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Local artists Estella Olivares and Joshua Paskowitz brightened up North Beach this month by completing the new “Character Counts” mural adorning the concession stand. Photo: Keaton Larson

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Citizens Committee Formed over Amphitheater Initiative

Local Woman Recognized for Service to Marine Community

SCHS Football Returns Home After Opening Win

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TOP NEWS SAN CLEMENTE SHOULD KNOW THIS WEEK

Local Artists Complete ‘Character Counts’ Mural in North Beach

BY KEATON LARSON

North Beach sits a bit brighter along the San Clemente coastline again. A new mural on the concession and restroom building, reminiscent of the previous Character Counts mural that was removed in 2017, reached completion in early August.

The mural depicts a scene of strolling surfers, their surfboards, and the ocean, draped by a setting sun and the words, “Character Counts.” Each surfboard in the mural displays its own inscription— trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.

“The North Beach community loved that mural,” said Joshua Paskowitz, a professional muralist and resident of San Clemente, referring to the original design, which was painted in 2000.

The mural lived on the North Beach concession stand until 2017, when the city removed it to perform repairs on the dilapidating structure.

The San Clemente Sunrise Rotary Club and Interact Club filed a public art application with the Beaches, Parks & Recreation Department in June to install a new mural at North Beach. The City Council voted unanimously on July 19 to commission the mural for the concession stand.

“We quietly went there one evening and projected the image on the wall and traced it in black,” said Sally Guon, immediate past president of the San Cle-

Council Votes Down Resolution Calling on Lawmakers for Additional Election Security Practices

BY C. JAYDEN SMITH

Councilmember Steve Knoblock’s attempt for the city to persuade the California State Legislature to improve election security was voted down, 3-2, by the San Clemente City Council last week.

Knoblock and Councilmember Laura Ferguson voted on Aug. 16 in favor of passing a resolution that intended to San Clemente Times August 25-31, 2022

mente Sunrise Rotary Club and youth service chair.

Over the course of the weekend, Estella Olivares, a senior and Advanced Placement art student at San Clemente High School, and Paskowitz completed the design.

The beach was busy the weekend that Estella and Paskowitz were there, said Guon, and many beachgoers came by to express their excitement that a new mural was finally filling the wall.

The goal was to create a mural that was fashioned in a similar vein as the past design while also embracing the future of San Clemente.

“On this mural, one of the fundamental cornerstones of what we wanted to do was bring kids to the arts,” said Paskowitz.

And Olivares fit that role well. Olivares’ proposed drawing was the winner of a competition to decide which mural the city would use, and Paskowitz served as a mentor on the project.

Olivares, Paskowitz, and Guon wanted the design to embody a multicultural, multigenerational spirit that stood for the community of San Clemente. Olivares, who is Hispanic, wanted to reflect her heritage and the diversity of the town in the wall, said Paskowitz.

Guon also emphasized the student-led nature of the project, and the capability of Olivares at the helm. San Clemente High students from the Interact Club, a youth organization of 12- to 18-year-olds within the larger Rotary Club network, also showed up at North Beach to help.

“She had only done something like a 16-by-20 (inch) before and never a mural,” Guon said of Olivares’ painting, before noting the different canvas sizes. “What

“enhance the confidence of the voting public in election outcomes” through adding a series of measures to the California Election Code, such as voter identification requirements.

“My recommendation is a safe, fair election, where people vote with a ballot that’s identifiable, and that people who are legally entitled to vote get to vote,” Knoblock said. “It’s not political, it’s not cheap political tricks, it’s not theatrics; it’s the essence of our democracy.”

Mayor Gene James, Mayor Pro Tem Chris Duncan and Councilmember Kathy Ward delivered the dissenting votes against the resolution. Duncan, along with Ward, believed the issue of election laws should not be addressed by the council.

Local artists Estella Olivares and Joshua Paskowitz brightened up North Beach this month by completing the new “Character Counts” mural adorning the concession stand. Photo: Keaton Larson

do you do when you do an art of scale?”

It was a great learning experience for her, Guon added, and one that Paskowitz helped her through.

There were some hiccups as the mural began to take shape, said Paskowitz.

As you’re doing the mural, he added, it seems disastrous in a way, because so much of it is the process of painting.

But at the end, it all came into focus for Paskowitz and Olivares.

Paskowitz is excited to see the heritage of San Clemente and its surf culture reflected in art throughout the community.

“The most important thing is that the community has reached out to us … and told me and Estella how much they love the mural,” said Paskowitz, who noted that as an artist, that is all he can ask for.

“It’s about the whole community working together and making something that is successful and also satisfying to the people that are living with this thing.”

“Let’s defeat this tonight and get back to city business that we were elected to do,” Duncan said.

The failed resolution claimed that the use of ballot drop boxes “creates a higher level of risk for voter fraud”—a similar refrain commonly used by staunch supporters of former President Donald Trump to back his unfounded claims of mass voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election.

It went on to implore legislators to adopt five measures to “restore and maintain” the public’s faith in the election process, such as requiring voters to provide a valid form of photo identification or submit an affidavit of proof that they are the person on the registration rolls.

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COMMUNITY MEETINGS SATURDAY, AUG. 27

Challenging Cancer 10-11:30 a.m. The Challenging Cancer group is conducting weekly meetings through Zoom video conferences. The meetings are open to caregivers, people who have a compromised immune system, and people dealing with cancer. To join, email donnavigil2@gmail.com or linda_crdv@yahoo.com. heritagesc.org.

TUESDAY, AUG. 30

Joint City Council Meeting 6 p.m. The San Clemente City Council will conduct an in-person meeting at the San Clemente Municipal Golf Course, located at 150 Avenida Magdalena, San Clemente.

949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

Because I Love You (BILY) 6:30-8:30 p.m. The organization Because I Love You (BILY) will continue conducting its weekly meetings on Tuesdays via Zoom video conference. For detailed instructions on how to participate, email bilysanclemente@gmail.com.

San Clemente Toastmasters 7-8:40 p.m. The Toastmasters Club invites people to lose their fear of public speaking and have fun at the same time. Join them in person every Tuesday at the Baha’i Center, at 3316 Avenida del Presidente. Visitors welcomed. Call or text Laura Yang at 949.547.6558 with questions.

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City to Form Citizens Committee on Initiative to Construct Local Amphitheater

BY C. JAYDEN SMITH

San Clemente City Council voted to establish a Citizens Committee, involving numerous groups interested in the project, to analyze the feasibility of an amphitheater at its Aug. 16 meeting.

Councilmember Kathy Ward was the lone vote against forming the committee, citing that the efforts to construct such a structure would interfere with having land available to bring in a health care provider and a hospital or emergency room.

The discussion of the amphitheater was placed on the agenda by Councilmember Laura Ferguson, who stated she would like to see one in town as a

(Cont. from page 3) The other recommended measures included the removal of inactive voters from voter rolls prior to the immediate next election, prohibiting unsupervised ballot drop boxes, enhancing the chain of custody process for vote by mail, and performing post-election audits.

“Orange County elections are accessible, fair, accurate, secure, and transparent,” Bob Page, the Orange County Registrar of Voters, said in an email to San Clemente Times. “All options available to voters to cast a ballot are secure.”

The county in 2020 began to utilize the vote-by-mail system as allowed under the California Voter’s Choice Act. Registered voters receive their ballots in the mail and have a few options to cast their votes: return the ballot through the mail, hand deliver it to a vote center, place it in a drop box or complete a ballot in person at a vote center.

Although declining to take a policy position about proposed changes to statutory voting requirements, Page talked about the safety of elections without requiring voter identification and supervising all ballot drop boxes in use.

According to Page, the Registrar’s office maintains and updates voter registration files on a daily basis. Using official statewide entities as sources, the Registrar has completed an average of nearly 49,000 record updates each month in 2022, a number that is expected to increase significantly in advance of this November’s General Election.

Regarding the chain of custody for mail-in ballots, the Registrar uses two-person employee teams to transport and record the steps of the ballot collection process on a form. Each mail ballot return envelope is printed with a unique San Clemente Times August 25-31, 2022

Pictured is the amphitheater at Casa Romnatica Cultural Center & Gardens. A City Council majority on Aug. 16 voted to create a new Citizens Committee comprising members of various nonprofits and performing arts groups who will be tasked with analyzing the feasibility of constructing a local amphitheater. Photo: Keaton Larson

place where the community could gather for plays, dance recitals, and public speeches.

She was also in favor of organizing a committee that would be “autonomous

and innovative” and could look for sponsors to help fund the initiative.

“Even if the council decides to designate specific people, they (should) have public meetings, because I think that the

voter ballot identification number in a barcode to be tracked through the U.S. Postal Service.

In the 2018 statewide General Election, 1,106,729 ballots were cast in Orange County, and 1,546,570 were submitted in the 2020 General Election, per the election results archives listed on the county’s Registrar of Voters website.

Page said that his office referred 294 voters and 18 voters in 2018 and 2020, respectively, to the Orange County District Attorney’s office for investigation of attempting to vote twice.

He added that he was “completely confident” in the county’s voting system and how his team works to protect the integrity of elections.

The team controls physical access to election equipment, of which the equipment used to mark and count ballots is not connected to the internet. The team also used numerous procedures to ensure equipment and software had not been tampered with.

“We conduct several audits and tests before and after the election to ensure the system accurately counts the votes on the ballots,” Page said. “We work with federal, state, and local partners, including CISA (the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency), to regularly assess our system protections and to mitigate potential risks.”

Before elections, the office confirms the correct voting system software version with the California Secretary of State and feeds test ballots through each scanner to ensure votes are accurately counted.

After an election, the Registrar randomly selects ballots from at least 1% of precincts to hand count and compare against the voting system tally, and con-

duct a Risk Limiting Ballot Comparison Audit, in which ballots are randomly selected by state-approved audit software.

Knoblock said nothing was more important in a society than fair, free, and accurate elections, and that the issue of elections was no different than other issues the City Council weighs in on and communicates with the state legislature about.

He felt implementing voter identification laws was not a complicated concept, referencing numerous everyday activities in which people must prove who they are, such as cashing a check or boarding an airplane.

He also questioned why voters don’t have to provide any evidence, given the decisions they make in electing the government that has such an impact on day-to-day life.

Knoblock claimed that as many as 30 million illegal votes were cast in 2020, although several media outlets such as PolitiFact and USA Today have debunked varying allegations of millions of illegal votes.

Ferguson had said that the implementation of voter identification regulations and cleaning up voter rolls were important measures that factored into her support of the resolution.

She recalled her time working at voting centers during a statewide primary, and the benefits of people bringing in photo IDs that sped up the process even though they weren’t required.

Ward stated that entities such as the California Secretary of State’s office were responsible for handling elections, and that the back and forth between opposing public commenters was the direct, negative result of the council addressing the resolution.

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community would really embrace this,” Ferguson added.

She suggested that the committee could utilize the Friends of San Clemente Foundation, a nonprofit that helps fundraise for beaches, parks and recreation activities, as a recipient of donations for the amphitheater.

City staff recommended that members representing local organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, the San Clemente High School Drama Department, and the Cabrillo Playhouse should comprise the Citizens Committee.

Ferguson approved, adding that councilmembers could appoint others whom they felt could serve the committee well and had an interest in the arts.

Ward did not think the city had the time to address the creation of a committee, especially considering the upcoming departures of herself and Ferguson from the council, as both will not run for reelection this November.

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Though she said she understood both sides of the argument, it amounted to an hour’s worth of time related to a matter the city did not need to address.

“We should vote this down, and we should stop doing resolutions on things that we have no purview to do,” Ward said.

The erosion of public trust in the election system could be attributed to public figures of authority using a false narrative of election fraud as a matter of seeking personal gain, to the detriment of the rest of society, Duncan said.

“The largest segment of people are not people who vote as Republicans and people who vote as Democrats; it’s people who don’t vote at all,” he said. “We don’t have too many people voting; we don’t have enough people voting.”

He added that resolutions such as Knoblock’s serve to drive down an already-low voter turnout in comparison to other countries, as the celebrated 67% rate of the voting-age population during the 2020 presidential election lagged behind Turkey’s 89% turnout in 2018 and Israel’s 78% in 2020.

James, while scorning the “cheap” comments made by some speakers during the agenda item, called the Registrar the “gold standard of election officials” and said that no person has established that voter fraud is a significant issue.

“I arrived here tonight, determined I wasn’t going to support this measure,” he said, adding: “I’m not going to vote for this tonight, but I can’t say I was really impressed with a lot (of what I heard) from you all.”

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Local Woman Recognized for Service to Marine Community

The DRCs for each MEU support people across the country, and Hughes noted that their program has expanded significantly to not only support spouses, but parents, grandparents, cousins, and all kinds of relatives.

Some of her daily activities include training families of individuals getting ready to deploy, providing pre-deployment briefs, organizing daycare for children ages 4 and under, and organizing family days to help people network and have a good time.

Additionally, coordinators must be ready to be there for families impacted by births, deaths of relatives, or COVID-19, which Hughes said especially stressed

military families that were already facing separation from their loved ones.

She added that the program is only recently getting back to holding in-person events for families to meet others in the same situation.

