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End of the Road?

Council Looks to Abandon TCA, Impound Development Impact Fees E Y E O N S C / PAG E 4

Councilmembers next week will consider removing the city from the TCA over fears that Los Patrones Parkway could one day be used to extend the 241 Toll Road. Photo: Shawn Raymundo

County’s Move to Orange Tier Eases Restrictions

Taka-O Says Goodbye to San Clemente

Swegles: City Presents History on North Beach

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Among the orange tier’s guidelines are allowing museums, zoos, and aquariums to open indoors at 50% capacity, allowing indoor pools to open at fitness centers and hotels, and allowing bars to open outdoors only with modifications.

People are still encouraged to wear masks, avoid large crowds, and practice social distancing.

Under the red tier, some limited capacity indoor operations had been permitted for restaurants, gyms, and movie theaters. The move to orange from red essentially allows the return of more indoor activities and business operations.

Orange County reported 7,248 COVID-19 tests on Tuesday, and has more than 3.3 million cumulative tests so far.

There have been 242,669 recoveries to date.

Fourteen deaths from COVID-19 were reported in Orange County on Tuesday.

There have been 4,740 cumulative deaths in Orange County to date.

A majority of counties in California are in the red tier, though the number in the orange tier has grown. There are now three counties in the widespread tier, 36 in the substantial tier, 17 counties in the moderate tier, and two in the minimal tier.

On the vaccine front, the state report-

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County’s Move to Orange Tier Eases Restrictions

BY COLLIN BREAUX, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

Restaurants are now allowed to increase indoor capacity, bowling centers and other indoor entertainment can reopen at limited capacity, and other restrictions on economic sectors have eased as Orange County was moved to the orange tier on Wednesday, March 31.

The county was given the green light to move down to the less restrictive orange “moderate” risk tier in the state’s four-tier, color-coded COVID-19 monitoring system, Orange County 5th District Supervisor Lisa Bartlett announced on Tuesday, March 30.

The move down to the orange tier has been expected for some time, as case

Taka-O Says Goodbye to San Clemente

BY SHAWN RAYMUNDO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

After 41 years in San Clemente, Taka-O Japanese Restaurant shut its doors permanently this past weekend, as owners Kelly and Roger Sugano look forward to retiring and driving off into the sunset.

“We thought about it for some time, but we never knew we’d actually do it,” Kelly said of the abrupt decision to retire and officially close the restaurant on Sunday, March 28. She later added: “We finally took the leap.”

The couple made the announcement over social media last week, eliciting an outpouring of comments congratulating the Suganos on their retirement, recalling stories of time spent at the establishment and expressing sadness.

“It makes me feel choked up when I read those things … It was shocking; we knew we’d been around for a while, so it kind of breaks my heart that we’re leaving. It’s been overwhelming,” Kelly said, before touching on the in-person reactions at the restaurant. “It was crazy last night—half the time I’m crying, and half the time I’m laughing.”

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San Clemente resident Evan Roszkowski (center) and Michelle Roszkowski (far right) share a laugh while enjoying wine with Debbie Rich of Fleming Island, Fla., at San Clemente Wine Company’s outdoor seating area on July 10. Photo: Shawn Raymundo

numbers continue decreasing, in contrast to rising cases in other parts of the country. Orange County entered the red “substantial” risk tier in mid-March after previously being in the purple “widespread” risk tier—the most restrictive of the tiers.

bar, you communicate with your customers every time they come in, and so I’m saying goodbye to people I’ve known for a long time.”

Aside from the spate of well-wishers, Kelly said she and Roger had been getting numerous requests for their secret Tataki sauce that customers have very much enjoyed. Asked if they would ever give it up, Kelly said they’ll keep that one to themselves, in the event they might decide to market it in the future.

They stressed that the closure wasn’t prompted by the pandemic and the economic strain on local businesses it has caused. Rather, they said, with some semblance of normal life seemingly returning because of the vaccines, the timing felt right, and they were able to sell the space.

“We want everyone to know it’s a positive thing,” Kelly said. “It’s sad, but it’s a positive thing. It’s just time; it all fell into place. It was never going to be easy to so goodbye, but easier to do on a positive note.”

According to the Suganos, they sold the building to another restaurateur who will remodel it and open an Asian-fusion spot that will serve shabu-shabu, a Japanese hotpot dish, and yakiniku, a form of Japanese barbecue. They also said future customers should also expect there to be

Taka-O Japanese Restaurant closed its doors on Sunday, March 28, after a 41-year run in San Clemente.

Photo: Shawn Raymundo

a speakeasy and whiskey bar upstairs.

“It’s more of a retirement and not going out of business, and we’re glad the building will be refreshed,” Kelly said. “It’s sad we’re not going to be there, but I feel good about what’s going to be here.”

Roger said that during the pandemic, he and Kelly had to work harder than they ever had before, constantly staying on their toes because of the various orders coming out of the governor’s office.

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ed it had administered more than 17 million vaccine doses, with nearly 1.43 million of those being administered here in Orange County as of Tuesday—an increase by 203,463 from a week ago.

Nationally, the United States has reported 30.4 million COVID-19 cases and a total of approximately 550,000 deaths.

California has reported approximately 3.66 million cases and 59,011 deaths.

There have been approximately 128 million cases reported worldwide.

the next day,” he said, later adding: “It just seemed like the perfect time; everything fell into place, so it was time to retire.”

Forty-one years ago, Roger helped his mother, Kyoko Sugano, open the restaurant in San Clemente, where there hadn’t been a Japanese restaurant at the time.

After several years, he explained, Kyoko was ready to move on, so she handed the reins over to Roger and Kelly.

During his tenure overseeing the restaurant, he’s seen multiple generations of families walk through the doors—including his own.

“The hardest part about it is I’ve served people 41 years ago who had kids, and now those kids have kids,” he said.

He later added, “I’ve had four generations; my grandson works there, so we’ve had four generations of families—served four generations.”

After everything is said and done, the first thing on the couple’s to-do list during retirement is seeing family. Following that, Kelly said, they plan to hop in their van and travel across the country to see the U.S. “We kind of always talked about that for years, traveling across the country,” she said. “We always wanted to drive from one end of the coast to the other.

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End of the Road?

Council Looks to Abandon TCA, Impound Development Impact Fees

BY SHAWN RAYMUNDO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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he city of San Clemente may be looking to take the nearest exit from the Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA), as the city council next week is slated to take up discussions on how to proceed in withdrawing from the joint powers authority (JPA) that formed the toll road operators.

When the council meets on April 6, it will consider acting on a handful of toll road-related matters, including the proposal to remove San Clemente as a TCA member—an idea that officials on the dais believe could avert the 241 Toll Road from ever extending through town.

“The time has come for the lunacy to end. We must move away from the TCA-imposed drama and angst,” Mayor Pro Tem Gene James said during a special council meeting on March 23. “It’s not good for the TCA’s stated mission of South County mobility, and it’s not good for the city of San Clemente.”

