April 15, 2021

APRIL 15-21, 2021 | VOLUME 16, ISSUE 15

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Swegles: Two ‘Scenic Roads’ That Never Came to Be SC LIVING/PAGE 12

Live Music Returns to The Coach House GETTING OUT/PAGE 10

Rolling into Summer City Looks to Relaunch Trolley Program by Mid-May E Y E O N S C / PAG E 3

Depending on how the city council votes during its meeting next week, the summertime trolley service could return to San Clemente as early as May 15. Photo: Courtesy of the city of San Clemente

City Begins Identifying Land for New Housing

OC Launching Digital Vaccine Record Program

SCHS Football Hosts League Title Game

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Depending on how the city council votes during its meeting next week, the summertime trolley service could return to San Clemente as early as May 15. Photo: Courtesy of the city of San Clemente

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When San Clemente’s councilors met on April 6 to also vote on restarting the program for May 28, Mayor Pro Tem Gene James instead proposed that the city get the service launched two weeks ahead of schedule—an idea floated by the local business community.

Tom Bonigut, the city’s Public Works director, explained that while it’s not a bad idea to start earlier than anticipated, there are some practical challenges to consider. He further explained that he typically needs a lead time of about four weeks for getting the program running.

“That’s so our contractor has time to hire Class B drivers, and I have to get the trolleys in for maintenance and Highway Patrol inspection,” Bonigut told the council. “So, really, my minimum lead time is four weeks out.”

Bonigut also noted that 90% of the costs to run the program is funded through grants from the Orange County Transportation Authority, which plans for operations to occur from Memorial Day weekend through the end of September.

“I would at least need to check that if we operate outside that period, there’s a potential that that operating cost is 100% on the city,” Bonigut later added.

Should the council decide during its April 20 meeting to move ahead with the May 15 start date, that’ll give Bonigut about 3½ weeks to initiate services. He

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City Looks to Relaunch Trolley Program by Mid-May

BY SHAWN RAYMUNDO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

After pulling the brakes on the summertime trolley service last year because of the ongoing public health crisis, the city next month is looking to get the annual transportation program back into gear with limited capacity and health precautions.

The trolley program is slated to relaunch for weekend services only beginning May 28—during Memorial Day weekend—at the latest. However, when the San Clemente City Council meets next week, officials on the dais are expected to consider a proposal to have the free service kick off two weeks earlier, on May 15.

Between the official start date and June 25, the city’s trolleys will operate only on Fridays through Sundays. After that period, San Clemente Times April 15-21, 2021

the service will run daily for the duration of the program, which ends on Sept. 26.

Per federal, state, and county health guidelines, the trolleys will be limited to 50% capacity and will require all riders to wear face masks. For San Clemente’s trolleys, 50% capacity means about a dozen passengers.

According to the city, the trolleys could allow for full capacity by mid-June, when the state is hoping to have all economic sectors fully reopened. At full capacity, the trolleys could accommodate 26 seating spaces, with room for some to stand.

In the coming weeks, the neighboring towns of Dana Point, Laguna Beach and San Juan Capistrano will also relaunch their summertime trolley programs, creating an interconnected system between the four cities.

San Clemente and Dana Point share a transfer stop located on Camino de Estrella in Capistrano Beach. The Dana Point City Council last week voted to approve the reestablishment of its trolley program starting May 28.

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also noted that it would mean, for two weeks, there won’t be a Dana Point trolley to which riders could transfer.

“We can at least talk to our vendor about thinking ahead,” he said. “So, if there’s ultimately a desire to start on the 15th, which is basically two weekends earlier than what we’re contemplating, I think we can be prepared to do that.”

“Tonight, the city of Dana Point approved their trolley service, so if we do start early—and it’s not the end of the world—but there will not be a Dana Point connection to serve to, but it’ll still serve San Clemente,” Bonigut said.

When city staff presents the May 15 start plan to the council next week, it’ll also outline details about potentially purchasing two additional trolleys with the $8.9 million in COVID-relief funds the city will receive from the American Rescue Plan.

Posing a couple of hypotheticals to Bonigut last week, James asked how services could be improved with the addition of two more trolleys.

Bonigut noted that the city currently has five trolleys in service—three for the Downtown San Clemente line and two for the Blue Line that covers the city’s northern section and connects to Dana Point.

“The downtown Red Line that circulates between the T-Zone and Outlets (at San Clemente), that is really popular … it’s not’s uncommon for that route to run full where we can’t pick up passengers at certain times in the summer,” Bonigut said, adding: “I would put in an extra vehicle to circulate quicker, so you would wait less at a stop for a trolley and be more likely to get standing space or seating room.”

Similarly, he said, he would use another new trolley for the Blue Line, which doesn’t have as high a demand, but is a longer route. Having an extra vehicle, he continued, would reduce wait times and also help the city when one vehicle needs to go offline for maintenance.

Mayor Kathy Ward raised the concern, though, that it’s still unclear how the city is allowed to use those federal dollars, while also noting that she would like to learn more before deciding what to spend the money on.

According to the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office, a nonpartisan agency that provides the California Legislature with fiscal and policy advice, the economic relief monies are to be dedicated toward a city’s response to the public health crisis, supporting essential workers, covering lost revenue and investing into water, sewer or broadband infrastructure.

City officials, including interim City Manager Erik Sund, Councilmember Chris Duncan and James, are expected to meet with federal representatives soon to provide a precise outline on how the $8.9 million can be spent. sanclementetimes.com

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City Begins Identifying Land for New Housing

BY SHAWN RAYMUNDO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

Over the coming months, the city is responsible for finding and zoning areas in San Clemente to potentially place more than 980 new housing units—a requirement the state sets on cities to ensure that it can accommodate those homes, address California’s housing shortage and increase availability of affordable units.

Of the 982 new homes that the city of San Clemente will need to plan for as part of its Housing Element update, 446 units are allocated toward low- and very-low-income housing, while the rest are dedicated for moderate-income and above-moderate-income housing.

“The city doesn’t have to build these units, but we do have to plan for these units, and we do this through the Housing Element,” Senior Planner Jennifer Savage explained during the city’s Planning Commission meeting last week.

The numbers come from the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment, which is determined by the expected population of households, overcrowding and vacancy percentages over an eight-year period.

As part of the assessment, the Southern California Association of Governments in late 2019 was assigned with identifying land for 1.34 million additional housing units across the four income categories. Orange County was to take on more than 180,000 of those homes.

In its agenda report for the Planning Commission, the city emphasized that there’s no guarantee such homes will ever be built. It’s only “required to provide opportunities for the market to build housing units by planning for housing through site identification and, in some cases, rezoning.”

To comply with the state’s requirement, the city recently began the process of compiling a preliminary list of sites and areas across San Clemente that could be rezoned to allow for the new homes.

The draft list of sites, which will later require further consideration from the Planning Commission followed by the city council’s final approval, currently identifies parcels for potential rezoning where housing may be suitable.

Such sites include the Lowe’s and Walmart shopping center, as well as the Pico Plaza area off Interstate 5. It also included the site where Target sits; however, based on the commissioners’ comments last week, it’ll likely be removed.

Savage noted that residents and the Planning Commission will have additional opportunities to weigh in on the San Clemente Times April 15-21, 2021

draft list and provide feedback for other potential areas.

“The sites you see on the draft list may or may not remain,” Savage told planning commissioners. “The city does not need to rezone all of those sites.”

According to Savage, one method to comply with the RHNA numbers and plan for the amount of housing needed is by creating a housing overlay zone— an additional layer of zoning atop an existing zone designation.

“This housing overlay would consider housing at all income levels, including housing for above-moderate households,” Savage said. “It would specify specific sites that would maintain their base or existing zoning designation.”

“The housing overlay would not change the existing uses, but it would provide the opportunity to add or redevelop for housing depending on the market or interest from property owners,” she continued.

Addressing some of the sites on the draft list, Savage explained that many parcels are being considered because San Clemente is largely built out and because of the amount of land that’s currently protected by open space provisions.

To get the community’s feedback on where to potentially rezone for housing, the city this past February and March invited residents to participate in a housing site survey. Savage reported that the city received 617 responses to its list of a dozen questions.

The survey, she outlined, found that about 20% of respondents were open to rezoning in areas along South El Camino Real (south of Avenida Del Mar), 20% favored a Talega Special Plan area, while 33% said “other.” Among those who supported “other,” 50% said no to any new housing in San Clemente.

