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Tesoro Extension Gets Thumbs-down, Again

The San Diego Water Quality Control Board voted Monday against granting a permit for the 241 Toll Road extension E Y E O N D P/ PAG E 5

Members and supporters of the Save San Onofre Coalition celebrate Monday after the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board voted against granting the Transportation Corridor Agencies a permit necessary for the construction of the Tesoro Extension of the 241 Toll Road. Photo: Courtesy

Ocean Institute CEO Dan Stetson to Step Down EYE ON DP/PAGE 3

Dolphins Softball Finds Success in Tournament SPORTS/PAGE 12

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Council Selects New Planning Commissioners EYE ON DP/PAGE 3

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LOCAL NEWS & IN-DEPTH REPORTING commissioners, would expire in March 2017, however, all five were asked to reapply and take part in the interviews, at the suggestion of Mayor Carlos Olvera. Only Newkirk did not reapply.

Following the interviews, the council each voted for the five candidates they wanted and the votes were tallied by the City Clerk. At the first tally, Eric Nelson received a unanimous vote. O’Connor received four votes. Danni Murphy and Claus each received three votes.

This group of top vote-getters was then unanimously voted on to the commission.

In a run-off between the two candidates receiving two votes each, Scott McCann and Luke Bowan, the council voted 3-2 for McCann and then confirmed his appointment with a unanimous vote.

With the staggered terms currently in place, the council then needed to decide which commissioners would serve out two-year terms and four-year terms.

O’Connor and McCann were assigned two-year terms and the others, four-year terms, in a 5-0 vote.

Ocean Institute President and CEO Dan Stetson has announced he will be stepping down from his post. He is shown here working with Julianne Steers, head aquarist (left) and Vice President of Development, Kajsa James, on the institute’s recent expansion project. Photo: Andrea Swayne

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Five things Dana Point should know this week Ocean Institute CEO to Step Down THE LATEST: Dan Stetson, president and CEO of the nonprofit Ocean Institute, will be stepping down.

Stetson, who has been at the institute for 22 years, nearly 11 as president and CEO, is preparing to leave his post within the next few months, for both personal and professional reasons, he said.

“My wife is retiring from teaching after 37 years and one of my goals with this move, is to get out of spousal debt,” Stetson said. “In all the years I’ve been working here she has been a great support to me, accompanying me sometimes up to three nights a week for evening events, in addition to her fulltime teaching job.”

Stetson said he and his wife, who is a special education teacher for severely autistic children, are both eager to downshift and change their lifestyle. Although Stetson will not be retiring completely, he’s hoping to go from 60-hour work weeks to 30 hours in his new focus, working on special projects and endowments for the institute.

WHAT’S NEXT: “I am absolutely delighted to see Jim transition in this fashion. It fits with where he’s at in life and will allow him to remain a part of the Ocean Institute family,” said Maurice Masson, chairman Dana Point Times March 20-26, 2015

of the Ocean Institute Board of Directors.

“He’s the best spokesman for the Ocean Institute, has a talent for speaking with people and is the perfect person to take care of growing our endowment.”

The board has retained a prominent search firm and is now in the process of searching for a new chief exec.

“The hard work and dedication of our staff and volunteers, and everyone’s passion and dedication to our mission is a big part of the reason I am eager to continue working on special projects at the institute,” Stetson said. ”Besides, I think I would go into withdrawal if I cut myself off completely.”

The first of many travels he and his wife will embark on after he steps down, Stetson said, is a trip to the Australian Open—both are big tennis fans—and diving at the Great Barrier Reef.

One of a long list of improvements to the institute, while under Stetson’s direction, is the recent expansion project which will celebrate its grand opening is in May.—Andrea Swayne

WHAT’S NEXT: The new Planning Commission will start effective May 1. Planning Commissioners receive a monthly $150 stipend, paid from the Community Development budget.

Regular meetings are held on the second and fourth Mondays of the month, beginning at 6 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers, 33282 Golden Lantern.—AS

SC City Attorney Clarifies Hospital Zoning Issues, Board Meeting Looms

New Planning Commission Selected THE LATEST: The Dana Point City Council interviewed 25 applicants for the Planning Commission Tuesday, selecting three new additions and re-appointing two current commissioners.

The number of applicants was 27, but one withdrew and another was absent at the meeting.

The staggered four-year terms of current Commissioners Liz Claus, Susan Whittaker and Gary Newkirk are set to expire on March 31. The terms of Norm Denton and April O’Connor, also current

THE LATEST: New San Clemente City Attorney Scott Smith told the San Clemente City Council Tuesday that after reviewing the legal implications of Measure V, he believed the council could allow acreage near Avenida La Pata to be rezoned to allow for a hospital without having to put the issue before voters, though the council could allow a referendum to go forward if it so chose.

City Manager James Makshanoff said March 4 that the city had identified 10 acres of property that could potentially serve as an alternative site for a hospital if MemorialCare chooses to close the Saddleback Memorial San Clemente campus and is not able to secure legislative relief to allow for emergency services to continue at the site should it became an advanced urgent care center.

WHAT’S NEXT: Residents on both sides of the hospital issue spoke to the council at what might be the last meeting before the health system’s board makes a decision on whether to move forward with plans to raze the hospital facility and replace it with

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an advanced urgent care facility. Memorial Care officials said after the meeting they are making every effort to encourage a legislative fix to allow for emergency services at the site if it is changed to an urgent care center. The council asked that MemorialCare officials come to their next meeting, Tuesday April 7, to discuss the issue.—Jim Shilander

Chamber of Commerce Moving THE LATEST: The Dana Point Chamber of Commerce office will move on Tuesday to 34163 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 100 in the Pacifica Del Norte Building.

According to Heather Johnston, the chamber’s executive director, the move is being done to provide more space, having outgrown the current office on La Pata, a building the chamber has been in since 1989.

