City-Led Survey Shows Narrow Community Support for Publicly Funded New Hospital
By C. Jayden Smith The citywide debate over whether San Clemente should add a hospital will continue with a town ...
Tag: Saddleback Memorial Medical Center
CoastLines: What Was It Like 5 Years Ago?
Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Every December, a year-end ritual in the San Clemente Times takes a look back at ...
Council Seeks State’s Help in Reopening Hospital Amid Pandemic
By Shawn Raymundo As hospitals in Orange County stand by for a potential surge in patients who have contracted COVID-19, ...
Breaking: MemorialCare to Open Coronavirus Testing Center at Shuttered Hospital in San Clemente
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include additional comments from Mayor Dan Bane By Shawn Raymundo The San ...
RFP to Reopen Hospital Forthcoming
By Shawn Raymundo A draft of the city’s documents seeking interest from hospital operators wanting to reopen the site of ...
Council Votes to Draft RFPs for Hospital Operators
By Shawn Raymundo As part of the city’s ongoing attempts to get a hospital operating again in San Clemente, city ...
City in Good Position to Admit Liability in Hospital Lawsuit
By Cari Hachmann The city of San Clemente has motioned in federal court to file an “amended answer” on whether ...
Breaking: Federal Court Rules in Favor of San Clemente in Hospital Lawsuit on Zoning Changes, $42.5 Million Demand Yet to be Tried
Challenge by MemorialCare on zoning rejected by federal judge after nearly three-year litigation By Eric Heinz San Clemente took a ...
Down to the Wire: San Clemente Awaits Judge’s Decision on Two-Year Hospital Lawsuit
By Eric Heinz San Clemente has been without a hospital for two years now, and the consequences of a lawsuit ...
Looking Forward: Issues That Are Likely to Affect San Clemente Residents in the New Year
By Eric Heinz If 2017 taught San Clemente residents anything it’s that some issues take time to work through. Mayor ...
Closure Costs: City’s Insurance Wouldn’t Cover Cost of $42.5 Million Lawsuit
Assistant Manager: Losing Lawsuit Would ‘Hamper City’s Ability to Provide Services’ By Eric Heinz A fence barricades Saddleback Memorial Medical ...
Hospital to Close Monday Night; Ambulances Calls to Divert 7 p.m. Friday
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in San Clemente. Photo: Eric Heinz By Eric Heinz San Clemente’s only hospital is nearing its ...
Hospital Closure Looms: County Report on San Clemente Hospital Sent to CDPH
San Clemente City Councilwoman Lori Donchak spoke to the Orange County Emergency Medical Care Committee on April 29 about why ...
UPDATE: MemorialCare Files Lawsuit Against City for Hospital Zoning Ordinance; City Responds
Lawsuit requests zoning ordinance be repealed, seeks $42.5 million in potential damages; city responds with press release Saddleback Memorial Medical ...
San Clemente Hospital’s Report States 194 Jobs to be Cut
Dr. Gus Gialamas (right) speaks to a crowd during a protest of the closure of Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in ...
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