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Keeping the Beat - Russ Kunkel: a Rock & Roll Story

Mar 01, 2022 10:27AM ● By Don Kindred

As one of the most recorded musicians alive, Kunkel's storied career is like a stroll through rock and roll history.

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South Coast Distributing Company - Makin’ a Move

Mar 01, 2022 09:45AM ● By Don Kindred

After more than 50 years in the Los Molinos industrial district, South Coast Distributing Company, a San Clemente icon, has relocated to the Rancho San Clemente Business Park.

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When a Young Man Found the Sea - A Story of Don Hansen

Sep 30, 2021 08:44AM ● By Don Kindred

Don Hansen has shared his love of that ocean with untold numbers of seafarers who caught their first fish, saw their first whale or felt the first splash of the Pacific across their brow.

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Surfing’s Olympic Debut Features San Clemente’s Best

Jun 16, 2021 12:18PM ● By Rebecca Parsons

Surfing’s inclusion in the Tokyo Olympics has been a long time coming and with the delay due to the pandemic, anticipation for its debut is at an all time high.

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A Year to Forget, For San Clemente’s First Mayor, it was 1933 ...

Mar 17, 2021 10:25AM ● By Tom Marshall

Just like many of us would like to forget 2020, 1933 was an especially bad year for San Clemente’s first mayor, Thomas F. Murphine.

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Making the Case for Mid-Century Architecture

Oct 12, 2020 10:36AM ● By Larry Culbertson

San Clemente is iconic for its Spanish Colonial Revival (SCR) architecture. But over the years other styles have snuck in...

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Two Years Before the Mast … and 75 After

Jul 16, 2020 11:43AM ● By Donia Moore

After a long history, Dana Point icon sinks.

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World War II - Memories from Long Ago...

Jul 09, 2020 01:41PM ● By Mike Chamberlin

This is a very historic year. It was 75-years-ago that World War II came to an end. On September 2, 1945, the Japanese surrendered.

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Casino San Clemente The Entertainment Jewel of So Cal

Jul 09, 2020 01:08PM ● By Larry Culbertson

It is amazing how much we continue to learn about one of San Clemente’s most cherished and iconic structures.

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Making the Case for a North Beach Historic District

Mar 03, 2020 10:01AM ● By Larry Culbertson

The San Clemente Historical Society has been advocating the idea of establishing historic districts for over 20 years.

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