According to the city, if it opted not to comply with the state’s requirement and plan for housing, it could face up to $300,000 a month in fines, as well as lose out on grant funding. A court could also mandate the rezoning and place a moratorium on the city’s ability to issue building permits until it does so—a scenario the city has recently experienced.

In February 2017, the Orange County Superior Court issued an order barring the city from approving building permits and zoning changes, among other things, unless it came into compliance with the state’s homeless shelter law, Senate Bill 2.

The law, enacted in 2007, requires cities to create zones, referred to as SB2 zones, where groups can establish shelters for the homeless. Emergency Shelter

The city is currently in the process of identifying areas throughout San Clemente that can potentially be rezoned for housing as part of a statewide requirement to plan for additional housing units across four income categories.

Photo: File/Eric Heinz

Coalition, a homeless advocacy nonprofit, had filed a lawsuit against the city over allegations that it had failed to comply with the law.

Broken down, above-moderate-income homes account for more than 35% of the total RHNA numbers that San Clemente is required to plan for, the most of the four income levels. Very-low-income housing units account for nearly 29%.

The requirement from the state has prompted concerns from residents who falsely believe the city has to build 982 affordable housing units and are fearful that low-income or affordable housing will increase crime in San Clemente.

During their April 7 meeting, planning commissioners, including Chairperson Jim Ruehlin, argued against such claims, stating that it’s unfair to equate low-income housing to higher crime rates.

“It was kind of a built-in assumption among many of those comments that low-income housing equals crime, and that simply isn’t the case,” Ruehlin said of the public comments that were read during the meeting. “And I think that’s a little bit unfair to attach that to people who move in there automatically.”

In 2015, the Stanford Business School published a report by Rebecca Diamond and Timothy McQuade, who had studied the socioeconomic effects of low-income housing on surrounding communities in both low-income and high-income areas.

What they found was while low-income housing developments built within high-income areas with a low minority population did lead to a decline in property values by about 2.5% within a 0.1-mile radius, crime did not go up.

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values by about 6.5%—also within 0.1 miles of the site—decreased segregation and also caused violent and property crimes to decline.

Further addressing residents’ concerns, Ruehlin later added that any project to develop affordable housing within the areas being considered will still have to meet the city’s design standards and specifications.

“What you see from that street has to be of high-quality design, has to be pleasant to look at, has to look pretty good to fit our design standards,” he said, referring to the stretch of Avenida Pico between I-5 and Avenida La Pata.

To further address the misconceptions of low-income housing, Commissioner Zhen Wu also explained that affordable housing is meant to support local workers whose annual income wouldn’t otherwise permit them to afford renting or buying in affluent areas like San Clemente.

“So, who are these people? They’re our service providers, they’re our teachers,” Wu said. “The city is obligated by state law to provide feasible housing opportunities to them. I think that’s important for people to understand that.”

The city is expected to present the draft Housing Element update to the Planning Commission for further consideration on May 5 and will present it to the city council on May 18. The environmental impact report for the update is likely to be completed over the summer.

The Planning Commission and the city council will each get another pass at reviewing the update to the Housing Element in late August and mid-September—before being sent to the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development in mid-October. sanclementetimes.com

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OC Launching Digital Vaccine Record Program, Not ‘Passports’

BY LILLIAN BOYD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

While Orange County health officials did announce a pilot program for a digital passport for COVID-19 vaccine and testing credentialing earlier this month, Dr. Clayton Chau assured the public on Tuesday, April 13, that it will not be a mandate.

County leaders are, however, looking to clarify their messaging of the program, which is a plan to submit digital vaccination records to residents for their own use.

On Thursday, April 8, Orange County Health Care Agency’s Twitter account announced the pilot program.

“The Digital Passport enables individuals to participate safely and with peace of mind in activities that involve interactions with other people, including travel, attractions, conferences/meetings, concerts, sports, school and more,” the tweet said.

No additional information was provided at the time.

Chau, the county’s health officer and director of the OC Health Care Agency, later told the Orange County Register that the county could easily update its vaccine appointment scheduling website, Othena, so that people who used it to get vaccinated could show anyone proof of their vaccination.

Othena is the app being used for vaccine appointments at the county’s mass inoculation sites, including Disneyland, the OC Fairgrounds and Soka University.

But Chau said the health agency was seeking a way to bring the records of people who were vaccinated through traditional and private providers under the Othena umbrella for a passport system.

Chau told supervisors that private businesses can require people to show proof of vaccinations or negative tests.

“Can the government do that? The answer now is no. Can the private side do that? The answer is yes,” he said. “We don’t make decisions on whether a business will use proof or not.”

Chau says the little white card given to people who’ve been vaccinated has been forged and sold over the internet, causing the FBI to issue various warnings against using them. People will need a more reliable way to show they’re vaccinated.

“As a health entity, we are required by law to give people proof that we provided a service to them … in this case, the vaccination,” Chau said.

The FBI issued a warning on Monday, April 12, that it is illegal to sell or buy fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards after fake vaccination cards have begun popping up for sale online.

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Orange County is looking to launch a program that will send residents their own vaccination records to have for their own use. Photo: Lillian Boyd

“There are some people that just don’t want to get vaccinated, but they still want to go to the baseball game, and they still want to travel internationally, and so this might appeal to them,” Don Vilfer, a former FBI agent, told FOX/11 LA on April 5.

State officials have said they aren’t mandating vaccination passports, either.

“There are no current plans by the state to impose or have a vaccine passport system here in California. That said, we know that businesses are exploring— already—how they ensure that people who are vaccinated can come and enjoy the benefits of being vaccinated,” said Secretary of the state’s Health and Human Services Agency, Dr. Mark Ghaly, at a news conference last week.

Some businesses, such as those that compete in sports stadiums, can increase their spectator capacities if they can show everyone has either tested negative or has been vaccinated.

More than 200 people, including San Clemente resident Alan Hostetter, registered to speak on the issue at Tuesday’s county supervisors meeting, many of whom spoke against any type of mandated vaccine passport and the vaccine itself.

“Chau’s comments were shocking, immoral and unethical; he is unfit for office. Please remove him today. No vaccine (passports) by any name you give them,” Hostetter said.

Ahead of the meeting, Hostetter rallied with fellow activists on social media to encourage people to speak against the passports. He’s been the face of several anti-lockdown protests in Orange County, including a mask-burning rally, and also attended the Jan. 6 pro-Trump march in Washington, D.C., that turned violent when rioters stormed the Capitol.

“They are concerned that, at some point, we are going to say without the digital equivalent of this card … you’re not going to be able to travel in Orange County, leave Orange County,” Supervisor Don Wagner said. “That’s not what we’re doing, not what we’re intending.”

Supervisors stated during the meeting that the term “passport” may have been inartful.

Chau says OC Health Care Agency staff members are trying to avoid more confusion by removing that kind of language from previous posts.

Supervisor Lisa Bartlett said officials need to be clearer.

“I think we really need to get clear on messaging on that,” Bartlett said.“We’re getting a lot of phone calls … there was a rumor that went around that we have some kind of mandate on a vaccine record.”

Bartlett additionally issued the following statement in response to public concerns related to vaccine passports.

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ance of a government vaccine ‘passport,’” said Bartlett. “To be clear, Orange County is not adopting any type of proof of vaccination requirement, nor will we.”

Bartlett clarified that the Othena app, utilized by the county, includes a feature that enables individuals to voluntarily opt in to receive a digital version of their vaccination record should they wish to do so.

“This feature is provided by the third-party app as a matter of convenience to users and is not utilized for any official government purpose,” Bartlett said. sanclementetimes.com

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COMMUNITY MEETINGS

TUESDAY, APRIL 20

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

949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

Marley Blue, a 1-year-old merle Australian Shepherd, won the Outlets at San Clemente’s “Ultimutt” mascot contest, making her the shopping center’s official dog ambassador for the next year. Photo: Courtesy of Outlets at San Clemente/@marleyblue_and_me

SC | Outlets Names its Dog

Ambassador for the Year The Outlets at San Clemente has selected Marley Blue, a 1-year-old merle Australian Shepherd, as the shopping center’s “Ultimutt” Dog ambassador, concluding its two-week online competition.

Marley Blue, who garnered the most likes on Instagram and the most votes on the competition’s webpage, outpolled nearly 70 other dogs to become the official dog ambassador of the Outlets at San Clemente for a year.

The pup will get to star in a photoshoot at the Outlets at San Clemente and will become the furry face on all pet-friendly communications throughout the local shopping center.

