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Inside: South County Real Estate Guide SPECIAL SECTION VOLUME 14, ISSUE 49

Hanson’s Legacy Before He Made San Clemente, Ole Hanson Made Headlines S C L I V I N G / PAG E 1 6

While the mayor of Seattle in 1919, Ole Hanson, regarded as the founder of San Clemente, operates Seattle’s first municipal car over University Bridge.

Photo: Courtesy of Seattle Municipal Archives (Item 12660, Record Series 2625-10)

City Intends to Close Pico Homeless Encampment EYE ON SC/PAGE 3

Settlement Talks for OCTA Extend to 2020 EYE ON SC/PAGE 6

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Editor’s Pick: Santa’s Village by the Sea GETTING OUT/PAGE 12

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Five things San Clemente should know this week City to Close Pico Homeless Encampment THE LATEST: With very few individuals left camping at San Clemente’s outdoor homeless shelter on Avenida Pico, the city no longer believes it to be financially feasible and intends to shut it down next week, Mayor Dan Bane announced on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

During the city council’s meeting on Tuesday, Bane explained that the number of homeless individuals residing at the Pico encampment has slowly dwindled to about four or five individuals. Those persons, he said, are likely to be placed into housing by the end of next week.

“We think by the end of the week, and possibly next week, we’ll be able to place all of those individuals with housing so it no longer makes any financial sense to keep that camp open,” Bane said, eliciting cheering from the council audience.

According to the city, it spent $77,000 to establish the Pico encampment. Since then, the city spent an average of about $30,000 a month to operate the camp, with the costs going toward monthly cleanups, security guards and portable toilet services.

Pending a public hearing and vote of the council on Tuesday, Dec. 10, the camp could be closed by Thursday, Dec. 12. The closure would conclude the shelter service the city started providing this past May as a temporary solution to relocate the homeless who had begun to form a tent city at the North Beach parking lot.

“That was a decision as a matter of time,” Bane said. “As we’ve said before, it was temporary. I want to make it very clear, it had nothing to do with lawsuits, it had nothing to do with (California) Coastal Commission. It had everything to do with a promise we made to our community.”

The Pico encampment, which has drawn staunch rebuke from residents of the nearby Sea Summit luxury housing development who have argued that they weren’t given formal notice of the camp opening, housed more than 70 homeless individuals at one point during its operation.

Since September, when the city imposed its rule limiting access to the encampment to only those who had ties to San Clemente, the number of campers dropped precipitously. By October, the population declined to roughly a dozen. Late last month, the city reported having six campers there.

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City Clerk Joanne Baade presents the certification of election to recently elected Councilmember Gene James after he was sworn in to office on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Photo: Shawn Raymundo

However, Bane, on Tuesday, largely credited the decrease in campers to the efforts of the county, city and local homeless advocacy organizations.

“Through the county’s efforts, through our efforts, through the efforts of Mercy House and now City Net, the numbers of the encampment have been slowly dwindling,” he said. “I realize that some of those folks have gone elsewhere, but a very large portion of them have either been sent back to their homes with help from the city, or have moved on of their own volition.”

At the council’s meeting, some questions were raised from the public about whether the potential closure will allow another tent city to form elsewhere in San Clemente.

Speaking with San Clemente Times on Wednesday, Dec. 4, Bane explained that the city has taken steps to prevent such a situation, pointing to a pair of ordinances the council officially passed Tuesday night.

One ordinance will designate the platforms at the North Beach and Pier Bowl train stations as ticket-required areas, and the other prohibits the use of any tents, lodges, shelters or structures at the city’s parks unless they have two sides open and provide unobstructed views of the interior.

“So that’s going to address the sort of encampment like living in one area,” Bane said, before also noting that city has been able to provide transportation services for the homeless to armories in North Orange County.

“The benefit we have right now for the winter season is the armories up in the North County, which we do have access to,” Bane said. “So we’re hoping to utilize those to have people not camping on the streets, but in shelters, instead, which would be better for everyone.”

Late last month, the city had announced it was working on a coastal development permit application for the encampment to submit to the California Coastal Commission later this month. The application

was meant to comply with the agency’s position that the city needed to file one in order to operate the camp.

That matter is “totally mooted,” Bane said. “And we had been telling (the CCC) all along that this was a temporary camp . . . they were aware that the camp would likely close down at some point.”

The encampment was initially scheduled to expire next June. City officials had previously explained that the city has been looking to find an alternative location to house the city’s homeless, and it had been eyeing space near Avenida Fabricante and Calle Extemo.

Bane said staff is continuing to look at other areas for a similar shelter.

WHAT’S NEXT: In conjunction with the city’s plans to shut down the camp, the council will conduct a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 10, to repeal the ordinances enacted this past summer that created the Pico camp. The council also intends to amend another existing ordinance in the municipal code related to camping on public property.

The amendment, Bane explained at the council meeting, would prohibit the erection of tents for camping on public property except between the hours of 5 p.m. and 10 a.m.—Shawn Raymundo

James Sworn in to Council; Bane Selected as Mayor of San Clemente THE LATEST: The city on Tuesday, Dec. 3, swore in its newest councilmember to the dais, allowing the fully impaneled council to also set its leadership roles of mayor and mayor pro tem for 2020.

Councilmember Gene James, who decisively won San Clemente’s special election

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last month while receiving nearly 55% of the vote, was administered the city’s Oath of Allegiance at the outset of the council’s meeting Tuesday night.

While delivering his opening remarks as a councilmember, James thanked his supporters who attended the council meeting and also implored the community to end acrimony found in San Clemente’s politics this past election.

“I would like to see some of the acrimony in politics in San Clemente to dispense with it, that we get to the business of running San Clemente and that we be here for all citizens,” James said. “I have to keep in mind that 45% for the voters did not vote for me, but I have to represent them just as much as I represent the 55% who did vote for me.”

In the wake of Mayor Steve Swartz’s untimely death while on vacation with his wife this past May, the city council voted to hold a special election to fill the open seat and serve out the remaining year of his term.

“I would much rather have run for a full term a year from now and have Mayor Swartz here,” James said, adding: “We need to keep in mind a family lost a father and a husband, and we’re getting ready to go into this holiday season, and let’s keep the Swartz family in our prayers.”

After being sworn in to office, James and his fellow councilmembers, with the exception of Councilmember Chris Hamm, who was absent from the meeting, conducted the election of mayor and mayor pro tem.

Councilmember Kathy Ward quickly nominated Dan Bane to the role of mayor, hoping to solidify his placement in the role that he held in an acting capacity as the mayor pro tem since Swartz’s death.

“I think that Dan Bane has done an exceptional job filling in for Swartz on the fly this year. He’s also the mayor pro tem, and I think following tradition of our city, I nominate him as the mayor,” Ward said, to robust applause.

Councilmember Laura Ferguson seconded the motion, which subsequently led to a 4-0 vote of affirmation, making Bane the official mayor of San Clemente.

“So, no longer acting now, it’s for real,” Bane said jokingly.

Following Bane’s election as mayor, Ward nominated James to the mayor pro tem position. That nomination, however, didn’t receive support from the other members, prompting Bane to instead nominate Ferguson to the position.

Ferguson’s appointment to the mayor pro tem position was also approved in a 4-0 vote.

Bane later expressed gratitude for the nomination, noting that taking on the mayoral position after Swartz’s passing has been a difficult task. He also stated that despite having a four-person council without the possibility of a tie-breaking vote, they were able to get along and lead the city.

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EYE ON SC (Cont. from page 3) “The voters have spoken now, we know what we need to be doing now, and we hope that we can get to that,” Bane said, adding: “We’re doing what we think is best. . . . We will not always agree; we are all very different people. I thank the community for the support it has shown through very, very, very trying circumstances . . . I hope to have your continued support as we work into 2020.”

WHAT’S NEXT: The council will meet again for a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at city hall to discuss the potential closure of the city’s homeless encampment on Avenida Pico.—SR

Judge Dismisses Public Watchdogs’ Lawsuit Against SoCal Edison, NRC THE LATEST: A nonprofit advocacy group’s lawsuit seeking to halt the transfer of nuclear waste at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) was dismissed in federal court on Tuesday, Dec. 3, as a judge ruled that the court didn’t have jurisdiction to preside over the case.

Judge Janis Sammartino dismissed the lawsuit brought by Public Watchdogs, granting Southern California Edison’s motion to have the case removed on the grounds that the nonprofit “failed to state a plausible claim for relief” and, therefore, “is unlikely to succeed on the merits.”

Public Watchdogs filed its federal lawsuit against Edison, the majority owner of SONGS, and minority stakeholder San Diego Gas & Electric in August. Holtec International, which designed the canisters used to transport and contain spent nuclear fuel, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) were also named in the suit.

The nonprofit, which has taken issue with Edison’s handling of the waste at the power plant, sought a preliminary injunction to cease the transfer operations of fuel from the plant’s wet pools into dry storage.

SONGS was decommissioned in 2013.

Since then, Edison, like all power plant operators, has had to store its own radioactive waste on site, as the nation doesn’t have a permanent repository for such material.

In its complaint, the group cites the Price-Anderson Act, a federal law governing public liability actions involving nuclear incidents, and claims that Edison is using Holtec’s “thin-walled” and “defective” canisters to contain the waste.

It goes on to allege that the canisters are being buried “into holes dug into the beach.” The use of the canisters, the complaint further states, creates an “imminent danger” that could result in the release of “deadly nuclear waste into the surrounding area.”

Edison and Holtec have disputed the claim, noting that the Act was meant to San Clemente Times December 5-11, 2019

“compensate for actual injury sustained in a nuclear accident that causes the release of radiation in excess of federal limits.”

In her 38-page ruling, Sammartino agreed with Edison and Holtec, noting that Public Watchdogs didn’t allege that the operators of the plant “caused any exposure to radiation in excess of federal limits.” Touching on the group’s other claim of public nuisance in the lawsuit, she also concluded that the nonprofit “has failed to allege a special injury as required to maintain a cause of action.”

Attorneys representing the parties of the suit argued in federal court in San Diego late last month, when Sammartino announced that she was likely to dismiss the case because she didn’t have subjectmatter jurisdiction. She noted that Public Watchdogs already had related matters pending with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the NRC. “What’s a district court judge to do?”

Sammartino had asked, later adding: “I’ve spent a lot of time reading everything . . . but how could I possibly make a decision today on this case with so many matters around?”

According to Sammartino, all three pending matters sought the same relief— the immediate suspension of transferring the power plant’s spent nuclear fuel from the wet pools into dry storage.

In September, the group had filed a “2.206” petition with the NRC, challenging its licenses allowing the decommissioning at SONGS that were approved in 2015.

The following month, the group filed a motion to intervene, asking the Ninth Circuit Court to order the NRC to fulfill its duty of addressing the petition.

“Unless the NRC temporarily suspends decommissioning, all of this highly radioactive material will be buried before the NRC or this Court considers the merits of the 2.206 Petition,” Public Watchdogs said in its Ninth Court filing.

WHAT’S NEXT: Sammartino dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning Public Watchdogs won’t have an opportunity to bring the case back through an amended complaint, “because the Court concludes that the jurisdictional defects” she laid out in the ruling “cannot be cured by further amendment.”—SR

DA’s Office Reviewing Claim of ‘Stolen Valor’ Against James THE LATEST: The Orange County District Attorney’s office is currently reviewing a citizen complaint accusing then-council candidate Gene James of “Stolen Valor”— the federal and state law criminalizing those who falsely claim to have been awarded a military decoration.

