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A Place in History: North Beach Recognized as Historic District

By Shawn Raymundo San Clemente’s North Beach corridor has earned its place on the National Register of Historic Places as the area, currently on the…

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CoastLines: What’s in a Name? From El Hidalgo to Miramar

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles In the North Beach Historic District, how did we go from having an El Hidalgo Theatre to a San Clemente…

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Letter to the Editor: Publik House

LARRY CULBERTSON, San Clemente Historical Society president A proposal for a different use of the historic building at 1531 N. El Camino Real will be…

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CoastLines: Let’s Imagine Our Spanish Village’s Birth in 1925

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Sunday will mark the 95th anniversary of San Clemente. On a rainy Sunday, Dec. 6, 1925, founder Ole Hanson and…

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CoastLines: A Look Back 35 Years: How Did San Clemente Do?

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Where were you in 1985? In San Clemente? Not yet in San Clemente? Not yet born? Let’s ride a time…

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Letter to the Editor: Goodbye, Tommy’s

LARRY CULBERTSON, San Clemente San Clemente is the Spanish Village by the Sea, and I hope it will always remain so. That was Ole Hanson’s…

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CoastLines: 90 years ago: The Depression in San Clemente

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Seven months after the infamous Oct. 29, 1929 stock market crash plunged America into The Great Depression, San Clemente was…

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CoastLines: A Resort Hotel at T-Street? Ole Had Visions

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Next time you visit San Clemente’s T-Street Beach, pause to notice the grand width of streets that lead there. Over…

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Historical Happenings: The Plots to Murder Ole Hanson

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall The decade before Ole Hanson became the founding father of San Clemente, he was the mayor of Seattle. World War I…

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Historical Happenings: The History of San Clemente Newspapers

Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall There is an old axiom that a newspaper is the first draft of history. So, it should come as no surprise…

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CoastLines: Tiki Village by the Sea?

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Try to imagine a beach town master-planned around a Polynesian theme. All houses, restaurants, hotels, downtown shops, parks, golf courses,…

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