There are multiple aspects to supporting families, according to Hughes, in that meeting with relatives and answering questions face-to-face is easier than reassuring a mother concerned about the world her young son will soon join.

Some only need a resource, and others need the comfort of knowing their loved ones are safe even when they don’t hear from them.

Hughes said she is the person a family

can call to hear her say, “Hey, your loved one is doing just fine; they’re just out of communication right now. Everything is going smooth.”

Her history of volunteer work, along with her instrumental involvement in Yorba Linda adopting the 11th MEU and its Adoption Committee, led to the committee nominating Hughes for the award.

She said she was honored to be recognized, appreciated the work of Major Glenn Ferguson, USMC, who created the award in memory of his wife, Irene, and that she was humbled that the adoption committee recommended her name to be awarded.

“That means the world to me, to be nominated by people that know me, know my family, know our lifestyle, and appreciate and respect it,” said Hughes.

Through 26 years of her husband’s active service, the Hughes family has experienced 10 deployments and seen two children graduate from San Clemente High School and become adults. The years have gone by fast, Hughes said, and have been intensely busy.

She added that time especially flies during the combat deployment days, when families are waiting to hear bad news, and she resorted to mitigating her fears by becoming others’ support system in a group where she and her husband were often the oldest couple.

“Just putting my best foot forward supporting others, it just really makes the time fly for myself,” Hughes said. “I don’t have a lot of time to worry and stress about what could be, because I’m supporting everyone else, (so) they can get through it.”

With so many experiences of death and tragedy as a Marine spouse, she’s learned to not to take life for granted.

“Do what you can to support others,” she said. “Be kind and be prepared; you never know when something can happen directly to you or impact you directly.”

would be a “fantastic and wonderful community amenity,” Councilmember Steve Knoblock said. He felt that beginning the process now would be appropriate and valid.

Mayor Pro Tem Chris Duncan also supported the idea and said there was significant community interest and support in the initiative, especially from the high school.

“Frankly, this has to be a community-led effort, but we can provide leadership in helping to organize the committee,” he said. “Then, it’s up to them to generate funding and a plan, but I think we should (get) the ball rolling.”

A parcel of land located near Avenida La Pata and Calle Saluda that had been previously identified as a potential

location for the amphitheater, had also been considered as a site for an eventual hospital and emergency room, according to Sund.

Sund added that when the council’s Hospital Subcommittee was looking for operators to use the land, staff listed the site within the city’s portfolio.

“Putting anything there and starting to look at that is killing our city ever getting a local provider for an ER and a hospital,” Ward said to her colleagues. “I would submit that (the amphitheater) is being brought up to circumvent that and prevent us from doing that. I will not vote for that.”

She added that it would be wrong for the city to “quickly” move on from the prospect of bringing a health care pro-

vider to town, and onto another project.

James, Ferguson, and Knoblock disagreed with Ward’s assertion.

“We’re not authorizing or encouraging the use of any piece of property,” said James. “It could be the Meadows (at the Vista Hermosa Sports Park), it could be (Linda Lane Park), it could be a number of places.”

Ward felt that with the city being built out, there wouldn’t be numerous options for the amphitheater, which is why the La Pata/Saluda parcel was reserved for a potential hospital.

James stressed that a hospital would not be a good project for the city to undertake, leading Ferguson to motion for approving the formation of a Citizens Committee.

BY C. JAYDEN SMITH

A San Clemente woman who has spent nearly three decades volunteering and supporting her fellow members of the military community was honored with the Irene Ferguson Marine Wife Recognition Award in San Diego on Saturday, Aug. 20.

Kyp Hughes, whose husband, Shawn, is a Master Gunnery Sergeant assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) based at Camp Pendleton, received the award from the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation (FLHF).

The foundation annually recognizes the wife of an active-duty Marine for outstanding service to the U.S. Marine Corps, the community and families.

“Her passion for the welfare of Marines and Sailors attached to the MEUs provides needed support for active-duty personnel and their families during deployments, various family challenges, holidays, community events and much more,” FLHF said of Hughes in a media release.

Since June 2010, she has served as a Deployment Readiness Coordinator (DRS) for both the 11th and 13th MEUs at Camp Pendleton, with a goal of educating and preparing families of Marines and Sailors for the inevitable mission and other unexpected life events.

DRCs, which operate within the Marines’ Unit, Personal, and Family Readiness Program, serve as the hub of communication for the UPFRP and provide training and support to families.

“It varies every day,” Hughes said of her job in an interview with the San Clemente Times. “Every day is a new, exciting day with this position, because you just don’t know what’s to come.”

(Cont. from page 4) “We are circumventing Beaches, Parks, and (Recreation), and all of our procedures that we do with parks,” she said.

“I just think this is going to be a huge amount of time, and I’m not ready to appoint a committee now.”

Mayor Gene James didn’t have a problem with the concept of the committee going out and gauging the public’s level of interest. He added that he did not believe any public dollars would be used to construct an amphitheater.

Ward replied that any use of staff time on the matter equates to the use of money, which would have a negative effect given that the city does not have a city manager set to replace the outgoing Erik Sund.

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An award designated to recognize wives of U.S. Marines for their own service to the military community was given to San Clemente resident Kyp Hughes at a ceremony in San Diego on Saturday, Aug. 20. Photo: Courtesy of Flying Leathernecks Historical Foundation

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Parents and students hold a rally outside the Capistrano Unified School District offices in October 2021 to protest a then-expected vaccine mandate for California students. The CUSD Board of Trustees will take up a measure calling for local control of COVID-19 protocols at a future meeting. Photo: Collin Breaux

CUSD Board of Trustees Consider Resolution Calling for Local Control over COVID Guidelines, Push Final Vote to September

The resolution was brought forth

by Bullockus, another opponent of state-mandated pandemic restrictions, with collaboration from Jones.

“The original aim of the COVID-19 response was to save lives and to keep our hospital system and intensive care units from being overwhelmed, but in the state of California, one size does not fit all,” Bullockus said. “We believe that the establishment of the COVID-19 protocols are best left to the local public departments, and not to Sacramento issuing for the entire state of California.”

The call for more local control would be done through requests to Gov. Gavin Newsom and state officials, and also invites the Orange County Board of Supervisors to get involved in the plea.

“I know that it seems to many people that we’re these school board members and we have all this power. We really don’t have the kind of power that boards of supervisors have,” Jones said. “If this passes, I hope people will contact our member, Lisa Bartlett, and encourage her to do this. If you know people elsewhere in the county, encourage them to contact their supervisor. There could be enough energy in this that it could happen.”

Jones brought up the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the U.S. as an example of why she wanted more local control on public health.

“There are probably counties that are never going to see a monkeypox case— some of the small, rural counties,” Jones said. “It would be very sad if the state

BY COLLIN BREAUX

Though statewide COVID-19 restrictions have not been in place in California for some time, pandemic protocols were again the topic of discussion during a Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting last week.

The board on Aug. 17 did not take any action on a proposed measure addressing health guidelines, but it is expected to vote on a resolution at a Sept. 21 meeting that calls for local control of school COVID-19 guidelines, which are currently set by the California Department of Public Health.

Some local parents and CUSD officials have spoken against restrictions being under state control, instead preferring such decisions be made at a county or individual level.

Restrictions were initially lifted in the state of California in summer 2021, and masks are no longer required of students on campus after that rule was lifted earlier this year. While counties and school districts can enact stricter regulations than current state rules, those jurisdictions cannot be more lax than CDPH guidelines.

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year last week. There are also no social distancing or vaccination requirements, either.

The resolution up for discussion next month requests that COVID rules fall under the Orange County Health Care Agency. If passed, the resolution would call on local state lawmakers and other elected officials to ask that state health officials delegate “final responsibility” on COVID protocols to local jurisdictions.

It was initially on the agenda for the Aug. 17 meeting and even came down to a 3-2 vote against its passage, with Trustee Lisa Davis absent. Trustees Krista Castellanos, Amy Hanacek and Gila Jones voted against the resolution, while Trustees Judy Bullockus and Martha McNicholas voted in its favor.

Jones had supported the resolution during an initial vote but switched her “yea” to a “nay” after the board realized that four votes are needed for it to pass.

Because the current six-member board is down one trustee, a four-person majority is required.

Trustee Davis, who has frequently spoken against COVID-19 restrictions and masks, left the meeting before the vote. Board members decided to reconsider the measure when they had all trustees in attendance.

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were to put in some monkeypox restrictions for the entire state when there might be 10 or 12 counties that were totally unaffected, and the same thing could happen with other health issues.”

Hanacek said the resolution and similarly proposed resolutions are “dependent on some outside source and, thus, have no board action, as they have no legal force or effect.”

Numerous local parents at the meeting said they were against the proposed resolution, because they instead preferred health decisions be made individually by families.

Superintendent Kirsten Vital Brulte also addressed other COVID-19 rules at the start of the meeting.

“We only follow the requirements for employee testing that come from CDPH. Most recently, our Board of Trustees passed a resolution to ask CDPH for an end date on testing. We inquired with CDPH about ending their testing requirements, as on a state call,” Brulte said. “However, they will not consider any changes at this point, pointing to state data on hospitalizations and deaths.”

The Sept. 21 Board of Trustees meeting will be held in the CUSD Board Room at 33122 Valle Road. The main session open to the public will begin at 7 p.m. Parents and other members of the public can attend in person or watch a livestreamed meeting video online on the Capo USD Board Meeting YouTube channel. Visit capousd.org for more information. sanclementetimes.com

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GUEST OPINION | The Big Dig by Craig Keshishian

Widening I-5 for HOV Lanes G rowing up in San Clemente was as idyllic as a Disney episode—a quaint Main Street, nice folks, great beaches, with an ambience of peace and tranquility.

Well, if our friends at Caltrans and OCTA get their way soon, you can certainly kiss off the “peace and tranquility” part.

What’s now afoot here is a political and economic boondoggle, stemming from Faustian bargain, struck by our local leaders with the Big Freeway Boys (Caltrans and OCTA), ostensibly to keep the Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) from extending its tentacles into our backyard, with an alternative for “traffic relief.”

Regrettably, this THE BIG DIG deal will guarantee

BY CRAIG neither.

KESHISHIAN In fact, it’s what we call in southern politics—you can take it from me as a former White House strategist—as the old “okey-doke.”

Let me explain: our well-intentioned local leaders heard our plea to stop the toll road through our town. But the TCA has more arms than an octopus. So, a grand bargain was struck among our local pols, the shovel-ready OCTA, and the county Board of Supervisors.

Sadly, our elected guardians failed to get an actual “wet ink” sign-off from the TCA itself, so I’m left to wonder, as a

former lecturer in the law, whether we even have a binding agreement. With a successful court challenge, a toll road scheme can rise from the dead like in a bad zombie movie.

Meanwhile, the Big Freeway Boys have huge plans for us, from Avenida Pico all the way down to the county line. If you enjoy NASCAR and The Indy 500, don’t bother with TV, because the live version will be running through your living room, thanks to their plan to widen the I-5 by two extra lanes.

The Big Freeway Boys say they would like to finish out the HOV lanes to the county line. But here’s the weird part: the expansion stops right there. I’m no traffic engineer, but if you create two extra lanes, then choke them up a few miles down the road, aren’t you creating a natural bottleneck?

I remember that when we had a bottleneck like that in the past, frustrated motorists hopped off, flooding local surface streets like ants, just to escape.

That’s going to happen again.

The previous project, the six-mile jog from San Juan Creek Road to Pico, was $230 million, so I’m wondering what the three-mile extension would be priced in 2022 dollars. Frankly, I think we’re better off just fixing the streets and bridges around the OC, then treating the whole town to a Mexican cruise with the savings.

Once the bridge-breaking starts, which will be nightly, dig out those earmuffs from last year’s ski trip.

I actually saved the best part for last:

Join SC Times for Beachside Chat on Friday, Aug. 26, at 8 a.m.

Beachside Chat is a spirited, town hall forum on community issues hosted

by PFM Managing Editor Shawn Raymundo every Friday. The chat will be held at Dorothy Visser Senior Center, 117 Avenida Victoria. All are welcome.

burrowed deep in Big Freeway Boys’ schematic is a “transportation demand management” option, which includes possible “tolled lanes,” priced for surging traffic, like you see in LA and North County San Diego.

If you want to dodge all this, please reach out to Supervisor Lisa Bartlett, State Sen. Patricia Bates and Mayor Gene James and tell them to stop the Big Dig before it starts. Our elected leaders and transportation officials breathed life into this deal, and they can, hopefully, still snuff it out.

Craig Keshishian was a White House staff member during the Reagan Administration, working on political strategy and speechwriting. The San Clemente resident, who graduated from San Clemente High in 1977, is now a political commentator on TV and radio. SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SC Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared.

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GUEST OPINION | Marine Corps Update by Wayne Eggleston

REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY TO BE HELD FOR FALLEN SERVICEMEMBERS

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his Friday Aug. 26, at noon, The Heritage of San Clemente Foundation will be lowering the American Flag at the Marine Monument, Park Semper Fi, to honor those who sacrificed their lives for our country one year ago at the Kabul Airport in Afghanistan.