According to Kimberly Edds, spokesperson for the district attorney, the office has received information from the public

regarding the matter and is reviewing it, but no decision has been made as of yet to pursue further action.

Similarly, the DA’s office, Edds said, is still reviewing a separate complaint related to an Aug. 31 Orange County Fire Authority event involving Jackson Hinkle, a city council hopeful who initially had used photos of the affair in campaign materials on social media.

The allegation against James stems from campaign materials the Republican Party of Orange County mailed out supporting then-candidate James in the lead-up to San Clemente’s special election last month.

The OCGOP’s mailers falsely stated that James was awarded the Legion of Merit, a medal given to members of the Armed Forces who display “exceptionally meritorious conduct” and “outstanding service.”

“I served this great country honorably for 20 years. It is time to focus on the issues that we face as a city, and I have every confidence that once the DA reviews this matter, there will be no reason to pursue any further,” James, who was sworn in as a councilmember on Tuesday, Dec. 3, wrote in an email to San Clemente Times.

James, a retired veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 1972 to 1992, has denied having any involvement in the mailers sent out to San Clemente’s voters weeks before the Nov. 5 special election, which he decisively won, receiving nearly 55% of the total vote.

“That is not my mailer,” James wrote in an Oct. 28 email chain started by former San Clemente Mayor Bob Baker. “I have already been in contact with the OCGOP on this very matter. At no time did I ever give them or anyone permission to publish that information. I made no such claim in any mailer, nor would I have ever allowed such a mailer to go out.”

In a separate email to SC Times on Monday, Dec. 2, OCGOP Executive Director Randall Avila said the party had received the information from people close to James’ camp and cleared the mailers with them.

“The text of the mail was written and confirmed by consultants close to Mr. James. They received the information on the Legion of Merit twice from Mr. James,” Avila wrote. “Neither the consultants nor the OCGOP had reason to verify it or question it further. We apologize that inaccurate information was published on our part.”

California’s Stolen Valor Act “makes it a misdemeanor for a person to falsely represent himself or herself as a veteran, ex-serviceman, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States.”

Those who falsely claim “to have been awarded military decoration, with the intent to defraud, are guilty of a misdemeanor.” An elected official convicted of Stolen Valor must also forfeit their seat in public office, the state law notes.

The mailers were brought to light in late October when Baker created the email chain that included James, the city and other media publications, including San

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Clemente Times.

According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, it had conducted an informational report over the matter before forwarding it to the DA’s office, as such violations are addressed in government code and not something within the department’s jurisdiction.—SR

Border Patrol Apprehends Mexican, Chinese Nationals near T-Street THE LATEST: Border Patrol agents on Monday, Dec. 3, arrested 13 people suspected of entering the U.S. illegally by sea near the San Clemente Pier, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Shortly after midnight on Monday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations detected a vessel, or panga, roughly 13 miles west of San Clemente, near Trestles Beach, according to a press release from Homeland Security.

The U.S. Coast Guard was notified and used a rigid-hull inflatable boat to intercept the vessel. The panga, at around 12:52 a.m. “failed to yield, and moments later the panga beached itself near the T-Street Beach, just south of the San Clemente Pier,” DHS reported.

When the vessel came ashore, 14 people disembarked, fleeing Border Patrol agents. The Border Patrol agents apprehended 13 of the individuals, nine of whom were Mexican national men, two were Mexican national boys and two were Chinese national men, according to Homeland Security.

Border Patrol agents previously had intercepted a boat carrying 21 people believed to be entering the U.S. illegally near Point Loma in San Diego on Sunday, Dec. 1, the release stated. Those 21 individuals, all between the ages of 19 and 59, are in U.S. Border Patrol custody.

Agents have identified four of the individuals to be the suspected smugglers, two of whom are U.S. citizens—a 39-yearold man and a 21-year-old woman. The other two are Mexican nationals, according to DHS. The 17 others aboard the boat were comprised of five women and 12 men, all Mexican nationals “who admitted to being illegally present in the U.S.,” the press release stated.

“The collaboration and effectiveness of our maritime partnerships is well illustrated by these two smuggling incidents,” San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Douglas Harrison said in the release. “Additionally, with inclement weather conditions and approaching storms, smuggling in the maritime domain will increase the dangers at sea and on the shoreline. . . . As I have said before, it is not worth putting your life into the hands of exploitive and indifferent smugglers.”—SR sanclementetimes.com

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Down the Road

The bill is currently being reviewed in the state assembly.

Settlement on the Horizon?

Ongoing Litigation Extends to 2020 with Possible Settlement for OC Transportation Agencies

BY LILLIAN BOYD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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s 2019 wraps up, a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2015 complaint against two Orange County transportation agencies is still pending litigation—with a potential settlement costing millions.

The suit alleges that the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) and the companies contracted for customer service and fee collections misused personal identifiable information (PII) of customers and motorists, such as license plates, and exploited those who failed to pay tolls upon use.

The plaintiffs, various California motorists, detail instances in which their failure to pay one-time tolls online resulted in thousands of dollars in penalty fees, car liens, car repossessions, and damaged credit. One plaintiff’s toll fees added up to roughly $3,500, with toll evasion penalty fees adding up to about $55,000.

“The conversion to a cashless system was deceptively and negligently designed and implemented by defendants to cause a radical increase in violations (and thus revenue) for defendants,” the complaint states.

“Defendants have exploited the statutory scheme under which the toll roads were authorized in California to ensnare unsuspecting California commuters in a confusing maze. This exploitation has exposed how untenable the statutory scheme is.”

The class action seeks damages and injunctive relief (court order for the defendant to stop a specified act or behavior), based on arguments that the defendants had violated the Excessive Fines and Due Process Clauses of the U.S. Constitution, as well as similar rights within the state Constitution, which the court did not agree with.

In the instance of the $55,000 bill, Plaintiff David Coulter, a California resident, drove on Toll Road 91 (operated by OCTA) and other toll roads, from November 2014 through 2015. Coulter was notified of the amount owed and his PII was allegedly provided to the Department of Motor Vehicles, the California Franchise Tax Board, car rental agencies and banking institutions.

Another plaintiff, James Watkins, was 84 years old at the time the original complaint was made. The suit states that Watkins’ vehicle was not equipped with the FasTrak® transponder when he had driven on toll roads, including Toll Road 73 (operated San Clemente Times December 5-11, 2019

Transportation agencies throughout the state have been subject to lawsuits regarding use of personal identifiable information. Photo: File

by the TCA) approximately six times. The tolls added up to about $212, but evasion fines increased the debt to about $1,200.

“Watkins has been financially unable to pay any of the amounts requested, and a hold has been placed on his vehicle registration,” the suit states, adding: “The TCA Defendants have attempted to repossess Watkins’ vehicle, and have caused (Wells Fargo Bank) to place an administrative hold on an account related to Mr. Watkins’ family member.”

TCA officials have stated that the agency does not repossess vehicles.

The suit includes six other individual plaintiffs with similarly assessed penalties—although not as severe.

Comparable lawsuits, with shared plaintiff representation, are pending throughout the state. Lawsuits against transportation agencies in San Francisco, San Diego, Riverside County and Los Angeles County argue violations of the California Streets and Highways Code §31490.

According to a marketing document for California toll road agencies in support of SB 664, including TCA and OCTA, “Toll agencies across the state are currently the target of various frivolous lawsuits alleging that they are violating restrictions in current law related to sharing PII even though usage of such PII occurs in the normal course of doing business when operating a toll facility.”

Kit Cole, a spokesperson for the TCA, says she is unable to comment on pending litigation, but did say that it was unfortunate that government agencies are having to use taxpayer and toll payer money on lawsuits of this nature.

At this time, if a motorist has driven The Toll Roads (State Routes 73, 133, 241, 261) without a FasTrak® account, they can pay tolls within five days before or five days after the drive by visiting thetollroads.com.

Legislation on the Table

Senate Bill 664, authored by state Sen.

Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), aims to remove ambiguity about toll agencies’ ability to use a customers’ personally identifiable information.

According to the TCA, the bill will clarify how agencies should communicate with the DMV to obtain contact information for toll violators, communicate with each other to properly bill customers who travel through more than one jurisdiction’s toll facilities (using one transponder statewide) and contract with contractors or sub-contractors to help with toll collections and enforcement.

The bill prohibits transportation agencies from using or providing PII for purposes of issuing public safety and travel alerts, or customer surveys, unless the transportation agency has received express written consent to do so. It clarifies the efforts a transportation agency can take to obtain accurate information of the registered owner’s address if a violation notice is returned in the mail, and ensures the owner has adequate time for responding.

SB 664 also maintains prohibitions on the use of customer data and statutory remedies if PII is not handled properly, including penalties ranging from $2,500 to $4,000 per violation.

According to marketing for California toll road agencies in support of SB 664, including TCA and OCTA, “toll agencies have been abiding by the law and have never sold customer information to third parties.”

Others see the bill as a get-out-of-jailfree card.

“The transit agencies are apparently saying that there have been so many violations, if they don’t receive retroactive protection, they could be wiped out,” Rosemary Shahan, president of Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, a Sacramento advocacy group, told Los Angeles Times.

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Despite several mediation meetings, including one 19-hour settlement meeting that lasted until 4:30 a.m., settlement has yet to be officially made. Mediation is a structured process in which an impartial third party assists disputing parties in resolving conflict through the use of specialized communication and negotiation techniques.

According to transcripts of a motion hearing in August for the In Re Toll Roads Litigation, the TCA, 3M and BRiC-TPS LLC had reached a settlement in principal with the plaintiffs. OCTA, however, had not.

3M and BRiC, former and current contracted companies with TCA, respectively, were hired to conduct transaction management, customer service and violation processing on behalf of the TCA. “We have never been opposed to attempting settlement. We’ve had several conversations with the plaintiffs about the possibility of a settlement,” said Lois Bobak, an attorney representing OCTA. “…As a practical matter, there are things that would be very difficult to change in the way that roads operate. It’s likely we’re going to continue to go to the DMV to get addresses. We’re going to continue to send information to car rental companies when one of their vehicles violates.”

Bobak added that OCTA would not want to enter into a settlement if there was going to be another class-action lawsuit in the future, making the same arguments.

“The plaintiffs are somewhat constrained in the ability to give us that relief because they’ve got other lawsuits pending in other jurisdictions making the same claims,” Bobak said.

Helen Zeldes, the lead attorney representing the plaintiffs, told the judge that the plaintiffs were in the very early stages of settlement with the TCA. “One thing I will mention is the TCA (Board of Directors) needs to approve the settlement agreement,” Zeldes said during that motion hearing, adding that she saw no harm in pushing the next hearing 60 days out to let the parties finalize their agreements.

The TCA Board of Directors met on Oct. 10, and in closed session, approved the settlement agreement.

OCTA officials stated they were unable to comment since the lawsuit is ongoing. San Clemente Times made multiple attempts to obtain comment from plaintiffs and their legal team. Zeldes did not return phone calls or email requests. One plaintiff, Lori Myers, stated she did not have any comment, and deferred to Zeldes.