The proposed discussion comes after the TCA Boards of Directors voted to oppose Sen. Patricia Bates’ pair of measures unless amended. The bills, if passed and enacted, would have the 241 permanently end at Oso Parkway and provide further protection from development within the city’s open space.

That vote has since stoked further distrust in the TCA, locally, and prompted renewed fears among councilmembers who believe the agencies could one day attempt to convert an extended Los Patrones Parkway—a free arterial thoroughfare—into a toll road connecting to Interstate 5 via San Clemente.

Tony Beall, mayor of Rancho Santa Margarita and a member on the Foothill/Eastern TCA board, argued against those fears, stating that anyone who’s suggesting the TCA is plotting and planning future road construction through San Clemente is spreading misinformation.

“The TCA is not planning or plotting future road construction in the city of San Clemente,” Beall emphatically said on Monday, March 29. He noted that the TCA boards voted to oppose Bates’ bills, because “they are bad transportation policy; it’s not because we have a secret plot. It’s because they’re poorly drafted transportation policies.”

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Hills TCA board, explained to SC Times last week that these matters are being brought up because of “my lack of trust with the TCA and my concern that this is a Trojan horse—that the TCA is just coming closer and closer to San Clemente.”

Touching on the suspicion that the TCA still has plans to complete its southern alignment of the 241, Mayor Kathy Ward said on Tuesday, March 30, it’s the only stakeholder agency that doesn’t want to eliminate any potential need for a 241 extension.

“If there is no future, why stay in (the TCA) and agree to leave yourself open to everything they want to cook up to do and morph themselves in projects that’s not in our joint powers agreement?” said Ward, the city’s representative on the Foothill/Eastern TCA board.

In response to the potential vote, the TCA said that it wouldn’t weigh in on the matter, other than to say it respects the city’s rights to discuss such action.

“We do think it would be unfortunate for San Clemente to give up its voice on mobility issues affecting South Orange County, in which TCA is a committed partner,” it said an emailed statement on Wednesday, March 31.

Renewed fears that the TCA could use the planned extension of Los Patrones Parkway to extend the 241 Toll Road have prompted councilmembers to propose drastic proposals such as exiting the joint powers authority that formed the toll road agencies.Photo: Shawn Raymundo

talking about a possible toll road through the city in the future, if a future board decides to do it again.”

In March 2020, the Foothill/Eastern TCA Board voted to pursue the extension of Los Patrones as an untolled route that would extend further south from Cow Camp Road in Rancho Mission Viejo and end roughly 700 feet inside the northern city limits on Avenida La Pata.

The vote, which Beall said he believed should have alleviated the “distrust and anxiety that some members of San Clemente felt,” was based on studies and analyses that found those proposed routes to be unnecessary.

Beall further noted that extending Los Patrones was the preferred option based on the goal of “achieving the greatest amount of traffic mobility enhancement with the least amount of public opposition.”

“The study showed no additional roadway through the city of San Clemente was foreseeable at all,” he said.

At last week’s special meeting, though, the city presented a nearly 8½-minute video outlining the city’s history and timeline battling the toll road. In it, the city used audio of statements Beall made related to Bates’ bills during two previous TCA meetings.

Last May, Beall had stated that while he didn’t expect the need for further traffic analysis in “our lifetime,” future representatives and TCA board members may determine that additional traffic relief studies are necessary “that might necessitate further extension of the roadway.”

And this past February, he criticized Bates for misinterpreting the TCA’s March 2020 vote and repeating “a false narrative” that her measure to have the 241 end at Oso Parkway would “codify

FUTURE PLANS The council convened a special meeting on March 23 to address the ongoing concerns with the toll road and provide a report on a stakeholders’ meeting that was expected to have taken place beforehand.

The stakeholders’ meeting, which hadn’t yet occurred by March 23, was to include officials from the city, TCA, Orange County Transportation Authority and Rancho Mission Viejo. It was intended, as Ward previously explained, to iron out a solution on any toll road extension.

Ward said this week that the stakeholders’ meeting is scheduled for April 6, prior to when the council will meet. At that time, the stakeholders will discuss how to come to a consensus on moving forward cooperatively.

“That’s the thing—we do a have a cooperative agreement where we’ve all agreed to advance Los Patrones,” Ward explained. “It’s just one person in the entire county that we’re hearing different from that doesn’t agree with what we’ve done, and that’s the TCA. They keep Page 4

the actions that this agency took.”

“We said that during our lifetimes, it’s expected that it wouldn’t go beyond that, but that we were going to leave—because we don’t have a perfect crystal ball—decisions to be made in the future, about mobility and transportation needs, to be made by various members of the board of the agencies at that time, facing whatever those current circumstances might be in the future,” he said.

Beall on Monday reiterated those comments, stressing that mobility and transportation problems could occur in the future, and without a “crystal ball” handy, it’ll be up to the elected representatives of stakeholder agencies, such as the TCA, to decide how best to proceed.

“Future mobility decisions, responding to future traffic problems that are completely unknown problems, need to be made by future board members of all local agencies, including the TCA,” he said.

Asked whether the TCA should be considering mobility problems in the future if its mandate is to pay off its debt and convert the toll roads into free highways, Beall said he was referring to all agencies that deal with traffic issues.

“Those agencies will be responding for generations,” he said.

As far as any consideration of extending the toll road, Beall said, “We’re done.

Period … there’s no secret plan to build a toll road through the city of San Clemente.”

Ward on Tuesday remained critical of Beall’s previous comments on leaving such road planning decisions to future boards, calling it an example of “doubletalk”—“they say they’re done when you want to stop them … but then they say, we don’t have a crystal ball.”

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(Cont. from page 4) “That’s why we need to decide whether we want to stay in an agency that can’t give a straight answer,” Ward said.

LEGISLATION The latest discussions on the toll road stem from Sen. Bates’ two bills currently making their way through the state legislature.

The first, SB 760, proposes to amend the Streets and Highways Code to state that the 241 end at Oso Parkway, east of Mission Viejo. The Highways Code currently states that “Route 241 is from Route 5 south of San Clemente to Route 91 in the City of Anaheim.”

SB 760 mirrors Bates’ previous measure, SB 1373, which had passed the State Senate last year, but died in the State Assembly, as lawmakers were only considering legislation on COVID-19 recovery for the remainder of the session.

Her second bill, SB 761, looks to prohibit any road planning agency from constructing, funding and operating any development of a thoroughfare on San Clemente land deemed as open space or a conservation easement.

During the TCA Boards’ discussion on the bills, Orange County Board Supervisor Lisa Bartlett emphasized that Los Patrones will remain a county-owned arterial road. She also raised the concern that the bills would take away local control.