The flag will be lowered by a Marine Corporal from 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines who was there that fateful day.

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The local chapter of the Marine Corps League will also participate in the ceremony.

The names of those who perished will be read and MARINE CORPS UPDATE a bell will ring

BY WAYNE EGGLESTON after each name. We hope that this Remembrance Ceremony

will occur every year. While this country needed to leave Afghanistan, the manner in which we left was viewed as ill-planned and a disaster.

The bronze plaque at Park Semper Fi, which was dedicated on Memorial Day 2022, has the names and photos of each of the fallen, and reads: “Our Flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each Marine, (Cont. on page 10) Page 8

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Letters to The Editor PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS GAYLE BRANTUK, San Clemente Here’s what Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said recently: “In Massachusetts right now, those crisis pregnancy centers that are there to fool people who are looking for pregnancy termination help outnumber true abortion clinics by 3 to 1. We need to shut them down here in Massachusetts, and we need to shut them down all around the country.

You should not be able to torture a pregnant person like that.”

Perhaps you’re not aware that this is a blatant lie. Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRCs) do not advertise that they do abortions or attempt to fool people that they do. Like the name states, they provide resources to pregnant women. These centers, like the one in San Clemente, provide free pregnancy tests, limited ultrasounds, and information on pregnancy options. Their website specifically states that they do not provide abortions or referrals to abortion clinics.

All their services are confidential and free.

These centers are funded by private donations from folks like you and me and provide a wonderful support system for women who want to know their options. There are so many resources available for women in crisis pregnancy situations, and it’s centers like these that we should encourage women to seek out.

Ending the life of your baby isn’t the

(Cont. from page 8) Sailor, Soldier who died protecting it.”

On Aug. 26, 2021, during the devastating evacuation of U.S. NATO military and Afghan civilians, an explosion occurred outside the Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan Province (ISIL-K) claimed responsibility for the attack.

ISIL-K is a sworn enemy of both the United States and the Taliban. The attack was perpetrated by a suicide bomber, who detonated a 25-pound explosive vest hidden under clothing, close to a group of U.S. military personnel who were performing security screenings of Afghans hoping to enter the airport.

Thirteen U.S. military personnel—11 Marines, one Soldier, and one Navy Corpsman—were killed in the attack.

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only option.

Why are we so eager to end a life when a woman has other choices? These PRCs also provide personal support for women and provide much of what they need if they choose to keep their baby.

Please don’t believe the lies being told about these wonderful clinics, and please consider life instead of abortion—your baby is part of you.

The women (and men) at the PRCs are willing to come alongside you and help you through this difficult time.

schools and businesses.

While most of San Clemente and perhaps the country were busy debating on a non-binding resolution to make a city where surgical abortions aren’t even performed in a “Sanctuary for Life,” the deadline for public comment on the scoping session came to a close on Aug. 15 at 5 p.m.

I urge all residents to contact the OCTA with your concerns and demand a “no build” option.

FRED SWEGLES’ GIFT TO SAN CLEMENTE RICK J. DELANTY, San Clemente

HOV LANES MARTINA MCBURNEY-WHEELER, San Clemente Just when we thought it was safe to go back into the water, our beloved beach town is once again under threat of another predator trying to sink its teeth into us.

For years, active and engaged citizens fought to fend off the threat of San Clemente being a thoroughfare connecting the 241 to the I-5 by the TCA. The city spent an obscene amount of taxpayers’ dollars on consultants without a clear statement of work and to BBK on a lawsuit that was rendered moot in their claims of resistance against the agency.

The city claimed victory with the signing of the Los Patrones Parkway Extension Cooperative agreement that would connect the 241 to the I-5 using Pico as a conduit. This agreement also included ambiguous language in regard to the creation of HOV lanes on the I-5 in San Clemente by the OCTA. One of the proposals, Alternative 2, would widen the I-5 with the addition of northbound and southbound lanes. This would require the use of eminent domain and certainly encroach on homes,

Fred Swegles has given more to San Clemente than can possibly be acknowledged in a letter to the editor. At the very least, I would like to offer my humble gratitude for what he has contributed to our community as a writer, photographer, and—most of all—as a lover of “all things San Clemente.”

I would compare him to TV personality and travel guide Huell Howser, in the way he has been able to search out historical background, interesting details, describe experiences, and elevate both our understanding and appreciation of our “Spanish Village by the Sea”—and beyond.

Think about the many gifts Fred exercised over a period of decades as a San Clementean, and journalist/reporter: he was a writer, a photographer, an interviewer, a world-traveler, a surfer, and most of all, a mostly unbiased observer of events and issues, able to translate legalities, controversy, and opposing viewpoints to his reading public in an interesting and concise manner.

Through him, I discovered our sister city in Argentina, our city founder’s ex-

Of the 13 killed were nine Marines from 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, Camp Pendleton, and a Navy Corpsman, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton. The 2/1 is located at the north side of Camp Pendleton, our Marine neighbors.

Unfortunately, the brother of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, California, took his life on Aug. 9. Dakota Halverson, 28, was Nikoui’s older brother. He took his own life near the permanent town memorial paying tribute to Nikoui and the 12 other servicemembers killed in Kabul. The tragedy continues.

You are welcomed to attend this informal and short ceremony, and your presence will remind those families who lost a son or daughter that we shall never forget.

Summer has been very busy at The Marine Monument at Park Semper Fi, and we are very appreciative of the daily volunteers, the San Clemente Garden Club members who work on a monthly basis, and, of course, our sponsors and supporters, including the City of San Clemente and the Fisherman’s Restaurant & Bar. Our appreciation also goes to San Clemente’s adopted unit, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, who were adopted by the city and the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce in 1996. They have spent several hours since April trimming trees, bushes and general maintenance, and we are very grateful.

On Sept. 16, the city, Chamber and The Heritage of San Clemente Foundation will be hosting a barbecue for the 2/4 at Pacific Coast Church, prior to their Page 10

perience as mayor of Seattle, where our street names originated, famous people who visited San Clemente, surfing history’s intersection with San Onofre and San Clemente, the significance of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture here and around the world, the importance of lifeguards to our beach community, former President Nixon’s stay at Casa Pacifica near Cotton’s Point, Olympic athletes who trained at our city pool, the toll road’s potential impact on South Orange County, and political issues too numerous to count.

And who else would faithfully and consistently attend all those City Council meetings to report on all those agenda items in the paper?

During his long career as a journalist, Fred gave far more than he got. But he loved life, the people of our local community, and the place he lived. I pray that I might be as inspired in my own life as Fred has been in his, as an artist, citizen, and human being who is grateful for his place in the world.

Thank you, Fred, for all you have done and been for the city of San Clemente—you are, as Huell would say, “Amazing!”

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deployment. During their deployment, the city along with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, will collect and send deployment packages to them.

You can help by dropping off “deployment goodies” in the various deployment boxes around town. In November, we will provide a list of locations and “goodies” for you to contribute. More information can soon be found at marinemonument.com.

G. Wayne Eggleston is a former San Clemente councilmember and mayor, who previously sat on the city’s Planning Commission. He is the executive director of The Heritage of San Clemente Foundation. SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SC Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared.

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ple are welcome to join in for a chance to win prizes. Call beforehand to reserve a table. Selma’s Chicago Pizzeria, 31781 Camino Capistrano, Suite 201, San Juan Capistrano. 949.429.3599. selmaspizza.com.

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THURSDAY | 25 OC PARKS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: THE NEW RESPECTS 5-8 p.m. The County of Orange and OC Parks are proud to present the annual OC Parks Summer Concert Series with 10 free concerts at Craig Regional Park, Mason Regional Park, Irvine Regional Park, Mile Square Regional Park and Bluff Park at Salt Creek Beach. Cory Young will open for The New Respects. Admission and parking are free and open to all ages.

Bluff Park at Salt Creek Beach, 33333 South Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point.

714.973.6865. ocparks.com.

‘THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW’ 7:30 p.m. For one final weekend, the Cabrillo Playhouse will perform The Rocky Horror Show, a loving homage to the classic B sci-fi film and horror genres with an irresistible rock ’n’ roll score.

Admission is $33. Cabrillo Playhouse, 202 Avenida Cabrillo, San Clemente. cabrilloplayhouse.org.

FRIDAY | 26 OC PARKS SUNSET CINEMA: ‘LUCA’ 6 p.m. The County of Orange and OC Parks are pleased to welcome back the annual Sunset Cinema film series featuring 12 free movies at OC Parks.

Pack a picnic, blankets and beach chairs to enjoy recent favorites and introduce young ones to beloved classic films.

All movies are free to attend, with free parking and pre-show entertainment beginning at 6 p.m. and showtimes starting after sunset. Food trucks and concession booths will offer food and beverages for purchase on-site. Bluff Park at Salt Creek Beach, 33333 South Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point. 714.973.6865. ocparks.com.

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SATURDAY | 27 BARKS & BREWS 4-7 p.m. Join the Outlets at San Clemente and Pet Project Foundation for tail-wagging fun at Barks & Brews. Enjoy craft beer, pup swag, doggie activities, live entertainment, and more. Proceeds will benefit Pet Project Foundation, which has worked with the San Clemente-Dana Point Animal shelter for nearly the past 40 years to provide pro-humane care to the lost and abandoned animals of the two cities. Outlets at San Clemente, 101 W. Avenida Vista Hermosa, San Clemente. outletsatsanclemente.com.

‘THE FUTURE IS FEMALE’ GOODBYE SUMMER COMEDY SHOW 8 p.m. “The Future is Female” and Knuckleheads will celebrate the end of the summer with comedy and music by the Where 2 Next Band. Crystal Su will host this week’s show, which will feature Breanna Kelley as the headlining act, Anastasia Washington, Katie Male, Viva Rose, and many more. Knuckleheads Sports Bar, 1717 North El Camino Real, San Clemente. 949.492.2410. knuckleheadsmusic.com.

ty Center/San Clemente Public Library parking lot. 100 North Calle Seville.

949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

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SATURDAY | 27 RANCHO MISSION VIEJO RODEO 1 p.m. The annual rodeo returns this weekend after a two-year hiatus and is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

Contestants will compete in a variety of events, including bull riding and roping.

There will also be food, vendors and live music. The event continues Sunday; gates open at 11:30 a.m. that day. Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park, 30753 Avenida La Pata, San Juan Capistrano. rmvrodeo.com.

SUNDAY | 28 FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Shop for a wide selection of fruits, vegetables and artisanal goods from organic growers at the Communi-

IMPROV MONDAYS WITH BOB BURNS & IMPROV CITY 3-5 p.m. Put on by the San Clemente-based Noble Path Foundation, teens between the ages of 13 and 18 can receive comedy lessons with professional actor Bob Burns & Improv City, where they’ll build confidence, stage presence, a funny bone and a chance to perform at Improv City. Sign up for these Monday classes at thenoblepathfoundation.org. The Noble Path Foundation, 420 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente. 949.234.7259.

OPEN JAM 7-10 p.m. Play your own percussion, acoustic or electric instruments every Monday night at Knuckleheads. Amps are allowed, but drums are not. Knuckleheads, 1717 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente. 949.492.2410. knuckleheadsmusic.com.

TUESDAY | 30 TRIVIA TUESDAY 6:30 p.m. Test your knowledge every Tuesday night. Teams of two to six peoPage 12

SAN ONOFRE PARKS FOUNDATION POP-UP SHOP 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Historic Cottage and Visitor Center showcases local history, flora and fauna at this original 1934 ranger’s cottage. A rotating exhibit features the history of San Onofre. Stop in at the San Onofre Parks Foundation’s Pop-Up Shop to say hello, do a little shopping and learn more about the history of the local state parks at San Clemente and San Onofre State Beaches.

Historic Cottage and Visitor Center is located within the San Clemente State Beach Campground at 225 Avenida Calafia, San Clemente. 949.366.8599. admin@sanoparks.org. sanoparks.org.

BINGO AT THE SENIOR CENTER 1:30 p.m. Every Wednesday, the Dorothy Visser Senior Center will host Bingo. The center will begin selling cards at 1 p.m., with the game starting promptly at 1:30.

The buy-in is $12 for 10 games with four cards and a special pick-your-number game. For more information, contact the center at 949.498.3322. Dorothy Visser Senior Center, 117 Avenida Victoria, San Clemente.

OPEN MIC NIGHT AT KNUCKLEHEADS 8-10 p.m. Knuckleheads is open for food, drinks and live music. Performers of all skill levels are welcome. If you are a musician, do stand-up comedy or the spoken word, this is the place to be on Wednesday nights. So, come down, grab a drink and go for it. Knuckleheads Sports Bar, 1717 North El Camino Real, San Clemente. 949.492.2410. knuckleheadsmusic.com.

IMPROV FOR UKRAINE 7-9 p.m. Join the Rotary Club of San Clemente at the VIP Lounge at the Outlets at San Clemente for an evening of comedy and improv. Admission is $50, with all proceeds going to benefit humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine. For the link to purchase tickets, click on the events tab on the Rotary Club’s Facebook page. For more information, email burnsr@stifel.com.