As for a future court date, the matter is scheduled to be heard next on Jan. 6, 2020, where the judge will answer key questions posed that may affect future settlement negotiations between the parties. SC sanclementetimes.com

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Brough to Host Forums in South County State Assemblymember Bill Brough (R-Dana Point) will host a series of community forums throughout South Orange County beginning on Thursday, Dec. 5, in Mission Viejo, his office recently announced.

The forums, the first of which will be held at Mission Viejo’s city hall from 9-10 a.m. on Thursday, will give the South County an opportunity to discuss a myriad of local issues, including homelessness, gas taxes, housing and transportation, to name a few.

“Providing a Sacramento update and discussing pressing local issues like affordability, transportation, taxes, REAL ID, sober living and homelessness are just a few of the topics I will discuss with residents of the 73rd Assembly District. As your elected State Assemblyman, I value your input and will continue to make myself available to you and our community. I encourage you to attend,” Brough said in a press release.

Following the forum in Mission Viejo, Brough will head to the Ladera Ranch Civic Center’s Oak Knoll Clubhouse, where he’ll host another forum from 11 a.m. to noon on Thursday. He’ll host a third forum in San Juan Capistrano at its city hall on Dec. 9 from 9-10 a.m.

County Lifts Beach Closure Following Large Sewage Spill in Laguna Beach After a five-day closure because of a 1.4-million-gallon sewage spill, Orange County coastal waters’ bacteria levels are now deemed to meet state health standards.

The county Health Care Agency says the leak, which occurred on Wednesday, Nov. 27, was caused by a broken valve on a 24inch city sewage pipe in Laguna Beach near Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park.

The amount of the spill was initially estimated at four million gallons but was later revised downward as more information became available, according to the city.

The county closed more than 16 miles of ocean and bay water areas to swimming and water sports between Crystal Cove State Park and Poche Beach in San Clemente.

Several beaches reopened on Friday afternoon, including beaches near Doheny State Beach, Capistrano Beach, Dana Point Harbor and Poche Beach.

As of Tuesday, Dec. 3, county staff still advised swimmers that levels of bacteria can rise significantly in ocean and bay waters adjacent to storm drains, creeks and rivers during and after rainstorms.

“The elevated levels of bacteria can continue for a period of at least three days deSan Clemente Times December 5-11, 2019

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5

ZONING ADMINISTRATION 3-4:30 p.m. The city’s Zoning Administration conducts its regularly scheduled meeting. 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente. 949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7

Assemblymember Bill Brough will host a series of town hall forums in South Orange County beginning on Thursday, Dec. 5. Photo: Shawn Raymundo

pending upon the intensity of the rain and the volume of the runoff,” a county report stated. “Swimmers should avoid coastal waters impacted by discharging storm drains, creeks and rivers.”

For more info, visit ocbeachinfo.com.

City, Chamber, Marine Monument Accepting Gift Donations for Children The city of San Clemente, the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce and the Marine Monument at Park Semper Fi are asking the local community to donate Christmas gifts for children of Marine Corps families.

The three entities collectively sponsor the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines Christmas Children Gifts & Annual BBQ for 1,200 Marine families at the San Onofre Beach Club area of Camp Pendleton. The event will be held on Friday, Dec. 20, at 11 a.m.

From now until Dec. 18, local residents can drop of their gift donations at the four red bins located around town: The San Clemente Chamber of Commerce office at 1231 Puerta Del Sol, #200; The front lobby of City Hall, 910 Calle Negocio; The San Clemente Community Center, 100 North Calle Seville; and the Vista Hermosa Sports Park, 987 Avenida Vista Hermosa.

The gifts will go to children ages 1 through 10. Tax-deductible gift donations can also be made at marinemonument.com.

Local Automotive Tech Honored with National Award Cameron Campbell, an ASE-certified automotive technician from San Clemente, was recently honored with a national achievement award as the Pep Boys/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year.

Campbell was one of 53 automotive

professionals recognized at the Fall Board of Governors meeting of the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) at the Arizona Grand Resort and Spa in Phoenix on Nov. 13.

“Cameron, who is a master technician at Pep Boys, is one of the outstanding ASE-certified professionals recognized annually by different segments of the automotive service and repair industry,” Timothy Zilke, ASE president and CEO, said in a press release.

The award was presented to Campbell by Zilke, along with Pep Boys’ Sean Chidsey, a regional vice president; Ron Stone, area director; and Tom Trisdale, ASE board chair.

“We are proud to partner with Pep Boys to recognize Cameron’s commitment to excellence in providing the very best in auto repair,” Zilke said in the release.

“This dedication is reflected in the talented professionals we recognize each year, and Cameron represents the best of the best.”

The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) was founded in 1972 as a nonprofit, independent organization dedicated to improving the quality of automotive service and repair through voluntary testing and certification of automotive professionals.

Local Organization Delivers Turkeys to Marine Corps Families The San Clemente Area Republican Women Federated (SCARWF) on Nov. 26 delivered 100 turkeys, as well as various side dishes and pies, to Marine Corps families at the DeLuz Community in Camp Pendleton.

SCARWF’s annual event enables its members to meet each family, wishing them a happy Thanksgiving while thanking them for their service to the country.

With the help of Albertsons, located at 989 Avenida Pico, members of the local group were able to raise the funds neces-

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CHALLENGING CANCER 10-11:30 a.m. The Challenging Cancer group meets every first and third Saturday of the month at Heritage Christian Fellowship, 190 Avenida La Pata, San Clemente. heritagesc.org.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10

HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 3:30-5 p.m. The San Clemente Human Affairs Committee will meet. 100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente. san-clemente.org.

BEACHES, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 6-8 p.m. The San Clemente Beaches, Parks and Recreation Commission will conduct its regularly scheduled meeting.

100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente.

949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11

DESIGN REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE 4-5:30 p.m. The San Clemente Design Review Subcommittee will conduct a meeting. 100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente. 949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

VFW POST 7142 7 p.m. The San Clemente VFW Post 7142 meets on the second Wednesday of the month at the Elks Lodge, 1505 N. El Camino Real. 949.464.8391. vfw7142.com.

sary to feed the military families. This year, the fundraising efforts helped the group to feed 30 more families with turkey dinners than the previous year.

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appy December! It’s hard to believe we are already closing out 2019 and preparing for 2020.

In the spirit of the holidays, I wanted to highlight a few of the exceptional nonprofit organizations that have dedicated their time and talents to making San Clemente a better place for all.

In a time when division seems to rule the day, these folks are leading the way to show us what can be accomplished when we work toward a common goal for the good of the community. The San Clemente City Council was proud to work with these groups (and many others not highlighted here) to accomplish some amazing things in 2019 and to plan for an even better 2020.

San Clemente Skatepark Coalition (scskateparkcoalition.org) • The San Clemente Skatepark Coalition (SCSC) was formed in 2016 with the goal of improving and expanding Ralphs Skate Court at Richard T. Steed Memorial Park by adding lights and additional skate terrain.

Future goals also include creating additional, more centrally located skate parks.

Toward that end, the Coalition (with assistance from the Friends of San Clemente Beaches, Parks and Recreation Foundation) raised $50,000 this year toward the installation of lights at Ralphs Skate Court.

SCSC held a “Light It Up!” event to formally christen the new lights. Without the efforts of SCSC and the generosity of many local businesses and donors, the lighting project at Ralphs Skate Court would not have been possible.

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HARRY TOUART, San Clemente

It is amazing that if you have a dog on a leash out on the beach, the lifeguard tower will immediately dispatch one of those Red Honda ATVs or that Yellow Jeep to drive a half-mile down the beach to enforce/cite the “no dogs on the beach” law.

Getting those pesky dogs and their criminal owners off the beach is of the highest degree of importance.

What’s lame is they take no interest in enforcing what is taking place right under their noses in regard to transients and drug addicts smoking drugs under the

PierPride (pierpride.org) • PierPride is a local nonprofit dedicated to working in partnership with the city and community stakeholders to fill the gaps between city funding and the needs of the historic San Clemente Pier.

PierPride’s 2019 project—to be completed in 2020—aims to make various improvements to the Pier restrooms, including the following: drinking fountain/water refill station, new exterior paint, new restroom flooring, skylights in the restrooms, new exterior light fixtures, and public art on the restroom’s façade.

PierPride swiftly met its goal of raising $50,000 to fund these improvements, which along with funding from the city, will allow a complete CITY COUNCIL makeover of the Pier CORNER restrooms. PierPride

By Dan Bane also recently completed its 2018 project, which funded the design and replacement of the educational signs located on the Pier and also added fishing line recycling canisters on the Pier.

As a councilmember, it has been an absolute pleasure to work with the many fabulous volunteers (and donors) that make PierPride such a success. In a few short years, PierPride has already done so much to preserve and enhance one of our greatest community treasures.

San Clemente Little League (sclittleleague.com) • San Clemente Little

pier, smoking cigarettes at the pier entrance, blowing smoke on passersby and flicking their butts on the ground.

The overzealous civilian enforcement volunteers should occupy the beach trail, patrol the pier area and North Beach.

They could write citations all day long.

Like shooting fish in a barrel.

Instead of wasting fuel/resources by driving around town looking for things to write citations for without any prior citizens’ complaints.

This civilian enforcement thing appears to be revenue stream-driven. The city should stop targeting its citizens if it refuses to protect us from the ones we are complaining about.

LOW TURNOUT? RICK LOEFFLER, San Clemente

In the “Soapbox” section of a recent San Clemente Times, I was amused by read-

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League (SCLL) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 with the mission to provide a safe, instructional and fun environment to bring “America’s Pastime” to more than 1,000 local children each year.

SCLL raised and donated $38,000 to completely renovate the infields for two of the baseball fields at Vista Hermosa Sports Park and has committed to funding the costs of renovating the infields for the other two fields.

As if this was not enough, SCLL also covered the costs—approximately $81,050—to install shade structures at the Vista Hermosa Sports Park baseball bleachers. As a former Little Leaguer, I cannot thank SCLL enough for its efforts to enhance the baseball experience for our San Clemente youth.

The quality of our parks and recreational facilities is one of the many things that makes San Clemente such a wonderful place to live and raise a family. Thank you, SCLL, for your efforts and generosity.

Beyond those listed above, there are many great nonprofit organizations in San Clemente that are doing incredible work for our community. During this holiday season, I hope you will consider donating to one (or more) of our wonderful local charities.

Dan Bane is the Mayor of the city of San Clemente and was elected to city council in 2018. 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

ing a letter from a San Clemente resident lamenting over the “low” voter turnout in our Special City Council Election held (last) month.

While I certainly agree that we should always hope that every registered voter would vote in an election, I must respectfully disagree that the turnout was low.

When you visit ocvote.com, you are able to research results, voting regulations and projections. By the Orange County Registrar’s own projection, the predicted ballot return during a Special Election is “between 10% and 20% of registered voters.” By the way, this is not the Gene James Registrar, this is the Orange County Registrar of Voters.

This estimation is based on past election participation. Using these statistics, our voter participation was outstanding. The turnout was nearly double (37.5%) that of the highest Registrar estimate. Well done, San Clemente. No matter who you voted sanclementetimes.com

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for, you voted. Thank you, all!