“The space gives us more room to grow while staying within our budget,” Johnston said. “The location on PCH is also better, as our next step is to become a visitor’s bureau and we just don’t have the visibility or room for that in our current office. The new office has space for onsite meetings, training sessions and even a desk that visitors in need of a temporary work space and WiFi can stop in and use.”

WHAT’S NEXT: Both the old and new offices will be closed on Tuesday and the new office will open on Wednesday. The phone number will not change. Parking must be accessed off of San Juan Avenue.

An open house mixer and ribbon cutting is being planned for June 18.

FIND OUT MORE: For more information, see www.danapointchamber.com.—AS

CUSD Announces Early School Starts Next Two Years THE LATEST: Capistrano Unified School District students will begin their school years before Labor Day the next two years, after the district’s Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to begin the 20162017 Academic year on Aug. 15, 2016.

The upcoming school year will begin Aug. 25. The earlier start allows the district to align the calendar with other county schools.

WHAT’S NEXT: The calendar will also align more closely with Saddleback College in order to provide more opportunities for high school students to receive instruction at the college in the summer and direct instruction during the school year. —JS www.danapointtimes.com

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DP Sheriff’s Blotter COMPILED BY EVAN DA SILVA

All information below is obtained from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department website. The calls represent what was told to the deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. The true nature of an incident often differs from what is initially reported. No assumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the content of the information provided. An arrest doesn’t represent guilt. The items below are just a sampling of the entries listed on the OCSD website.

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Wednesday, March 18 DISTURBANCE Christina Drive, 33200 Block (2:09 a.m.) A woman calling from Ocean Hills Recovery reported a female resident in her 40s was being combative.

Tuesday, March 17 PATROL CHECK Pacific Coast Highway, 33300 Block (5:32 p.m.) A caller requested police attend to several juveniles who were “rudely” riding their skateboards down the hill towards pedestrians in the park.

The informant believed the skateboarders were putting others at risk.

police come to the location.

DISTURBANCE Beach Road, 35000 Block (6:59 p.m.) A man leading a rehab session reported another unknown man who was interfering and refusing to leave. The subject was in his early 20s with long brown hair, a plaid shirt and carrying a black backpack.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Street of the Copper Lantern/Pacific Coast Highway (10:47 a.m.) A homeless woman had been repeatedly leaving items on the caller’s property, asking for rope and asking to buy their home.

DISTURBANCE Samuel Circle, 32800 Block (6:25 a.m.) Police were informed of a woman who was hiding behind an electrical box between Dana Woods and the Street of the Golden Lantern. The caller had also heard a woman scream and a man growling coming from the same area.

DEFRAUDING AN INNKEEPER Pacific Coast Highway, 34100 Block (1:11 a.m.) Four individuals left without paying their $37 tab.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Staysail Drive, 32800 Block (8:18 p.m.) A caller reported hearing “some sort of explosion” to the left of their residence, near the Street of the Golden Lantern.

TRESPASSING Pacific Coast Highway, 34200 Block (3:51 p.m.) Del Taco reported a woman who stole a soda from the machine and wouldn’t leave the business. The employee didn’t want to press charges, but did want the woman to leave.

DISTURBANCE Street of the Amber Lantern, 34000 Block (12:47 a.m.) Police conducted a patrol check for at least four teenagers who were in an argument outside. The caller believed they sounded like gang members and heard male and female voices.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN VEHICLE Pacific Coast Highway/Ritz-Carlton Drive (2:33 p.m.)

Two men were reportedly sitting in a white, Dodge Charger that had no plates, and watching people in the parking lot. The caller believes they were trying to break into vehicles and stated that the men would duck whenever people drove by.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Pacific Coast Highway, 32800 Block (12:24 a.m.)

A man from the Chevron station reported that another man inside the business was afraid to leave because he believed someone was following him.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Doheny Park Road/Pacific Coast Highway (10:46 a.m.) Police conducted a patrol check for a silver suitcase with an orange and red lock that was strapped to the train bridge.

WELFARE CHECK Calle Juanita, 26700 Block (10:37 p.m.) A neighbor heard a female yelling “help me, help me” and crying. The caller stated that the woman is paraplegic.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Stonehill Drive/Street of the Golden Lantern (10:15 a.m.) A man in his 30s with thin dark hair was seen outside of Dan Hills High School with a trash bag full of clothing and a suitcase, swinging them both around and banging them against the walls.

Monday, March 16 WELFARE CHECK Interna Way/Stonehill Drive (8:15 p.m.) A woman was seen trying to jump out of a moving vehicle before the male driver parked on Interna Way and walked away. The caller reported that the woman was drunk and had requested Dana Point Times March 20-26, 2015

Runners get off to a quick start at the Grunion Run 5K/10K race Sunday at Doheny State Beach.

Photo: Jim Shilander

Festival of Whales a Wrap

BY ANDREA SWAYNE, DANA POINT TIMES

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he 44th annual Dana Point Festival of Whales for 2015 concluded Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15, with many of the festival’s traditional events, such as the Whale of a Concert and BBQ, the Grunion Run and the Clam Chowder Cook-off. Weekend two also ushered in the addition of the inaugural PhinFest Dolphin & Whale Film Festival.

This year’s Chowder Cook-off champion was Max Fisher, owner of Shwack Beach Grill, Sunday’s concert at Baby Beach brought out hundreds and PhinFest brought world-renown cetacean scientists, filmmakers and policy-makers. DP

Sunday, March 15

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Street of the Blue Lantern/Selva Road (7:45 p.m.)

Police conducted a patrol check for two men, possibly missionaries, who were going door to door and were unknown to the area.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Street of the Golden Lantern, 34500 Block (4:48 p.m.) After being seen urinating on a car in the parking lot, a man passed out on the hood of a white Tesla.

DISTURBANCE Cheltam Way, 33300 Block (7:42 a.m.) A caller reported the next door neighbor who was drilling concrete for the second Sunday in a row.