According to Marley Blue’s owner, the pup loves to go on adventures, catch Frisbees and go hiking. She is a natural poser in front of the camera and often visits the Outlets.

SC | Council to Open

In-Person Comments, City Provides Zoom Appointments for Permits After months of virtual comments from residents at city council meetings, the public will now be allowed to make in-person comments at the upcoming meeting held at the local community center on Apr. 20.

At the previous city council meeting on April 6, interim City Manager Erik Sund reminded the council that members of the community will soon be San Clemente Times April 15-21, 2021

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU (BILY) 6:30-8:30 p.m. The organization Because I Love You (BILY), which helps parents navigate through whatever parenting challenges they may be facing (e.g., failure to launch, drug abuse, disrespect), will continue conducting its weekly meetings on Tuesdays via Zoom video conference. For detailed instructions on how to participate, email bilysanclemente@gmail.com.

allowed to provide their three minutes of comments.

According to Sund, citizens will no longer have the option to submit their public comments via email, as was previously allowed while the council met via Zoom.

“You will now have the option of coming in person, but the email option will no longer be available, since we’ll allow people to come and provide their three minutes of comments,” Sund said.

The city attempted to reintroduce in-person meetings with the public present last August, but it ultimately was not pushed through after some councilmembers expressed concerns to Sund.

At the same city council meeting last week, Sund also mentioned that residents will now be able schedule Zoom appointments with city staff from the Engineering, Planning and Building Divisions to obtain building and planning permits.

Residents will have access to all the stakeholders in the planning department and public works for help, the city said.

“It’s a great step forward to add additional customer service to the city as we begin to reopen,” Sund had said last week. “I’m already proud to say we have our first appointment.”

Cecilia Gallardo-Daly, community development director, mentioned in a press release that these virtual meetings are similar to visiting the city’s customer service department for information.

“This is just one of the ways the city is increasing access to information for our permit customers, and we think the customers will find this service useful,” Gallardo-Daly said.

For more information, visit the city’s website, san-clemente.org.

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GUEST OPINION | The Business Buzz by Susie Lantz

GUEST OPINION | Health and

Nutrition 101 by Gina Cousineau

Our Gatherings Will USING Be Better Than Before FOOD AS D MEDICINE and how can we make these moments unique and memorable? As our place in community has become more important than ever, how can we dive deeper, engage with real meaning, and experience the real benefits that only community THE BUSINESS can provide?

BUZZ Here’s an idea:

BY SUSIE LANTZ With our new appreciation for community, let’s decide to be fully present as we engage, taking the time to ask with sincerity about others and truly care about their responses.

Why did they choose San Clemente?

What about their work, their families?

Let’s consider what we can learn from our neighbors, choose to see the good and acknowledge how they make our community a better place.

As an organization with a mission to improve the quality of life in San Clemente, our Chamber of Commerce is committed to strengthening and refreshing our own planned gatherings; the Chamber’s safe, in-person meetings, luncheons and special events might not look and feel exactly as they have in years past.

Rather, they will be designed with a purpose and intention to create new and even better times of togetherness that build stronger community connections that truly matter.

It is our obligation to do so, and we are excited to demonstrate what we have in store for you.

We invite you—our businesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals—to enhance your community connections through membership with the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce. Join us at scchamber.com.

Susie Lantz is the membership director for the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce, working alongside Arlen Flores, Director of Operations, and Joey Brett in Customer Relations. Susie joined the Chamber in 2019, after having spent several years working in advertising and marketing with the San Clemente Times, where she remains a loyal supporter of local media and the Picket Fence Media family. SC

uring the height of the COVID-19 pandemic this past year, I attended a drive-through baby shower—the best shower of any kind that I’ve experienced thus far. Here’s why:

• I dressed like I would for a Zoom call— fixing up a top just enough to fake looking put-together. On my lower half, I sported joggers and flip-flops.

• Tucker, my 65-pound Aussiedoodle and best buddy, was along for the ride. It was a beautiful day, so the windows and sunroof were ajar. Our hair blew freely, and we approached the shower in tousled style— our happy place.

• Immediately upon arrival, the baby’s mother-to-be approached my vehicle for a lovely conversation. There was a car behind me in line, whose driver politely turned off her engine so that my time and space were not encroached upon.

• I presented the baby gift through the open window and had an opportunity to explain why I had selected this particular item for their family.

• After about 10 meaningful minutes, Tucker and I drove off and went immediately to the park for a jaunt. Alas, another happy place.

• The entire baby shower experience (including my effortless prep time) took about an hour of my Saturday. I arrived home feeling happy and fulfilled.

Somewhere along the way, in our hectic pre-pandemic lives, many of us became zombie partygoers; we went through the motions of get-togethers without feeling truly present or fulfilled by our chosen events.

Despite this past year’s letdowns, many of us welcomed a break from certain obligatory reunions, especially those repeat gatherings that evolved into mere time-fillers on our calendars.

Had these events become somewhat stale and ritualistic in format? Were they signified by idle conversation that could leave us feeling awkward and unauthentic?

Did our minds silently wander to what we might otherwise be doing—and how we might escape the crowd without notice?

Our world changed this past year, and with it an opportunity has been presented to reinvent how we gather—to rediscover why we make time to get together at all.

What is the purpose? What are we achieving from this gift of togetherness,

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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our months into the new year, and 13 months into the pandemic, I am seeing a bit of desperation as people start to acknowledge the repercussions of their behavior over the past year, or perhaps their lifetime.

I could have titled this column “Every Pill Is a Poison,” but decided to go after the approach I live and breathe, to move toward a healthy lifestyle: using food as medicine in tandem with supplements, medications, exercise and attitude.

My clients learn early on that I am going to teach them not only what a healthy lifestyle approach can look like and how to make it come to HEALTH AND fruition, but that NUTRITION 101 I also help them

BY GINA COUSINEAU advocate for their health. Once this happens, we look to living that long, healthy, independent, joyful life that we have long desired.

Unfortunately, when a physician gives the prescription for a lifestyle shift, most patients take the pill. As an integrative and functional nutritionist, I teach my clients that while every pill is a poison, that very pill could save their life.

But it is here that you have to understand your options and that a lifestyle change cannot only prevent and halt disease processes, it can completely reverse the ramifications of years of poor choices.

What I see on a regular basis, regrettably, is a serious disconnect between how to make that happen. I have heard of medical practitioners with little to no nutrition or exercise physiology education prescribing diets and fitness programs to their patients that can be harmful, and certainly not helpful, to their plight.

It is crucial to educate patients in the concept of eating wholesome real food, while understanding that everyone has a calorie budget, especially when weight loss is desired, and that healthy/clean food choices don’t necessarily translate to proper nutrition, nor sustainable weight loss and improved health. sanclementetimes.com

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Whether you are a young adult laying down peak bone mass and trying to perform in school and sport, an 80-year-old senior desiring to maintain independence, or someone in between, appropriate calories, macronutrients (carbohydrates, fat, and protein), micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), and other substances including fiber, antioxidants, phytochemicals and others, are hard to plate up in a nutritious and delicious way.

And, disappointingly, your nutrition influencer is likely restricting food groups and calories, limiting your nutrition, as well as bullying you into believing that you must eat organic, take a basket full of supplements, and that dairy and gluten are the enemies.

Take a deep breath, and let’s have a chat. Our food supply is safe, and the farmers that provide a large portion of your food stuff, feed their families the very foods you are eating. Sadly, with the influx of social media and the internet at your fingertips, your Google searches can prove dangerous to both you and your family.

My suggestions are multifaceted and come in a handful of ideas: 1. Eat food in its most natural state.

2. You cannot outtrain a bad diet. Simply begin a walking program of 150 minutes or more a week to be a healthy human.

3. Have a physical once a year with bloodwork, age/symptom-appropriate preventive screenings/testing, and follow up with a face-to-face visit with your medical practitioner to discuss your situation, considering your personal and family health history.

4. If necessary, seek experts to help you advocate for your health, including specialty physicians, physical therapists, certified fitness professionals, and qualified nutrition experts. You don’t see a dentist for your heart condition, so why would you listen to an actor for their nutrition advice?

Gina Cousineau sees clients virtually and in person out of her San Clemente office.

Her extensive education—a BS in dietetics and MS in integrative and functional nutrition—chef training, and 30-plus years as a fitness professional allow her to help clients lose weight and improve their health.

You can reach her at mamag@mamagslifestyle.com, 949.842.9975, and on Instagram and Facebook @mamagslifestyle. Register for her complimentary weekly newsletter at mamagslifestyle.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.

