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The Battle for North Beach

May 01, 2011 09:31PM ● By Don Kindred

All roads lead to North Beach ... from north to south, it is the currently-controversial juncture of the historic El Camino Real and the venerable Pacific Coast Highway.

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The Mary Erikson Foundation - Building Homes, Building Lives

May 01, 2011 10:02AM ● By Brian O

The four squeezed into just one bedroom. Unable to find full-time employment, she asked constantly to pick up extra shifts at the grocery store where she worked part-time.

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What do we want to be when we grow up? City Completes Vision Study Prior to General Plan Upda

Jan 01, 2011 11:05PM ● By Brian O

What do San Clemente’s citizens foresee as the future for their beloved City? Do they have in mind such tourist attractions as a mini Eiffel Tower, a Chunnel to Catalina, Irvine skyscrapers, Los Angeles multi-stacked freeway ramps, a bridge to Dana Point?

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The Future of Yesterday

Jan 01, 2011 10:57PM ● By Brian O

Publisher's Message, November December January 2011

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Where the Action Is - Skullcandy

Aug 01, 2010 09:35PM ● By Brian O

Driving past the somewhat nondescript building at 724 South El Camino Real it is hard not to notice that, while the basic structure of the building remains the same, there have been some definite changes.

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Shoot 2 Score Hockey Opens its Doors a Little Wider - An Ice Rink in San Clemente?

Aug 01, 2010 09:30PM ● By Brian O

Tucked away in the suburbs, in the Amanecer Industrial Complex, is a warehouse that looks completely normal, even boring from the outside. The last of three tall doors on the backside of the building, has a small call button and a modest sign that reads “Shoot 2 Score Hockey.”

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Olympic Star - Yueling Chen

Aug 01, 2010 09:28PM ● By Brian O

Number seven in a family of eight children, San Clementean Yueling Chen was born and raised in Faku, a small village in northwestern China. “From the time I was very young, I wanted to learn to speak English,” Yueling shared.

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Great Meals, Modest Prices - Rocco’s Restaurant

Aug 01, 2010 09:25PM ● By Brian O

If you’re going to be a successful master chef like Rocco Carbonara, owner of Rocco’s Restaurant at 203 N. El Camino Real, start learning early!

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Dirt Bikes, Sponsorship & Pit Bossing - Billy Nicoll

Aug 01, 2010 09:23PM ● By Brian O

Billy Nicoll turned a hobby into an obsession, which became a career. His parents and grandfather weaned him on engines beginning in his early years growing up in San Clemente. He was always tinkering with motors.

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John Hall - Chapter Four - “My Best Friend - For 7 Hours”

Aug 01, 2010 09:19PM ● By Brian O

One of the greatest things about newspapering is all the fascinating and colorful characters you meet and the great friends you make and keep for a lifetime. And one of the worst things is some of those great people you meet.

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