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Hundreds gathered Sunday at Baby Beach for the Whale of a Concert and BBQ. Photo: Lauralyn Loynes

PhinFest creator Maral Kalinian (right) talks with Naomi Rose, PhD, of the Animal Welfare Institute, guest speaker and Scientist of the Year award winner at the inaugural film festival, during a whale watching excursion on Friday, March 13. Photo: Andrea Swayne

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Tesoro Extension Gets Thumbs-down, Again The San Diego Water Quality Control Board voted on Monday against granting a permit for the TCA’s proposed 241 Toll Road extension

BY ANDREA SWAYNE, DANA POINT TIMES

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he San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board on Monday upheld their June 2013 decision to reject the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency’s request for a required water quality permit for a project that would extend the 241 Toll Road.

After a short deliberation, the board voted 6-0, unanimously rejecting the Tesoro Extension, from its terminus at Oso Parkway in Rancho Santa Margarita, 5 miles south to Cow Camp Road in San Juan Capistrano, just north of San Juan Creek.

Monday’s meeting was scheduled in response to the TCA’s July 2013 petition to the board to reconsider their June 2013 denial of the project.

The board based their June 2013 decision on testimony and evidence that led them to conclude the project would cause water quality impacts and finding the project description to be inaccurate, incomplete and an effort by the TCA to build the road in segments—with the intention to eventually extend the 241 south of San Juan Creek to connect with Interstate 5 at the Orange County/San Diego County line.

More than 25 public speakers against the extension voiced concerns at the meeting which was attended by an estimated 150 opponents.

The board was also presented with 2,761 letters from individuals, six from non-governmental environmental and wildlife organizations and one from the

Save San Onofre Coalition—12 organizations including the Natural Resources Defense Council, California State Parks Foundation, Surfrider Foundation, Audubon California, Wildcoast and Orange County Coast Keeper—urging the board to adopt the tentative resolution prohibiting the Tesoro Extension.

Three letters from individuals in support of the extension were received.

The original application for water quality certification by TCA in 2006—rejected by the board, the California Coastal Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce in 2008—was for an extension all the way through to San Onofre State Park.

The TCA withdrew its application in 2009 and came back to the board with a new application in August of 2012. This 5-mile Tesoro Extension was billed by the TCA as a standalone project, not the first of a segmented plan to complete the 16 miles from the 241’s current terminus all the way through to San Onofre.

“The board responded to the overwhelming evidence that the Tesoro Extension is no more than an attempt to commence construction of a larger, environmentally destructive (project) that has been rejected by the board and every other agency that has considered the project to-date,” Elizabeth Goldstein of Save San Onofre Coalition said in a statement following Monday’s vote. “This project needs to be rethought from the ground up, or abandoned, rather than twisted to accommodate every rejection the TCA experiences.”

Surfrider Foundation CEO, Chad Nelsen, addresses the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Monday at the meeting Monday where the board voted to deny the TCA a permit for the Tesoro Extension of the 241 Toll Road. Photo: Courtesy

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The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board upheld their June 2013 decision not to approve a water quality permit necessary for the TCA to build their proposed 5-mile Tesoro Extension of the 241 Toll Road.

Photo: Courtesy

In a press release dated March 11, the TCA acknowledged the water quality control board’s recommended action to deny the permit at the meeting and contended there is no legal basis for the board to deny the Tesoro Extension due to independent utility, as it “can function to provide traffic relief independent of any future extensions; therefore, it has

independent utility and should be judged on its own merits.”

The statement also says the extension is desperately needed and the TCA is determined to find a solution that will “strengthen its partnerships with stakeholders in a way that addresses mobility challenges and minimizes environmental impacts.” DP

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Parking will be critical to the success of Town Center to attract the desired shops and restaurants and for the convenience of customers, residents and visitors. Dana Point residents and taxpayers should be aware that the Community Development Department’s recommended changes to the Town Center Plan’s parking requirements will reduce the amount of parking provided by developers and property owners and increase the burden on Dana Point taxpayers to pay for additional parking.

The city’s proposed reduction in required parking spaces for residential units, while at the same time proposing to allow an extra floor for development in the majority of a project, will make projects more profitable for developers but reduce the number of parking spaces that they might otherwise be asking the city to provide at $40,000 per space. The proposed reduction in the retail and restaurant parking requirement and giving away street parking to help meet the requirement means fewer parking spaces will be provided by property owners and retail developers.

The city’s parking plan doesn’t provide new parking spaces in Town Center because the city says existing ones are currently underutilized; but the plan still proposes to lease spaces at taxpayer expense. Rather than prematurely spending taxpayer money, the city should coordinate parking needs as development occurs and when development fees could be applied. Any anticipated expenditure could escalate and become a constant drain on city finances. To make matters worse, the short term nature of the leases means that the city can only hope that spaces will be available in convenient locations when development does occur or when business activity increases.

Wouldn’t it have been prudent to have reserved some of the $20 million of taxpayer money being spent on Town Center palm trees and narrow sidewalks to deal with the parking situation so important to residents and critical to Town Center success? Nelson Nygaard has given the same parking report many times and it is hard to justify continuing to pay them, which will amount to $107,000. The Town Center entry feature being constructed will cost $590,000. Please urge our city leaders to stop the mindless spending at taxpayer expense. You can find more details on the city’s parking plan and proposed zoning changes at www.savedanapoint.com.

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I have been a donor and a volunteer at Saddleback San Clemente Hospital for five years and have seen the intended decline in hospital services by Saddleback Memorial.

They discontinued “Dancing to a New Beat” and other fundraising events, removed foundation representatives and fundraisers from our hospital, failed to replace employees who left, transferred functions and positions to Laguna Hills and arranged for doctors to send patients to Laguna Hills instead of San Clemente for tests and outpatient procedures. Now, since August, it is a “feasibility study.” However, they have gradually transferred employees to Laguna Hills or given them incentives to leave or retire. They now have a skeleton staff. Furniture has been sent to Laguna Hills, put in storage, or otherwise disposed of. All of the longtime volunteers have seen the decline since MemorialCare took over. Closing our hospital has been their intent since the beginning.