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Welcome TO THE

Home Improvement Guide After spending so much time indoors these past few years, there’s no better time than now to consider sprucing up your humble abode with new décor or just making certain upgrades to protect your investment.

Allow us to assist with our Home Improvement Guide, in which we help you explore ways of giving your household, both inside and out, a fresh look, as well as offer some insight on home foundation matters. For our latest guide, we dove deep into our bag of gardening tools as we explore the benefits of converting lawns into more drought-tolerant landscaping. Doing so can help homeowners save money and water amid the state’s ongoing drought. We also chat with the good folks at Plant Depot to gather some tips on how to prepare your garden for the fall, as well as get their recommendations for beginner gardeners who have begun their journey into indoor gardening. Though summer is nearing its end, pool maintenance is a year-round responsibility for many homeowners. Fortunately for you, we talked to some local professionals to give their expert advice on properly caring for your pool and keeping the water healthy. Dive into these helpful stories and more as you deservedly work on improving your home.

Renters & Renovations Tenants’ Rights and Responsibilities Regarding Upgrades and Alterations

By Shawn Raymundo

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ome is certainly where you make it.

But what if your home is also a rental? As a tenant, you certainly have considerable latitude when it comes to decorating your space and laying out your furniture.

As for making renovations and alterations, well, that’s where things get a bit more complicated.

Those who practice and write about real estate emphasize the importance of conferring with the rental agreement before getting started on any major project.

While most lease agreements are fairly standard and include boilerplate language, there may be certain conditions regarding renovations.

As Rick McIntire, an Orange County-based real estate agent, previously explained to Picket Fence Media, even a good-intentioned installment can end up being costly for the renter when they are looking to move out.

Likewise, the home and property owners of rentals should also first review their agreement with their tenant before starting any sort of construction, Rose Morrison, a real estate writer, explained.

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Communication is also key—and that goes both ways. Whether it’s the renter or the property owner who’s looking to make upgrades to the home or apartment, both should communicate their wants and needs.

For renters, gain the approval of the landlord before nailing that first hammer (figurately speaking); and for owners, let the tenant know that construction crews are about to go to work outside of their window.

Though communication is important for all parties involved to maintain a positive relationship, tenants should know that in California, landlords can enter the premises for several reasons, including emergency situations, or “to make necessary or agreed-upon repairs, decorations, alterations, or other improvements,” according to the state’s guide for tenants.

As for the topic of repairs, well, that’s a whole other laundry list of details that we can’t fit into this one article. But for information on the subject, you can check out the tenants’ guide at courts. ca.gov/documents/California-Tenants-Guide.pdf.

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Outdoor Tunes San Clemente-Based Sonance Creates Intimate Soundscapes

By C. Jayden Smith

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ince 1984, Sonance has been an industry leader in providing high-quality audio equipment to residences, businesses, and everything in between.

The company has progressed significantly since the days of cofounder Scott Struthers and his partner working in a garage with a hot glue gun and crude tools, to an entity comprising teams of acoustic and engineering experts all working in tandem to create the best possible products.

High-end, audio-video equipment was Struthers’ initial focus in 1983, before finding that there was a desire in the home design market to put speakers in the walls.

“It had to be a blend of the high-fidelity speakers, but it also had to be unobtrusive, so the interior decorators or whoever was running the design of the house (could have) something that more or less (went) away,” Struthers says.

After a couple of years passed, in which Sonance fielded requests from around the San Clemente area to install audio systems in unique areas such as light fixtures, the company began to take a commercial approach.

It made appearances at trade shows and hired independent representatives for marketing purposes, and “it took off like a rocket ship” as a result, according to Struthers.

“For years, we’d been doing a few hundreds of thousands of dollars (yearly) in contracting work, and then the first year we ever really got serious about Sonance, which was a speaker company, it went up to $850,000 the first year,” he says. “It was just on fire.”

As analog speakers grew in popularity, so did Sonance’s business and production. The team built speaker switchers and learned how to apply numerous pairs of speakers to amplifiers, earning a significant role in the industry as founding members of the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA).

The growth of the industry of designing luxury audio systems, home theater, and other in-home entertainment options occurred around the time in which Sonance was well-positioned to take advantage, Struthers recalls.

An increasing number of competitors joined the company as makers of in-wall speakers, but through an established brand and a relationship with electronics company Bang & Olufsen, Sonance pressed on.

The team signed B&O representatives from across the country to carry their products and expand Sonance’s reach further.

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United States within one year,” says Struthers.

“I think for a bunch of guys without a lot of experience, we were able to get a lot of speakers sold really quickly, especially when it was a new category.”

The move toward creating outdoor equipment began around the 1990s, when Sonance-produced speaker systems were designed to fit under eaves, or the parts of a roof that extend beyond the side of the building.

In the 2000s, the company created speakers that could be hidden near bushes and other places around a yard.

Struthers remembers that one specific factor within the production process held more

significance than others.

“Outside, you’re now getting hit by ultraviolet light, so getting the plastic that stood up to the outdoor environment was a big deal,” he says of the speakers. “The grill material was a big deal, because some of the original materials were like aluminum or something, and until you found the right metal, they corroded terribly.”

He added that the advantages of being able to move speakers all around a yard included not subjecting them to being placed over a hot surface, such as a barbecue grill, and equally spreading the sounds across the landscape instead of having multiple quiet

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areas during an event.

Hiding the equipment from view is another aspect Sonance regards highly.

“Like what we were inside, outside (the speakers were) now designed to disappear,” says Struthers. “That’s one of the biggest premises of our company.”

Homeowners can benefit from having the pleasures of creating an intimate soundscape for various occasions and elevating the activity.

“You can put it around your basketball court, you can play music, put it around your picnic table in your backyard, whatever you want to do,” Struthers said. “Now you can really have an acoustic soundscape that matches the design of whatever your activity (is) outside.”

In an email, Sonance representatives add that the speaker placement faces toward the listening area instead of toward neighboring yards, delivering an “even blanket of sound throughout the space.”

In terms of the design and installation process, Sonance uses independent companies such as Audiovisions, which specializes in smart home technology solutions. Like Sonance, some have been around for decades, allowing for company leaders to build experience and evolve to having luxury showrooms.

The companies that Sonance works with, Struthers says, have a lot of experience working with interior designers and architects.

As the home design industry has evolved, so too have the “wonderful products” that those companies have created over the years, he adds.

The Sonance brand has continued to grow toward the present day, expanding its manufacturing capabilities by acquiring the James Loudspeaker speaker company in 2020.

“Sonance is offered through direct dealers who specify custom integration systems, and the brand also has a strong presence in retail through spaces like Best Buy,” the company said. “Sonance partners with both the Custom Integrator and the retail channel to support a successful implementation of the audio experience for both aesthetics and installation.”

With the company’s global stature, its established tenets serve as a solid ground as the future approaches, according to the email.

“Looking forward, Sonance leans on its 4 foundational pillars for guidance: Develop technology that is Designed to Disappear, cultivate relationships that demonstrate an Authentic Partnership, continue to build upon a Heritage of Innovation, and leverage our position in the community to take steps toward Making the World a Better Place.” sanclementetimes.com

ECO-FRIENDLY APPLIANCES

How to Upgrade with Efficiency in Mind

By Keaton Larson

Home renovations are top of mind for many Americans this year. About 55% of homeowners renovated their homes in 2021, according to Houzz and Home survey—the highest number over the past four years—and the trend looks similar for 2022.

When renovating a home, upgrading appliances can be a large part of the conversation.

But how can the appliances we upgrade save us money in our pockets and resources like energy and water for our region?

One of the best ways to understand the energy efficiency of a product is by checking their Energy Star, a government-backed certification that helps consumers and businesses understand how environmentally friendly a product is.

For example, dishwashers that are certified with an Energy Star can save more than 8,000 gallons of water a year, according to SoCalGas, and about $130 annually on your utility bills.

Energy Star-certified appliances like clothes washers, too, can see similar benefits.

These certified models can use 25% less energy and 33% less water and can keep about $370 in your pocket each year compared to a regular clothes washer.

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County offers a rebate starting at $85 for high efficiency clothes washers, and SoCalGas also offers rebates for energy efficient appliances across the board.

Energy Star-certified natural gas ovens, dryers, water heaters, fireplace inserts, and pool heaters are all products that SoCalGas offers rebates for.

For those of us who like to relax by a fireplace during the winter—there are some of us in California—SoCalGas offers a $300 and a $500 rebate for natural gas powered fireplaces.

Wood burning fireplaces might have a sense of nostalgia to them, but the health benefits of an alternative like natural gas are worth the switch. Burning wood can spread unwanted particles, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds into the environment and throughout your home that can be negative to your health and lungs.

Even something as simple as replacing old light bulbs inside your home with compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs), which use about 60-70% less energy than incandescent bulbs, can help reduce your energy costs overall.

Both Energy Star and SoCalGas have marketplaces, as well as tips and advice on upgrading, that allow you to search and compare appliances to find a product than suits your budget and energy efficiency preferences.

Also, stores like Dewey’s in San Clemente are local options to compare the benefits of appliances in-person.

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Weathering the Storm Alpha Structural Gives Insight, Advice on Home Foundation Matters

By Collin Breaux

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omeowners in California face unique challenges when it comes to making sure their house is in order—quite literally.

Whether it be making sure it sits on a stable foundation, ensuring its drainage systems are not clogged and seeing that walls stay standing and uncracked, people living in the Golden State—particularly the coastal area with its bluff-side homes— have a lot to monitor.

Fortunately, Alpha Structural is ready to help.

The foundation repair company serves Orange County and the wider Southern California area. CEO Dave Tourjé says most foundation repairs can be tracked back to water problems, which, in turn, come from a lack of control when rain

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occurs.

“The first thing is control of water and water flow,” Tourjé says.

When rainfall is left uncontrolled and unhandled, the soil then moves. One way that homeowners can start to handle drainage is by having roof gutters, Tourjé says. Which roof gutter is best for a home depends on the individual home’s design, says Tourjé, adding that expensive homes primarily have copper gutters, which he considers the best material for them.

Alpha Structural can fix issues with roof gutters, or even if a home has sunken.

An issue that can pop up with homes built in the 1980s, or before then, is that they may have more of a tendency to sink because their building standards were less stringent in comparison to today’s.

“The soil engineering standards are

different,” Tourjé says.

Most homes Alpha Structural fixes are from the 1980s and older. Tourjé advises those homeowners to be mindful of their surroundings.

“The earlier you get, the more you should be paying attention,” he says.

Warning signs of a bad foundation include floors sloping, cracks forming on walls, and doors that “stick.”

“These things only happen when a home is sinking,” Tourjé says.

Alpha Structural is celebrating its 30th year of business, and Tourjé has been licensed since 1998. The process for homeowners to potentially have Alpha Structural work on their homes is by first calling the company, which will then book an appointment to come out to the home for an inspection.

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Alpha Structural’s assessors look over the home, propose next steps, then give a cost estimate that factors in engineering work and construction costs.

In addition to construction, Alpha Structural also does engineering. It designs and builds foundation improvements.

“Sometimes, it’s just a very simple repair,” Tourjé says. “If we install straps to a foundation that isn’t moving that much, it’s a few thousand (dollars).”

Major foundation work can top two, three or four thousand dollars. Alpha Structural is already looking at six-figure jobs in Orange County.

Tourjé stresses that his company does not paint, handle drywall work or do other miscellaneous home improvements.

More information can be found at alphastructural.com.

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FLOORING

Wood v. Tile v. Carpet: What to Know

By Keaton Larson

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omeowners looking to make home improvements have numerous questions, and one of the more expensive decisions to make can relate to flooring.

How does one choose between wood, tile, or carpet flooring? How do you know which choice is best for your needs and budget?

First, wood and tile flooring are more durable than carpet and likely healthier.

Yes, you will pay a higher cost for wood and tile options, but these floors will have longer lifespans than carpet.

Solid hardwood floors are one of the most durable options on the market, yet they are generally the most expensive. The installed cost could range from $5 to $10 per square foot, according to Consumer Reports, but the floors can be sanded and refinished multiple times.

If hardwood floors are too expensive, there are several options that maintain the style and have similar durability such as engineered wood, laminated flooring, vinyl, or tile.

Tile flooring can be just as durable, if not more, than hardwood, and ranges from $8 to $15 per square foot. Ceramic tile tends to resist the wear of daily life, moisture, dents, and stains better than most other flooring options. The humidity and moisture of an area, and the type of wood used, can affect wood floors unlike ceramic tile.

Carpet will likely require the most maintenance from a homeowner. More accidents and spills are trapped in carpet, requiring more cleaning. Carpet floors are more comfortable to walk on, though, and they can be some of the most cost-effective options.

However, the American Lung Association (ALA) advocates homeowners choose hard-surface flooring when they can because of pollutants such as dust mites, pet dander, cockroach allergens, particle pollution, lead, mold spores, pesticides, dirt and dust that can get trapped inside carpet.

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These pollutants and small particles disperse into the air when vacuuming or doing something as simple as walking through your home.

If you decided to purchase carpet flooring, the ALA recommends looking for a product with fewer volatile organic compounds (VOCs)—gases found in flooring products and installation processes.