Let me end by saying that a 55% majority in a five-person race is a mandate. It is nearly unheard of. Do some research and see. On the same Registrar webpage, you can check out another city’s special election held at the same time as ours. There were six candidates, and the results were bunched in the 20% area descending into the teens.

It is my opinion that the turnout could have been 90% and the percentages would have been the same. Gene still would have been the majority winner in a five-person pace. Decisive.

Thank you, San Clemente voters.

CITY COUNCIL BASHING TODD SINCLAIR, San Clemente

One would have thought that after the most despicable and hateful city council election, everyone would have thought that sanity would return to our Spanish Village by the Sea. But at the last city council meeting, TCA’s highly paid consultant and local San Clemente resident Jim Bieber proves once again that his hateful women-bashing of Councilmember Kathy Ward is a nonstop routine for him.

He obviously does not remember that, as he describes it, the “old guard city council” who took up some major issues such as drug rehab houses, vacation rentals, and the hospital issue and effectively won on all of those controversies.

And how has the “new guard city council” with Laura Ferguson and Dan Bane fared on the homeless issue that they promised to resolve during their 2018 campaigns? Well, it has gotten even worse, especially for Sea Summit and North Beach residents.

Isn’t it time to put down the pitchforks and swords and work together toward a common goal of civility in resolving issues?

SOUR GRAPES JACQUELINE COOPER, San Clemente

Sour grapes seems to be the theme from the Soapbox in the San Clemente Times. Even though the election was over, some just could not let it go.

Hmm, sound familiar? One letter expounds on the Republican Party of Orange County (OCGOP) mistakenly touting a medal given to then-candidate Gene James while he was in the military.

It was not James who put this out there, and he did vehemently disavow it.

Another writer critiques James’ call for civility as weak.

Another praises Hinkle, an individual who was clearly a tool of the left, using many of the Saul Salinsky “Rules for RadiSan Clemente Times December 5-11, 2019

cals” instructions to run an election.

The people of San Clemente should be alarmed that this leftist kid, who lied to many of us for the last year, got over 4,000 votes. Hinkle’s war chest of over $20,000 was telling. This money was to fight for a city council seat in our little town of San Clemente?

I know many, for I am one, Hinkle personally tried to deceive during his campaign. Hinkle was being used to disrupt our election process.

He had the money and was contacting citizens and spewing deception on a daily basis. Hinkle was caught in several big lies and was or is under investigation. This kid is not a hero; he was an anarchist/leftist plant to damage San Clemente.

SCHOOL BOND GEORGE DUTRA, San Clemente

The bond money for school improvements is an investment in our community, our children’s future, and our property values depend on it.

Why do professionals buy into communities, willing to pay top dollar for homes? They seek good schools for their children. Bond money can only be used for school facilities improvements.

This is a mandate from the state. It cannot be used for salaries or any other uses, only for facilities improvements. These improvements are spelled out in advance, so the community knows what it will be used for.

In order to qualify for matching funds from the state of California, school districts must pony up their 50%. In other words, we put our money where our mouths are. If we do not move forward and pass the bond, other school districts that have voted “yes” get the funds.

Why would we want the opportunity for matching funds to pass us by?

As a past business services administrator for Long Beach Unified School District, now retired, who administered its school bond program for many years, I say vote “yes” and allow our children to compete for the best colleges possible.

Strong school districts are the foundation of a community.

AGE DISCRIMINATION DENISE OBRERO, San Clemente

Since 1988, my family and I have lived in San Clemente, and it is truly a vibrant, close-knit beach community. I was raised by resilient and strong-willed women who stood up for inclusion, access to affordable housing, health and education.

As a result, I became a compassionate advocate and community grant writer for social services. In my role at the city of

San Clemente, I helped to support our nonprofits and underserved residents for more than 11 years until I was forced to resign in June 2016.

I had always planned and looked forward to serving our residents—as many of my colleagues did—and eventually retire from the city so I could spend quality time with my son and parents.

In my experience, the current city’s executive management has no integrity, and (namely) the assistant city manager has single-handedly negatively impacted my career, along with dozens of former San Clemente employees who have all departed.

Since his promotion from the city of Long Beach, the ACM has made countless egregious and unethical decisions, which I (along with other staff members) had to endure under his leadership.

Former Recreation Supervisor Margaret Hamer is one of the most compassionate and dedicated human beings that I’m grateful to know; she is bold and highly experienced in her field, and, more importantly, a kind and passionate person who cares deeply about our close-knit community.

I can assure you that I’m not the only person to speak up. I can assure you that more former city employees and nonprofits will bravely come forward to validate Ms. Hamer’s legal allegations against the two defendants.

I can assure you that discrimination and retaliation practices will continue until the defendants are forced to leave. I strongly urge every single San Clemente youth, resident and senior to email all of their specific concerns regarding this matter to our mayor, city manager and city councilmembers.

DANGER FROM CELL PHONE TOWERS TONY HAYS, San Clemente

The presentations by experts at the workshop on Nov. 20 in the city council chambers provided a lot of information, including the distance that is considered safe from a small cell tower for a human with continuous exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy.

One expert presenter stated that 12 feet is a safe distance. The presenter also pointed out that radio frequencies used by cell towers are non-ionizing—i.e., any harm is caused by heating, and they do not cause cancer.

It is impossible to guarantee that anything is perfectly safe. Residents must weigh the evidence of experts, and the evidence suggests that the probability of harm is very small. The American Cancer Society (ACS) is probably the most trustworthy source of information on this subject.

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levels of RF waves can cause a warming of body tissues, but the energy levels on the ground near a cell phone tower are far below the levels needed to cause this effect. So far, there is no evidence in published scientific reports that cell phone towers cause any other health problems.”

The city of San Clemente’s draft ordinance requires that small cell towers are discouraged from being within 100 feet of a residential property line, and 500 feet from a school. The draft ordinance does not include any justification for these numbers, which have the effect of adding to the concerns of residents but without adding any measure of safety.

In fact, the opposite may occur. The further away a cell phone user is from a cell tower, the higher is the required transmission power of the cell phone, whose effect on the body is much greater than that of the transmission from the cell tower itself.

The American Cancer Society website states, “IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) also noted that exposure to the brain from RF fields from cell phone base stations (mounted on roofs or towers) is less than 1/100th the exposure to the brain from mobile devices such as cell phones.”

The transmission power of a small cell is at least another factor of five less that of a tower-mounted cell, so the exposure from a small cell would be less than 1/500th that of a cell phone.

So for those who are concerned about RF emissions from small cells in the neighborhood, the first step should be to stop using a cell phone.

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YOUR SEVEN-DAY EVENT PLANNER

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of fruits, vegetables and artisanal goods from organic growers along Avenida Del Mar. 949 361 8200. san-clemente.org.

What’s going on in and around town this week

BRUNCH AT RAYA 11 a.m.-2 p.m. A tempting brunch with flowing champagne awaits guests every Sunday morning in RAYA at The RitzCarlton, Laguna Niguel. Start with a fresh fruit martini and a selection of pastries, then enjoy a three-course a la carte menu. Cost is $72. One Ritz Carlton Drive, Dana Point. 949.240.2000. ritzcarlton.com/lagunadining.

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Thursday | 05 ACOUSTIC THURSDAYS AT BARNOA 7-9 p.m. Live music every Thursday. A rotating cast of Orange County’s most talented musicians play acoustic covers and original music. Enjoy a great wine selection, craft beers, tasty appetizers and Barnoa’s full dinner menu. Must be at least 21. Barnoa Wine and Craft Beer Bistro. 831 Via Suerte, San Clemente.

949.388.4378. barnoawinebar.com.

Friday | 06 SANTA’S PHOTO EXPRESS Noon-6 p.m. Bring the kids and your camera for a complimentary photo with Santa Claus in Center Court. Capture the magic of the season on select weekends in December, before the big night! Outlets at San Clemente, 101 West Avenida Vista Hermosa, San Clemente. 949.535.2323. outletsatsanclemente.com.

LUNCH BRUNCH AT RUBY’S Noon-1 p.m. Support the San Clemente Village by enjoying lunch at Ruby’s Diner at the Outlets at San Clemente. Go to scvillage.org, click Events and the November Newsletter to find the official Ruby’s fundraising flyer.

You’ll need to download, print and present this “ticket” when you place your order. By presenting the ticket, Ruby’s will donate 20% of the check to the Village. Ruby’s Diner, 101 West Avenida Vista Hermosa, San Clemente.

949.441.1348.

HOLIDAY FOLLIES 7 p.m. Kick off the holidays at San Clemente High School’s Triton Center with its second jolly and festive Holiday Follies fundraising show. SCHS Drama brings its Radio City Christmas Spectacular right here to the neighborhood. Your favorite holiday songs and dance numbers will bring joy and cheer to the holiday season.

The Follies is directed by ITS student directors: Avery Hazeleur, Sophie Matossian, Viviana Moiso, and Lorenzo Marino and produced by Kirsti McCleary and San Clemente Times December 5-11, 2019

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7: SANTA’S VILLAGE BY THE SEA 2-9 p.m. The city is closing down Avenida Del Mar to host three community events on one magical evening. Ring in the season with children’s activities, tree lightings, Santa, shopping and more. Santa’s Village by the Sea features Holiday Hoopla at the Community Center, Christmas at the Casa, and Puttin’ on the Glitz. City Tree Lighting event with the mayor will be held at 5:15 p.m. Festivities at the Casa from 5:30-7:30 p.m. will include cookies and hot cocoa, photos with Santa, a bell choir and a traditional choir, as well as kids’ crafts and letters to Santa. The San Clemente Community Center, 100 North Calle Seville. 949.361.8264. san-clemente.org.

SCHS Drama Boosters. Get tickets at schsdrama.com. San Clemente High, 700 Avenida Pico, San Clemente. 949.492.4165.

Saturday | 07 SOUTH OC CARS AND COFFEE/TOYS FOR MARINES 9-11 a.m. South OC Cars and Coffee is the U.S.’s largest weekly car meet that 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 registration is required; spectators are welcome. Bring one or more new unwrapped toys valued at $15 or more. Marines will be in attendance with their Humvee and collection boxes.

The toys will be given to the children of returning Marines and Wounded Warriors at Camp Pendleton. Collect toys from everyone you know and bring a carful to show the community’s appreciation for the Marines. The Outlets at San Clemente, 101 West Avenida Vista Hermosa, San Clemente. southoccarsandcoffee.com.

SAN CLEMENTE BEACH CLEANUP 9-11 a.m. Join Orange County Coastkeeper at Calafia Beach for Coastkeeper and Coastal Playground’s monthly San Clemente Beach Cleanup. Engage with your local community to help protect Orange

County beaches and waterways by removing trash from the beach. Learn about ocean pollution and the danger it poses to local ecosystems, citizens and economy.

Don’t forget your coffee cup. Zebra House Coffee has donated coffee and treats to fuel the volunteers. Calafia State Beach, 225 West Calafia, San Clemente.