We need an emergency room and beds for those who need to be hospitalized for more than one day. Why should we have to drive to Laguna Hills to be with our friends and family? I realize that many visits to the ER are for minor problems that

can be treated at an urgent care center, but for those that require surgery or have other major problems that require longterm hospitalization, we need beds to put them in here, not a drive up our dangerous freeway to Laguna Hills.

Speaking of “beds,” another donor and I donated special ICU beds (not inexpensive) to Saddleback San Clemente and have been asked to sign them over to Laguna Hills.

However, when confronted with this at a San Clemente City Council meeting, Geidt said, “I don’t know anything about beds.

We don’t need any beds.” Another person from Laguna Hills has said, “think of the sick person who needs a bed.” What about the sick people here who need hospital beds and will not find any available?

Last, but not least, my friends at Laguna Woods (Leisure World) and Laguna Hills, say they do not want to use Saddleback Laguna Hills and use Mission Hospital whenever possible because it is a much better hospital. If Geidt thinks Urgent Care is so great, why not change Laguna Hills to an urgent care center? Saddleback Memorial is greedy, deceitful and stubborn.

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YOUR SEVEN-DAY EVENT PLANNER

The List What’s going on in and around town this week COMPILED BY STAFF

Friday | 20 MIKE HAMILTON 7 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Live music at Salt Creek Grille each Friday with Mike Hamilton.

32802 Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, 949.661.7799, www.saltcreekgrille.com.

RICO BROWN 7:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Live music at Harpoon Henry’s. 34555 Golden Lantern St, Dana Point, 949.493.2933, www.windandsearestaurants.com/harpoonhenrys.

Saturday | 21 57TH ANNUAL SWALLOWS DAY PARADE 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The Fiesta Association’s 57th Swallows Day Parade begins at 11 a.m., and the Mercado Street Faire will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in downtown San Juan Capistrano. The Fiesta de las Golondrinas celebrates the legend of the return of the swallows to the Mission on St. Joseph’s Day. For more information call 949.493.1976 or visit www.swallowsparade.com.

DANA POINT FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Seasonal produce, flowers and much more at La Plaza Park each Saturday. 949.248.3500, www.danapoint.org.

RECYCLING EVENT AT DANA HILLS HIGH 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Residents can drop off plastic bottles and aluminum cans in the school parking lot for students to collect and sort. Funds collected are distributed by the school’s PTSA for student programs. Future events will be held April 4 and 25, May 16 and 30 and June 6, rain or shine. For more information send an email

to president@dhhsptsa.com. Dana Hills High School, 33333 Golden Lantern, Dana Point.

DANA POINT HISTORY TOUR 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. This two-hour docent-led walking tour explores the history of the Headlands area and covers approximately 1.5 miles in distance. Tours run on the third Saturday of the month and have rotating themes. Maximum tour capacity is 10 people. RSVP to wgintern@danapoint. com or 949.248.3527. Nature Interpretive Center, 34558 Scenic Drive, Dana Point, www.danapoint.org.

Sunday | 22 CASPERS NATURE HIKE 8 a.m.-9 a.m. Join OC Park rangers every Sunday morning for an easy 1-mile hike on the nature trail, which takes visitors through grassland, oak woodland, riparian and sandy cactus scrub communities. Admission is free, parking is $5 per vehicle. Participants should meet at the Old Corral day use area and wear hiking shoes. Sunscreen, water and insect repellent are recommended. Rain will cancel the hike. Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, 949.923.2210, www.ocparks.com/caspers.

Monday | 23 MOMMY MOVIE MONDAYS 10 a.m. Moms and dads are welcome to bring their baby along to the theater every Monday at Krikorian Theaters.

641 Camino De Los Mares, San Clemente, 949.661.7610, www.kptmovies.com.

CAPT. DAVE’S WHALE WATCHING Times vary. Trips available every day of the week. Get up close to marine life aboard a Captain Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari trip. Prices vary. Call for more information. 24440 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, 949.488.2828, www.dolphinsafari.com.

At the Movies: Another Happy Ending for ‘Cinderella’

BY MEGAN BIANCO, DANA POINT TIMES

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fter the string of mediocre, liveaction updated interpretations of fairytales the last half-decade including Snow White & the Huntsman (2012), Maleficent (2014) and La belle et la bête (2014), Walt Disney Pictures and Kenneth Branagh finally get it right with the latest screen adaptation of Cinderella.

In an era of superhero flicks and buddy comedies, an entertaining blockbuster aimed at young girls without “Hunger Games” in the title is here, thankfully.

As the classic story goes, the movie begins with both of Ella’s (Lily James) parents having passed away by the second act, and the orphan girl left to clean and cook for her cruel stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and obnoxious stepsisters (Holliday Grainger and Sophie McShera). After Ella bumps into the Prince (Richard Madden) one day, her fairy godmother (Helena Bonham Carter) assists in her preparing for the castle ball, where he is searching for a new queen.

Since Disney made the classic animated

Tuesday | 24 TODDLER AND PRESCHOOL STORYTIME 10 a.m-10:30 a.m. Stories for children 18-35 months and 11 a.m.-11:30 a.m. for ages 3-5, accompanied by a parent or guardian.

No pre-registration required. Dana Point Library, 33841 Niguel Road, 949.496.5517, www.ocpl.org.

Wednesday | 25 KARAOKE WITH LES AND JOEL 7 p.m. Live entertainment at The Swallow’s Inn. 31786 Camino Capistrano, San

Photo: © Walt Disney Pictures

Cinderella in 1950, naturally the studio would have the new live-action feature contain direct references throughout.

Branagh, who has always been at his best adapting classic literature, has his most fun, light-hearted film since Much Ado About Nothing (1993). About a Boy’s Chris Weitz’s script is appropriately cute without coming across as corny or stale. One of the best things about this Cinderella, is that the filmmakers don’t feel the need to redeem their villain like Maleficent did, and just let Blanchett be evil all the way.