These chemicals can be harmful to a homeowner, and when purchasing products with VOCs, always ask to air the new carpet outside before installation.

Hardwood and carpet are still the most popular options for homeowners, though, with about half of consumers updating their look to one of those two options in 2021, according to Floor Trends Magazine.

Carpet is quiet and soft, and comfort is still a big factor in the decision-making process, especially after spending so much time at home throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whatever decision you end up making, it is always best to understand the look you want, the cost you are willing to spend, and the durability for which you are hoping. Nailing down those three factors will make it easier to narrow down your choices.

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PLANT DEPOT RECOMMENDS

Five Easy Starter Plants for Any Beginner Gardener

By Breeana Greenberg

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tarting one’s journey into indoor gardening can be daunting, but building confidence by choosing forgiving, resilient and easyto-care-for plants can help ease worries of not having a “green thumb.”

Plant Depot owner Jennifer Kittle recommends beginners use well-draining soil so that plants are not sitting in water between waterings.

“Pick a day of the week that’s like your day to care for your plant babies, and make that your day,” Kittle says. “It helps to avoid the overwatering, because there aren’t very many house plants that need water more than once a week.”

Plant Depot also recommends using seaweed extract every time you water to give your plants an extra “health and vitality” boost.

Keeping your plants’ leaves clean also helps to keep them healthy, Kittle adds.

Wiping down your plant’s leaves will decrease their likelihood of getting pests and diseases.

1 / SNAKE PLANT These are one of the most resilient plants for a beginner gardener. Snake plants are hardy and can handle both overwatering and underwatering, lowand bright-light conditions.

However, they prefer bright indirect light and infrequent waterings.

Plant your snake plant in a well-draining potting mix or cacti mix and allow the soil to dry out between waterings—generally, about once a month.

2 / DRACAENA This slow-growing plant prefers bright indirect or filtered light but can tolerate lower light conditions. Plant your Dracaena in a well-draining soil mixture and allow the soil to dry out between waterings, generally once a month.

3 / ZZ PLANT Zamioculcas zamiifolia, also known as ZZ plants, are a great “neglect and

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forget” plant, as they are very low-maintenance.

This slow-growing plant prefers bright indirect light but can tolerate lower light.

Plant your ZZ plant in a well-draining soil mixture and allow the soil to dry out between waterings, generally, once a month.

4 / POTHOS With so many varieties of Pothos, these easy-to-care-for vining plants make a great addition to a beginner’s collection, from the variegated “N’Joy,” the freckled “satin Pothos,” to the vibrant “neon Pothos.”

Pothos prefer a humid environment but can tolerate a drier environment well and are forgiving of neglect or overwatering. Plant your Pothos in a well-draining soil mixture and allow the top of the soil to dry out between waterings.

Pothos like to be displayed in bright, indirect light; however, they will also tolerate lower light. Direct light may burn its leaves.

5 / MONSTERA DELICIOSA Large, leafy Monstera Deliciosa make a great focal piece for any home. These tropical, fast-growing, vining plants prefer warm, humid environments; however, they can tolerate a drier environment.

If your Monstera develops browntipped leaves, it may be a sign of too little humidity. Plant your Monstera in well-draining soil and water roughly once a week when the top of the soil is dried out.

Monstera like to be displayed in bright, indirect light.

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D rought-Tolerant Landscaping Saves Water and Money

By Breeana Greenberg

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eplacing lawns with California Native and drought-tolerant landscaping can be a great way for homeowners to save both water and money as the state endures years of drought.

Dana Point resident Kathryn McClelland, who converted her front garden into California Native landscaping, recommends planting plants such as milkweed and butterfly bush to attract pollinators.

McClelland planted a patch of milkweed in her front garden to attract Monarch butterflies and has had to extend the patch into her backyard to be able to feed all of the caterpillars that have visited her garden.

California Native landscaping can be overwhelming to people who are unfamiliar with it, McClelland says, so she recommends starting small and hiring a professional.

“If you’re not well-versed in it, there are landscape architects that can help you,” McClelland says. “There’s lots of resources, and if you feel like you can start small, just start in a small area.”

Matt Johnson, owner of Western Garden Designs, Inc., explains that there are lots of great native and pollinator plants available for homeowners to plant.

“We do like to use natives; we can also mix in some other plants that do well in our climate,” Johnson says. “The good thing about our climate is there’s a lot of areas around the world that have similar climates.”

“There’s a decent variety to choose from,” Johnson continues. “A lot of people have this

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PLANT DEPOT OFFERS TIPS ON P R E P P I N G YO U R G A R D E N FO R FA L L Now is a good time to mulch. Early fall tends to be the hottest time of the year, so Plant Depot recommends that homeowners mulch to help control the temperature of the soil and help retain some moisture.

In helping soil retain its moisture, mulching can be helpful to decrease watering needs.

Though it’s a little too early to start pruning, Plant Depot owner Jennifer Kittle says that fall is a great time to weed and feed your garden.

Now, Kittle adds, is a great time to plant a second round of summer vegetables during this seasonal transitionary period.

Kittle also noted that early fall is a great time to get your garden ready for your winter crop.

impression of native landscapes as kind of like a desert state or something like that, but there are a lot of plants that will flower, attract

birds and hummingbirds and stuff that you want in the yard.”

Homeowners have a wide variety of flowering, California Native and drought-tolerant plants to choose from to attract pollinators.

Hummingbirds and butterflies tend to be attracted to red, yellow, orange, and pink flowers.

“I think that’s really important to have the flowers that bring in the birds and the bees and the different things that pollinate, because it’s good for the plants and nice to have those creatures in your yard,” Johnson says.

“So, definitely, butterfly gardens are popular.”

The No. 1 reason to plant native landscaping, Johnson explains, is that native plants thrive in local soil and watering conditions.

Homeowners looking to replace their lawns with waterwise landscaping can also apply for turf replacement rebate programs.

“We basically live in a desert, and so watering is on everybody’s mind,” Johnson says.

For homeowners choosing to replace their lawns with drought-tolerant and California Native landscaping, the first step is to remove the existing lawn and its roots. With more invasive varieties of grass such as Bermuda and Page 23

St. Augustine, not watering and removing the dead grass will not get rid of it, Johnson says.

In these cases, homeowners may need to use a product to kill the roots.

“Once you’ve gotten rid of the grass and you’ve cut it all out, then you can introduce different plants in that space or you can design it in a way where there’s alternatives for grass,” Johnson says.

Buffalo Grass is a California Native grass that requires less water and less maintenance than a traditional lawn, Johnson explains.

There are also low-growing, ground-cover plants that can give the look of a grassy area without the same watering and maintenance needs of traditional lawns.

“It’s a matter of what space you have, how you’re going to utilize the space,” Johnson says, adding: “I always recommend hiring a designer and getting a consultation with the landscape designer who can come out, give you their opinion of the space, talk you through the process, understand what is involved and what our goals are, so they can design the space accordingly, whether it’s to your budget or to your use.” sanclementetimes.com

A Deep Dive into Pool Maintenance Expert Tips on How to Care for Your Pool Year-Round

By Hayze Law

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he laundry list of pool care chores is enough to make anyone’s head swim. If you dive in without becoming properly informed, you may just find yourself in over your head.

To avoid that sinking feeling, there are several resources to pool, like the help of local professionals and quality equipment, to maintain proper care and ensure the overall health of your water.

Serge Simard, owner of Plumeria Pools, is a local pool expert who has been in the business for more than 20 years. Speaking with Picket Fence Media, Simard outlined his top tips for maintaining a pool—from balancing chemistry of the water, to caring for and utilizing proper equipment.

First and foremost, a healthy pool is dependent on the balance of the chemicals in the water, he says.

“When the chemistry is off-balance, it becomes corrosive to the equipment and to the surface of the pool,” Simard says.

For those who opt to test the water on their own, he recommends using a professional-grade toolkit for inspection, though cautioning to check that the bottles are not expired to avoid an inaccurate reading.

Beyond just checking the chlorine and the pH, toolkits also check the total alkalinity, which acts as a buffer to control the pH in the pool, and the conditioner that stabilizes the chlorine, so it lasts longer.

Another method for checking the chemical levels in a pool is by using strips; however, once those are opened and exposed to oxygen, they are no longer accurate after about a week.

For those just starting out, Simard recommends calling a professional, to assist in the process and set you on the right foot. From there, it is best to test pool water at least once a week, if not more, to ensure the levels are balanced, and to keep the sanitizer at optimal levels.

In reference to the balance of the pool, it is also important to keep in mind the hardness of the water, which is particularly hard in Southern California because of warm weather, mineral content of the groundwater, and lack of regular rainfall.

This creates a “shell” of sorts, making it difficult for the chemicals to permeate the water, according to Simard. To combat this, he recommends pool owners empty their San Clemente Times August 25-31, 2022

pool every seven to 10 years for an acid wash, which cleans the surface of the pool.

In the meantime, he cautions against buying products for the pool, beyond the necessary balancing chemicals.

“The more stuff you put in your pool, the harder your water is going to get over the years, so only add what you need,” Simard says.

Aside from pool chemistry, pool owners should know how to care for and utilize their equipment—specifically, the pump, heater, and filter.

At the heart of the pool system is the pump, which circulates the chemicals evenly throughout the pool, and can be a costly use of energy.

During the summer months, for the average home, Simard recommends that pumps run a minimum of eight hours a day for proper filtration. As a general rule, the higher the usage, the longer the pump should run.

As the seasons float by, for folks who would like to save money on electricity, he suggests his clients invest in a variable speed pump, which is more energy-efficient than the traditional ones.

For those with saltwater pools, saltwater-compatible heaters are crucial, because the high levels of calcium in the saltwater carry gritty sediments that corrode regular heaters over time.

As for filters, Simard says, “There are many different filters out there, but the best ones nowadays are cartridge filters; they are easy to clean and do a good job.”

For all equipment, he suggests covering it with burlap because most are made of fiberglass, which begins to shed over time, under the exposure of the sun.

To maintain a pool overall, Simard suggests that an insured and licensed contractor visit the home once a week, to check the balance, clean, and make sure everything is working properly.

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San Clemente’s New Handel’s Ice Cream Delivers on Dessert

BY KEATON LARSON, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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his summer, a new addition to the sweet treats scene in San Clemente is serving classic and fresh ice cream.

Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream on Camino de los Mares opened in June, and the store has seen long lines and satiated faces so far. The scoop shop offers everything from traditional cones and bowls of ice cream to sundaes, banana splits, ice cream sandwiches, milkshakes, and floats.

“Graham Central Station,” a mix of graham cracker ice cream, graham cracker ripple, and a chocolate-covered honeycomb, is one of its most popular flavors. “Oree-dough,” a combination of Oreo and cookie dough, mint chocolate chip and chocolate peanut butter brownie are other popular items.

It also serves several vegan ice creams, including a rotating fruit flavor and a coconut milk-based chocolate Oree-dough. It is also planning seasonal flavors for the upcoming fall and winter seasons, says Manager Noe Pinedo, including pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake and peppermint.

Each flavor is made in-house by ice cream makers, and each day, the staff may churn out as many as 30 to 40 buckets of ice cream. This process and the quality of the ice cream were among the reasons Keith and Shirlyn Kesler, California natives and longtime residents of Laguna Beach, wanted to open

a Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream shop.

This opening is not their first foray into ice cream, though. The San Clemente location is Keith and Shirlyn’s ninth location in Southern California, the first being in Laguna Niguel, with two others in Orange County and four in San Diego.

“My oldest son lives in San Clemente, right by North Beach,” Keith said, noting his excitement to have a location in San Clemente, a city that has been one of his regular stops for years.

Keith worked in an advertising agency for many years before teaching at California State University, Fullerton as an advertising professor. His experience in the marketing world helped him and his fellow business partners choose an ice cream shop with which to run.

One day, Keith’s brotherin-law tasted some Handel’s Ice Cream that a family member had brought down from the Rancho Cucamonga location, and he urged Keith to try it himself. Several months later, they were submitting their application for a franchise.

“The way people talk about In-N-Out in Southern California is the way people talk about Handel’s,” said Keith. “People rave about it. And I saw that in Handel’s, because we make it fresh every day in every store. And it makes a complete difference.”

Keith recognized the special love customers had for the ice cream and the excitement that came with the Handel’s

Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream in San Clemente serves fresh ice cream and sweet treats this summer at their new location on Camino de los Mares. Photo: Keaton Larson

brand. No amount of money can buy you the loyalty that customers have for this ice cream, Keith said.

“The nice thing about working at an ice cream store is it’s not a hard sell,” said Pinedo, a family friend of the Kesler family who was recently the general manager of the Rancho Santa Margarita location. “Everyone is already happy.

We’ve had a very warm reception from all the locals here.”

Pinedo loves managing the San Clemente location. He said it’s hard to find any negatives about managing the store.

He can see many regular faces and share in the joy that customers have when

ordering a scoop of their favorite flavor.

The location will have its grand opening on Sept. 1. Keith is excited to plan a fun-filled day for the community with giveaways and music from the San Clemente High School band.

Keith hopes to create a place for families and neighbors to come and hang out and forget the cares of the world.