714.850.1965. Coastkeeper.org.

POSCA PAINT PARTY 5-9 p.m. Want to do something different and fun? Join Brophy Art Gallery for its new Posca Paint Party series, running through Dec. 14. Get inspired, make new friends and paint at your own pace with Posca paint pens. During the parties, you can try all Posca colors and sizes and choose your canvas such as rocks, wood blocks, canvas board and minisurfboards. The cost to participate is $20 at the door. If you sign up online, you’ll get a free art print by Drew Brophy. This event is BYOB: bring your own beverage (beer, wine, tea, soda, etc.). Brophy Art will provide the paint supplies. Brophy Art Gallery, 139 Avenida Granada, San Clemente. brophyartacademy.com.

Sunday | 08 FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Shop for a wide selection

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PTSD WARRIOR GROUP 7 p.m. Warrior Groups are fellowships for combat veterans and their families to share their experiences, testimonies of healing, compassion and hope in overcoming the invisible wounds of war.

PTSD Foundation of America-Southern California, 216 Avenida Fabricante, San Clemente. 619.362.0642. ptsdusa.org.

OPEN MIC AT BARNOA 7-10 p.m. Orange County singers and songwriters join host Gary Wright on the first three Mondays of every month to share their musical talent. Bring your musical instruments and love of live music. The stage is set with everything you need. Must be at least 21. Barnoa Wine and Craft Beer Bistro. 831 Via Suerte, San Clemente. 949.388.4378. barnoawinebar.com.

BINGO AT GOODY’S 7 p.m. Every Monday, Goody’s hosts a bingo night for a charity of the month.

Cards are $1 per sleeve, and raffle prizes are offered. Goody’s Tavern. 206 S. El Camino Real. 949.492.3400. goodystavern.com.

Tuesday | 10 ERIN HANSON: ‘IMPRESSIONS OF THE SEA’ 6-8 p.m. Join Casa Romantica for the opening reception of “Erin Hanson: Impressions of the Sea,” showcasing plein air paintings by Hanson. Hanging precariously from red sandstone, hundreds of feet above the ground, may not seem like it would inspire the creation of a painting style, but that is exactly what happened with Erin Hanson. When Hanson began rock climbing at Red Rock Canyon in Nevada, the force of nature inspired her to consolidate the way she painted into richly hued, mosaic-like brushstrokes. Admission to the reception is free and includes complimentar y (Cont. on page 14) sanclementetimes.com

GETTING OUT (Cont. from page 12) wine and cheese. There will also be performance by Sky Green. Casa Romantica, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente. 949.498.2139. casaromantica.org.

BEGINNING HULA CLASS 6:30-7:15 p.m. Have fun and learn basic language, songs, dance steps, motions and meanings. Includes work with poi balls (Maori culture from New Zealand), Hawaiian hula, Tahitian, Samoan music/ dance forms. All are welcome. Hula Connection, 3551 Camino Mira Costa, Suite J, San Clemente. 949.842.0662. hulaconnection.net.

KARAOKE AT GOODY’S 8:30 p.m. Every Tuesday, Goody’s Tavern hosts a karaoke night, which includes a great sound system, stage, a fair rotation and good vibes. Goody’s Tavern. 206 S. El Camino Real.

949.492.3400. goodystavern.com.

Wednesday | 11 LIVE MUSIC AT IVA LEE’S 7 p.m. Join Iva Lee’s for live music every Wednesday through Sunday. For the

ultimate live music experience, be sure to reserve a lounge table on Fridays and Saturdays. 555 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente. 949.361.2855. Check their website for the latest scheduled performances. ivalees.com.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT TRIVIA 7:30-9:30 p.m. Enjoy friendly competition and craft beers among friends during the BrewHouse’s weekly trivia night. Food trucks are on site during the trivia contest. The BrewHouse. 31896 Plaza Dr., Suite D3, San Juan Capistrano.

949.481.6181. thebrewhousesjc.com.

MOLLY BLOOM’S FREE COMEDY WEDNESDAYS 8:30 p.m. Doug James hosts an all-star free comedy show every Wednesday featuring top national acts. Molly Bloom’s Irish Pub, 2391 South El Camino Real, San Clemente. 949.218.0120.

OPEN MIC NIGHT AT KNUCKLEHEADS 9-11:30 p.m. Performers of all skill levels are welcome. If you are a musician, do stand-up comedy or spoken word, this is the place to be on Wednesday nights.

So come down, grab a drink and go for it. Knuckleheads Sports Bar, 1717 North El Camino Real, San Clemente.

949.492.2410. knuckleheadsmusic.com.

At the Movies: SC Native Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ Is Clever and Fun

BY MEGAN BIANCO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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ionsgate’s most recent feature, Knives Out, is your typical “whodunit” flick, as well as one that puts so many spins on it, you might not realize some of them. The spins aren’t with the plot or ending (although there are those, too), but with the type of characters chosen on which to center the murder-mystery. There’s a typical rich family with the seemingly usual suspects, and a famous detective with a goofy accent, but the protagonist is an ordinary, young woman you’d never expect to lead this kind of story.

In upper-class, suburban Massachusetts, Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is discovered dead by his housekeeper, Fran (Edi Patterson). Two detectives—local Lt. Elliot (Lakeith Stanfield) and private eye out-of-towner Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig)—are instantly on the case to investigate everyone in Harlan’s family and life who were in town for his 85th birthday party just days before. No one is as surprised as the patriarch’s daily

Photo: Claire Folger / Lionsgate Films

caregiver, Marta Cabrera (Ana de Armas), to be swept up in the mystery.

The all-star supporting cast portraying the Thrombey relatives include Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon and Chris Evans. Knives Out is written and directed by San Clemente native Rian Johnson, whose past work includes three indie film hits and a very polarizing Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi (2017). Whatever divisive opinions fans of the space franchise had on Johnson after the latter effort, the filmmaker reminds audiences of his critical darling cred with Knives Out. It’s funny, clever, unique, and surprisingly appropriate for most of the family. SC

SC SC LIVING San Clemente

PROFILES OF OUR COMMUNITY

CoastLines by Fred Swegles

Hanson’s Legacy

Before he made San Clemente, Ole Hanson made headlines as a Seattle mayor in 1919

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ne hundred years ago, Ole Hanson was one of the most famous men in America.

“Fighting Mayor of Seattle,” The Oregonian newspaper described him in February 1919.

“Mayor Defies Bolsheviki in Great Strike,” wrote the San Antonio Evening News.

“How Courageous Mayor Ole Hanson Broke the Big Strike at Seattle,” trumpeted the newspaper in Ardmore, Oklahoma.

“Seattle’s Mayor Saves City from Anarchist Rule,” proclaimed an Indiana headline.

“Seattle Strike Was Attempt at Revolution,” wrote the Santa Ana Register. “Start There, Then Spread to Other Cities, Bolshevists Planned.”

“Hang or Imprison all Reds, Declares Mayor Ole Hanson,” a Kansas newspaper quoted him.

“Bomb Sent to Mayor Hanson of Seattle . . . Attempts Murder of Mayor Hanson,” other newspaper headlines reported.

Hanson, who just six years later would hatch a Southern California real COASTLINES estate venture named San

By Fred Swegles Clemente, achieved folkhero status in 1919 across America.

The adulation he received as Seattle’s strike-breaking mayor led him to resign six months later to finish writing a book, Americanism vs. Bolshevism. He also is said to have earned more than a half-million dollars (today’s dollars) giving speeches nationwide, calling for a recommitment to Americanism and for roundup and jailing or deportation of subversives.

All this led “Holy Ole,” as some called him, to pursue the 1920 Republican nomination for president. When that fizzled, Hanson resettled in Los Angeles.

He took up real estate in the Slauson Avenue district in Santa Barbara and then, most famously, on a patch of barren beachfront property halfway between L.A. and San Diego.

Seattle’s memories of Mayor Ole Hanson (1874-1940) have resurrected this year with 1919 centennial observations. Then-andnow newspaper articles, magazine pieces, San Clemente Times December 5-11, 2019

Ole Hanson, circa 1928. Photo: Courtesy of San Clemente Historical Society

a musical titled Labor Will Feed the People, a republished and updated 1964 book and a University of Washington website commemorate the landmark Seattle General Strike.

There’s also renewed attention to a 1985 rock musical by The Fuse, Seattle 1919.

GENESIS FOR A STRIKE

From multiple accounts, it appears that functions of daily life in Seattle were overwhelmingly unionized 100 years ago. When 25,000 union workers ranging from garbage collectors to restaurant waitresses walked out on Feb. 6 in support of 35,000 shipyard workers already striking over wages, the resulting blanket work stoppage virtually shut down the city.

Fearing violence, Seattle residents had emptied store shelves of necessities. Some armed themselves. Some wealthy people left town. Labor leaders decided which limited functions to exempt from the stoppage. They organized a workforce to feed thousands, keep hospitals running, maintain essentials and ensure public safety.

On the other side, Mayor Hanson deputized a civilian force to assist police, denounced anarchists and urged calm, assuring

the citizenry the government would protect life, business and property. He issued this proclamation: “The time has come for every person in Seattle to show his Americanism. Go about your daily duties without fear. We will see to it that you have food, transportation, water, light, gas and all necessities. The anarchists in this community shall not rule its affairs. All persons violating the laws will be dealt with summarily.”

The Army from Camp Lewis was called in, told to stand by. Hanson refused compromise, set a deadline to end the strike, threatened martial law.

Soon, it became evident the strike wasn’t going to budge shipyard owners or the federal shipping agency to hike wages held down during World War I to assist the war effort.

Little by little, sympathy strikers supporting the shipyard workers returned to work. The general strike unraveled.

So why was this peaceful, aborted general strike important? Why did it produce an explosion of headlines nationwide?

BOOMTOWN AND BOLSHEVIKS

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The World War had ended less than three

months earlier. Seattle had been a boomtown, its shipyards winning lucrative government contracts. Workers poured in from all over, spurring a housing shortage, high rents, some unrest, a budding socialist movement.

Shipyard workers, asked to forego wage increases even as the cost of living escalated, expected recompense when peace arrived in November 1918.

Overseas in 1917, a revolution in Russia had ousted the Czar, substituting Vladimir Lenin’s ruthless Bolshevik regime. As newspaper headlines were touting daily in early 1919, insurrections and class warfare were spreading across violence-weary Europe.

Radicals within the Seattle labor movement called upon workers to take over the shipyards.

Anna Louise Strong, described variously in centennial accounts as “a firebrand socialist agitator” and “an early advocate of Communism,” published a call for striking union workers to shut down and reopen industries under labor’s control—“starting on a road that leads ‘NO ONE KNOWS WHERE!’ ” That line raised eyebrows—and alarm bells.

Robert Friedheim, in his 1964 book, The Seattle General Strike, wrote that “labor supporters of Russia’s experiment” held large-scale open-air rallies before the general strike that led to riots, declaring that workers “ought to take over, own and run the machines of industry.”

Newspapers, Friedheim wrote, “began to suggest that Seattle might soon face a situation experienced by no other major city in the United States.” He wrote that “newspaper editors began to believe that none of the real substantive issues in the dispute was of sufficient importance to trigger a general strike . . . logically, then, they could only conclude that the strike was the deliberate beginning of an attempt to destroy established society.”

OLE’S RESPONSE

Mayor Hanson, elected in March 1918 with a history of supporting workers’ causes, raised the minimum wage of city employees early in his term. As the general strike took shape, he seized upon public fears, denouncing the attempt to shut down Seattle as an unfolding revolution.

