Historical Happenings: The San Clemente Riding Academy
Christine Lampert picks up the pen for the Historical Society’s ongoing Historical Happenings column to write this month about the ...
Tag: Ole Hanson
Historical Happenings: What Is Historic Is Often Relative
Tom Marshall pens one last Historical Happenings column for the San Clemente Times, as he is resigning from the Historical ...
Historical Society Celebrates 50 Years of Preservation
A bit of rainy weather couldn’t keep the legacy of town founder Ole Hanson away from the Casa Romantica Cultural ...
Historical Happenings: Historical Society to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
On March 19, from 4-7 p.m., the San Clemente Historical Society will celebrate its Golden Anniversary party at Casa Romantica, ...
San Clemente Historical Society to Host Gala for 50th Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate its “golden anniversary” on March 19, the San Clemente Historical Society will host a gala at Casa Romantica, ...
Historical Happenings: Casa Romantica’s Most Famous Owner
Though just about everyone who’s lived in San Clemente knows that the Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens originally belonged ...
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 ...
Letter to the Editor: Response to ‘Upcoming Del Mar Restaurant Pushes Boundaries, Maintains Tradition’
MARY ANN COMES, San Clemente This building really pushes boundaries and doesn’t maintain tradition. It is really huge and overbears ...
Upcoming Del Mar Restaurant Pushes Boundaries, Maintains Tradition
By C. Jayden Smith Passersby of the structure that is under construction right in the heart of Avenida Del Mar ...
Historical Happenings: Newspapers Were the First Draft of City’s History—Read All About It!
Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall Local newspapers were there from the very beginning to chronicle our beautiful city’s history, starting ...
CoastLines: What Happened 90 Years Ago in San Clemente?
Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles From 1926 to 1930, Southern California’s fashionably growing “Spanish Village by the Sea”—known as San ...
CoastLines: Landmark is Reemerging with Public Events
Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles If you’ve been hibernating at home during the pandemic, or a little less outgoing than ...
CoastLines: Two San Clemente Marinas That Never Happened
Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles San Clemente founder Ole Hanson’s 1928 vision of building a breakwater from the end of ...
CoastLines: If Ole Had His Way, There Might Be No Surf at T-Street, Lasuen and Riviera
Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Imagine this: a breakwater that extends from the end of the San Clemente Pier south ...
CoastLines: Movie Palace Was a Show of Faith in 1938 San Clemente
Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles As we watch the historic San Clemente Theatre being restored—reborn as an events center and ...
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