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Letters to The Editor OUTDOOR DINING FOREVER REGINA CROSBY, San Clemente I am overjoyed to see that the city has been forced to use its prime downtown real estate for something greater than parking cars. Outdoor dining in a coastal town that boasts the best climate in the world? What a concept.

Especially gratifying, because years ago, my business partner and I rented a darling Ole Hanson house on Del Mar and opened The Abode. The house had been a law office for decades, then sat vacant for years.

The front yard was paved over and chained off. We took down the rusty chain and attempted to return the home to its former glory, filling the yard with potted trees, flowers, and a stone Spanish-style water fountain.

We went to the city for a permit to sell espresso and pastries to be enjoyed on small café tables in the front garden.

Surely, they’ll love our vision, right?

Their answer: Remove the plants and fountains off your parking spots now or you’ll be fined. It’s not a garden; it’s parking. The community didn’t get an outdoor café; however, we ignored the command to remove the plants.

We were repeatedly fined by city officials. Eventually, we moved our business elsewhere and gave The Abode away to someone else. Thankfully, The Abode survived on Del Mar, with lots of plants and zero chained-off parking spaces.

Cities are starting to recognize what Europe has long known: cars are ugly, noisy, pollution machines that don’t belong everywhere.

Example from the front page of Santa Barbara’s website: “Santa Barbara is feeling extra European these days thanks to the introduction of the State Street Promenade. The heart of Downtown Santa Barbara’s entertainment and retail district has transformed into an expansive 10-block pedestrian walkway.”

Closing off just two blocks of Del Mar, or at least permanently eliminating (street) parking, should be a no-brainer.

I hope there is new blood in the city who can envision a better downtown. One where our tiny main street isn’t being choked by parking spaces and where humans aren’t forced to dine indoors on a sunny day and stare out at the butts of cars.

DOG BEACH BOB & KATHY REISS, San Clemente So why doesn’t San Clemente have a dog beach?

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common sense. Dog beaches such as Huntington Beach and San Onofre have two important criteria: long and wide beaches with no or minimal human beach uses.

San Clemente has narrow beaches and many human beach users, including our children.

In 2003, the city council voted to initiate the Clean Ocean Fund, which assesses property owners a fee each month on their water bills. This fund is used to keep our beaches and ocean water quality free from pollution.

The Clean Ocean Fund expired in 2020, and it is likely up for renewal among property owners in 2021. Our household has paid over $1,200 since the inception.

Each year, the revenue for the Clean Ocean Fund takes in $2.3 million (as per city website). In the past, we have supported it 100%. However, should the Beaches, Park & Recreation Commission and city council vote to allow a dog beach, we will not vote to support it.

In past years, Heal the Bay has rated two of San Clemente beaches thusly: D for the Pier, and F for Poche Beach.

Why in the world would property owners support the Clean Ocean Fund when our city officials allow dogs on the beach and water line to poop, and many dog owners to not pick up their waste?

Do not poison our ocean further.

ILLEGAL FIREWORKS KAREN OCONNELL, San Clemente Recently, I came face to face with the increasingly disturbing fire risks that exist when a Forster Highlands neighbor, once again, set off fireworks.

Fireworks in my neighborhood have always deeply worried me because of the fire risk and the noise disturbance, but seeing them visually recorded on my security camera, spreading wide and over 50 feet in the air above the large two-story home that sits next to open space hillside made a deep, lasting impression on me.

Policing this issue has not been effective enough—the Sheriff’s Department told me when I reported fireworks over the past three years that they must catch them in the act and that’s hard for them to do.

The use of fireworks is increasing.

Firestorms are a real threat—do you remember the amount of fires last year?

Research shows where neighbors get to know neighbors, where people work together to keep their neighborhoods safe, life becomes easier, more enjoyable and safer for the community.

I am inviting you to brainstorm solutions with me.

My goal is to improve the compliance on illegal fireworks through making genuine, neighbor-to-neighbor friendly, reasonable communication.

One possible option to consider is a neighborhood watch program through the city within the Crime Prevention

department. I contacted Lisa LeBron, who heads this department. She advised me on ways neighbors can organize.

Many residents also have HOAs. I am going to my HOA board meeting to ask for their support in helping me find others who want to join me in problem-solving the illegal use of fireworks to create a safer community.

I by no means have all the answers here.

But as I begin to imagine what is possible, I know if others are willing to join me in brainstorming options, we can make an important difference. Do you have helpful ideas? Are you interested? karenoconnell@mac.com.

SC SAYS GOODBYE TO TCA, ALMOST JERRY COLLAMER, San Clemente There’s a movement on our city council to ditch TCA, removing us from TCA’s JPA (Joint Powers Authority) agreement after decades of TCA scheming to shove their useless toll road down our throats.

What conscious resident of San Clemente, after what TCA has put us through for decades, could possibly think staying with TCA is a good idea?

And, yes, for 25 years, there were majorities on our city council working to allow TCA to run amok here.

To pave a needless toll road through our state park, or pave it straight down Pico? “Just Pave It,” they shouted.

But those old voices are thankfully gone, except (there’s always an exception) today.

There’s still one on council who thinks TCA’s scheming to ruin San Clemente is OK. Four councilmembers want out of TCA’s evil, misguided grip, except for one, still gulping TCA’s toll road Kool-Aid. A foul concoction, indeed.

Dump TCA now. For the good of San Clemente.

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before the show, and all vehicles must be in place 15 minutes before showtime.

Parking is first-come, first-served. Vista Hermosa Sports Park, 987 Avenida Vista Hermosa, San Clemente. 949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

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SATURDAY | 17 VINTAGE POP-UP MARKET 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The San Juan Capistrano Historical Society is hosting a vintage pop-up market on Los Rios Street. There will be vintage crafts and other goods, so come on down and enjoy the fresh air on one of San Juan Capistrano’s most historic streets. The O’Neill Museum, 31831 Los Rios Street, San Juan Capistrano.

949.493.8444. sjchistoricalsociety.com.

DRIVE-IN MOVIE ON THE MEADOWS 7:30-9 p.m. The city, along with Envi-

Editor’s Pick Photo: Fred Swegles

SUNDAY | 18 FARM AID FUNDRAISER AND OPEN HOUSE 3-6 p.m. Spend an afternoon on the farm in support of SC Urban Farms’ mission to provide healthy food to the community and those in need. The nonprofit organization, located at private golf club Bella Collina San Clemente, is hosting the fundraiser and free open house, where guests can enjoy food, drinks and music while also learning about the farm through tours. SC Urban Farms, 200 Avenida La Pata, San Clemente. 949.498.7207. sanclementeurbanfarms.com.

ronmental, is bringing The Lorax to the meadows at Vista Hermosa Sports Park for a drive-in movie night. Admission is $15 per vehicle. Each parking spot will

be marked in advance and have 6 feet of distance on both sides. Pre-registration for vehicles is required through the city’s website. Parking will open 90 minutes

THIS SACRED EARTH 7 p.m. The Jewish Justice Advocates and the Jewish Collaborative of Orange County will host this virtual seminar entitled “This Sacred Earth: The Climate Crisis …

What’s Real and What We Can Do?” Professor Jeremy Kagan of the Climate Reality Project will lead the lecture on how to fulfill the covenant as Earth’s stewards.

For more information on where and how to register for this seminar on Zoom, contact Carol Singer at 949.275.3552.

Temple Beth El of South Orange County, 2A Liberty, Aliso Viejo.

BACKYARD OPEN MIC NIGHT AT KNUCKLEHEADS 8-10 p.m. Knuckleheads’ backyard is open for food, drinks and live music. Performers of all skill levels are welcome. If you are a musician, do stand-up comedy or the 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.

Live Music Returns to The Coach House

BY COLLIN BREAUX, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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fter more than a year of having to close its doors to public in-person concerts, the show is back on at one of South Orange County’s most popular music venues.

Musical performances returned to The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano this past weekend with concerts by Karly Moreno on Friday, April 9, and by Jason Feddy on Saturday, April 10.

Indoor concerts and other indoor events with limitations were given the green light to resume in California starting this month, as long as an area is not in the purple “widespread” risk tier of the state’s COVID-19 metric monitoring system.

Orange County is currently in the orange “moderate” risk tier, with cases continuing to plummet and vaccinations increasing. Besides some livestreamed shows that were not open to in-person audiences, The Coach House hadn’t had San Clemente Times April 15-21, 2021

Kicking off The Coach House’s Dinner and Drink Service nights, Karly Moreno performs to a socially distanced audience on Friday, April 9. Photo: Collin Breaux

any concerts or events throughout the pandemic.