The Seattle Times, in a 2019 retrospective, says it wasn’t. “Some local union leaders clearly were inspired by the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and would have been happy to hasten a collectivist society,” The Times wrote. “But most local labor leaders, part of the American Federation of Labor umbrella, were not revolutionaries, and the strike was not called to foment revolution.”

Hanson claimed that sympathy strikers were being duped by Seattle’s extreme radicals, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), known as “Wobblies,” intent on bringing down America’s form of government.

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON DECEMBER 18, 2019 A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING: 211 Calle Pintoresco – Discretionary Sign Permit 19-243 – YT Industries Master Sign Program A request to establish a Master Sign Program for an existing commercial building at 211 Calle Pintoresco within the Rancho San Clemente Specific Plan.

Staff recommends that the project be found categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as a Class 1 Categorical Exemption (Existing Facilities) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301.

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

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inch side yard setback where a 10 foot side yard setback is required. The home is zoned Residential Low Density and is in the Special Residential 2 Overlay.

Staff recommends that the project be found categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Class 1: Existing Facilities).

This application is on file at the City of San Clemente Community Development Department, 910 Calle Negocio, and is available for public inspection and comment by contacting (949) 361-6184.

If you challenge this project in court you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of San Clemente at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Notice is further given that said public hearing will be conducted by the City of San Clemente Zoning Administrator and held on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at the Community Development Department, Conference Room A, 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, California. All interested persons are invited to attend said hearing or to provide written communication to the Zoning Administrator to express their opinion for or against the request.

For further details, please call or visit the office of the City of San Clemente Zoning Administrator at the Community Development Department where information is available for public inspection.

To allow staff adequate time to confirm software compatibility, individuals wishing to utilize electronic visual aids to supplement their oral presentations at the meeting must submit the electronic files to the City Planner by no later than 12:00 noon on the day of the meeting. Only compatible electronic formats will be permitted to be used on City audio/visual computer equipment. Staff makes no guarantee that such material will be compatible, but will use its best efforts to accommodate the request.

Zoning Administrator

Notice is further given that said public hearing on this project will be conducted by the City of San Clemente Planning Commission and held on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at Council Chambers located at 100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente, California. All interested persons are invited to attend said hearing or to provide written communication to the Planning Commission to express their opinion for or against the request.

Zoning Amendment 19-189 – Small Cell Ordinance

For further details, please call or visit the office of the City of San Clemente Planning Commission Secretary at the Community Development Department where information is on file and available for public inspection.

Notice is hereby given that the Ordinance has been reviewed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has been determined to be not a project within the meaning of Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change in the environment, directly or indirectly. The Ordinance does not authorize any specific development or installation on any specific piece of property within the City’s boundaries. Alternatively, even if the Ordinance is a “project” within the meaning of State CEQA Guidelines section 15378, the Ordinance is exempt from CEQA on multiple grounds.

First, the Ordinance is exempt CEQA because the City Council’s adoption of the Ordinance is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines, § 15061(b)(3)). That is, approval of the Ordinance will not result in the actual installation of any facilities in the City. In order to install a facility in accordance with this Ordinance, the wireless provider would have to submit an application for installation of the wireless facility. At that time,

Secretary to the San Clemente Planning Commission PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON DECEMBER 19, 2019 A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING: 132 Avenida Patero De Oro – Minor Exception Permit 19-356/Minor Architectural Permit 19-357 – Struthers Addition A request to consider 1,829 square feet of additions to a non-conforming single family home with a request to continue an existing 4 foot 9 San Clemente Times December 5-11, 2019

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON DECEMBER 18, 2019 A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING:

Notice is hereby given that the City of San Clemente shall have a public hearing to consider a cityinitiated proposal to amend portions of Chapters 17.88 (Definitions), 17.28 (Special Uses), 17.16 (Applications), and 17.12 (Development Review Process) of the Zoning Ordinance to update permitting requirements for small wireless telecommunications facilities.

the City will have specific and definite information regarding the facility to review in accordance with CEQA. And, in fact, the City will conduct preliminary review under CEQA at that time. Moreover, in the event that the Ordinance is interpreted so as to permit installation of wireless facilities on a particular site, the installation would be exempt from CEQA review in accordance with either State CEQA Guidelines section 15302 (replacement or reconstruction), State CEQA Guidelines section 15303 (new construction or conversion of small structures), and/or State CEQA Guidelines section 15304 (minor alterations to land).

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

To allow staff adequate time to confirm software compatibility, individuals wishing to utilize electronic visual aids to supplement their oral presentations at the meeting must submit the electronic files to the City Planner by no later than 12:00 noon on the day of the meeting. Only compatible electronic formats will be permitted to be used on City audio/visual computer equipment. Staff makes no guarantee that such material will be compatible, but will use its best efforts to accommodate the request.

Notice is further given that said public hearing on this project will be conducted by the City of San Clemente Planning Commission and held on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at Council Chambers located at 100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente, California. All interested persons are invited to attend said hearing or to provide written communication to the Planning Commission to express their opinion for or against the request.

For further details, please call or visit the office of the City of San Clemente Planning Commission Secretary at the Community Development Department where information is on file and available for public inspection.

Secretary to the San Clemente Planning Commission PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING: General Plan Amendment 19-291/Specific Plan Amendment 19-292 – Pier Bowl Specific Plan Update A public hearing to consider a City initiated update of the Pier Bowl Specific Plan and a clean up General Plan Amendment. The Specific Plan is being updated for consistency with updates to the General Plan and the Coastal Land Use Plan (LUP).

General Plan maps are being updated for consistency with a land use change in the LUP, involving changing two properties on the block of Coronado Lane from Residential High (RH) to Mixed Use 4 (MU 4).

The City has completed an environmental assessment for the project in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Staff determined a General Plan Environmental Impact

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Report Addendum may be prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(b), as minor technical changes or additions are necessary to reflect the proposed amendments.

The proposed amendments are on file at the City of San Clemente Community Development Department, 910 Calle Negocio, and are available for public inspection and comment by contacting Christopher Wright, Associate Planner II, in the Community Development Department at (949) 361-6193. If you challenge this project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of San Clemente at, or prior to, the public hearing.

To allow staff adequate time to confirm software compatibility, individuals wishing to utilize electronic visual aids to supplement their oral presentations at the meeting, must submit the electronic files to the City Clerk by no later than 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Only compatible electronic formats will be permitted to be used on City audio/ visual computer equipment. Staff makes no guarantee that such material will be compatible, but will use its best efforts to accommodate the request.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that said public hearing will be held at the meeting of the City Council on December 17, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente, California. All interested persons are invited to attend said hearing or by written communica¬tion to the City Council to express their opinion for or against the request.

JOANNE BAADE City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Council PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20196557429 The following person(s) is doing business as: DT SERVICES 2619 VIA CASCADITA SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672 Full Name of Registrant(s): 1).DANIEL TIMMONS 22416 GOLDRUSH LAKE FOREST, CA 92630 2).TYSON POPPLER 101 W AVENIDA GAVIOTA SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672 This business is conducted by a general partnership.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or Names listed above on: N/A /s/DANIEL TIMMONS This statement was filed with the Orange County Clerk-Recorder On 10/15/2019 Publish: San Clemente Times November 14, 21, 27, December 5, 2019 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS WATER RECLAMATION PLANT DIGESTER FLARE REPLACEMENT PROJECT NO. 17203 Sealed bids or proposals will be received at the City’s Community Development Building, office of the City Clerk, 910 Calle Negocio, Suite 100, San Clemente, California 92673, until 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 16, 2020, and will be publicly opened and read on said day and time in the Council Chambers, Community Development Building, 910 Calle Negocio, Suite 100, San Clemente, California. sanclementetimes.com

PUBLIC NOTICES The work to be done consists of furnishing all materials, equipment, tools, labor and incidentals as required by the plans, specifications and contract documents for the WATER RECLAMATION PLANT DIGESTER FLARE REPLACEMENT, PROJECT NO.17203, in the City of San Clemente, California.

Reference is hereby made to these Specifications for further particulars, and same are by such reference incorporated herein and made a part thereof, the same as though fully set forth hereunder.

Specifications and contract documents are posted in the City of San Clemente PlanetBids System Vendor Portal website at www.san-clemente.org/ vendorbids. All bidders must first register as a vendor on the City of San Clemente PlanetBids System website to participate in a bid or to be added to the prospective bidders list.

No bid will be received unless it is made on a proposal form furnished by the Utilities Director.

Each bid must be accompanied by cash, certified or cashier’s check, or bidder’s bond, made payable to the City of San Clemente for an amount equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, such guarantee to be forfeited should the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter into the contract.

The contract does call for monthly progress payments based upon the engineer’s estimate of the percentage of work completed. The City will retain 5% of each progress payment as security for completion of the balance of the work. At the request and expense of the successful bidder, the City will pay amounts so retained upon compliance with the requirements of Government Code Section 14402 and the provisions of the contract documents pertaining to “substitution of securities.”

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, in accordance with Section 1770 of the California State Labor Code and in accordance with the terms of he Southern California Master Labor Agreement, has heretofore established a prevailing rate of per diem wages to be paid in the construction of the above entitled work. The said wage rates are herein referred to and adopted in this Notice as though fully set forth herein and said scale is made a part of this Notice by reference.

Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.1, no contractor or sub-contractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project submitted on or after March 1, 2015 unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. Furthermore, all bidders and contractors are hereby notified that no contractor or sub-contractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations.

Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.4, all bidders are hereby notified that this project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all bids must be on the Bid Form provided, and the outside of the envelope must read as follows: OFFICIAL BID - DO NOT OPEN Project Name: WATER RECLAMATION PLANT DIGESTER FLARE REPLACEMENT PROJECT NO. 17203 Bid Opening Date: 2:00 p.m. January 16, 2020 No bid will be accepted from a contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III of the Business and Professions Code, State of California. Bidder shall possess a Class “A” California State Contracting License in good standing.

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The City of San Clemente reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

To be published: and:

11/27/2019 12/05/2019 ___________________________ David Rebensdorf Utilities Director

A NON-MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held to inspect the sites and discuss the work to be done and the Contractor’s responsibilities. The City’s representatives will be available to address questions.

The meeting will be held at the Water Reclamation Plant, Building N, 390 Avenida Pico San Clemente, CA 92673, on Tuesday December 10, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., followed by a visit to the project site.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Kenneth Cleaver, DOES 1 through 30, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Nevada Lease and Rentals, Inc. 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 Self-Help 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.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte. ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): 37-2019-00004644-CL-BC-CTL Judge Joel R Wohlfeil The name and address of the court is: (El Nombre y direccion de la corte es): San Diego, Hall of Justice 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 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): David R. Will, Esq. 3200 Fourth Avenue, Suite 101 San Diego, CA 92103 (619)233-7521 DATE: (Fecha) 10/31/2019

By A. Seamons, Deputy Clerk (Adjunto) of the Superior Court Published: San Clemente Times November 14, 21, 27, December 5, 2019 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE INVITING ELECTRONIC BIDS DEL RIO WALL City Project No. 18316 Bids shall be submitted electronically through the City’s electronic procurement system (PlanetBids) at: https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?

CompanyID=28939 Bids must be received by no later than 2:00 p.m. on Thursday December 19th, 2019. All bids received after that time will be returned to the Bidder, as they will be deemed disqualified. Only electronic bids submitted through PlanetBids will be accepted. Bid tabulations will be available on PlanetBids immediately following the bid closing.