“We don’t necessarily need to be legislated by Sacramento. We can resolve things on our own at the local level,” said Bartlett, who had proposed the stakeholders meeting scheduled for next week. “We’ve got great local elected officials, we’ve got the county and stakeholders, OCTA, The Ranch, Caltrans and everyone who can work together to resolve things at the local level.”

Reiterating that point on Monday, Beall said the measures are “unnecessary,” as the studies that were already conducted show there’s no need for a toll road in San Clemente.

“We’re not planning to put a road in the city of San Clemente,” he said, echoing his earlier statements. “There is no need to, therefore, have state statutes weighing in on what is already been completed. This is a local issue.”

Beall also called the measures “divisive,” creating more “controversy, mistrust and division when none are warranted.”

“We’re not doing anything,” he stressed. “It’s really bad, because it attempts to carve out San Clemente from any participation in solving future unknown traffic problems in the region.”

‘FARE’ SHARE In addition to the discussion on leaving the JPA, Councilmember James last week also proposed a plan to withhold the development impact fees (DIF) that city San Clemente Times April 1-7, 2021

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residents and developers pay to the TCA. Since its inception in 1987, the TCA has collected fees from property owners of new developments built within the cities and unincorporated areas that benefit from the toll roads.

As of the end of 2020, the city’s total contribution in impact fees to the TCA amounted to just shy of $54.76 million— about 7% of the $765.74 million the toll road agencies had collected, according to DIF data that the city presented last week.

San Clemente’s fees far exceed that of other South County cities such as the Rancho Santa Margarita, Dana Point, Mission Viejo, San Juan Capistrano and Aliso Viejo.

Only the County of Orange and the cities of Irvine and Lake Forest have paid more.

The city has argued that its residents haven’t benefited from the toll roads, because the southern alignment of the 241 was never built. Last September, the council voted to notify the TCA that it breached its JPA agreement by eliminating the road alignment in “San Clemente’s area of benefit without even studying commensurate reduction in San Clemente DIFs.” The DIFs, the TCA explained, pool money from member cities to fund transportation infrastructure in the region. Each member city, including San Clemente, voted to impose the fees on new developments “because they understood the regional nature of transportation needed to support their growing communities.”

“The roads constructed today benefit all member agencies, including the City of San Clemente, and this will continue to be true for all future developments within the designated areas of benefit,” the TCA said in its email.

The toll road operators further explained that the amount of money a city has contributed is tied to the length of time a city has been a member, as well as the development that has and will occur. “(Rancho Santa Margarita) did not join the JPA until many years after San Clemente, and a portion of the development in RSM occurred when it was unincorporated County land, so the fees would have been collected by the County,” the TCA

explained. “San Clemente experienced significant growth and created the associated demands on the regional transportation system after it joined the JPA.” Ward explained that should the council vote to move forward next week, it would mark the next step in the process of challenging the fees that started last summer.

STAKEHOLDERS By addressing those matters based on the suspicion that the TCA will use Los Patrones as a “Trojan horse” to extend the 241, the city’s agreement to work cooperatively with the county and Rancho Mission Viejo on the planning of the thoroughfare could be in jeopardy of collapsing.

The city council next week will also consider rescinding its recognition of Los Patrones in the General Plan. Discussion was scheduled to happen at last week’s meeting, but at Ward’s request, it was tabled until the April 6 meeting.

At the end of last year, the council requested a seat at the table when it came to the planning and continued development of the parkway, which currently begins at Oso Parkway and travels through RMV, ending at Cow Camp Road.

The council got its wish in mid-December, when it agreed to work cooperatively with the County of Orange and RMV (also known as The Ranch), with the caveat that all parties acknowledged that Los Patrones will not include considerations to develop the controversial 241 extension.

As part of that agreement, councilmembers in February voted unanimously in favor of amending the city’s General Plan to recognize Los Patrones in the city’s roads map.

Prior to the March 23 meeting, James had said approval by the council to rescind the General Plan amendment “would put an end to any agreements we have” and would likely make it difficult for the county to secure M2 grant funding for the project.

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explained to the council this past February.

The council’s vote to add Los Patrones in the General Plan was the last piece of the puzzle needed to qualify for an M2 grant that would foot the bill for the project’s environmental document, as the OCTA requires the county’s and city’s General Plans to be consistent.

“We understand the City has some concerns and are working to address them.

The County’s commitment remains the same—to operate LPPE as a free County arterial in conformance with the recent addition of LPPE as an arterial to the OCTA Master Plan of Arterial Highways,” Nicole Walsh, senior assistant county counsel, said in an email this week.

James had also called out The Ranch at last week’s meeting to state the city was still waiting on its “so-called friends” to issue a letter in support of Bates’ bills.

On Tuesday, Mike Balsamo, senior vice president of governmental relations for RMV, said that while The Ranch is hopeful the planning expectations between all the stakeholder agencies get settled soon, it wouldn’t “pick sides in these issues, which are, understandably, emotionally charged.”

“We have made clear in the past, we do not support a toll road dividing San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano or Mission Viejo,” Balsamo said in an email. “However, we also have a long-standing relationship with and investment in TCA and support the combined efforts to develop real-world solutions for South County mobility.”

During the council’s mid-February meeting, when members approved the General Plan amendment, both county and Ranch officials provided San Clemente with assurances that converting an arterial highway into a toll road would be difficult based on the specifications of the two road styles and the legal hurdles that would ensue.

However, despite those assurances, James said he remains “skeptical” on the matter. From the dais last week, he slammed the TCA, claiming it was “unethical” of the agencies to “threaten San Clemente with a toll road.”

“I have come to the conclusion that our goals and objectives are merely incompatible with each other,” he said.

“That said, if over the next two weeks, we can find common ground through meaningful discussions … and be afforded the respect that the city of San Clemente deserves from the TCA, possibly we can avoid such confrontation.”

During the upcoming council meeting the council is expected to hear from the city attorney and staff on what the next steps would be in initiating the withdrawal from TCA. Asked about the city’s chances of successfully exiting, Ward said that the chances of fighting it are good “because there’s proof that (the toll road is) not needed.”

“At this point, you have to decide if you’re going to stay with a failed agency or get out,” Ward said. SC sanclementetimes.com

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and in doing so celebrate the preciousness of life.”

The 120-page hardcover book will be available through Delanty Studio and Gallery in San Clemente, as well as at the Casa Romantica. Pre-orders are being taken through his website delantyfineart.com.

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to Release New Book Local artist Rick J. Delanty is set to become a published author in May, when he will release his first book, Beauty Unites Us, Paintings and Inspiration—a portfolio featuring more than 50 oil and acrylic paintings, as well as a collection of short essays.

The book will be released on May 4 at the opening of Delanty’s solo exhibition at the Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, where the exhibition will run through June 26. The artist will also be present for book-signing.