Families looking for a magical time this weekend can find it here. DP

Juan Capistrano, 949.493.3188.

Thursday | 26 GONE COUNTRY 8 p.m.-midnight. Country music and dancing every Thursday at the Point Restaurant. 34085 Pacific Coast Hwy, Dana Point, 949.464.5700, www.thepointrestaurantandbar.com.

For our full calendar, visit the “Event Calendar” at www.danapointtimes.com.

Have an event? Send your listing to events@danapointtimes.com

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GUEST OPINION: Reading with Wright by Chris Wright

An Acquaintance with Authors

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his will be my last column touting Literary Orange, the Orange County Public Libraries’ annual literary festival. Promise. It’s next month on Saturday, April 11 and will feature two keynote speakers, one of whom has crossed an ocean to visit us. Anne Perry has homes in both Scotland and Los Angeles and is known to many of us as a writer of novels and mysteries set in Victorian England.

Writing since 1979, none of her books have gone out of print. Perry will be the afternoon speaker at 2:40 p.m. and our event will end with her address, so don’t be in a hurry to leave. Be ready to ask her some good questions about Downton Abbey, Scottish Independence, and yes, about her books.

Our other keynote speaker is Emily St. John Mandel who lives in New York City and has written four books, all of them critically acclaimed, and two, award finalists or winners in the U.S. and France.

She will greet attendees with a “welcome to Literary Orange” keynote address at 9 a.m.

Register for Literary Orange online at www.literaryorange.org or you may pick up a registration form at the library.

Looking ahead, some authors we hope to have at our 2016 Literary Orange include two locals, Anita Hughes and John J. Gobbell. Both will be guest speakers at OCPL’s upcoming “Meet the Author” events.

Hughes lives in Dana Point and has written four books: Monarch Beach, Market Street, Lake Como, and due out READING in April, French Coast.

WITH WRIGHT This will be a big year

By Chris Wright for Anita as she has another book releasing in August, Rome in Love. Kirkus Reviews referred to Market Street as “a warm, sparkling and heartfelt novel that explores the power of second chances in life, in love and in following our dreams.” You can meet Hughes, and talk about French Coast, at the Dana Point Library Community Room on Wednesday,

April 15, 11 a.m. at our next Meet the Author event.

Gobbell lives in Newport Beach and writes the Todd Ingram series, a historical naval fiction series in the spirit of Edward Beach’s submarine novels and C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower.

John served in the U.S. Navy aboard destroyers during the Vietnam War on Yankee Station. His lead character, Todd Ingram, is a surface warfare officer who is at some key battles of World War II. We meet him as a Lieutenant in the first book of five in the series, The Last Lieutenant. Book five, Edge of Valor, released July 2014, has Ingram on hand to witness the surrender in Tokyo Bay, while also engaging in some cloak and dagger ops involving our Russian allies on Sakhalin Island. The story’s events are grooming Ingram for a new career, possibly in espionage. We’ll have to see what the author has in store for Ingram in the next book in the series. Gobbell has also written two other novels with a naval/ nautical theme. His most recent book

is published by the U.S. Naval Institute in Annapolis, Maryland. I seem to remember another author whose first novel was published by them. It was The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy. If you want to meet Gobbell, he will be at the Laguna Niguel Library on Sunday, May 24.

For more information about locations and upcoming events across the Orange County Public Libraries system, visit the website at www.ocpl.org. The site also provides access to online databases, digital copies of popular magazines, pdf copies of historical sheet music, eBooks, audiobooks, jobseeker resources and more.

Chris Wright is not sure if he lives to read or if he reads to live. He has been a public librarian with the OC Public Libraries since 2006 and currently works at the Dana Point branch. DP PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the DP 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 DP Times or Picket Fence Media. If you would like to respond to this column, please email us at editorial@danapointtimes.com

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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. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult. Level: Medium Page 10

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DANA POINT SYMPHONY OPENING NIGHT

Dana Point Symphony Orchestra musicians on musical influences, performing with the DPSO

BY ANDREA SWAYNE, DANA POINT TIMES

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eading up to the 2015 “One World” season of the Dana Point Symphony Orchestra opening on April 18, we will be featuring a series of question and answer articles to help you get to know some of the musicians of the DPSO. This week we are featuring the symphony’s principal viola, Amy Noonan: DANA POINT TIMES: Why did you start studying music?

AMY NOONAN: Mostly because I pestered my parents until they were able to comply. Music was something I knew I would do for the rest of my life since before playing a real instrument. I knew it was something I understood and there was no question that I enjoyed every moment of participation.

DPT: Who has influenced your musical style the most and why?

AN: As a rule, I learn pieces from the

Meet Amy Noonan, principal viola for the Dana Point Symphony Orchestra. Photo: Courtesy

sheet music prior to listening to any recordings. Through that learning process the most prominent example I have had is my primary viola teacher, Robert Becker.

His approach, vibrato and technical precision have inspired my own, and therefore, I could say the product I now have is one largely influenced by him.

DPT: Why do you like performing with the DPSO? AN: In DPSO there are no sour faces.

We make a commitment to put on the best possible performance and work together to achieve that goal. It brings me joy to

work with “my people” and I look forward to each rehearsal. I believe the best work comes from those who are positively motivated to do so.

DPT: What are your three all-time favorite songs, symphonic or otherwise?

AN: Beethoven, “Symphony No. 7”; ZZ Ward, “Move Like You Stole It” and Rebecca Clarke, “Viola Sonata.”

DPT: Describe your musical career in 10 words.

AN: Eclectic. Empowering. Enriching.

Spontaneous. Exciting. International. Propelling. Determined. Renewing. Infinite. DP

The Dana Point Symphony Orchestra’s 2015 “One World” season begins April 18, 7:30 p.m. at St. Edward’s Church, 33926 Calle La Primavera.