“I figure it’s time they let us open,” owner Gary Folgner said.

The Coach House is officially operating

as a restaurant for the time being, as this past weekend’s performances were called Dinner and Drink Service nights. Under the orange tier, inside dining at restaurants allows only 50% capacity.

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The venue will likely continue having local musical acts play until the end of the month, with the latest performances serving as a test run of sorts. Folgner said they are looking at getting national acts back after that and are working to confirm those dates, noting things are “up in the air” at the moment.

National acts, including Buckcherry, The 5th Dimension and The Spinners, were scheduled to play The Coach House in 2020 before the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic. Despite attempts to have some outdoor events, it wasn’t able to work out the logistics for such.

Dinner reservations for the shows are required, and The Coach House will be following health guidelines. Call the box office at 949.496.8930 to book a reservation, and visit thecoachhouse.com for more information.

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| By Fred Swegles

TWO ‘SCENIC ROADS’ THAT NEVER CAME TO BE W hat if we had a two-lane road, instead of the Beach Trail, running from North Beach around Mariposa Point to the pier?

Fifty years ago, I wrote an article for the Daily Sun-Post announcing the city’s proposal to build a “scenic beach road.”

We published a rather simple photo illustration, showing how a 40-foot-wide road might look, perched on top of a crib wall that the city would build onto the side of the bluff.

“We feel it’s expensive but feasible,” City Engineer Phil Peter told the city council.

The mile-long road would have offered one lane in each direction and parallel parking. The “scenic drive” would have been about halfway up the bluff, commanding a spectacular view maybe 40 feet above the railroad tracks.

The cost was estimated at $2.3 million including excavation, the crib wall, landfill and acquisition of about four acres of bluff property from homeowners.

A major obstacle, officials said, was a big condominium project that was then being planned along Corto Lane. It COASTLINES was to extend partBY FRED SWEGLES way down the bluff, possibly forcing the scenic road there to “descend within 20 feet of the railroad’s right of way.”

Although the high cost was a concern of the city council, city staff predicted the road could pay for itself over a 10-year period if the city charged a 25-cent toll for using the road and placed 514 parking meters along the way.

MIXED REACTIONS Planning commissioners voiced mixed reactions. Then parks commissioners declared a loud “no.”

Supporters said the road could be a boon to tourism, offering freeway motorists a scenic view of the ocean that couldn’t be seen from I-5.

“A thing like this, in my opinion, would gain a recognition in a sense like Big Sur,” Peter told commissioners. “People would want to drive it.”

Commissioners opined that the scenic drive would lure freeway users off I-5, taking Avenida Pico to Boca de la Playa at North Beach, leading to a coastal experience taking visitors to the pier and introducing them to our Avenida Del Mar business district.

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As I wrote in 1995, Ayer told the city council that the main problem 32 years earlier was that cost of the road “was evidently more than the city’s population of 5,000 wanted to bear.”

A stretch of San Clemente beach— south of T-Street to state-owned beaches—was private back then. The beach would need to have been purchased by the city, then the cost of the road.

Two measures were placed before voters—purchase the private beach for the public and to build the road. The beach purchase was approved overwhelmingly; the road was nixed.

This sketch of a road concept presented to San Clemente’s city council in 1971 is from a clipping of the front page of the Daily Sun-Post to illustrate an article titled “Scenic Bluff Road Unveiled.”

Clementeans wouldn’t want to have to pay to drive the road or be double-charged by paying parking meters on it to use the beach. And they wondered if the tourist road would lead to traffic congestion on Avenida Del Mar.

beach parking and safe pedestrian RR crossings at intervals.

“All out-of-town automobiles will be subject to an admission fee of $1 per day, which includes parking,” a newspaper account reported. “Homeowners and permanent renters of San Clemente will be allowed a yearly pass costing between $5 and $10 per year. There will be no charge for use of the beach by pedestrians. However, a one-hour parking limit should be imposed on all streets within two blocks of the beachfront.”

The Ayer brothers suggested bond funding to build the road and installation of 672 parking meters along the way.

The road proposal was rejected by San Clemente voters. The concept resurfaced, only briefly, in 1995 while the city was considering building a beach boardwalk between North Beach and Calafia Beach.

SQUELCHING THE IDEA The city council, skeptical of the costs and obstacles, abandoned the idea after parks commissioners lambasted it as “stupid,”“silly” and “ridiculous.”

Parks commissioners said it would destroy the beauty of San Clemente’s coastline and could face legal challenges, right-of-way acquisition disagreement and high construction costs.

This wasn’t, however, the first beachfront road that San Clemente had considered.

ROAD FROM CALAFIA TO LINDA LANE? In 1963, the city hired local engineers Bill and Eugene Ayer to study the feasibility to build a coastal road from Calafia Beach to Linda Lane Beach, including

COULD IT BE RESURRECTED? Patricia Ayer, whose late husband, Eugene, co-authored the 1963 engineering study, presented the extensive study to the city, suggesting it be revisited.

This cross section from a 1963 study detailed in the newspaper depicts, from left, the railroad tracks, a road on the beach, a concession stand and the sandy beach.

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BEACH PARKING AT THE BOOKENDS While the road from Calafia to Linda Lane never came to be, parking lots eventually were developed at each end.

The city created a grassy park with a beach parking lot in Linda Lane Canyon.

Back then, Calafia Beach also was an undeveloped canyon entrance to a beach.

The city, the county and the state parks department entered into a cooperative agreement to establish Calafia Beach Park.

I came across a 1968 Sun-Post article that might raise your eyebrows. It never got anywhere.

LINDA LANE PARKING STRUCTURE? “Three levels of parking decks accommodating a total of 660 cars and a park facility at the beach are parts of a new concept proposed for Linda Lane Canyon,” the article said.

Proponents suggested that a parking structure would be much better use of the footprint than surface parking, offering more than three times as much parking than a surface lot. The structure would not disturb homeowners’ ocean views, the proponents suggested, “as the parking levels would not rise higher than 40 feet from the bottom of the canyon.”

EPILOGUE City councilmembers referred the Linda Lane idea to the city engineer for a feasibility study and cost estimates. But I didn’t find any follow-up articles, and I don’t recall any idea for a Linda Lane parking structure from the time I began my Sun-Post tenure in 1970.

Fred Swegles grew up in San Clemente before the freeway. He has 50 years’ reporting experience in the city and can be reached at fswegles@picketfencemedia.com. SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SC Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared. The opinions expressed in these columns are entirely those of the columnist alone and do not reflect those of the SC Times or Picket Fence Media. If you would like to respond to this column, please email us at editorial@sanclementetimes.com.

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GUEST OPINION | Wellness & Prevention by Susan Parmelee

HELPING YOUTH THRIVE L ast month, I wrote about a few of the outstanding youth leaders in South Orange County. While profiling these youth, I took time to reflect on the qualities they have that help them follow their passions and make a difference in their communities.

And even more importantly, how adults can help foster these qualities among young people.

These teens come from different cultures, have a wide range of talents, and seem to share one trait: a strong sense of self-efficacy.

Albert Bandura, known for his research in social cognitive theory, defines self-efficacy as “the beliefs a person holds regarding their power to affect situations.”

Overwhelmingly, the young people we profiled believed they are capable of making change and that they have the freedom to follow their passions.

As independent and strong as these young people are, they also benefit from adults who create the environment that allows for them to develop self-efficacy.

The benefits of adults supporting youth in building self-efficacy include a lower risk for addiction, a reduced chance for serious mental illness, and a higher likelihood of healthier futures.

Adults are key to fostering self-efficacy in youth. Some ways we can foster this trait include helping young people gain life skills, carefully using praise and correction, and through modeling positive behaviors and optimism.

It is essential that youth are given the chance to fail and to learn from their mistakes. From an early age, adults can give youth a chance to try age-appropriate tasks that help them gain independence.

For a young child, this might be putting away toys or putting dirty clothes into the hamper. For a teen, this might include

planning, shopping, and preparing family meals, changing the tire on their car (even if it is not flat), or opening and managing a bank account and debit card.

Providing praise for the process and hard work required by these tasks, while offering support for mistakes, reinforces this skill building.

A key component of Bandura’s research was watching how primates responded to social cues. This WELLNESS & ties closely into how PREVENTION we praise and correct

BY SUSAN PARMELEE youth and their ability to move forward based upon this feedback.