“If you come to Handel’s and spend a half an hour there, it’s like a half an hour of being on vacation,” he said.

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StretchLab Location Opens at the Outlets

BY C. JAYDEN SMITH, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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arely does a random first-time experience have a substantial impact down the line, but one such incident has resulted in the founding of a new boutique fitness business that has recently opened in San Clemente.

Clark Fielding, along with his wife, Moranda, and longtime friends Andrew and Ashly Lark, celebrated the grand opening of StretchLab at the Outlets at San Clemente this past weekend.

In February 2020, the StretchLab staff from the Irvine location did a pop-up, including demonstration stretches, to promote their opening at Fielding’s law firm office. When he tried it, he was immediately hooked, and signed up for a membership, which he has continued to the present day.

“At a certain point, (while) just loving that and realizing the importance of it, I thought, ‘Man, San Clemente should have this,’” Fielding said. “So, I wanted to bring it to town, to the community, and to family and friends.”

As the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts were less severe nationwide, Fielding noticed that starting the loca-

tion could be beneficial for people who had grown sedentary over the course of the previous year.

Another observation, made at the Irvine studio, was that seniors, young athletes, and people who worked at a desk, like he did, all came in to get stretched, so Fielding realized how important a good stretch was for everyone to access.

After getting his wife and friends on board, the group reached out to the StretchLab parent company, Xponential, in January 2021, went through the vetting process, and secured the rights to establish a studio in San Clemente.

Through a personal connection with Steve Craig, owner of the Outlets’ parent company, Craig Realty, they learned a spot would become available at the shopping center and jumped at the opportunity.

Fielding said the studio had its soft opening in late May this year, but started making appearances of its own in the months prior.

Inside the storefront, there are 10 tables, stocked with foam rollers and headrests, along with StretchLab merchandise, including clothing, water

GUEST OPINION | Historical Happenings by Tom Marshall

Casa Romantica’s Most Famous Owner

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nyone who has lived in San Clemente more than a day probably knows that Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens was originally the home of town founder Ole Hanson. Though Ole was well known from his time as mayor of Seattle, he was not the most famous Casa owner.

That title goes to celebrity musician Fred Waring, who led bands and musical acts from the 1930s to the ’50s.

As an architectural student at Penn State University around 1920, Waring failed several auditions for the school’s glee club.

So, he founded a banjo band that played at fraternity parties and dances.

It got so popular, Waring quit school, added a choir and went on tour as Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians. From 1923 to 1932, they were one of the biggest-selling bands for Victor Records.

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Their hits included “Sleep,”“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,”“Button Up Your Overcoat” and Cole Porter’s “Love for Sale.” That led to their own network radio show for more than 20 years, then a weekly CBS network television show from 1948 to 1954.

For several years thereafter, many TV stations signed off at night by playing Waring’s recording HISTORICAL of “Give Me Your HAPPENINGS Tired, Your Poor.” In

BY TOM MARSHALL later years, Waring was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal—the highest civilian award.

Waring purchased the Casa in the early 1950s for his second wife, Evalyn, as part of their divorce settlement. They

A new fitness studio opening in San Clemente hopes to help the community realize the importance of an oft-neglected activity. Photo: C. Jayden Smith

bottles, and Hyperice massage devices.

There is a proprietary machine located in the back room, with which the stretch therapists, or “flexologists,” help clients to understand what procedures are necessary for their bodies.

“It does a body scan, and assesses your mobility, activation, posture, and symmetry,” said Fielding.

All the studio’s therapists, including eight currently on staff, have certifications through a kinesiology degree or as a certified yoga instructor that helped them qualify for StretchLab’s corporate training program.

Within the program, they must pass a test and acquire in-person training hours to ensure they are well-credentialed to work with clients.

StretchLab members can attend either a 25-minute or 50-minute session,

had been married since 1933.

While he is known to have visited, Waring never actually lived there. But Evalyn did for several years. It is unclear if Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians ever performed at the Casa.

Evalyn’s niece, Barbara Swegles Chamberlain, recalled in a San Clemente Historical Society interview,“When I was very little, I was aware that he was a celebrity. I remember seeing buses at the Casa, but I’m not sure if he ever played here.”

Barbara’s brother, legendary local journalist Fred Swegles, was named after Uncle Fred.

Evalyn was a talented performer in her own right.

“My aunt was a dancer. When she was a little tot, she could literally put her foot in her mouth,” Chamberlin remembers.

Chamberlin’s sister, Valerie Swegles Mayer, recalls hearing that “Aunt Evalyn would often do cartwheels all the way to school. Wow.” When Evalyn grew up, she became a professional dancer. While appearing in a Hollywood play, she met one of Ole Hanson’s sons. They became friends while performing in costume as respective ends of a horse.

The son invited Evalyn down to the Casa, which began her love of San Clemente.

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in which the therapists perform proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching that pushes, pulls, and activates muscles. Fielding added that the Hyperice machines are also incorporated into the session.

The benefits of stretching include an increased range of motion, increased flexibility, improved performance, injury prevention, decreased recovery time, and decreased stress, according to Fielding.

During his first StretchLab experience, he was reminded of his days in gymnastics, when he learned the importance of deep stretches that has stayed with him.

“Having been through knee surgeries and a dislocated elbow situation where I’ve been with a physical therapist, I really know firsthand the benefit of oneon-one assisted exercises and motions and stretching,” Fielding said.

Despite his busy schedule, he still regularly attends sessions as part of his personal wellness plan, and with the official opening of his studio coming, he hopes to help the San Clemente community, as well.

The studio’s current hours are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, although it is looking to extend the weekday hours to close at 8 p.m.

STRETCHLAB 225 W. Avenida Vista Hermosa, San Clemente 949.281.0838, stretchlab.com, sanclemente@stretchlab.com

Evalyn went on to perform in Chicago and then New York with the Ziegfeld Follies.

Somewhere along the way, she met Waring and joined him when The Pennsylvanians added a dancer to the act.

Meanwhile, Evalyn’s parents bought an Ole house at 217 San Antonio in San Clemente. So, when she separated from Fred, Evalyn returned here to be near her family. Evalyn retired from dancing.

“She later told her own kids to never go into show business,” Mayer remembers.

The Swegles kids visited Aunt Evalyn there often.

“As kids, we were told that she lived there alone and the man we saw there was her gardener,” Chamberlin tells us.

In fact, he was Evalyn’s lover and onetime dancing partner, Ramiro “Drigo” Santiago. Wow, a Casa Romantica love scandal. Makes one want to attend this year’s Toast to the Casa on Sept. 17.

Tom Marshall is a member of the San Clemente Historical Society and a retired journalist. SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SC Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared.

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GUEST OPINION | On Life and Love After 50 by Tom Blake

On and Off for 30 Years, Now They Are ‘Comfortable Companions’

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am, 77, a Southern California single, emailed: “I was married for 28 years and then was ambushed by divorce. I have been single for 30 years and have been enjoying your articles for nearly that long. Your wise advice is always appreciated. Thank you for the generosity of your time and compassion for the singles of a certain age.

“A year after my divorce, I dated Dan, whom I met in the singles Sunday school class at the EV Free Church in Fullerton. A girlfriend of mine from the class (Jeanne) dated another man from the class (Jim); he and Dan were good friends. The four of us did a lot of fun things together. We were all ‘dumpees’ (our spouses had left us).

ON LIFE AND LOVE “Six months after

BY TOM BLAKE we all met, Jim’s wife decided she wanted him back. He reconciled with her. I never forgot that he told Jeanne that the four of us made a great couple!

“Shortly after that, Dan broke up with me, and everyone moved on. Dan and I remained friends and would date off and on through the years.

“Jim was remarried to his ex for 10 years, and then she kicked him to the curb again.

“In the meantime, Jeanne married a terrific man.

“When Dan and I were in one of our

dating-again times, Dan invited Jim over for a BBQ. During the evening, Jim and I discovered that we had a lot of interests in common. We decided to do some activities as just friends. Our friendship turned to love.

“Jim told Dan about our love. Dan was angry for a while, but got over it. Jim reminded Dan that Dan had his chance with me for years, and he blew it! Jim and I were so happy for 14 years. I have no family, and I was included as family by his married daughters and grandchildren. Jim and Dan remained best buddies. Jim jokingly told Dan that in his will, he was leaving me to Dan. “Last December, my sweet Jim passed away from heart failure. He was 80. I saw Dan for the first time in 14 years at the service.

“A few months later, Dan asked me to dinner. We are now dating if you can call it that at our age. We thought we were old when we were divorced in our 40s, but now, we really are! He’s also 77.

We are comfortable talking about Jim and sharing stories about him, and I like that. Neither wants to be married.

“Dan is still a homebody with few interests, but that’s OK. In 2018 and 2019, I had vertebrae surgeries, and I am doing well but have limitations, which Dan is very understanding about. So here we are together 30 years later, comfortable companions.”

Tom’s comment: I told Pam I needed to create a flow chart to understand the group’s saga. Pam’s story provides two

Photo: Courtesy of the San Clemente Historical Society

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Casa Romantica was originally the home of San Clemente founder Ole Hanson. This is how it appeared in the early 1930s. This photo can be purchased from the San Clemente Historical Society at sanclementehistoricalsociety.org.

Every week, the San Clemente Times will showcase a historical photo from around the city. If you have a photo you would like to submit for consideration, send the photo, your name for credit as well as the date and location of the photo to sraymundo@picketfencemedia.com.

senior-relationship lessons.

1. Seniors should not burn bridges.

They must forgive, forget, and move on.

They never know when old friends or old flames might reappear. In Pam’s case, if she had pushed Dan out of her life forever after he dumped her, she likely wouldn’t be with him as “a comfortable companion” 30 years later. Having a companion is a lot better than going it alone when seniors are in their 70s or 80s.

2. Previous relationships can rekindle. We hear of people reconnecting at high school and college reunions. And in Pam’s situation, after being with Jim for 14 years, she’s spending time with

Sudoku

ADOPTABLE PET OF THE WEEK

Lloyd

BY MYLES MELLOR

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION:

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares.

To solve the puzzle, each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9.

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See the solution in next week’s issue.

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Dan, who was Jim’s friend. They can talk about Jim without either one getting wigged out.

I wonder if Jim willed Pam to Dan, as he had joked. That’s kind of a cute twist to this somewhat hard-to-follow story.

Tom Blake is a retired Dana Point business owner and resident who has authored books on middle-aged dating. See his website at findingloveafter50.com. To comment: tompblake@gmail.com. SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SC Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared. The opinions expressed in these columns are entirely those of the columnist alone and do not reflect those of the SC Times or Picket Fence Media. If you would like to respond to this column, please email us at editorial@sanclementetimes.com.

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This handsome guy is Lloyd, a laid-back cool cat who is ready to find his forever home. About 5 years old, he is a great mix between playful and mellow personalities.

Lloyd gets along well with other cats and would make a great addition to just about any home.

If you are interested in adopting Lloyd, please visit petprojectfoundation.org to download an adoption application form.

Completed forms can be emailed to animalservices@scdpanimalshelter.org, and you will be contacted about making an interaction appointment. SC sanclementetimes.com

PUBLIC NOTICES TO ADVERTISE: 949.388.7700, EXT. 111 • LEGALS@PICKETFENCEMEDIA.COM PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20226642108 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.STAMPEDE RANCH 13562 ETON PL SANTA ANA, CA 92705 1B. DOMAIN PRIVATA Full Name of Registrant(s): HENRY REESE 13562 ETON PL SANTA ANA, CA 92705 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/12/2018 /s/HENRY REESE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 08/17/2022.

Published in: San Clemente Times August 25, September 1, 8, 15, 2022 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON SEPEMTEMBER 7, 2022 A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING: General Plan Amendment 21-238, Specific Plan Amendment 21-239, Zoning Amendment 21240, Land Use Plan Amendment 21-241 – West Pico Corridor Specific Plan Update and Architectural Overlay District Expansion.

Addendum may be prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(b), as minor technical changes or additions are necessary to reflect the proposed Amendments. The LUP Amendment is exempt from CEQA pursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 21080.9 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15265. For the Specific Plan Amendment and Zoning Amendment, the Amendments are exempt from further CEQA review. The Amendments are mandatory actions under Government Code Section 65860 and are within the scope of the General Plan EIR and subsequent Addenda, pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15168.

All documents are on file at the City of San Clemente Community Development Department, 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, California, and are available for public inspection and comment(s) by contacting the Community Development Department at (949) 361-6183. If you challenge these projects in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearings described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of San Clemente at, or prior to, the public hearings.

Notice is further given that said public hearings will be conducted by the City of San Clemente Planning Commission and held on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at the San Clemente Community Center Auditorium, 100 Calle Seville, San Clemente, California. All interested persons are invited to attend said hearings or to provide written communication to the Planning Commission to express their opinion for or against the requests.

Further information may be obtained by contacting the Planning Division at (949) 361-6183.

A public hearing to forward a recommendation to the City Council on City initiated Amendments to the City’s General Plan, West Pico Corridor Specific Plan, Zoning, and Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan. For full details, see link: https://www.san-clemente.org/westpico. The Amendments propose the following:

Secretary to the San Clemente Planning Commission

• Change the land use designation of two parcels located at 1510 Avenida De La Estrella (APNs 057020-45 and 057-020-67) to High Industrial from a split of Light Industrial and High Industrial.