While selecting the paintings for the book, Delanty included scenes from Big Sur to Niagara Falls, focusing on subjects that spoke to him, he explained in a press release. Other paintings include sunset in the Utah desert, a rushing river in Yosemite, and a moment of serenity on Hawaii’s horizon, to list a few.

“My overall inspiration for this work is from the scriptural first chapter of the

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Weed Abatement Program A new book, Beauty Unites Us, Paintings and Inspiration, by San Clemente artist Rick Delanty, will be released during his art exhibition at the Casa Romantica on May 4. Photo: Courtesy of Rick Delanty

With spring officially here, San Clemente’s property owners are being reminded by the city of their responsibility to remove weeds and debris from their undeveloped land parcels, as well as vacant, developed parcels.

The native and naturalized landscape of San Clemente is susceptible to fire, due to the growth of both weeds and native habitat, noted Ed Stewart, the weed abatement contract administrator for the city. As summer approaches, he said, it’s especially important to reduce the potential for fires.

Stewart explained that once a property owner has cleaned their properties and trimmed all weeds to a height no higher than one inch from the ground, it must be maintained for the remainder of the year.

book of Romans, that God’s divine attributes can be seen in nature, and that His beauty is evidenced in our surroundings, if we just take the time to look for it,” he said in the release.

The short essays accompanying each painting, he noted, reflect different aspects of his search for beauty in the world, despite the hardships, challenging conditions, and the global pandemic over the past year.

“To remain hopeful in the hard times is not only essential for our survival as a species, but is fundamental to our collective soul,” Delanty said in the release.

“Beauty is something we can all share,

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

TUESDAY, APRIL 6

CITY COUNCIL 6 p.m. The San Clemente City Council will conduct its regularly scheduled meeting via teleconference and can be streamed through the city’s YouTube channel. 949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

Citing the Orange County Fire Authority, Stewart said properties with existing native habitat should be thinned by 50%.

The city’s deadline for the removal of the weeds and refuse is May 15. For those properties that remain unabated after that date, the city’s weed abatement contractor, Stewart and Associates, will clear the lots as required, and then bill the cost of removal to the property owners.

For additional information and to ask questions about the city’s weed abatement program, contact Stewart and Associates by phone at 949.498.9250 or email at ed@estewartinc.com.

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unfair, sweetheart relationships.

RESPONSE TO LETTER ON NEWSOM RECALL NORM PETERSEN, San Clemente The letter from Ms. Fafaglia uses the familiar “you have blood on your hands” type of rhetoric that has no basis in science. Reasonable people should be able to reasonably disagree.

Perfectly healthy people do not need to quarantine, and we should be free to make that choice for ourselves. It’s called freedom.

There’s no need to denigrate your neighbors because they have a differing view. Sadly, this is now the way liberals debate.

Newsom is a hypocrite for dining out last year with upwards of 30 people, all maskless no less, while mandating no dining out for his “royal subjects.”

Public schools are still not fully open after more than a year, but Newsom’s kids have been in their private school classrooms the whole time. His Aunt Nancy (Pelosi) got her hair done in a salon while the rest of us were learning to cut our own hair.

These are the reasons people are pushing back.

Yes, “mandates from the governor for the common good” absolutely infringe on our freedom. It’s an example of why our country’s founders risked everything to escape a monarchy.

I am glad Ms. Fafaglia is alive today. If the vaccine is the reason, as she says, she failed to thank President Trump. Likely just an oversight.

WONDERFUL WORLD DENNIS MURPHY, San Clemente Ed Ward’s compelling “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” letter made me think of how enjoyable and relaxing it was living in The Spanish Village by the Sea during the ’60s and ’70s, so I just wanted to thank him for making me look back.

After listening to “Wouldn’t it Be Nice” by The Beach Boys, instead of Cardi B’s “WAP,” I put on Sam Cooke’s “Wonderful World” and started reminiscing about San Clemente, American values and the enemy within.

In the ’60s and ’70s, SC was about: • The waving of an American flag, knowing that our neighbors (whom you actually knew and spoke with), believed American culture was worth saving (unlike the left of today).

• Shopping at the “All American” market on the corner of Mariposa and El Camino Real, knowing in the back of your mind that there was organization and accountability in our blessed lifestyle, along with the need to have our international borders secure (unlike leftist thinking of today).

• Dining at a restaurant, knowing you won’t have to look out at a lost soul defecating in the parking lot (which our state Democratic stronghold could easily remedy if it actually cared about people).

• Using common sense and rational thinking when understanding law enforcement, instead of believing a deputy sheriff wakes up in the morning and decides he is going out today to find and kill an unarmed Black homeless American.

• Knowing you can go to our local college, and young Americans aren’t threatened or offended by the football team’s (Gaucho) name.

• Learning from history and science in an achievement-based educational system, instead of being brainwashed into moronic and suicidal political activism by the enemy within.

In 1968, The Rascals came out with the song “Beautiful Morning.” After I listen to it, I’m going to walk along the seashore without a mask and know that I will be safe, because science told me so.

Thanks for the memories, Ed.

ANOTHER RESPONSE TO THE NEWSOM RECALL LETTER ALEXIS ALBERS, San Clemente I am so tired of people and what they assume about others.

Please state your thoughts only and do not condemn anyone because they think differently. The beauty of America is its uniqueness and freedom for all.

When you have people sitting in God’s seat making judgments, they will be wrong, because they don’t operate in unconditional love. America has turned into many “mini gods,” and it only causes conflicts.

I am a native Southern Californian, 32 years in San Clemente and a patriot. I signed the recall (petition), because our governor doesn’t know what happened to $10 million. I think there needs to be accountability.

He was given permission from our former President, like all the other governors in the USA to make decisions regarding the CDC. Those choices were his, and the motive of his heart for them belong to his creator, not us.

Please forgive and forget the 2020 election, so you don’t put down people whom you disagree with today, yesterday or tomorrow. Your beliefs are yours, and that is called free will. So, start treating

WHO’S IN BED WITH WHOM? DALE FERRANTO, San Clemente The city tree trimming contract “process” is a disgrace.

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others how you would like to be treated.

Agape love never fails. So, I will be kind to you, and I hope you will be kind to me.

FURTHER COMMENTARY ON NEWSOM RECALL MAREK DOBKE, San Clemente In reference to Ms. Alba Fafaglia’s Letter to the Editor regarding Newsom’s State of the State Address and the issues of the recall initiative, I believe that his handling of the pandemic, how and what scientific evidence or lack of it he followed (especially while dining with friends) when implementing the lockdown, is not the central issue in the recall.

It is a cheap and divisive shot to state that the radical wing of the Republican Party is the sole promoter of the recall.

Let’s look at bipartisan reasons of recall: energy crisis and prices; reallocation of funds from taxes without social consensus to causes other than originally intended; handling of the high-speed rail initiative; mismanagement of forests and subsequent devastating fires; high violent rate crime; and homelessness, just to name some.

