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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

On Life and Love after 50: An Evening with Rosanne Cash

By Tom Blake South Orange County seniors often ask for suggestions on how to add variety to their social routines. I can now recommend a…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: We Can’t Undo the Protections in Place to Fight the Toll Road

Sharon Williams, San Clemente Dear Editor, As a longtime resident of San Clemente, I am deeply concerned by our mayor’s suggestion that the Transportation Corridor…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: Motives of the TCA Are ‘Damaging’

David W. Brant, San Clemente Dear Editor, I’d like to thank you for your thorough article in the San Clemente Times on the proposed toll road…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Bartlett Bulletin: Priorities Abound for Orange County in New Year

  By Lisa Bartlett, chairwoman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors  Each year, the county of Orange lays out its policy and project priorities…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: Protect the Ridge Route Trail

Vonne Barnes, Rancho San Clemente Community Association board president The Ridge Route Trail (RRT), the city recreation and utility service road that runs directly through…

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

Life’s a Beach: Resolution or Revolution: Pomp and Circumstance over Adulting

By Shelley Murphy Next week, my youngest son starts his final semester of college. Before returning to campus, he rang in the New Year with…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: Dear Mom and Dad: Cool It

By Karissa Niehoff, executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations, and Roger Blake, executive director of the California Interscholastic Federation If you…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: What Happened to ‘Residents First’?

Pamela Baker, San Clemente It was quite alarming to read Mayor Steve Swartz’s comments in the Jan. 3-9 edition of the San Clemente Times story,…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

View from the Pier: Lessons to be Learned from the Old in the New Year

By Herman Sillas We have finished another year and are moving on to face 2019. At the beginning of this New Year, we are optimistic….

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SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines

Life’s a Beach: Celebrating the Season—A Storied Tradition

By Shelley Murphy Taking a break from the hustle and bustle of seasonal shopping, I stopped by the salon for a holiday haircut. Moments after…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: Screaming into the Void: ‘No Toll Road through San Clemente’

John Torok, San Clemente Here we go again! What is it with government officials who do not understand “No Toll Roads through San Clemente”? The…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: ‘Green New Deal’ Needed to Address Climate Change

Kyle Gray, Ladera Ranch Dear Editor, I’m a 20-year-old student from Ladera Ranch who is worried about the ongoing climate crisis taking place in the…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: Save the ESA to Stop the TCA Toll Road

Steve Netherby, San Clemente Almost two decades ago, when San Clemente residents began the fight against the Transportation Corridor Agencies’ (TCA) original proposal to ram…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter from the Editor: The Birth of a Better Soapbox Page

  By Eric Heinz, city editor, San Clemente Times In today’s media landscape, technology demands that editors and reporters take on two to three times…

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View from the Pier: Gone Are the Days of Unisex Political Candidates

By Herman Sillas Well, this year is coming to an end. It was an exciting year on many levels. Our Pier was given some much-needed…

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