Generalized praise, like “great job,” “you’re so smart,” or “you aced that,” do little to improve a strong sense of self.

However, praising the process reinforces the steps that led to success.

“I watched how you tried that skateboard trick over and over until you could do it without falling.” Or,“I bet that test was easier, because you completed all of your homework assignments for that unit.”

Praising the process and the hard work proves to a young person that they have the skills to succeed.

Finally, all of our highlighted youth leaders exhibited optimism, even with the difficulties the past year has presented.

A leader in positive psychology, Martin Seligman’s research is based upon the premise that a positive outlook improves well-being. Basically, an optimistic approach to life leads to better health.

Our children learn best from the modeled behavior of the trusted adults in their lives. Parents who have an optimistic outlook on life are more likely to have optimistic children. Optimistic children are

Contributor: San Clemente Historical Society

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Fishing was good off the shores of San Clemente on this day, circa late 1930s.

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.

more likely to have a sense of self-efficacy.

One of my favorite positive psychology resources is the Greater Good Science Center. It has a vast store of information for parenting, daily living, and healthy habits.

Please visit our website wpc-oc.org and sign up for our bi-monthly eNews, in which we send wellness tips and information about events that support teen and family health and event information.

This month, the Wellness & Prevention Center has partnered with the Outlets at San Clemente, the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce, and Community Outreach

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Alliance to hold a series of workshops on job skills and a summer job fair for youth.

For more information, click on the link in the online version of this column.

Susan Parmelee is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Executive Director of the Wellness & Prevention Center: wpc-oc.org.

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GUEST OPINION | Life’s a Beach by Shelley Murphy

The Crossroads of College Admission: Safety, Target or Dream?

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ast week, college admissions officials delighted and devastated countless hopeful students in the class of 2025 when they announced their final acceptances, rejections, and wait lists.

The next defining moment for college-bound kids is National College Decision Day on May 1. Students have until then to decide on the school they will attend and pay the enrollment deposit (the Ivy League deadline is May 3).

The May date marks the end of the stressful, painstaking odyssey for many high school seniors— and parents.

The Classes of 2021, and 2020, saw their already complicated college admissions process upended by COVID-19.

LIFE’S A BEACH In response to the

BY SHELLEY MURPHY pandemic, more than 600 four-year colleges abandoned standardized SAT and ACT scores for applicants.

Eliminating the college entrance exam rite of passage led to an avalanche of applications to selective sought-after universities.

According to the New York Times, Harvard received more than 57,000 applications for its class of 2025, an increase of 42% from the previous year.

Granted, not every student’s dream school is Harvard University. Nonetheless, scores of students snarled in the college application queue learn the same difficult lesson of rejection.

Both my boys spent their summers between the junior and senior year of high school laboring over college applications, essays, and resumes.

Their paths to college differed, but they both rode the rollercoaster of highest highs and lowest lows.

My kids created categorical college application lists, including the obligatory safety, target and reach or dream schools.

For those spared this agonizing and anxiety-provoking process, I’ll explain: a safety school offers a reasonable certainty of admission; a target college presents a pretty good shot at entrance; and a reach or dream university is a longshot at enrollment.

My older son applied to many schools but clung to one college—his dream school.

At the time, his application checked many of the college’s boxes, and he participated

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in a positive on-campus interview.

Back then, my son spent months in limbo hoping for a text, email, or letter from said college, and I developed an unhealthy love-hate relationship with my mailbox.

The excruciating wait came to an unceremonious end one afternoon, when my mail carrier delivered a thin envelope bearing the college’s return address.

My son’s story is shared by countless students. It’s a timeless tale, one beginning with hope and enthusiasm and ending with the words, “Your application was outstanding; however …”

The sharp sting of rejection hit my son hard. I remember trying to comfort him by reciting the list of billionaires, business leaders and best-selling authors rejected from their dream schools.

But questioning why a college takes one kid and not another, with seemingly the same qualifications, is inexplicable.

It’s a phenomenon deserving of the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Today, I thank that college for its callous admission decision. I know my son could’ve triumphed at that school, but he wouldn’t be the man he is today had they not denied him.

He wouldn’t have his friends, his career, or his grit.

My son’s success in college came from what he did during his four years, not the university’s Princeton Review ranking.

He participated in campus organizations, enjoyed an active Greek life, and forged forever friendships—just as he’d dreamed.

The path from college applications to acceptances is paved with blood, sweat, and tears.

A university might have the final word in enrollment, but its decision is not the end of the road.

Years ago, on a spring day, my son committed to a safety school that turned out to be the college of his dreams, and I can’t imagine it any other way.

For more than 20 years, Shelley Murphy and her husband have lived in San Clemente, where she raised her two sons. She’s a freelance writer and has been a contributor to the San Clemente Times since 2006. 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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TRITON REPORT

BY ZACH CAVANAGH, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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SCHS FOOTBALL HOSTS MISSION VIEJO FOR LEAGUE TITLE It’s the game both sides always have circled.

It’s the season finale. It’s the South Coast League championship game. It’s San Clemente-Mission Viejo.

And in this season, which was delayed twice by the coronavirus pandemic and pushed from last August to this March, then opened with lists of restrictions and COVID-19 testing, the latest edition between the two 4-0 teams is more special than ever.

“I kind of joked that every game this season is a gift,” San Clemente coach Jaime Ortiz said, “and that this Friday, both teams get Christmas.”

San Clemente hosts Mission Viejo on Friday, April 16, and it will be the first game for the Diablos at Thalassa Stadium since the Tritons pulled off their historic upset in 2018. That win was the first for San Clemente over Mission Viejo since 1999 and loosened the Diablos’ viselike grip on the South Coast League.

Friday’s game will be broadcast on Fox Sports Prep Zone, with kickoff at 7 p.m.

You can find Prep Zone on the Fox Sports Go app or by going to foxsports.com/ west/prep-zone-stream.

Mission Viejo reclaimed the title last season, but since Chad Johnson’s hiring as Mission Viejo’s head coach prior to the 2018 season and San Clemente beating Mission Viejo in Johnson’s first entry into this series, the rivalry has only grown between the two South Orange County public school powers.

“I think it’s a great rivalry,” Ortiz said.

“Iron sharpens iron. They make us better, and we make them better. At the end of the day, someone is going to win, and someone is going to lose. It’s two of the great public school programs in Orange County that are always highly ranked in the county. It’s a great matchup.”

Both programs have been impressive in this unprecedented season, and both have particularly been strong in their first two league games over San Juan Hills and Tesoro.

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San Clemente football will once again square off with Mission Viejo for the South Coast League championship. The Tritons will host the Diablos for the first time since San Clemente’s historic, streak-snapping win over Mission Viejo in 2018. Photo: Alan Gibby/Zone57

speed and size on display, with a combined 328 yards and six touchdowns on 37 carries in two South Coast League games.

“A lot of times in that senior year, things just click,” Ortiz said.“And for him, he’s always been such a big, strong athlete. He’s owned the running back position after working hard in the offseason. He’s learned his reads and knows his cuts much better.”

Bohls opened league with a career-high 177 yards and matched career highs in touchdowns (three) and carries (16) in a 35-7 win at San Juan Hills. Bohls then followed up with 151 yards and another three-touchdown night that set a new career high with 21 carries in a 35-17 win at Tesoro.

San Clemente has scored 35 points in three of its four games this season and put up 41 points against Aliso Niguel. After allowing 24 points to Capistrano Valley in the season opener, the Tritons have only allowed 31 points over the past three games.

However, Mission Viejo is a different animal than the teams San Clemente has taken on this season.

The Diablos have yet to be truly tested on the field this season, racking up a 55-6 win over a 1-3 Oak Hills of Hesperia and a 38-14 win over an 0-3 Upland team before posting league victories over Tesoro, 44-13, and San Juan Hills, 49-14.

That’s not to say Mission Viejo hasn’t faced adversity. The Diablos’ toughest scheduled nonleague game, the season opener against La Habra, was canceled after a positive coronavirus test in the

Mission Viejo program. The Diablos then had to scramble to find an opponent the following week, when Trabuco Hills canceled its scheduled nonleague game due to injuries. Mission Viejo played Oak Hills that week on short notice.

Despite those difficulties, the Mission Viejo offense has soared behind the leadership of sophomore quarterback Kadin Semonza. In four games, Semonza has completed 74.7% of his passes for 1,056 yards and 15 touchdowns with only one interception. Semonza has used a talented trio of receivers in sophomore Mikey Matthews and seniors Mavin Anderson and Joshua Welles. Matthews leads that pack with 30 receptions for 381 yards and seven touchdowns.