Personally, I still deal with my employer HR, as I was one day among those placed on the unemployed list by the fraudulently acting state unemployment agency (while I was duly remained employed). There is no cohesive program of resolution of this massive fraud.

To be objective, I give the governor a credit for taking a stand against teachers unions and pushing for schools opening before vaccinating of all teachers.

Health care workers worked without waiting for vaccination in high-risk environment. The perception of teachers’ demands (asked to work in low-risk environment) is not favorable to them.

Overall, I am surprised that Democrats favored Newsom, as opposed to Villaraigosa, to be Democrats’ candidate for governorship, especially after the emergence of his 2007 affair with the wife of his “best” friend, Mr. Tourk. Taking all into account, it is time for a quick change.

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FRIDAY | 02 VIRTUAL CONCERT: NOMIS THE JUST 2 p.m. Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens concludes its virtual mini concert series with Oceanside-based DJ and rapper Nomis the Just. Resident DJ for multiple Toast to the Casa events, Nomis returns to perform a set of his original music for the first time at Casa Romantica. The virtual concert will debut on Casa Romantica’s YouTube channel released on its social media. Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 949.498.2139. casaromantica.org.

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SATURDAY | 03 SOUTH OC CARS AND COFFEE 9-11 a.m. South OC Cars and Coffee, dubbed the world’s biggest weekly car meet, attracts a mix of 500-1,000 hypercars, supercars, exotics, vintage, classic, muscle and sports cars, hot rods, rat rods, pickups, 4x4s and motorcycles. No cars in before 8:30 a.m. The Outlets at San Clemente, 101 West Avenida Vista Hermosa, San Clemente. southoccarsandcoffee.com.

VILLAGE ART FAIRE 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The Village Art Faire, hosted by the San Clemente Downtown Business Association and now located in the SC Community Center parking lot, offers a vaSan Clemente Times April 1-7, 2021

riety of work, including photography, fine art, jewelry, ceramics, fused glass, home décor, botanicals, textile art, and more.

Visitors can expect to find many of their favorite artists, as well as some new faces.

100 North Calle Seville, San Clemente.

949.218.5378. info@scdba.org. scdba.org.

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SUNDAY | 04 FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Shop for a wide selection of fruits, vegetables and artisanal goods from organic growers at the Community Center/San Clemente Public Library parking lot. 100 North Calle Seville.

949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

PROSTHODONTICS

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Eric Johnson, D.D.S. 647 Camino de los Mares, Ste. 209, San Clemente, 949.493.9311, drericjohnson.com

LIST LOCALS ONLY USE LOCALS ONLY For pricing call 949.388.7700, ext. 102

HOME IMPROVEMENT/ REMODELING

Hoover Construction License B-774675 949-292-6778

MUSIC LESSONS

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AN ORCHESTRA OF OC: EVENING OF DVORAK AND MOZART 7 p.m. Listen to the music of the beloved composers in a rare evening of live classical music in 2021. This evening will take place outdoors in Casa Romantica’s Courtyard and will feature a quintet of classical performers. The evening will also be kicked off by a musical performance from alumni of Casa Romantica’s Summer Music Festival and Academy.

Admission price ranges from $35 to $40. There are also a select number of $1 tickets for children ages 6-16. Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente.

949.498.2139. casaromantica.org.

Residential & commercial inspections for mold, asbestos and lead paint. 310.400.0195

FIREWOOD FOR SALE Jack McKay, Owner 949.449.0445 mckayja29@gmail.com Call for prices. Earning money to purchase my first car.

Perfect for campfires, beach fires, home fires.

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REALTORS

“Sandy & Rich” RE/MAX Coastal Homes 949.293.3236, sandyandrich.com

Scott Kidd, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services 949.498.0487, skidd@bhhscal.com

Cello and Bass Academy 310.895.6145, celloandbassacademy.com

ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTIONS

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Hamilton Le, D.M.D., F.A.C.P. 1001 Avenida Pico, Ste. K, San Clemente, 949.361.4867 (GUMS), moranperio.com

SALONS

Rock Club Music School 73 Via Pico Plaza, San Clemente, 949.463.1968, beachcitiesrockclub.com

PERIODONTICS & DENTAL IMPLANTS Dr. Alice P. Moran, DMD 1001 Avenida Pico, Ste. K, San Clemente, 949.361.4867 (GUMS), moranperio.com

Salon Bleu 207 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.366.2060, scsalonbleu.com

VETERINARY HOUSE CALLS Dr. Damon Goldstein, DVM 626.485.9355, damongoldstein@outlook.com “Personalized Care for your Fur Babies at your Home”

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PUBLIC NOTICES TO ADVERTISE: 949.388.7700, EXT. 111 • LEGALS@PICKETFENCEMEDIA.COM PUBLIC NOTICE SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): MICHAEL BUESCHING and YUNIS BUESCHING and DOES 1 TO 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): THNC INDUSTRIES, INC., dba SERVPRO OF LAGUNA BEACH/ DANA POINT/ COSTA MESA/ ANAHEIM WEST NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2021-01188431 To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Kaitlyn Justine Hespen; filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Kaitlyn Justine Hespen PROPOSED NAME A. Kaitlyn Justine Bruch The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court of the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objective is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing Date: 05/12/2021 Time: 08:30 a.m. Dept.: D100 Other: Remote Hearing. The address of the court is Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92701. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Clemente Times.

Date: March 11, 2021 JUDGE LAYNE H. MELZER, Judge of the Superior Court Published: San Clemente Times, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 2021

CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): 30-2020-01172365-CL-CO-CJC Judge Corey S. Cramin The name and address of the court is: (El Nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of California, County of Orange 700 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701 The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff ’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del obogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Christopher J. Koorstad SBN# 105942, Law Office of Christopher J. Koorstad 1235 N. Harbor Blvd., Ste. 200, Fullerton, CA 92832-1349 Phone (714) 871-1132 DATE: (Fecha) 11/30/2020 David H. Yamasaki, Clerk of the Court, by (Secretario) Skeeter Berry, Deputy Clerk(Adjunto) Published: San Clemente Times March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE

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Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2021-01188832

Premium Energy Holdings, LLC hereby provides notice of its filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of an application for a Preliminary Permit to study the proposed San Onofre Pumped Storage Project No. 15108: (i) The application was filed with FERC on March 10, 2021; (ii) the proposed project would be located near the township of San Clemente in San Diego County, CA. The project would have an estimated capacity of 1,500 megawatts; (iii) Premium Energy’s address is 355 S. Lemon Ave., Suite A, Walnut, CA 91789; (iv) a copy of the application is available for inspection and reproduction at FERC’s Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling 202-502-8371. This filing may also be viewed on the FERC website at http:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. The accession number is 202103105256. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676. FERC will publish a notice soliciting public participation.

