Featured Image: Ole Hanson, circa 1928. Photo: Courtesy of San Clemente Historical Society Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles There was a bombastic July 27, 1934…
MARY ANN COMES, San Clemente This building really pushes boundaries and doesn’t maintain tradition. It is really huge and overbears the little Ole sitting next…
Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall Local newspapers were there from the very beginning to chronicle our beautiful city’s history, starting with El Heraldo de San…
Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles From 1926 to 1930, Southern California’s fashionably growing “Spanish Village by the Sea”—known as San Clemente—was evolving as a resort-like…
Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles As we watch the historic San Clemente Theatre being restored—reborn as an events center and food court—we can be confident…
Tom Marshall By Tom Marshall The federal government has now recognized what all of us in San Clemente have known for decades. Last month, it officially…