This is a cleanup item that would make existing non-conforming automobile towing and salvage businesses on the parcels a conforming use. Concrete batch plants would not be allowed on the two parcels, unlike other High Industrial areas of West Pico Corridor.

• Expand the Architectural Overlay District to include several missing properties along primary circulation routes between the Downtown and Pier Bowl. The Overlay requires major remodels and new development to have Spanish Colonial Revival Architecture.

• Update the West Pico Corridor Specific Plan to be consistent with the General Plan and Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan (LUP), as required by State law, and expand the Specific Plan area to include additional parcels. Additionally, the project includes an update to the design guidelines and standards for Los Molinos that implement General Plan and LUP policies for the Los Molinos Focus Area.

• Update Title 17 - Zoning to reflect and clarify the changes reference above.

STREET IMPROVEMENT FOR CALLE DEL CERRO FROM AVENIDA PICO TO AVENIDA LA PATA Project No. 12306

The City has completed an environmental assessment for the project in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). For the General Plan Amendment, staff determined a General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

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PUBLIC NOTICE SECTION 00100 NOTICE INVITING BIDS

1. Notice. Public notice is hereby given that the City of San Clemente (“City”) will receive sealed bids for the following project: STREET IMPROVEMENT FOR CALLE DEL CERRO FROM AVENIDA PICO TO AVENIDA LA PATA, Project No. 12306 2. Bid Opening Date. Electronic bids must be submitted prior to 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 15, 2022, on the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal, at which time or thereafter bids will be opened and made available online. Bids received after this time will be considered non-responsive.

Prospective bidders must first register as a vendor and then bid on this project via the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal website at www.san-clemente.org/vendorbids.

3. Project Scope of Work. Project includes pavement work, concrete repair including curb and gutter, curb ramp, sidewalk, utility work, striping and signing, and other tasks as described in the specifications.

4. Contract Time: The work must be completed within 75 working days from the date specified in the written Notice to Proceed.

5. License and Registration Requirements.

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5.1. State License. Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 3300, the City has determined that the Contractor shall possess a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): Class “A”. Failure to possess the specified license(s) at the time of bid opening shall render the bid as non-responsive and shall act as a bar to award the contract to that non-responsive bidder.

Department of Industrial Relations Regis5.2. tration. Pursuant to California Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”).

No bid will be accepted nor any contract entered into without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the DIR to perform public work. If awarded a contract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with the DIR for the duration of the Project.

5.3. City Business License. Prior to the Notice to Proceed for this contract, the Contractor shall possess a valid City of San Clemente business license.

6. Contract Documents. Bid documents, including instructions to bidders, bidder proposal form, and specifications (not including other documents incorporated by reference) may be downloaded, at no cost, from the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal website at www.san-clemente.org/vendorbids. Bidders must first register as a vendor on the City of San Clemente PlanetBids system to view and download the Contract Documents, to be added to the prospective bidders list, and to receive addendum notifications when issued.

7. Bid Proposal and Security.

7.1. Bid Proposal Form. No bid will be received unless it is made on a proposal form furnished by the City. Bidders must complete line items information (PlanetBids Line Items Tab), and attach a scanned copy of the paper Bid Form (SECTION 00400), Bid Bond (SECTION 004100), Non-Collusion Declaration (SECTION 00420), Contractor Information and Experience Form (SECTION 00430), List of Subcontractors Form (SECTION 00440), Iran Contracting Act Certification (SECTION 00450), Public Works Contractor Registration Certification (SECTION 00460) completed and uploaded in the PlanetBids “Attachments” Tab. 7.2. Bid Security. Each bid proposal must be accompanied by security in the form of cash, certified check, cashier’s check, or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid amount. Personal checks or company checks are not acceptable forms of bid security. All certified and cashier’s checks must be drawn on a responsible bank doing business in the United States and shall be made payable to THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE. Bid bonds must be issued by a surety company licensed to do business in the State of California and must be made payable to THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE. Bids not accompanied by the required bid security will be rejected.

For electronic submittal of bids, the bid security must be received at the City of San Clemente Public Works office, 910 Calle Negocio, Suite 100, San Clemente, CA 92673 no later than the bid opening date and time. The bid security must be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing the name and address of the bidder and the

outside of the envelope must read as follows: OFFICIAL BID SECURITY DO NOT OPEN Project Name: STREET IMPROVEMENT FOR CALLE DEL CERRO FROM AVENIDA PICO TO AVENIDA LA PATA Project Bid #: 12306 Bid Opening Date: 2pm Thursday, September 15, 2022 The bid security shall serve as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into a contract. Such guarantee shall be forfeited should the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter into the contract within 15 calendar days after written notification that the contract has been awarded to the successful bidder.

8. Prevailing Wage Requirements.

8.1. General. This project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

8.2. Rates. Prevailing rates are available online at www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR and also available at the City of San Clemente Public Works Department Office at 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, CA 92673. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the project.

The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

8.3. Compliance Monitoring. Pursuant to California Labor Code Section 1771.4, all bidders are hereby notified that this project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the California Department of Industrial Relations. In bidding on this project, it shall be the Bidder’s sole responsibility to evaluate and include the cost of complying with all labor compliance requirements under this contract and applicable law in its bid.

9. Retention. Pursuant to the contract for this project, five percent (5%) of each progress payment will be retained as security for completion of the balance of the work.

Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300. Refer to the contract for further clarification.

10. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder, simultaneously with execution of the contract, will be required to provide Faithful Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Bonds are to be secured from a surety that meets all of the State of California bonding requirements, as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, and is admitted by the State of California.

11. Pre-Bid Meeting. A pre-bid meeting will not be held for this bid solicitation. Refer to the Instructions to Bidders section on how to submit any prebid questions.

12. Brand Names and Substitution of “Or Equal” Materials. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), if the City has made any findings designating certain materials, products, things, or services by specific brand or trade name, such findings

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PUBLIC NOTICES TO ADVERTISE: 949.388.7700, EXT. 111 • LEGALS@PICKETFENCEMEDIA.COM and the materials, products, things, or services and their specific brand or trade names will be set forth in the Special Conditions.

13. Instructions to Bidders. Additional and more detailed information is provided in the Instructions to Bidders, which should be carefully reviewed by all bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.

14. Questions. All questions related to this bid solicitation must be submitted through the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal per the information provided in the Instructions to Bidders. Any other contact to City staff regarding this bid solicitation will be referred back to the PlanetBids system.

THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS, TO AWARD ALL OR ANY INDIVIDUAL PART/ ITEM OF THE BID, AND TO WAIVE ANY INFORMALITIES, IRREGULARITIES OR TECHNICAL DEFECTS IN SUCH BIDS OR IN THE BIDDING PROCESS. ANY CONTRACT AWARDED WILL BE LET TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AS DETERMINED FROM THE BASE BID ALONE. Dated August 18, 2022.

City of San Clemente Public Works Department 910 Calle Negocio San Clemente, CA 92673 PUBLIC NOTICE APN: 690-092-06 TS No: CA08000434-22-1 TO No: 2132672 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED December 5, 2019. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On September 19, 2022 at 09:00 AM, Auction.com Room, Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Anaheim - Orange County, 100 The City Drive, Orange, CA 92868, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on December 10, 2019 as Instrument No. 2019000516524, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Orange County, California, executed by OSCAR WINSLOW, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 417 CALLE ROBLES, SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672-2127 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provid-

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ed in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $1,198,409.41 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee.

In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Auction. com at 800.280.2832 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Website address www.Auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08000434-22-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice to Tenant NOTICE TO TENANT FOR FORECLOSURES AFTER JANUARY 1, 2021 You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible

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bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 800.280.2832, or visit this internet website www.Auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case CA08000434-221 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: August 15, 2022 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA08000434-22-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-6604288 By: Loan Quema, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.Auction.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auction.com at 800.280.2832 NPP0414959 To: SAN CLEMENTE TIMES 08/25/2022, 09/01/2022, 09/08/2022

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PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1733 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Clemente, at its Regular and Special Meeting of August 16, 2022, introduced the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 1733 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE ADDING CHAPTER 10.54 (UNLAWFUL POSESSION OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER PROHIBITED) OF TITLE 10 (VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) TO THE SAN CLEMENTE MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. Persons interested in receiving an inspection copy of the Ordinance are invited to call the Deputy City Clerk at (949) 361-8303 or by email at Jimenezm@ san-clemente.org. A copy will be emailed or mailed to you at no cost.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Clemente will consider adopting the aforementioned Ordinance at its meeting of September 6, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Community Center Auditorium, located at 100 N. Seville, San Clemente.

LAURA CAMPAGNOLO Legislative Administrator PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WILLIAM H. GREEN Case Number: 30-2022-01268189-PR-PW-CJC

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will and or estate, or both, of WILLIAM H. GREEN A Petition for Probate has been filed by MARTHA BANKS in the Superior Court of California, County of ORANGE. The Petition for Probate requests that MARTHA BANKS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The Petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: A. Date: September 8, 2022 Time: 09:30 a.m. in Dept: C08, B. Address of Court: 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92701. (1) If you plan to appear, you must attend the hearing by video remote using the court’s designated video platform; (2) Go to the courts website at: http://www.occourts.org/media-relations/ probate-mental -health.html to appear for probate hearings and for remote hearing instructions; (3) If you have difficulty connecting to your remote hearing, call (657)6228278 for assistance.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California Statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (Form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Charles A. Lucero, 870 Market Street, Suite 1128, San Francisco, CA 94102 Ph: (415)982-1510 Published in: San Clemente Times, Aug 18, 25, Sept 1, 2022

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PUBLIC NOTICES TO ADVERTISE: 949.388.7700, EXT. 111 • LEGALS@PICKETFENCEMEDIA.COM PUBLIC NOTICE SECTION 00100 NOTICE INVITING BIDS T-STREET OVERPASS CONCRETE REHABILITATION Project No. 23804 1. Notice. Public notice is hereby given that the City of San Clemente (“City”) will receive sealed bids for the following project: T-STREET OVERPASS CONCRETE REHABILITATION, PROJECT NO. 23804 2. Bid Opening Date. Electronic bids must be submitted prior to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, on the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal, at which time or thereafter bids will be opened and made available online. Bids received after this time will be considered non-responsive.

Prospective bidders must first register as a vendor and then bid on this project via the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal website at www.san-clemente.org/vendorbids.

3. Project Scope of Work. The project includes furnishing all necessary labor, materials, methods and processes, tools, implements and machinery which are necessary to satisfactorily complete the Project, as more specifically described in the Contract Documents. This Work will be performed in strict conformance with the Contract Documents and applicable regulations. The quantity of Work to be performed and materials to be furnished are approximations only, being given as a basis for the comparison of Bids. Actual quantities of Work to be performed may vary at the discretion of the City Engineer.

The Trafalgar “T-Street” pedestrian overcrossing bridge is located at the intersection of Esplande & W. Paseo De Cristobal in the City of San Clemente, CA adjacent to the Pacific Ocean. The work to be performed, in general consists of addressing localized concrete spalling, concrete cracking for some structural/non-structural elements of the T-Street” pedestrian overcrossing bridge.

4. Contract Time. The work must be completed within thirty (30) working days from the date specified in the written Notice to Proceed.

5. License and Registration Requirements.

5.1. State License. Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 3300, the City has determined that the Contractor shall possess a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): Class “A”. Failure to possess the specified license(s) at the time of bid opening shall render the bid as non-responsive and shall act as a bar to award the contract to that non-responsive bidder.

Department of Industrial Relations Regis5.2. tration. Pursuant to California Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”).

No bid will be accepted nor any contract entered into without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the DIR to perform public work. If awarded a contract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with the DIR for the duration of the Project.

5.3. City Business License. Prior to the Notice to Proceed for this contract, the Contractor shall

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possess a valid City of San Clemente business license.

6. Contract Documents. Bid documents, including instructions to bidders, bidder proposal form, and specifications (not including other documents incorporated by reference) may be downloaded, at no cost, from the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal website at www.san-clemente.org/vendorbids. Bidders must first register as a vendor on the City of San Clemente PlanetBids system to view and download the Contract Documents, to be added to the prospective bidders list, and to receive addendum notifications when issued.

7. Bid Proposal and Security.

7.1. Bid Proposal Form. No bid will be received unless it is made on a proposal form furnished by the City.

7.2. Bid Security. Each bid proposal must be accompanied by security in the form of cash, certified check, cashier’s check, or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid amount. Personal checks or company checks are not acceptable forms of bid security. All certified and cashier’s checks must be drawn on a responsible bank doing business in the United States and shall be made payable to THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE. Bid bonds must be issued by a surety company licensed to do business in the State of California and must be made payable to THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE. Bids not accompanied by the required bid security will be rejected. For electronic submittal of bids, the bid security must be received at the City of San Clemente Public Works office, 910 Calle Negocio, Suite 100, San Clemente, CA 92673 within 24 hours of the bid opening date and time. The bid security must be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing the name and address of the bidder, and the outside of the envelope must read as follows: OFFICIAL BID SECURITY - DO NOT OPEN T-STREET OVERPASS CONCRETE REHABILITATION Project No. 23804 Bid Opening Date: 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 The bid security shall serve as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into a contract. Such guarantee shall be forfeited should the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter into the contract within 15 calendar days after written notification that the contract has been awarded to the successful bidder.