To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Julian Edward Gormley; filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Julian Edward Gormley PROPOSED NAME A. Julian Edward Gonzalez The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court of the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objective is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing Date: 05/13/2021 Time: 08:30 a.m. Dept.: D100 Other: Remote Hearing. The address of the court is Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive South, Santa Ana, CA 92701. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Clemente Times.

Date: March 15, 2021 JUDGE LAYNE H. MELZER, Judge of the Superior Court Published: San Clemente Times, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20216598478 The following person(s) is doing business as: 1. THE OFFICE 17 VANTIS DR. ALISO VIEJO, CA 92656 ADDITIONAL FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): 1B. THE OFFICE O.C. 1C. THE OFFICE OC 1D. MY OFFICE 1E. MY OFFICE O.C. 1F. MY OFFICE OC Full Name of Registrant(s):

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NATHALIE NESTOR 17 VANTIS DRIVE ALISO VIEJO, CA 92656 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or Names listed above on: N/A /s/NATHALIE NESTOR/NATHALIE NESTOR, OWNER/MANAGER This statement was filed with the Orange County Clerk-Recorder On 03/08/21 Publish: San Clemente Times March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2021-01188946 To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Jared Rudolph Gonzales; filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Jared Rudolph Gonzales PROPOSED NAME A. Jarryd Rudolph Gonzales The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court of the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objective is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing Date: 05/13/2021 Time: 08:30 a.m. Dept.: D100 Other: Remote Hearing. The address of the court is Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive, Santa Ana, CA 92701. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Clemente Times.

Date: March 15, 2021 JUDGE LAYNE H. MELZER, Judge of the Superior Court Published: San Clemente Times, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2020-01167540 To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Sandra Ann Zarcaro filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Sandra Ann Zarcaro PROPOSED NAME A. Sandra Ann Brown The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court of the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objective is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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Date: Feb 24, 2021 JUDGE LAYNE H. MELZER, Judge of the Superior Court Published: San Clemente Times, March 18, 25, April 1, 8, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LYLE G. JOHNSON CASE#30-2021-01183225-PR-LA-CJC To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will and or estate, or both, of LYLE G. JOHNSON; LYLE GORDON JOHNSON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JENNIFER URRUTIA in the Superior Court of California, County of ORANGE. The PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JENNIFER URRUTIA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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. 04/15/2021 at 2:00 P.M. in Dept: C08. b. (1)Appearance at the hearing must be by video remote using the Court’s designated video platform; (2) Go to the Court’s 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 657-622-8278 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

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PAK TECHNICAL SERVICES 2012 PASEO LARO SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92673-5500 Full Name of Registrant(s): PTS SALES INC 2012 PASEO LARO SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92673-5500 This business is conducted by a CA Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/14/1992 /s/ PTS SALES INC, PAUL KAMINSKI, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 02/26/2021.

Published in: San Clemente Times Mar 11, 18, 25, April 1, 2021

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: Kulwinder Kenea Bains 801 10th Street, 5th Floor, Modesto, CA 95354 (209)521-1500 Published in: San Clemente Times, March 18, 25, April 1, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 21FL000085 To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Rachel Sarvin Geula and Navid Geula on behalf of Adam Zain Geula, a minor filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Adam Zain Geula PROPOSED NAME A. Jordan Adam Geula The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court of the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objective is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing Date: 06/18/2021 Time: 01:30 p.m. Dept.: L72 Other: Remote Hearing. The address of the court is Lamoreaux Justice Center, 341 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Clemente Times Date: 03/10/21 JUDGE LON F. HURWITZ, Judge of the Superior Court Published: San Clemente Times, March 18, 25, April 1, 8, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2021-01186121-CU-PT-CJC To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Melanie Mylam Rethy Le; filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Melanie Mylam Rethy Le PROPOSED NAME A. Melanie Mylam Rethy Le Vanderleight The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court of the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objective is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing Date: 05/04/2021 Time: 08:30 a.m. Dept.: D100 Room: Remote Appearance. The address of the court is Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92701. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Clemente Times Date: February 25, 2021 JUDGE LAYNE H. MELZER, Judge of the Superior Court Published: San Clemente Times, March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20216597356 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: STUDIO GRAHAM 306 AVENIDA CABRILLO SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672 Full Name of Registrant(s): STUDIO GO 306 AVENIDA CABRILLO SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672 This business is conducted by a CA Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 06/01/2020 /s/ STUDIO GO, KRISTOPHER GRAHAM, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 02/24/2021.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2021-01191305-CU-PT-CJC To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Nadine Frances Swartz: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Nadine Frances Swartz PROPOSED NAME A. Nickie F. Swartz The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court of the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objective is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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| By Fred Swegles

Learn Some Historic Morsels About North Beach on City’s Website T he next time you visit the city’s homepage at san-clemente.org, fix your eyes on some details in a large historic photo.

It evokes the northern entrance to San Clemente, sometime around 1940.

Imagine you are driving into town, along a broad, four-lane, Highway 101 with an empty lane in the middle. Well ahead of you, most of the landscape well is vacant.

Up close, you’re looking at the Associated Oil Company’s filling station, Boyd & Frances’ Cafe, the Aquarium Restaurant and the San Clemente Theatre. Notice that a bowling alley didn’t yet exist, in front of the movie theater.

And, look here, no 7-Eleven at Pico and El Camino Real!

COASTLINES Who knew, then,

BY FRED SWEGLES that some 80 years later, this area bounded by El Camino Real, Avenida Estacion and Boca de la Playa would be designated by the National Park Service as San Clemente’s North Beach Historic District?

On the city’s homepage, click on the large photo. You’ll open up a selection of photos and historic tales. There’s an aerial photo of the district. Then learn more about landmark buildings—the San Clemente Beach Club, Casino ballroom, San Clemente Theatre (later known as the Miramar), San Clemente Bowling Center and the Aquarium Restaurant.

The Associated gas station and Boyd & Frances’ Cafe are long gone. The bowling alley was recently leveled. It couldn’t be repaired in place, next door to the cinema building being renovated as an events center. The former bowling building will be rebuilt, incorporating the original building’s elegant wooden ceiling beams into a new food court.

We asked Jonathan Lightfoot, San Clemente’s economic development officer, about North Beach Historic District:

Who put the page together?

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for the National Register. The San Clemente Historical Society provided several photographs. We also had help from our city’s GIS Coordinator, Justin Mank.

What’s the purpose of the page?

Lightfoot: We launched the page in February, coordinated with a presentation to city council that I did alongside Larry Culbertson (president of the San Clemente Historical Society) to announce the successful listing of the district with the National Register.

What’s the status of your North Beach Historic District efforts?

on the National Register of Historic Places in December 2020.

What’s the next step?

Lightfoot: The nomination was successful. The National Park Service listed the North Beach Historic District

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Real, and reviewing construction plans for Beach Hut Deli. Our first priority is to support full tenancy in the district.