The symphony, under the direction of Dean Anderson, music director and conductor, will perform an evening of music from Spain, featuring guest conductor, Ignazio Terrasi and Jacobo Christensen Fabuel on violin.

The program includes: • Manuel de Falla, “La Vida Breve” • Juan Colomer, Selections from ballet “Sorolla” (Commissioned by National Ballet of Spain) • Granados, “Goyescas Intermezzo” • Pablo de Sarasate, “Fantasía sobre temas de la pera Carmen Op. 25” The season will include four concerts, once a month, through July.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students, seniors and military. A season pass is $60.

Tickets are available online at www. danapointsymphony.com, and on a first come, first served basis at the door before the performance.

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Dolphin Report

BY STEVE BREAZEALE, DANA POINT TIMES

For in-game updates, scores, news and more for all of the Dana Hills High School spring sports programs, follow us on Twitter @SouthOCsports.

Girls Lacrosse Readies for League Play

After winning back to back games against Murietta Mesa and Mira Costa, the Dana Hills girls lacrosse team lost a closely contest game against Downey, 7-6, on March 14.

The Dana Hills defense shined in the two wins, holding Murrieta Mesa and Mira Costa to a combined eight goals.

The offense responded in kind, totaling 20 goals in the two matches.

Dana Hills (3-3) was set to travel to play St. Margaret’s in their final nonleague game on March 19. Results were not available at press time.

The Dolphins will open Sea View League play against Mission Viejo on March 24.

Resilient Tritons Beat Rival Dolphins in Extras For Loara Tournament Title

As he strode to the batter’s box in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases loaded and a chance to defeat his school’s longtime rival Dana Hills in the championship game of the Loara Tournament Saturday night, San Clemente senior Will Tribucher had a short but simple message for his head coach, Dave Gellatly.

“I’m going to win this right here,” Gellatly remembers Tribucher saying, right

Senior defender Melissa Canales and the Dana Hills girls lacrosse team will head into Sea View League play next week. Photo: Steve Breazeale

before the Michigan-bound first baseman shot the first pitch he saw through the right side of the Dolphins infield to bring home the winning run and secure a 5-4 victory and the tournament championship.

“I knew I was going to win it right there.

I was swinging on that first pitch no matter what,” Tribucher said.

In the bottom of the ninth, San Clemente’s No. 8 hitter Tanner Lawson laced a leadoff double off the Dolphins’ Justin Sterner, who was pitching his fourth inning of relief. With one out, Dana Hills (8-1) decided to intentionally walk both Tritons leadoff man Lucas Herbert and Connor Sealey to load the bases for Tribucher, who was 2-3 with a double and a run scored before his final at-bat.

The Tritons (5-0) were able to overcome

3-0 and 4-3 deficits in the fourth and sixth innings, respectively.

The Dolphins had their chances as well.

After taking a 4-3 lead in the top of the sixth when Jay Schuyler scored on a fielding error, Dana Hills loaded the bases and threatened for a big inning. But Tritons junior starter Andre Pallante, making only his second career varsity start, got out of the jam with a strikeout and induced a ground out to limit the damage to one run.

Dana Hills had the bases loaded again in the top of the seventh but San Clemente reliever Dylan Riddle got a crucial popup with three on and two out to end yet another threat.

“We didn’t get that clutch hit. We had guys in scoring position a lot tonight,” Dana Hills head coach Tom Faris said.

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Dolphins Track & Field Teams Compete in Irvine

The Dana Hills girls and boys track and field teams competed at the Irvine Invitational on March 14. The girls team rode several strong performances in the field events to a sixth-place finish while the boys placed 14th.

The Dolphins throwing tandem of sophomore Joy McArthur and senior Evelyn Roberts had a big day. McArthur finished second in the shot put and fourth in the discus. Roberts took third in the discus with a throw of 117-08.

Junior Quincy Philbin placed fi fth in the high jump and junior Amanda Amundson placed fourth in the pole vault.

Senior William Paulsen finished fourth in the high jump, clearing the mark of 5-feet-10-inches. Senior Nash Parker placed sixth in the discus (147 feet).

Softball Finds Success in Tournament

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The Orange County Water Polo Club boys 14U blue team went a perfect 5-0 in the platinum division of the Turbo OC Cup Tournament on March 15, earning them the first-place trophy.

The team, which draws players from Dana Point and San Clemente, defeated San Diego Shores in a shootout in the championship match.

The team includes: Tommy Kennedy, Cole Borlin, Preston Sanders, Ty Matson, Alex Lunt, Kai Cameron, Ryan Farrier, Colton Gregory, James Stanton, Will Clark, Adam Engelke, Aiden Sullivan and Dylan Farrell

Dana Hills started highly touted sophomore pitcher Hans Crouse, who turned in five innings of work, striking out six while allowing three runs on five hits and two walks.

Pallante allowed four runs, two unearned, on five hits and no walks. The righty struck out eight on the night and had a stretch where he retired 10 consecutive Dolphins batters.

Dana Hills entered the game ranked No. 1 in CIF-SS Division 1 and the Tritons entered as the top team in Division 2. Add in the fact that the two teams have been squaring off against each other for decades, and Saturday night’s game served as a good primer for postseason competition this early in the season.

“Between these two teams I don’t think either program has ever had as much talent as we (both) have this year,” Gellatly said. “It was an outstanding ball game on both sides. That’s a very good baseball team we just beat and they’re going to go a long way.”

Dana Hills was set to open South Coast League play at home against Tesoro on March 20.

The Orange County Water Polo Club boys 14U team won the platinum divisino of the Turbo OC Cup on March 15. Photo: Courtesy

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A 4-1 effort at the Saddleback Valley Tournament helped boost the Dana Hills softball team’s record to 6-3 overall on the season.

The Dolphins lost the opening round of the tournament against eventual champion Orange Lutheran, 4-2. But Dana Hills bounced back in the consolation brackets, defeating Trabuco Hills, Santa Margarita and San Juan Hills, respectively. The Dolphins’ final game against the Stallions went 11 innings.

