard and Marine Safety Chief Bill Humphreys leaves at San Clemente’s beaches reaches…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter to the Editor: Biased-Unfair Enforcement at Beach

HARRY TOUART, San Clemente It is amazing that if you have a dog on a leash out on the beach, the lifeguard tower will immediately…

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EYE ON SC, News Headlines

Marine Safety Headquarters under Construction

By Shawn Raymundo The renovation of San Clemente’s aging Marine Safety Headquarters is officially underway, with completion of the construction project targeted for May, according…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

CoastLines by Fred Swegles: Harrowing Stories from a Veteran Local Lifeguard

By Fred Swegles If you’re a beach lover, you may find that your best read of 2019 won’t have been penned by a bestselling novelist,…

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EYE ON SC, News Headlines

Man Rescued at the Pier on Christmas Evening

By Eric Heinz A man was rescued Tuesday, Dec. 25 by San Clemente Marine Safety after apparently jumping from the boardwalk on the Municipal Pier,…

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EYE ON SC, News Headlines

Taylor Mellinger: Lifeguard of the Year

By Eric Heinz Having served as one of the only liaisons to the San Clemente Marine Division in New Zealand and employed by the city…

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San Clemente Ocean Festival, SPECIAL SECTIONS

Photos: Day One of the 42nd Annual San Clemente Ocean Festival

By Eric Heinz Tossed around by evanescent and high surf, determined to one-up their competition, and trying to right the course in various vessel competitions,…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

City Council Corner: Shoring Up Marine Safety Headquarters

By City Council member Lori Donchak In the last fiscal year, San Clemente Lifeguards rescued 1,521 swimmers in distress, warned 22,897 visitors of dangerous ocean…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: Lifesaving Makaha-Style: Sometimes You Learn the Most from Your Fears

By Jim Kempton Rich Chew was a lifeguard for 35 years. Much of his career was spent on the beaches of San Clemente, where with…

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EYE ON SC, News Bites

Sina Riahi, City of San Clemente Lifeguard of the Year, Honored by San Clemente Exchange Club

San Clemente Times On Thursday, Sept. 28, the San Clemente Exchange Club honored San Clemente Lifeguard Sina Riahi, awarding him with the 2017 Lifeguard of…

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Junior Lifeguards Make the Leap

  San Clemente Times Jumping off the San Clemente Pier at the end of a session is a time-honored tradition for junior lifeguards in training….

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