Bidders must complete line items information (PlanetBids Line Item Tab), and attach a paper Bid Form, completed in full and signed (PlanetBids Attachments Tab). In addition the Bidder shall attach Subcontractor(s) Listing, Experience Form, Bid Security, and all other documents required herein (PlanetBids Attachments Tab). The system will not accept a bid for which any required information is missing.

The work to be done consists of furnishing all materials, equipment, tools, labor and incidentals as required by the plans, specifications and contract documents for the DEL RIO WALL, City Project No. 18316, in the City of San Clemente, California.

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Reference is hereby made to these Specifications for further particulars, and same are by such reference incorporated herein and made a part thereof, the same as though fully set forth hereunder.

Specifications and contract documents are posted in the City of San Clemente PlanetBids System Vendor Portal website at: https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal. cfm?CompanyID=28939 All bidders must first register as a vendor on the City of San Clemente PlanetBids System website to participate in a bid or to be added to prospective bidders list.

The contract does call for monthly progress payments based upon the engineer’s estimate of the percentage of work completed. The City will retain 5% of each progress payment as security for completion of the balance of the work. At the request and expense of the successful bidder, the City will pay amounts so retained upon compliance with the requirements of Government Code Section 14402 and the provisions of the contract documents pertaining to “substitution of securities.”

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, in accordance with Section 1770 of the California State Labor Code and in accordance with the terms of he Southern California Master Labor Agreement, has heretofore established a prevailing rate of per diem wages to be paid in the construction of the above entitled work. The said wage rates are herein referred to and adopted in this Notice as though fully set forth herein, and said scale is made a part of this Notice by reference.

Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.1, no contractor or sub-contractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project submitted on or after March 1, 2015 unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. Furthermore, all bidders and contractors are hereby notified that no contractor or sub-contractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations.

Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.4, all bidders are hereby notified that this project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

No bid will be accepted from a contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III of the Business and Professions Code, State of California. Bidder shall possess a Class “A”, California State Contracting License in good standing and shall have successfully completed two projects of similar scope for a public agency.

The bidder, by submitting its electronic bid, agrees to and certifies under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of California, that the certification, forms and affidavits submitted as part of this bid are true and correct.

The City of San Clemente reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

To be published: and:

November 27th, 2019 December 5th, 2019

__________________________________ THOMAS A. BONIGUT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held to inspect the site and discuss the work to be done and the Contractor’s responsibilities. The City’s representatives will be available to address questions. The meeting will be held at the Site. Location is at the intersection of Calle Precipicio and Camino Forestal, San Clemente, CA 92673, on Thursday, December 12th, 2019 at 10:00 AM. sanclementetimes.com

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2019-01107312-CU-PT-CJC To All Interested Persons: Michele Rene Frausto; filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Michele Rene Frausto PROPOSED NAME A. Michele Rene Steele The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at 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: 01/08/2020 Time: 08:30 a.m. Dept.: D100 Window: 44. 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: Date: October 24, 2019 JUDGE JAMES J. DI CESARE, Judge of the Superior Court Published: San Clemente Times November 14, 21, 27, December 5, 2019 PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20196558840 The following person(s) is doing business as: MEWALI 25 CALLE PROSPERO SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92673 Full Name of Registrant(s): KELLY CAYETANO BANKS 25 CALLE PROSPERO SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92673 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/KELLY BANKS This statement was filed with the Orange County Clerk-Recorder On 10/30/2019 Publish: San Clemente Times NOVEMBER 14, 21, 27, DEC 5, 2019 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON DECEMBER 17, 2019 A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING: Weed Abatement Billing 2019 Public Hearing to consider all objections or protests, if any, to the costs of the abatement of weeds, rubbish, refuse and dirt upon streets, sidewalks, parkways and private property within the City of San Clemente and to the assignment of these costs to the properties on which the abatement was completed. Further information may be obtained by contacting the Code Compliance Division at (949) 366-4705.

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limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the Public Hearing.

To allow staff adequate time to confirm software compatibility, individuals wishing to utilize electronic visual aids to supplement their oral presentations at the meeting, must submit the electronic files to the City Clerk by no later than 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Only compatible electronic formats will be permitted to be used on City audio/ visual computer equipment. Staff makes no guarantee that such material will be compatible, but will use its best efforts to accommodate the request.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that said Public Hearing will be held at the meeting of the City Council on December 17, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente, California. All interested persons are invited to attend said hearing, or to submit written communication, to express their opinion for or against the program.

JOANNE BAADE City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Council PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HELD BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING: 233 Avenida Rosa – Historic Property Preservation Agreement 19-216 – McChurch Residence Mills Act Contract Public Hearing to consider a request to establish a Historic Property Preservation Agreement (Mills Act) for a historic property located at 233 Avenida Rosa (Assessor’s Parcel Number 058-102-16) in the Residential Medium Zoning District and Coastal Zone Overlay District (RM-CZ).

Staff recommends that the project be found categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15331 (Class 31: Historic Resource Restoration/ Rehabilitation), because the project is a preservation effort that is consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings.

102 West Avenida Cadiz – Historic Property Preservation Agreement 19-190 – Cocores Residence Mills Act Contract Public Hearing to consider a request to establish a Historic Property Preservation Agreement (Mills Act) for a historic property located at 102 West Avenida Cadiz (Assessor’s Parcel Number 692-142-45) in the Residential Low Zoning District (RL).

Staff recommends that the project be found categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15331 (Class 31: Historic Resource Restoration/ Rehabilitation), because the project is a preservation effort that is consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings.

These applications are on file at the City of San Clemente Community Development Department, 910 Calle Negocio, and are available for public inspec-

tion and comment by contacting the Community Development Department at (949) 361-6197. If you challenge these projects in court you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearings described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of San Clemente at, or prior to, the public hearings.

To allow staff adequate time to confirm software compatibility, individuals wishing to utilize electronic visual aids to supplement their oral presentations at the meeting, must submit the electronic files to the City Clerk by no later than 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Only compatible electronic formats will be permitted to be used on City audio/ visual computer equipment. Staff makes no guarantee that such material will be compatible, but will use its best efforts to accommodate the request.

hearings will be held at the meeting of the City Council on December 17, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente, California. All interested persons are invited to attend said hearing or by written communication to the City Council to express their opinion for or against the request.

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(Cont. from page 16) The mayor sent “several bombastic telegrams” to the New York Times during the Feb. 6-11 general strike, spreading alarm, researcher Trevor Williams recalled in a 1999 essay titled “Ole Hanson’s Fifteen Minutes of Fame.” Overnight, Ole became a media darling.

“He seemed to be the manly leader America needed to pull it out of its postwar mess,” Williams wrote. “Newspapers liked him.”

“He refused to be bluffed by Bolsheviki or intimidated by threats,” the Washington Post wrote as the general strike was imploding. “He had the judgment to discriminate between a labor dispute and a revolution. If every American will stand as firmly for law and order, the attempts of Bolshevism to get a foothold in America will fail utterly.”

side of the country.”

Ole, in his 1920 book, Americanism vs.

Bolshevism, relates how Wobblie-inspired radicals committed acts of sabotage and spread anti-government propaganda during the war.

He tells how he clashed with Wobblies from the time he was elected mayor in 1918, right up to and during the strike. Citing other IWW activities elsewhere, Ole wrote, “There was a widespread conspiracy throughout the Union to establish Bolshevism.”

The Seattle strike helped inspire workers to launch a wave of 1919 strikes in other cities.

America experienced a Red Scare. Dozens of mail bombs were sent to prominent public figures to coincide with May 1, International Workers Day. No one died, but a message was sent.

One package arrived at Mayor Hanson’s office while he was away. “Fortunately, Hanson’s clerk, who opened the parcel, held it the wrong way up,” Time magazine reported, “and the bomb failed to detonate.”

By the 1920 Republican National Convention, America had grown tired of Ole’s oft-repeated rants. Warren G. Harding was nominated for president and won.

“Less than a year later, he was hailed for breaking the Seattle strike, and Ole Hanson was looked on as more of a crank than a

WAS HE A HERO?

Williams suggests that America needed a hero, and Ole “was handy and loud and he looked just like one, if you didn’t scrutinize him too closely. He made a good story . . . it was easier for the writers and the readers to write and read about one man’s fight against anarchists than to try to dissect the complexities of a labor dispute on the other

hero,” Trevor Williams wrote. “His 15 minutes were long gone.”

LEGACY OF OLE

Mayor Hanson was a convincing orator, historian James Gregory wrote. “A political associate of Hanson’s said years later, ‘He just seemed to be wound up tight. I never heard anything like old Ole until Hitler came along,’ ” Gregory wrote. “ ‘He’d get so worked up, he’d almost be screaming. He sure sounded sincere.’ ” A century later, it’s clear that Communism was an overpowering, enduring 20th-century fear that America survived.

Six years after his stint as mayor, Ole would switch gears, mellowing his oratory into flowery descriptions of the idyllic Spanish Village by the Sea he planned to create for lot purchasers at San Clemente.

“I vision a place where people can live together more pleasantly than in any other place in America,” Ole wrote. “This will be a place where a man can breathe! I have a clean canvas, and I am determined to paint a clean picture.”

It sounded remarkably like heavenly sales pitches he had written for his first waterfront hamlet, Lake Forest Park, which he founded north of Seattle before his election as mayor.

Ole’s San Clemente sales tent opened on Dec. 6, 1925, enormously successful from the outset.

Ole remains an icon of San Clemente. In 1976, the city council proclaimed Dec. 6 to forever be Ole Hanson Day.

LEARN MORE

For a retrospective of 1919 Seattle, read Friedheim’s The Seattle General Strike, Centennial Edition. For a lively firsthand look into Ole’s 1919 mindset, read Americanism vs.

Bolshevism, with Ole’s personal account of the strike, the evolution of Bolshevism and his prescription for America, confronting the issues of his time.

“We must cooperate and conquer ignorance, poverty and injustice,” he wrote. “We must build on the foundations laid down by our ancestral fathers. Our great experiment in government must not be allowed to fail.”

Fred Swegles is a longtime San Clemente resident with nearly five decades of reporting experience in the city. Fred 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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Ginger is a well-behaved guinea pig and coos and squeals when she is happy.

She would make a great pet for someone lacking in space but still looking for a furry companion.

If you would like to know more about Ginger, please call the San Clemente/Dana Point Animal Shelter at

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Sudoku

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

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Contributor: The San Clemente Historical Society

FROM THE ARCHIVES Ole Hanson, shown here in his younger days, served as mayor of Seattle before coming to international fame as a result of labor unrest in that city. He later made his way to California to fulfill a dream of creating a “Spanish Village by the Sea.” 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.

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Triton Report

Catsimanes Stumbles at State Meet

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

Girls Basketball Opens Season on Hot Streak The San Clemente girls basketball team has stormed out of the gates to begin its 2019-20 season.

The Tritons have started a perfect 5-0 with a championship performance in the Norco Veteran’s Week Tip-Off Classic and a solid win on Alumni Night.

San Clemente is averaging more than 62 points per game and is winning games by an average of just more than 21 points per game.