Dana Hills went straight into the Northwood Tournament on March 14, where they are the defending champions. The team opened play up with a 17-0 win over Western but lost 8-5 to Cypress later in the day. www.danapointtimes.com

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RESULTS WSA Championship Tour, Event No. 8, March 14-15, Oceanside Harbor, South Jetty

Tom Carroll (left) and Bob McKnight speak at an event at Hobie Surf Shop in Dana Point Tuesday.

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Carroll Talks Shop at Hobie DANA POINT TIMES

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rofessional Australian surfer Tom Carroll was the guest speaker at the Hobie Surf Shop in Dana Point Tuesday, answering questions and sharing stories about his long and illustrious career.

“The turnout was unbelievable,” Tracey Engelking of Hobie Surf Shop said. “And the best thing was that the crowd (of about 200) was full of locals. The community support was tremendous.”

Engelking said Carroll was very open about his experiences, such as his famous turn at Pipe in ’91 dubbed “the snap heard

‘round the world,” being a two-time world champion and most recently, chasing the planet’s biggest waves.

“He was so honest and so approachable and every question he was asked garnered a true and complete answer,” she said. “It was so refreshing to see a surfer be so open and so honest on all subjects. And his stories were hilarious. It was a great night.”

The talk was moderated by Quiksilver co-founder Bob McKnight. The evening also included a free barbecue, live music, raffles, giveaways and an exhibit of some of Quiksilver’s “Modern Originals” boardshorts from eras past. DP

GROM OF THE WEEK

BRYCE MATTOX

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are is the day when you won’t see Bryce Mattox, 14, carving a path down the face of a wave at Salt Creek Beach. This stoked grom is an eighthgrader and surf team member at Niguel Hills Middle School. Although he’s been surfing since his dad taught him how at the age of 5, this season is his first in competition. He is primarily a shortboarder but competes in longboard as well.

Bryce has been surfing, with his team, in the Scholastic Surf Series and on his own in Soul Surf Series events.

“I decided to start competing because I’ve been surfing a lot this year and feel like I have really progressed,” Bryce said. “I wanted to start out with SSS and Soul Surf events to see how it would go and then maybe start doing NSSA or WSA next season.”

At the Soul Surf Series on Feb. 28 at T Street in San Clemente, Bryce was a double

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Bryce Mattox. Photo: Andrea Swayne

finalist, taking sixth-place in Boys U16 Shortboard and fourth in Open Men Longboard.

“I didn’t get the best results but I beat my friend who is a really good surfer, in the repechage, so I was really stoked,” he said.

Bryce is looking forward to trying out for the Dana Hills High School surf team next year and continuing to improve his wave riding skills.

“I definitely would like to be a pro surfer

MICRO GROM BOYS U9: 1. Makai Bray, San Clemente; 2. Eli Park, Carlsbad; 3. Hudson Saunders, Laguna Beach; 4. Jaxson Hutcheon, Laguna Beach; 5. Ricardo Acosta, Irvine; 6. Maddox Bray, San Clemente. MICRO GROM GIRLS U10: 1. Bella Kenworthy, Dana Point; 2. Mara Morales, Huntington Beach; 3. Sawyer Lindblad, San Clemente; 4. Jenna Clark, La Mesa; 5. Lauren Anderson, Long Beach; 6. Sierra Downer, San Clemente. BOYS/GIRLS U10: 1. Dane Matson, San Clemente; 2. Lucas Owston, Oceanside; 3. Luke Butterfield, Encinitas; 4. Hayden Rodgers, Laguna Beach; 5. Cole McCaffray, Cardiff by the Sea; 6. Jake Chandler, Pacific Palisades. BOYS U12: 1. Levi Slawson, Encinitas; 2. Hayden Rodgers, Laguna Beach; 3. Patrick O’Connor, San Juan Capistrano; 4. Taj Lindblad, San Clemente; 5. William Mitchell, Oceanside; 6. Shohei Kato, Tokyo Japan. BOYS U14: 1. Griffin Foy, Huntington Beach; 2. Caleb Crozier, Encinitas; 3. Ethan Mudge, Capistrano Beach; 4. Jackson Butler, Encinitas; 5. Ryan Martin, San Clemente; 6. Parker Ruiz, Newport Beach. BOYS U16: 1. Curran Dand, San Clemente; 2.

Noah Hohenester, San Clemente; 3. Ethan Mudge, Capistrano Beach; 4. Tanner Ford, San Diego; 5. Ben Seaberry, Huntington Beach; 6. Micah Crozier, Encinitas.

BOYS U18: 1. Jake Wetzel, Carlsbad; 2. Grayson Amthor, Encinitas; 3. Nicholas Holdman, Poway; 4. Brock Crouch, Carlsbad; 5. Ethan Grant, Carlsbad; 6. Josh Johnson, Imperial Beach. GIRLS U12: 1. Alyssa Spencer, Carlsbad; 2.

Bryce Ava Wettstein, Encinitas; 3. Jenna Clark, La Mesa; 4. Ella McCaffray, Cardiff-by-the-Sea; 5. Noelle Walker, El Cajon; 6. Mara Morales, Huntington Beach. GIRLS U14: 1. Alyssa Spencer, Carlsbad; 2. Kirra Pinkerton, San Clemente; 3. Kayla Coscino, Laguna Beach; 4. Joceline Marchand, Carlsbad; 5. Olivia Pessanha, San Diego; 6. Bryce Ava Wettstein, Encinitas. GIRLS U16: 1. Kayla Coscino, Laguna Beach; 2. Sydney Tisdel, Carlsbad; 3.

Peyton Slater, Carlsbad; 4. Elle Sampiere, Solana Beach; 5. Olivia Pessanha, San Diego; 6. Kiersten Noonan, Encinitas. GIRLS U18: 1. Maya Saulino, San Marcos; 2.