Mission Viejo’s strong defensive line will key on Bohls, but it will be up to San Clemente junior quarterback Lachlan van Rosmalen to manage the game, Ortiz said.

Van Rosmalen will have to rely on his favorite targets of senior Anthony Hall and BYUbound Bentley Redden to get the passing game working and create space for Bohls.

San Clemente senior Kanious Vaughn will be key to disrupting the Mission Viejo pass attack, as the 6-foot-2, 220-pound defensive end gets one last shot on this biggest stage to sway college scouts.

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Championship season will finally

return to the CIF-Southern Section this school year.

Following updated guidelines from the California Department of Public Health last week that allowed competitions between teams from any part of the state, the CIF-SS announced on Monday, April 12, that it would conduct section championships for team sports in Season 2.

These sports are baseball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls lacrosse, boys and girls soccer, softball, boys and girls team tennis, boys volleyball and boys and girls dual meet wrestling.

All playoff competitions are currently scheduled to take place at home sites, rather than one championship location.

CIF-SS is still working on approvals for almost all of its individual sports—boys and girls golf, boys and girls swimming, boys and girls individual tennis and boys and girls track and field—but because those sports have championship events where multiple schools attend one central location, there are more hoops to jump through.

The only sport denied a championship season will be boys and girls individual wrestling, as the sport has been unable to conduct tournaments this season, with no plans for league finals. The CDPH guidelines still forbade any individual wrestling tournaments because of the sports’ high contact and the gathering of multiple teams. SC sanclementetimes.com

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PUBLIC NOTICES TO ADVERTISE: 949.388.7700, EXT. 111 • LEGALS@PICKETFENCEMEDIA.COM PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20216601874 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: O’NEIL PRODUCTIONS 3024 CALLE JUAREZ SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92673 Full Name of Registrant(s): CHERYL O’NEIL 3024 CALLE JUAREZ 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/ CHERYL O’NEIL This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 04/07/2021.

Published in: San Clemente Times April 15, 22, 29, May 6, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DANIEL S. CHEMOTTI, aka DANIEL STEVEN CHEMOTTI, aka DANIEL CHEMOTTI CASE# 30-2021-01182393-PR-PL-CJC To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will and or estate, or both, of DANIEL S. CHEMOTTI, aka DANIEL STEVEN CHEMOTTI, aka DANIEL CHEMOTTI A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MONICA E. TOSCHI in the Superior Court of California, County of ORANGE. The PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MONICA E. TOSCHI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: a. May 19, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. in Dept: C08. b. (1) Appearance at the hearing must be by video remote using the Court’s designated Video platform; (2) Go to the Court’s website at http://www. occourts.org/media-relations/probate-mental-health.html to appear for probate hearings and for remote hearing instructions; (3) If you have difficulty connecting to your remote hearing, call 657-622-8278 for assistance.

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the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (Form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA 92675 This business is conducted by a CA Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 05/04/2020 /s/THE RURAL HEALTH FOUNDATION, INC., CHAD HART/SECRETARY AND TREASURER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 4/05/2021.

Published in: San Clemente Times April 15, 22, 29, May 6, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20216600702 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BATL 301 CALLE FIESTA SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672 Full Name of Registrant(s): GONZALO GALLARDO 301 CALLE FIESTA SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672 SABRINA GALLARDO 301 CALLE FIESTA SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672 This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A /s/ GONZALO GALLARDO, GONZALO GALLARDO/GENERAL PARTNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 03/26/2021.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 21FL000038 To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Ikzel Anahi Perez Vazquez on behalf of Isaiah Armani Ordunez, a minor, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Isaiah Armani Ordunez PROPOSED NAME A. Isaiah Armani Perez Vazquez The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court of the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objective is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing Date: 05/07/2021 Time: 01:30 p.m. Dept: L72 Window: Remote. The address of the court is: Lamoreaux Justice Center, 341 The City Drive S, Orange, CA, 92868. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Clemente Times Date: February 3, 2021 JUDGE LEE L. GABRIEL, Judge of the Superior Court Published: San Clemente Times April 15, 22, 29, May 6, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): BRIAN SCOTT KELLEY, an individual; SANDRA MARIE KELLEY, an individual; and DOES 1-25 inclusive.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): REDBACK INDUSTRIES, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

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

PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20216601501 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE CABRILLO FOUNDATION 32332 CAMINO CAPISTRANO, SUITE 102 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA 92675 Full Name of Registrant(s): THE RURAL HEALTH FOUNDATION, INC 32332 CAMINO CAPISTRANO, SUITE 102

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¡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): 30-2020-01175199-CL-BC-CJC Judge Corey S. Cramin The name and address of the court is: (El Nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of California, County of Orange 700 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701 The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff ’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del obogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): NEWMEYER & DILLION LLP Amtoj S. Randhawa, CBN 301360 895 Dove Street, 5th Floor, Newport Beach, CA 92660 (949) 854-7000 DATE: (Fecha) 03/23/2021 David H. Yamasaki, Clerk of the Court, by (Secretario) Muricio Luna, Deputy Clerk (Adjunto) Published: San Clemente Times April 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021

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PUBLIC NOTICES TO ADVERTISE: 949.388.7700, EXT. 111 • LEGALS@PICKETFENCEMEDIA.COM PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2021-01191305-CU-PT-CJC To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Nadine Frances Swartz: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Nadine Frances Swartz PROPOSED NAME A. Nickie F. Swartz The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court of the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objective is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing Date: 05/19/2021 Time: 08:30 a.m. Dept.: D100 Room: Remote Appearance. The address of the court is Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive, Santa Ana, CA 92701. For remote hearing instructions, go to the Court’s website at www.occourts.org; click on the “COVID-19” button; click on the “Civil” button; click on the “Remote Hearing Instructions” button. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county San Clemente Times Date: 3/23/2021 JUDGE LAYNE H. MELZER, Judge of the Superior Court Published: San Clemente Times, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): MICHAEL BUESCHING and YUNIS BUESCHING and DOES 1 TO 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): THNC INDUSTRIES, INC., dba SERVPRO OF LAGUNA BEACH/ DANA POINT/ COSTA MESA/ ANAHEIM WEST NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

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

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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.

PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2021-01188832 To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Julian Edward Gormley; filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Julian Edward Gormley PROPOSED NAME A. Julian Edward Gonzalez The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court of the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objective is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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

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

¡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.

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

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

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

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

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

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or Names listed above on: N/A /s/NATHALIE NESTOR/NATHALIE NESTOR, OWNER/MANAGER This statement was filed with the Orange County Clerk-Recorder On 03/08/21 Publish: San Clemente Times March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 2021

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EMAIL legals@picketfencemedia.com CALL 949.388.7700, ext. 111 PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2021-01188946 To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Jared Rudolph Gonzales; filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Jared Rudolph Gonzales PROPOSED NAME A. Jarryd Rudolph Gonzales The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court of the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objective is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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

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

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PUBLIC NOTICES TO ADVERTISE: 949.388.7700, EXT. 111 • LEGALS@PICKETFENCEMEDIA.COM PUBLIC NOTICE SECTION 00100 NOTICE INVITING BIDS FERRIC TANK REPLACEMENT Project No. 24200 1. Notice. Public notice is hereby given that the City of San Clemente (“City”) will receive sealed bids for the following project: Ferric Tank Replacement, Project No. 24200 2. Bid Opening Date. Electronic bids must be submitted prior to 5:00 p.m. on Monday April 26, 2021, on the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal, at which time or thereafter bids will be opened and made available online. Bids received after this time will be considered non-responsive. Prospective bidders must first register as a vendor and then bid on this project via the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal website at www.san-clemente.org/ vendorbids.

3. Project Scope of Work. Work to be done will consist of furnishing all materials, equipment and tools, labor, and incidentals as required by the plans, specifications, and contract documents for the FERRIC TANK REPLACEMENT, City Project No. 24200 in the City of San Clemente 4. Contract Time: The work must be completed within [60] working days from the date specified in the written Notice to Proceed.

5. License and Registration Requirements.

5.1. State License. Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 3300, the City has determined that the Contractor shall possess a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): [Class “A” California State Contracting License]. Failure to possess the specified license(s) at the time of bid opening shall render the bid as non-responsive and shall act as a bar to award the contract to that non-responsive bidder.