What comes next?

Lightfoot: Our next effort, already underway, is to seek out quotes for signage to help visitors recognize the historic district. I am hoping to place some sign considerations into this year’s budget review.

Will there be other public improvements?

Lightfoot: The third step is to undertake some additional planning efforts for the area. Staff would like to continue to pursue pedestrian improvements in this space and to improve the connections between the train, trolley, historic buildings and beach trail, so that the district will have an improved “sense of place” for visitors and residents.

What vision is being developed for North Beach?

Lightfoot: Some additional planning efforts are needed before we identify Capital Improvement Project improvements. I have a meeting with the Southern California Association of Governments’ staff to discuss a potential vision plan.

Several years ago, there was talk of making it safer for bicyclists to navigate Avenida Pico to North Beach from points inland off I-5. Anything new on that?

Lightfoot: The City’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan indicates that a high priority project is improving bike access along Pico between Vera Cruz and North Beach. Public Works is working on developing plans for at least a portion of this stretch.

Are any economic development projects being processed in the area? I recall one longstanding application called The Gallery, going back three decades at Pico and ECR, across from the car wash.

Lightfoot: The Gallery project has not been active. But the architect on that project did indicate that they intend to submit some updated plans for consideration.

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Is anything in the works for the city’s vacant lot at 1832 N. El Camino Real?

Lightfoot: The city’s lot is somewhat encumbered for future supportive parking, depending on the increase in demand from full tenancy in North Beach, including an operational Miramar site.

This historic district packs lots of history into the space.

Lightfoot: The city’s historic district nomination forms tell the story of the district, beginning with Ole Hanson’s vision of the space as a welcoming gateway, with a public pool, lawns and a dance pavilion. Many of San Clemente’s first visitors arrived by train at the North Beach depot. The vision shifted, but the focus of an entertainment and recreation center remained.

Contributor: San Clemente Historical Society

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Play ball! Today is the opening of the 2021 Major League Baseball season. Pictured is San Clemente’s first baseball diamond, circa early 1930s.

How did Ole’s vision shift?

Lightfoot: The Beach Club hosted the U.S. Olympic swimming team tryouts the year it was built (1928), bringing immediate attention to the city. Nearly a decade later, the Casino opened its doors to more than 5,000 guests and hosted stars like Judy Garland along the way. The San Clemente Theatre followed in 1938, designed by wellknown architect Clifford Balch. Its bowling alley partner arrived in 1946.

By then, the area had become known as the city’s “amusement center.” Even neighboring businesses were affected by the entertainment emphasis. The Aquarium Café (more recently Ichibiri’s Restaurant), included a small dance floor surrounded by large aquariums.

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 editorial@sanclementetimes.com.

Sudoku

BY MYLES MELLOR

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. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult. Level: Medium LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION:

How does this relate to the newly designated historic district?

Lightfoot: For decades, the area was the hub of social activity in San Clemente. And now, a string of rehabilitation projects (Casino, 2009; Beach Club, 2016; Aquarium Café building, 2019; Miramar, 2021) is bringing the district back to life again.

See the solution in next week’s issue.

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Carmel

Fred Swegles grew up in San Clemente before the freeway. He has 50 years’ reporting experience in the city and can be reached at fswegles@picketfencemedia.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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en-year-old Carmel is an absolute sweetheart. Though she may be considered a senior cat, she definitely still has a lot of pep in her step.

Carmel is both active and outgoing and never fails to greet you with a happy meow. With her loving, yet independent, personality, Carmel would be a great fit in almost any home.

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TRITON REPORT

BY ZACH CAVANAGH, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

For in-game updates, news and more for all of the San Clemente High School sports programs, follow us on Twitter @SouthOCSports.

LACROSSE TEAMS OPEN SEASONS STRONG Both the San Clemente boys and girls lacrosse teams have found success in the early weeks of their 2021 seasons. Like all spring sports, they had their 2020 seasons ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic, but they’re capitalizing on their field time so far this season.

The San Clemente girls are 2-0 on the young campaign, with wins over Newport Harbor, 11-10, and Yorba Linda, 12-4.

In the Tritons’ opener over Newport Harbor, senior Makena Coury and sophomore Emma Massamiri each scored four goals, and senior Stolie Erickson added three goals. Against Yorba Linda, the Tritons’ goalie, junior Brooklyn Hodgin, was a defensive force with eight saves and three forced turnovers.

San Clemente hosted Beckman on Wednesday, March 31, but results were not available at press time. The Tritons open league play at San Juan Hills on April 15.

The San Clemente boys are 2-2 two weeks into the season and showing promising signs of offensive life.

The Tritons opened with a win over San Juan Hills, 18-4, but fell to Yorba Linda, 9-8, and to Mater Dei, 17-6. However, San Clemente rebounded with an impressive win over a tough Los Alamitos team, 13-12.

Against Los Alamitos, San Clemente was down by six goals before rallying to

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The San Clemente boys and girls lacrosse teams are off to strong starts in the 2021 season after their 2020 seasons were cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photos: San Clemente Boys Lacrosse

take the one-goal victory. Junior Jake Lemus scored five goals for the Tritons, and senior Jack Rogers scored three goals.

Lemus has 10 goals for San Clemente this season, while Rogers and Tanner Hall, both seniors, have combined for 19 goals.

San Clemente plays at unbeaten Santiago of Corona on Friday, April 2, and takes on two traditional Orange County powers in the next two games—at home against Corona del Mar on April 10 and at Foothill on April 12. The Tritons open league play at home against Tesoro on April 16.

FOOTBALL OPENS LEAGUE PLAY WITH ‘BATTLE OF LA PATA’ The San Clemente football team hits the road for the first time this season on Friday, April 2, as the Tritons (2-0) take on San Juan Hills (2-0).

Friday’s game will renew the “Battle of La Pata” as the neighboring rivals square off. It’s less than six miles and 15 minutes of drive time between the two schools, as the Tritons head up Avenida Pico, turn

left on Avenida La Pata and go over the hill into San Juan Capistrano and the Stallions’“Badlands.”

San Juan Hills makes its return to the South Coast League after winning the Sea View League title last season and the Stallions’ first CIF-SS championship. San Juan Hills last played in the South Coast League in 2017, when San Clemente won their encounter, 31-17. San Juan Hills last beat San Clemente in the 2015 season opener, 34-20.

Both teams are unbeaten early in this shortened season, and both have shown a penchant for scoring points.

San Clemente was explosive last week on its virtual Homecoming night against Aliso Niguel, as the Tritons put up 41 points in the first half to cruise to a win over the Wolverines, 41-7.

San Juan Hills opened its season with a 48-14 blasting of El Toro before entering into a shootout last week with Capistrano Valley, the Stallions’ and Tritons’ one common opponent. San Juan Hills rocketed to a two-score lead in the second quarter, and despite the Cougars’ persistence, the Stallions maintained their lead en route to a 52-41 victory.