Jordyn Barratt, Encinitas; 3. Kiersten Noonan, Encinitas; 4. Izzy Hopkins, Dana Point; 5. Elle Sampiere, Solana Beach; 6. Maile Davis, Carlsbad. BOYS LONGBOARD U14: 1. Koby Gilchrist, Encinitas; 2. Ben Kappes, Laguna Niguel; 3. Patrick O’Connor, San Juan Capistrano; 4.

Kasey Bowles, La Jolla; 5. Jameson Roller, Laguna Beach; 6. Jimmy Wynne, San Clemente. JR. LONGBOARD U18: 1. Trevor Anderberg, Encinitas; 2. Koby Gilchrist, Encinitas; 3. Kevin Skvarna, San Juan Capistrano; 4. Andrew Neal, Manhattan Beach; 5. Benjamin Goldstein, Carlsbad;

but I don’t want it to be my only option,” Bryce said. “I like the challenge of contests but mostly I like surfing because it’s fun.”

An ‘A’ and ‘B’ student, Bryce wants to go to college to study business management and is thinking about maybe joining his dad’s cellular phone technology business.

Although he knows it is a lot of work, being an entrepreneur appeals to him for the flexibility in scheduling that comes with being a business owner.

Bryce also enjoys skateboarding, riding motorcycles and surf travel.

“I went to Costa Rica recently and it was like 16-foot faces at Pavones,” he said. “I got some of the best waves I’ve ever ridden in my life.”

When asked for a recent example of an experience that raised his stoke level for the sport, Bryce said, “I ended up in a session with Tom Carroll at Creek on Sunday and that was really cool. He had the gnarliest board I’ve ever seen in my whole life. It was a totally white, carbon fiber, and it was super sick. He was ripping.”—Andrea Swayne

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6. Orion Lehrmann, Carlsbad. GIRLS LONGBOARD U14: 1. Liv Stokes, Aliso Viejo; 2. Betsey Lee, Topanga; 3. Lexi Morgan, San Clemente; 4. Malia Mauch, San Clemente. GIRLS LONGBOARD U18: 1. Soleil Errico, Malibu; 2. Taylor Bruynzeel, Newbury Park; 3. Cameron Duby, San Juan Capistrano; 4. Isabella Gilchrist, Cardiffby-the-Sea; 5. Izzy Hopkins, Dana Point; 6. Betsey Lee, Topanga. MEN 18-29: 1. Erick Proost, Carlsbad; 2. Nate Smithson, Camarillo; 3. Evan Sandison, Laguna Niguel; 4. Tanner Waite, Vista; 5. Andrew Fish, Venice; 6. Simon Torres, El Segundo. MASTERS 30-39: 1. Paul Pugliesi, Oceanside; 2. Logan Andresen, Malibu; 3. Michael Graney, Carlsbad; 4. Jonathan Warren, long Beach; 5.

Philip Salick, Los Angeles. SENIOR MEN 40-49: 1. Erik Krammer, Oceanside; 2. Pedro Diaz Rangel, Oceanside; 3. Rick Takahashi, San Diego; 4. Neil Bern, Carlsbad; 5.

Gavin Haughey, Laguna Niguel; 6. Donald Day, Topanga.

WOMEN 18+: 1. Michelle Watson, Ventura; 2. Maddie LoMonaco, Santa Monica; 3. Brooke Daigneault, Huntington Beach; 4. Katelyn Springer, Newport Beach; 5. Morgan Gore, Mendham, NJ. LEGENDS 50+: 1.

Rusty Phillipy, Cardiff-by-the-Sea; 2. Jeff Jessee, San Clemente; 3. Masaki Kobayashi, San Clemente; 4. Tom Matthews, San Diego; 5. Brent Jessee, San Clemente; 6. Javier Huarcaya, Oceanside. OPEN MEN: 1. Skyler Stokes, Del Mar; 2. Cody Canzoneri, San Clemente; 3. Paul Pugliesi, Oceanside; 4. Brett William Jordan, Ventura; 5. Nicholas Holdman, Poway; 6. Jonathan Warren, long Beach. OPEN WOMEN: 1. Brooke Daigneault, Huntington Beach; 2. Maya Saulino, San Marcos; 3.

Jordyn Barratt, Encinitas; 4. Maile Davis, Carlsbad; 5.

Maddie LoMonaco, Santa Monica; 6. Allie Frost, San Juan Capistrano. OPEN MEN LONGBOARD: 1. Trevor Anderberg, Encinitas; 2. Nick Anderberg, Encinitas; 3.

Kevin Skvarna, San Juan Capistrano; 4. Koby Gilchrist, Encinitas; 5. Philip Salick, Los Angeles; 6. Shane Smith, Huntington Beach. OPEN WOMEN LONGBOARD: 1. Betsey Lee, Topanga; 2. Liv Stokes, Aliso Viejo; 3.

Katelyn Springer, Newport Beach; 4. Maddie LoMonaco, Santa Monica; 5. Niki Katz, Hidden Hills; 6. Keili McEvilly, Carlsbad. SR. MEN LONGBOARD 40+: 1. Lance Albright, Huntington Beach; 2. Jay Boldt, Huntington Beach; 3. Raul Cabada, Long Beach. ADAPTIVE SURFERS: 1. Chris Oberle, Los Angeles; 2. Charles Webb, Oceanside; 3. Mark Thornton, Carlsbad.

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SURF FORECAST Water Temperature: 60-62 degrees F Water Visibility and Conditions: 6-8’+ Poor-Fair Friday: South swell that peaked on Thursday along with a WNW swell, with waistchest-shoulder high waves at well exposed spots will slowly fade in size. Slow in the mid mornings due to the deep high tide. Light variable winds in the morning, then turning light to moderate onshores for the afternoon. Nice, mild temps with mostly sunny skies and some clouds.

Longer Range Outlook: The South and WNW swell combo eases over the weekend. Morning winds remain favorable. Look for a light+moderate Westerly sea-breeze to develop each afternoon. Check out Surfline for more details, daily updates, and the longer range outlook!

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