Senior Ella Gardiner and junior Jessie Blaine were major standouts for San Clemente in the Norco tournament. Gardiner, Blaine and sophomore Jolie Johnson were named to the all-tournament team.

Gardiner hit double figures in points in each game of the tournament, and Blaine led the Tritons in scoring against Chapparal and in the championship game over West Covina on Nov. 23.

Gardiner grabbed 18 rebounds in the championship game to surpass 1,000 rebounds in her San Clemente career.

San Clemente continued its streak on Nov. 26 with a win over Foothill, 62-48, on Alumni Night.

The Tritons next host Irvine at home on Friday, Dec. 6, before entering the Artesia Winter Classic next week starting on Monday, Dec. 9.

For more on the San Clemente girls basketball team and all Triton winter sports

Scoreboard

BY ZACH CAVANAGH, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

Our City Scoreboard keeps you updated on all of the local San Clemente youth and community team accomplishments and special individual performances of the week. Email zcavanagh@picketfencemedia.com for submission.

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The San Clemente girls basketball team poses after winning the Norco Veteran’s Week Tip-Off Classic on Nov. 23. Tritons are 5-0 to start the season. Photo: Kerri Husbands

teams, check out our annual San Clemente Times Winter Sports Preview next week on Thursday, Dec. 12.

Boys Basketball Starts Season Strong The San Clemente boys basketball team has won four games in a row, including an impressive showing at the Godinez Grizzly Invitational, to begin the 2019-20 season.

San Clemente dropped its opener at Oceanside, 70-64, on Nov. 20, but the Tritons have responded well in the four wins.

Six San Clemente players have hit double digits in scoring over the four games to showcase a varied team effort by the Tritons.

Junior Jack Carroll has led San Clemente in points twice, with 14 points in the Tritons’ first win of the season, 74-42 over Woodbridge on Nov. 22, and with 23 points in San Clemente’s last game, a 53-45 win over

Northwood at Godinez on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Senior Berk Harris led the Tritons with 18 points in a win over Portola, 60-58, on Nov. 26, and junior Tyler Nemeth led San Clemente with 15 points in a romp over Calvary Chapel, 78-31, to open the Godinez tournament on Monday, Dec. 2.

San Clemente has alternated blowouts and tight wins, with a 32-point win over Woodbridge, a two-point win over Portola (with Micah Regaldo scoring in the final minute), a 47-point win over Calvary Chapel and an eight-point win over Northwood.

The Tritons are next in action against Tesoro in the Gary Raya SoCal Elite Tournament on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Portola High School. Tesoro won the tournament last season.

San Clemente will continue in the tournament against Yorba Linda on Wednesday, Dec. 11, and Northwood on Friday, Dec. 13. Both games are at Northwood.

Tournament concludes on Dec. 14 with bracket play at Portola.

Schrier Named 2018 International Baseball Player of the Year San Clemente resident and JSerra junior Cody Schrier was named the 2018 World Baseball Softball Confederation International Baseball Player of the Year at the WBSC Congress on Nov. 22 in Japan.

The WBSC holds the conference every two years and awards honors for

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both years. Tennessee high school player Robert Hassell, a USA Baseball alumnus, was named the 2019 International Baseball Player of the Year.

The award recognized the top performer in all WBSC events in a calendar year, and Schrier had quite the 2018.

Schrier was named the MVP of the U-15 Baseball World Cup and led Team USA to its first U-15 baseball world

San Clemente senior harrier Hana Catsimanes’ season is over, and not in the way most expected.

After winning all five of the previous “championship season” cross country events at the Orange County Championships, Mt. SAC Invitational, Sea View League Finals, CIF-SS preliminaries and CIF-SS Finals, Catsimanes finished in 63rd at the CIF State Cross Country Championships on Nov. 30 at Woodward Park in Fresno.

Catsimanes ran a time of 18:54 on the 5,000-meter course, which was more than a full minute slower than the time she ran on the same course in October. Catsimanes posted a 17:48 at the Clovis Invitational and was coming off a time of 17:21 at the CIF-SS Division 1 Finals on Nov. 23.

Catsimanes finished 16th at last season’s state meet with a time of 18:07.

The race closes one of the most decorated cross country careers in San Clemente distance running, but the Wake Forestbound Catsimanes will return in the spring for track season.

Winter Sports Season-Opener Roundup Three other San Clemente winter sports teams opened their seasons this week.

The Tritons girls soccer team kicked off with a 2-0 win at Capistrano Valley on Tuesday, Dec. 3. San Clemente hosts Edison on Thursday, Dec. 5, and El Dorado on Dec. 17.

The San Clemente boys soccer team, ranked No. 1 in CIF-SS Division 1, opened with a scoreless draw at Oceanside on Monday, Dec. 2. The Tritons hosted San Marcos on Wednesday, Dec. 4, but results were not available at press time. San Clemente plays at Dana Hills on Friday, Dec. 6.

The Tritons girls water polo team opened with a 15-6 loss against Laguna Beach at Capistrano Valley High School on Tuesday, Dec. 3. San Clemente plays at Schurr of Montebello on Thursday, Dec. 5, and hosts Mater Dei on Dec. 10. SC

championship. Schrier, a shortstop, scored the most runs in the tournament and took home the World Cup batting title. Schrier hit .476 with 17 runs scored and also led the team with two home runs and four stolen bases.

As a sophomore at JSerra last season, Schrier hit .278 in 18 games played, with 16 runs scored and 13 RBI on 15 hits. Schrier stole three bases and hit three home runs. SC

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SCOOP ON THE LOCAL SURF COMMUNITY

Shop Local, Stay Stoked How to support surfing this holiday season

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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oliday shopping doesn’t have to be a bummer.

If you’re hitting the streets around Dana Point or San Clemente this holiday season, there are many unique opportunities to find that special something for that special someone, thanks to our area’s rich ocean culture and the creative types who help make it so vibrant.

If you’re going for a big-ticket item such as a new surfboard, I implore you, do not go to Costco. There are innumerable world-class board builders in this immediate area. So, if you’re looking for that hot new custom board to really send the gift-giving over the top, place an order with any one of them; they’d love to have your business.

For the longboard cruiser in your life, Hobie Surfboards, a Dana Point original, continues to produce exquisite boards, as does Dewey Weber Surfboards in San Clemente. For the shortboard shredder, Lost Surfboards and T. Patterson Surfboards both offer great, high-performance designs that have been proven by the world’s best surfers.

And if it’s something a little out of the ordinary, be it a fish or an asymmetrical shape, craftsmen including Donald Brink, Matt Parker, Cole Simler, Ryan Engle, Tyler Warren and the crew at Infinity Surfboards are all ridiculously creative shapers and have a keen understanding that, at the end of the day, riding surfboards should be fun.

Or dip your toes into the water at

If you’re looking for that special holiday gift, why not a custom surfboard from Timmy Patterson (pictured) or any number of world-class shapers who live and work in the area? Photo: Jake Howard

Basham’s Factory and Surfshop in San Clemente. The rack of used boards is always well-stocked, and you’re sure to find a diamond in the rough. They also sell all of the blanks, tools and supplies for somebody looking to get into making their own boards. You can even rent space in a shaping bay there.

But enough about surfboards—there’s no shortage of cool, local brands to support—and just because it looks like a surf company doesn’t mean it is a surf company. Beware of corporate impostors.

Born at The Point, the San Onofre Surf Company, is a great example of a label with local roots and passion for our area’s surf community. They’ve got some hip tees, cozy hoodies, hats and more.

Abysse is another cool local company

that opened a storefront in San Clemente this year. Founded by Hanalei RepontyGudauskas, Pat Gudauskas’s wife, the company prides itself on making all of its products in California with 100% recycled fabrics from ocean waste. Run by women for women, for the ladies on your list, it’s worth walking into the shop.

For the collectors, there are plenty of talented artisans in Dana Point and San Clemente to support. Besides making beautiful, hand-crafted boards, Tyler Warren is also an accomplished artist whose work brightens up any abode.

Or perhaps you might want to catch up with Renaissance man Brian Bent. More than just the guy with the cool, old hot rod and kook box surfboard, the dude can paint.

And if it’s high-grade photography you’re after, luminary lensmen such as Tom Servais and Art Brewer have both been documenting the surf scene for decades and have captured some of the sport’s most iconic images. Both live locally and do a brisk business selling various prints.

Of course, there’s always that somebody who says, “I don’t really want anything,” yet you’re constrained by guilt to get them something, anyway. In such instances, why not pay it forward? There are no shortage of local, ocean-related charities doing a world of good that could benefit from a holiday donation.

The Surfrider Foundation is headquartered right here in San Clemente and stands up for wave-riders around the country. From fighting for the Clean Water Act in the Supreme Court to regular waterquality monitoring, they do a lot.

The Surfing Heritage and Culture Center is helping preserve the past, present and future of surfing. With the world’s most exhaustive supply of surfboards and artifacts, they regularly host community events and timely exhibits, and their doors are always open for a visit. They’ll also be moving into a new space in the Dana Point Harbor as the redevelopment takes place and are looking for funding to help with that endeavor.

And for the sports fan, how about supporting USA Surfing as it gears up for the first-ever appearance of surfing in the Olympic Games in 2020? Headquartered here in San Clemente, the organization is building the Olympic program, and local groms are also benefiting from the development programs they’ve instituted.

I could go on and on with more gift ideas—we haven’t even touched on surf travel yet—but hopefully the above rant is enough to give you some momentum.

There are plenty of cool cats in our community who would benefit from your support and patronage this holiday season. SC

SURF FORECAST

GROM OF THE WEEK:

ADDISON MCPHILLIPS

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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he has to be the happiest, most stoked kid I have ever seen! Always has a smile and so respectful and kind.”

That’s how 13-year-old Addison McPhillips was described to San Clemente Times by a parent recommending her as a Grom of the Week. It’s hard to pass up a pitch like that.

An eighth-grader at Bernice Ayer Middle School in San Clemente, Addie started surfing at San Onofre with her dad, Iain, when she was 4 years old. These days, she’s

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graduated to ripping the peaks at T-Street and Trestles with her friends.

“Each day in the ocean, there is a new challenge, and I’m always learning something new,” Addie said when the SC Times caught up with her. “My favorite thing about surfing is that there’s no better place to be than in the ocean, and I get to surf with friends and family.”

Inspired by local shred queens Caroline Marks and Kirra Pinkerton, as well as Bethany Hamilton, Addie’s got some amazing role models to look up to and is stoked and motivated to give surfing her all.

“I hope surfing will take me to all the best surf spots around the world,” she said. “I love meeting new people and making new friends.” SC

Water Temperature: 60-62 Degrees F Water Visibility and Conditions: 8-12’ Thursday: Small mix of SSW swell and NW swell, for waves in the waist-stomach-chest high range, (2-3-4’ faces). Light offshore sea breeze in the morning, turns to moderate WNW winds for the afternoon.

Outlook: Wave size dips a bit on Friday, then a fresh shot of WNW swell peaks Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning with shoulder high to two feet overhead zone surf, (4-7’ faces). Winds are light/variable for the mornings, followed by light+ West-WNW onshores in the afternoons. New SSW swell scheduled for next week. For the latest details be sure to visit Surfline.com.

Addison McPhillips.

Photo: Courtesy of McPhillips Family

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