8. Prevailing Wage Requirements.

8.1. General. This project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

8.2. Rates. Prevailing rates are available online at www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR and also available at the City of San Clemente Public Works Department Office at 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, CA 92673. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the project.

The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

8.3. Compliance Monitoring. Pursuant to Cali-

fornia Labor Code Section 1771.4, all bidders are hereby notified that this project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the California Department of Industrial Relations. In bidding on this project, it shall be the Bidder’s sole responsibility to evaluate and include the cost of complying with all labor compliance requirements under this contract and applicable law in its bid.

9. Retention. Pursuant to the contract for this project, five percent (5%) of each progress payment will be retained as security for completion of the balance of the work.

Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300. Refer to the contract for further clarification.

10. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder, simultaneously with execution of the contract, will be required to provide Faithful Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Bonds are to be secured from a surety that meets all of the State of California bonding requirements, as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, and is admitted by the State of California.

11. Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting. A Non-Mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held for this bid solicitation at the job site on September 14, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Refer to the Instructions to Bidders section on how to submit any pre-bid questions.

12. Instructions to Bidders. Additional and more detailed information is provided in the Instructions to Bidders, which should be carefully reviewed by all bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.

13. Questions. All questions related to this bid solicitation must be submitted in writing via email to Belgin Cuhadaroglu at cuhadaroglub@san-clemente.org no later than September 21, 2022, at 2:00 p.m.

THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS, TO AWARD ALL OR ANY INDIVIDUAL PART/ ITEM OF THE BID, AND TO WAIVE ANY INFORMALITIES, IRREGULARITIES OR TECHNICAL DEFECTS IN SUCH BIDS OR IN THE BIDDING PROCESS. ANY CONTRACT AWARDED WILL BE LET TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AS DETERMINED FROM THE BASE BID ALONE. Dated August 18, 2022.

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SPORTS & OUTDOORS

Precision Strike SCHS football dominates Oceanside in season-opening ‘Battle for the Base’

BY ZACH CAVANAGH, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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he San Clemente football team showed off everything you’d want in a season opener.

The Tritons were balanced.

They were efficient. They were strong.

They were fast.

Simply put, San Clemente was dominant.

The Tritons got four touchdown passes from quarterback Broderick Redden in his debut, including more than 100 yards and three touchdown passes to senior Thomas Hartanov, more than 100 yards rushing and two touchdowns from Blake Allen, and they stifled Oceanside to take their fifth consecutive “Battle for the Base,” 42-7, on Friday, Aug. 18, at Oceanside High School.

“That’s one thing, last year we weren’t as multidimensional,” San Clemente coach Jaime Ortiz said. “We’re able to spread the ball around with Blake running his tail off and Thomas and (Drew) Shanley. The kids showed anyone who touches the ball can score at any time.

That’s important for us.”

San Clemente (1-0) returns to the north side of Camp Pendleton this week, when the Tritons host Torrey Pines (0-1) in San Clemente’s home opener on Friday, Aug. 26.

Redden, a junior, made all the right moves in his varsity debut. Redden completed 10 of 14 passes for 198 yards and four touchdown passes.

“I think he did a great job managing the offense,” Ortiz said. “There’s a lot of pressure being the quarterback at San Clemente High School. He was efficient with the football, protected it and made throws when he had to.”

Redden had been in a battle with fellow junior Dylan Mills, a JSerra transfer, for the quarterback position all summer.

The race had been even, but with Mills’ eligibility still being held up by a pending CIF-SS decision, Redden got the top job against Oceanside (0-1).

It’s a huge opportunity to put his stamp on the quarterback position, and Redden made his mark immediately with a 54-yard touchdown pass to Hartanov. Hartanov took a short pass to the left, found a lane and sprinted for the score on San Clemente’s second play from scrimmage.

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San Clemente’s offense established itself in a big way in its opener at Oceanside, as quarterback Broderick Redden threw four touchdown passes, including three scores and more than 100 yards to Thomas Hartanov (2). Photo: Zach Cavanagh

“(I felt) good. It was fun,” Redden said.

“I was a little nervous at first, but we got into it, and we got rolling.”

Hartanov exploded in space again just before the end of the opening quarter, with a pass to the right and run up the sideline for a 35-yard score and a 14-0 San Clemente lead. Hartanov finished with five catches for 121 yards and three touchdowns.

“We’ve been game-planning for this all week,” Hartanov said. “Our coaches had us ready. They knew (Oceanside was) going to run a lot of man (defense), so we kind of took advantage of that.”

Defensively, San Clemente made Oceanside earn every inch of the field.

The Tritons forced Oceanside into eight third downs in the first half, with only two conversions. Senior Cole Robertson led the defensive push with 13 total tackles, including 10 solo tackles and three tackles for loss, and senior Kyle Yamano made 12 total tackles.

Both of those third-down conversions, along with a pair of fourth-down conversions, came on the Pirates’ opening drive of the second quarter. Oceanside whittled away more than eight minutes of clock before quarterback Sa’ne Thompson hit Isaac Hernandez for the 8-yard score to cut the deficit in half, 14-7. It looked as if Hernandez fumbled the ball before going into the end zone, and the ball eventually bounced out of the end zone. However, the referees upheld the score.

San Clemente was explosive in the first half, but it was also incredibly efficient. The Tritons only faced two third downs in the first half and three in the entire game.

After Oceanside’s touchdown, the Tritons got yards in bunches en route to Allen’s 12-yard touchdown run for a 21-7 lead into halftime. Allen finished with 15 carries for 117 yards and two touchdowns.

San Clemente continued to shut down Oceanside on third down in the second half, as the Tritons pulled away.

Redden hit Mason Ord over the middle for a 34-yard pass, which was followed two plays later by a 20-yard over-the-shoulder laser to Drew Shanley for Redden’s third touchdown pass of the game and a 28-7 lead.

Redden and Hartanov hooked up one more time on another short throw left.

Hartanov cut and made his own space as he sprinted up the left sideline for a 21-yard touchdown and a 35-7 lead to end the third quarter.

San Clemente’s defense made one last impact play with an interception by senior Ethan Rea to open the fourth quarter. Allen later finished the ensuing drive with a 9-yard sprint to the end zone.

The Tritons recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff, and JP Bobo ran in a 4-yard touchdown with just under five minutes remaining in a running-clock fourth quarter.

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Tritons Host Torrey Pines on Friday San Clemente next hosts Torrey Pines for the Tritons’ Senior Night on Friday, Aug. 26.

The home opener for San Clemente will be its third game against Torrey Pines and first since 2019. Last season’s game was canceled on the Monday of that week due COVID-19 in the Falcons program. San Clemente beat Torrey Pines, 31-7, in the 2019 meeting, and the Falcons won at Torrey Pines in 2018, 47-45.

Torrey Pines dropped its home opener last week to Ayala of Chino Hills, 28-14. Despite four turnovers by Ayala, the Falcons generated only 217 yards of offense from their Wing-T formation, including a combined 144 yards on the ground from five ballcarriers. On the other side, Ayala ran for 272 yards, including 216 yards on 10 carries by junior Marquis Monroe.

Torrey Pines trailed, 28-0, before finally finding the end zone with just under four minutes to play.

Including last week’s win at Oceanside, San Clemente has gone 7-2 against San Diego Avocado League competition since adding the three-game opening stretch to its schedule in 2018. After Torrey Pines this week, the Tritons host one more Avocado League foe in La Costa Canyon on Sept. 2. La Costa Canyon lost its opener at Tesoro last Friday, 35-33. SC sanclementetimes.com

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Rip Curl WSL Finals Lineup Locked In Carissa Moore and Filipe Toledo head to Lowers as the No. 1 seeds and favorites to win the 2022 world titles

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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ith the 2022 WSL Championship Tour regular season wrapping up last week in Tahiti, it’s time to shift gears and get ready for the Rip Curl WSL Finals.

Coming to Lower Trestles, it will feature the top five men and top five women in a one-day, winner-take-all sprint for the 2022 world titles. Going down right here in our backyard, the waiting period runs from Sept. 8-16—historically, the most consistent time of year at Lowers.

Defending world champ Carissa Moore and San Clemente resident Filipe Toledo, who has his sights set on capturing the first world title of his already accomplished career, come into this battle royal of a surf contest as the No. 1 seeds.

For Moore, this incarnation of the WSL Finals is a chance to win her sixth world title—only one away from tying the record of seven held jointly by Layne Benchley and Stephanie Gilmore.

Moore’s been on a tear the past few years. She won the world title in 2019 and 2021, as well as captured the first-ever Olympic gold medal for surfing in Japan last summer. She somehow only won one contest during the 2022 regular season, but she did finish runner-up in three other contests and made the quarterfinals or better in every event except one.

Her consistency makes her one of the hardest surfers in the world to beat— and Lowers is one of her favorite waves

Looking to win her third consecutive world title, Hawaii’s Carissa Moore will go into the 2022 Rip Curl WSL Finals as the No. 1 seed and the surfer to beat at the biggest day in pro surfing. Photo: Courtesy of WSL/Tony Heff

on the planet.

“I tried my best, surfed from my heart, and it worked out,” Moore explained after claiming her fifth world title last year. “I’ve never been in the water when winning a world title, so this is extra special. I couldn’t ask for anything more!”

For the men, Toledo will look to claim the title that’s eluded him thus far.

Moving his family from Brazil to San Clemente, in part to be closer to Lowers, he’s considered one of the best smallwave surfers in the world.

Winning events at Bells Beach and Rio in 2022, he also added runner-up finishes in Portugal, El Salvador and Indonesia to his scoreline. Wearing the yellow leader’s jersey as the No. 1 seed, he’ll have the luxury of watching all the action go down while he waits to see

whom he’ll face in the title match. And with last year’s winner, Gabriel Medina, absent from the event, he should feel pretty good about his chances.

The remaining women in the draw include France’s Johanne Defay as the No. 2 seed, Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb in third, Costa Rica’s Brisa Hennessy in fourth, and Stephanie Gilmore, seven-time world champ from Australia, rounding things out in fifth.

Meanwhile, for the men, Australia’s Jack Robinson rolls into Lowers as the second seed, followed by countryman Ethan Ewing in third, Brazil’s Italo Ferreira in fourth and Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi in fifth.

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he new Western Surfing Association season got off to a fantastic start with its first event held at Trail 6 earlier this month. Drawing young surfers from around Southern California, the vibes were up, and the ocean delivered some fun, “rippable” conditions.

For some young surfers, it was a chance to pull the jersey on for the first time and see what competing was all about; for others, including San Clemente’s Noah Lavik, it was a chance to get back to work and keep chasing those dreams.

Finishing runner-up in the highly competitive Boys Under 14 division, Noah’s results were well-earned.

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place on the San Clemente Pier on Sept. 6.

Open to the public, swing by and listen to what the surfers have to say and check out the temporary installation dedicated to all the world champions over the decades.

On Sept. 9, there’s going to be a special screening of the iconic surf film Searching for Tom Curren, as well as Conner Coffin’s new film, Mind Surfing, at the Rip Curl headquarters in San Clemente.

Curren will be on hand playing music with some special guests. Open to the public, tickets are being sold to benefit the Surfrider Foundation.

And then on Sept. 10, there’s going to be a team signing event at the Rip Curl shop in San Clemente during the day.

Curren, Bethany Hamilton, Mick Fanning and others will be on hand. And in the evening, the party’s moving to the Drew Brophy Gallery for an art show with artist Erik Abel, who created the artwork for this year’s WSL Finals.

Considered the biggest day in professional surfing, we’re only a few short weeks away from the surf world descending on San Clemente. Here we go!

Jake Howard is local surfer and freelance writer who lives in San Clemente. A former editor at Surfer Magazine, The Surfer’s Journal and ESPN, today he writes for a number of publications, including Picket Fence Media, Surfline and the World Surf League. He also works with philanthropic organizations such as the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center and the Positive Vibe Warriors Foundation. SC

Noah Lavik (second from left). Photo: Courtesy of NSSA

Noah and his brother, Laird, are both passionate, dedicated surfers. The Lavik boys embody what it means to stay stoked all the time. When the waves are up, they’re shredding. When the wind comes up, they’re probably skating somewhere. And during those frosty winter months, they’re all about

hitting the mountains.

Surf, skate and snow, it’s good living.

Congrats to Noah on his solid result to start the WSA season, as well as all the rising stars out there who made the most out of the event at Trails. The next WSA contest lands at Surfer’s Point in Ventura on Sept. 17-18. SC Page 38

Outlook: Fresh South-southwest swell builds on Friday and peals over the weekend. More chest to head high waves (4-5’) Friday morning push overhead through the weekend (4-6’+). Saturday is the largest day. Light morning wind sets up clean conditions early each day, before a light to moderate onshore see-breeze develops out of the west each afternoon.

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