San Clemente beat Capistrano Valley with a strong second half in its season opener, 35-24.

The South Coast League opener is an important tone-setter for both teams as they look to make the most of their delayed and shortened seasons.

San Clemente is looking to remind its neighbor who runs the South Coast League and keep on track for its traditional league title game against Mission Viejo in the season finale. With a CIF title finally in hand, San Juan Hills wants to prove it belongs in the “upper league” for good and establish a new order for the South Coast League.

Either way, there are sure to be fireworks Friday night at the Badlands. SC

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SC Sunrise Rotary Club Hosting Monthlong Virtual Charity Golf Tournament

BY ZACH CAVANAGH, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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ver the past year, many organizations and events have had to make their fair share of adjustments.

The San Clemente Sunrise Rotary Club is the latest to give its new spin on a classic format by hosting a charity golf tournament virtually.

Instead of packs of golfers gathering at one course and playing at the same time in one large event, the Rotary Club’s tournament allows players to choose their course and tee time, anywhere and anytime, over the entire month of April.

Players pay a $100 tax-deductible entry fee, which does not include green fees, to participate in the four-man scramble tournament wherever and whenever they please and help out the San Clemente Sunrise Rotary Club’s charitable efforts.

Money from the tournament will go toward scholarships for San Clemente High School students, support for Laura’s House, Family Assistance Ministries, the U.S. Marine Corps, the Boys and Girls Club and help provide 400 complete Thanksgiving meals to families in need.

In addition to the fee for entry into the golf tournament, funds will also be raised with auctions throughout the month. Tournament players can also receive team trophies for first, second and third place and $800 in prize certificates To sign up for the tournament, interested players can go to givsum.com/opportunities/san-clemente-sunrise-rotary-charity-golf-event-virtual-548e6506a.

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Just Keep Surfing If you start, don’t stop

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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n the early ’90s, the hottest up-andcoming surf talent around America could be found on the U.S. Bud Pro Tour. From San Clemente’s own Shane Beschen, to a spindly-legged Rob Machado, to the late, great Chris Brown, they all launched their pro careers on this nationwide series of events.

But beyond providing a platform for aspiring pros, it also gave young surf fans—like myself at the time—a chance to rub elbows with the heroes we saw in the magazines.

I’ll never forget standing on the boardwalk at Ocean Beach in San Francisco as a 13-year-old, when Matt “Archy” Archbold, fresh out of the water after a demanding heat, explained to one of his nearby buddies that the heavy shorebreak had ripped the watch off his wrist.

My family had already conditioned me to fear the worst at Ocean Beach because of the “sleeper waves” and “undertow,” which made the loss of Archy’s watch seem even more dramatic and hardcore.

Pro surfing was never in the cards for me, but when I finished college with a degree in English, I told my folks that I wanted to figure out a career in surfing.

They must have been so bummed, but like the good parents they were, they

A pioneer of full-speed and radical surfing, Matt “Archy” Archbold is still in the zone well into his 50s. Photo: Courtesy of San Clemente Boardriders

supported my decision.

After a stint lifeguarding and writing dawn patrol surf reports for Surfline, I landed a job at Surfer magazine, which included taking out the trash, scrubbing toilets and answering phones when the receptionist took her lunch break.

Working my way up to an editor posi-

tion, in 2007 I was lucky enough to work on the guest editor edition of Surfer with brothers Bruce and Andy Irons. During that process, I came to learn that Archy was Andy’s favorite surfer.

“His surfing was so raw and powerful, he was radical,” explained Andy, the three-time world champion.

At one point, I found myself on the beach at Lowers with local legend Herbie Fletcher, watching the Irons boys and their crew destroy the A-frame peaks.

Fletcher and I got to talking about them, as well as his sons Nathan and Christian.

“Radical people do radical (stuff),” Fletcher remarked.

That statement has stuck with me ever since. When I caught up with Archy for an interview for The Surfer’s Journal some years back, he agreed with the sentiment.

“I live by that,” said Archy. “I don’t think there’s much difference of who you are in the water versus who you are on land. It’s your attitude. It’s where you grow up. It’s who you are. Herbie’s right.”

Today, at 53 years young, Archy’s surfing better than ever. Lean and fit, he prefers to avoid the crowds, but he’s as fast and sharp as ever.

“I want to see power surfing. When I was growing up, that’s what I was looking up to—just pure power surfing. Speed and style, I just love that,” Archy continued. “That’s what I love about surfing. You can do whatever you want to do on the wave, not what someone else wants you to do. That’s why I’m still surfing today.”

After 30 years, a lot has changed since I was a grom on the boardwalk at Ocean Beach, but as Archy so perfectly notes, good surfing remains the same.

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

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REX HENNINGS

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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he surf contest scene is back in full swing, and San Clemente’s Rex Hennings has been taking full advantage. On fire for the past few weeks, the 13-year-old last weekend finished in third place in the 14-and-Under division of the Toyota USA Surfing Prime Series event in Oceanside.

Posting a number of big wins prior to that, Hennings ran the table at a recent Western Surfing Association competition in Oceanside, where he took first in the highly competitive 18-and-Under division in pumping surfing. Before that, he took the win in the 14-and-Under division of another USA Surfing Prime event in

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Rex Hennings. Photo: Courtesy of Kurt Steinmetz

Huntington Beach.

But it’s Hennings’ performances among the NSSA ranks that really stand out. At the top of March, he pulled off a remarkable trifecta, winning the 2019/20 Open Boys Conference title, the 2020 Open

Boys Regional title and the 2020 Open Boys National title.

Not just getting the job done in a jersey, Hennings dropped an epic video edit of his surfing a few months back entitled Lucky 13.

“Seriously, surf coaches could use this footage to teach students. Open shoulders, completed turns, smooth airs. You name it, Rex has got it,” wrote the editors of Stab Magazine in their review.

And there’s more to look forward to coming up. In May, Hennings will join some of the country’s best up-and-coming surfers in the Rip Curl Grom Search National Finals at the BSR Surf Resort in Waco, Texas. SC

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Water Temperature: 58-60 Degrees F Water Visibility and Conditions: 5-8 Thursday: A mix of Northwest and South/ southwest swells set up shoulder high to a foot overhead surf, (4-6’). Light/variable winds in the morning, will be followed by a light+ to moderate sea breeze during the afternoon.

Outlook: The blend of Northwest and South/ southwest swells maintains shoulder high to a foot overhead waves, (4-6’), for Friday.

Light southerly wind Friday morning, shifts to a moderate west wind in the afternoon.

Surf size holds steady on Saturday, then more South/southwest swell moves in for Sunday, with waves running shoulder high to two feet overhead, (4-7’). For the weekend, a light sea breeze in the morning, turns to moderate westerly winds over the afternoon.

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