5.2. Department of Industrial Relations Registration. Pursuant to California Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”). No bid will be accepted nor any contract entered into without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the DIR to perform public work. If awarded a contract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with the DIR for the duration of the Project.

5.3. City Business License. Prior to the Notice to Proceed for this contract, the Contractor shall possess a valid City of San Clemente business license.

6. Contract Documents. Bid documents, including instructions to bidders, bidder proposal form, and specifications (not including other documents incorporated by reference) may be downloaded, at no cost, from the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal website at www.san-clemente.org/vendorbids. Bidders must first register as a vendor on the City of San Clemente PlanetBids system to view and download the Contract Documents, to be added to the prospective bidders list, and to receive addendum notifications when issued.

7. Bid Proposal and Security.

7.1. Bid Proposal Form. No bid will be received unless it is made on a proposal form furnished by the City.

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7.2. Bid Security. Each bid proposal must be accompanied by security in the form of cash, certified check, cashier’s check, or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid amount. Personal checks or company checks are not acceptable forms of bid security. All certified and cashier’s checks must be drawn on a responsible bank doing business in the United States and shall be made payable to THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE. Bid bonds must be issued by a surety company licensed to do business in the State of California and must be made payable to THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE. Bids not accompanied by the required bid security will be rejected.

For electronic submittal of bids, the bid security must be received at the City of San Clemente Public Works office, 910 Calle Negocio, Suite 100, San Clemente, CA 92673 no later than the bid opening date and time. The bid security must be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing the name and address of the bidder, and the outside of the envelope must read as follows: OFFICIAL BID SECURITY - DO NOT OPEN Project Name: Ferric Tank Replacement Project Bid #: 24200 Bid Opening Date: April 26, 2021 The bid security shall serve as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into a contract. Such guarantee shall be forfeited should the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter into the contract within 15 calendar days after written notification that the contract has been awarded to the successful bidder.

8. Prevailing Wage Requirements.

each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Bonds are to be secured from a surety that meets all of the State of California bonding requirements, as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, and is admitted by the State of California.

11. Pre-Bid Meeting. A pre-bid meeting will be held for this bid solicitation. The meeting will take place at 10:00 a.m. on April 14th at the Water Reclamation Plant, near Building “N”, 380 Avenida Pico, San Clemente, CA. The meeting will take place outdoors, at the location of the decommissioned Ferric Tank. Please enter the plant at the east entrance.

Refer to the Instructions to Bidders section on how to submit any pre-bid questions.

12. Instructions to Bidders. Additional and more detailed information is provided in Section 00200, Instructions to Bidders, which should be carefully reviewed by all bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.

13. Questions. All questions related to this bid solicitation must be submitted through the City’s PlanetBids System Vendor Portal per the information provided in the Instructions to Bidders. Any other contact to City staff regarding this bid solicitation will be referred back to the PlanetBids system.

THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS, TO AWARD ALL OR ANY INDIVIDUAL PART/ ITEM OF THE BID, AND TO WAIVE ANY INFORMALITIES, IRREGULARITIES OR TECHNICAL DEFECTS IN SUCH BIDS OR IN THE BID-

8.1. General. This project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

DING PROCESS. ANY CONTRACT AWARDED WILL BE LET TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AS DETERMINED FROM THE BASE BID ALONE. Dated: March 30, 2021,

City of San Clemente Public Works Department 910 Calle Negocio San Clemente, CA 92673 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20216600114 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WORKING CLASS PUNX 226 AVENIDA VICTORIA SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672-4155 Full Name of Registrant(s): ERICA SCHMIDBAUER 226 AVENIDA VICTORIA SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672-4155 This business is conducted by an individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/01/2010 /s/ERICA SCHMIDBAUER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 3/22/2021.

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8.2. Rates. Prevailing rates are available online at www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR and also available at the Office of the City Clerk and the Office of the City Engineer Department Office at 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, CA 92673. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

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8.3. Compliance Monitoring. Pursuant to California Labor Code Section 1771.4, all bidders are hereby notified that this project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the California Department of Industrial Relations. In bidding on this project, it shall be the Bidder’s sole responsibility to evaluate and include the cost of complying with all labor compliance requirements under this contract and applicable law in its bid.

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9. Retention. Pursuant to the contract for this project, five percent (5%) of each progress payment will be retained as security for completion of the balance of the work.

Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300. Refer to the contract for further clarification.

10. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder, simultaneously with execution of the contract, will be required to provide Faithful Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds,

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SC SURF

Choose Your Summer Surfboard Wisely With World-Renowned Shapers in Our Backyard, Shopping Local Is a Great Idea

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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he first south swells of the year have graced our shores, water temps have begrudgingly inched up a degree or two, spring break is in the rearview mirror, and all that means summer can’t be far off.

It also means that it’s the perfect time to get an order in for a new board or two before the upcoming warm-water season.

Last week, Carissa Moore and Italo Ferreira won the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup in dominant, statement-making fashion.

Under Carissa’s feet was a board shaped

by Matt Biolos. Under Italo’s feet was a board designed by Timmy Patterson.

Both are local shapers based in San Clemente, and while they’re expert craftsmen sought out by the world’s best surfers, they also make ridiculously fun boards for the everyday surfer.

And it’s not just Biolos and Patterson.

San Clemente’s industrious “Surfboard Ghetto” alone is home to a number of world-class shapers. And a little further

Italo Ferreira flies high on his Timmy Patterson shape en route to a big win at the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup last week. Photo: Courtesy of WSL/Matt Dunbar

north up PCH, artisans such as Tyler Warren and Gary Larson at Hobie epitomize what it means to build beautiful wave-riding craft.

Whether you’re buying a board straight off the rack or are interested in going the custom route, to have that kind of access to that kind of equipment is something to celebrate.

I recently stopped by the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center in San Clemente, and next door to them are the good people at Catch Surf. Behind their building was a mound of cardboard boxes from what I would assume was a recent shipment of new foam boards from its overseas factory.

“Brands like Wavestorm and Catch Surf, among others, are produced in Agit Global’s 75,000 square-foot Taiwan factory,” reported Surfline’s Dashel Pierson in April 2019.

Mystery solved. Now, I’m not saying

that all foam boards are bad—even though I’ve come to loathe Costco’s Wavestorms—kids are learning on them, guys are charging Pipe on them, and they don’t hurt when they hit you in the face.

There are all kinds of upsides to having a foam board or two in your quiver. I have several, in fact.

But as I drove away from the Catch Surf offices, I was struck by the contrast between these mass-produced joy machines and the expertly crafted blades that are made within a 5- or 10-mile radius. And I guess that’s my point this week; when it comes to picking out a new surfboard for summer, there is no shortage of choices.

If it’s a user-friendly, durable, ride-anything kind of board you’re after, there are lots of interesting options in the foam board space. But there are also a lot of amazing surfboard shapers, glassers and

sanders who live in our community and benefit from local support.

As evidenced by Moore’s and Ferreira’s performances in Australia last week, they literally make the boards that world champions ride—which means they’ll work just fine for your marathon Trestles sessions.

And by supporting your local shaper, not only are you putting money back into the area’s surf community, you’re helping ensure that the tradition of surfboard building lives on for another generation.

This area has a long and distinguished history of surfboard construction. Heck, if it wasn’t for Grubby Clark and Hobie Alter back in the day, who knows what we’d all be riding today?

Over the years, those early, first-generation shapers—including Patterson’s father and uncle, Ronald and Raymond, who were employed by Hobie—honed their skills and were able to pass that knowledge along to current shapers such as Timmy.

Meanwhile, Biolos, who was born in nearby Orange, was adopted by some of the key players in the local shaping community, who helped foster his emerging talents.

If surfboards are going to keep evolving and getting even more fun to ride, somebody has to design and build them, and while you might just be ordering a new board for summer, that investment could help ignite the career of the next great local shaper.

Jake Howard is local surfer and freelance writer who lives in San Clemente. A former editor at Surfer Magazine, The Surfer’s Journal and ESPN, today he writes for a number of publications, including Picket Fence Media, Surfline and the World Surf League. He also works with philanthropic organizations such as the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center and the Positive Vibe Warriors Foundation. SC

SURF FORECAST

GROM OF THE WEEK

AVERY MCDONALD

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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isplaying a new endorsement sticker on her board, Avery McDonald of San Clemente went on a roll last week at USA Surfing’s Prime Series event.

Held in fun 2- to 3-foot surf at Church, she battled her way through the highly competitive Girls Under-16 division, surfing her way into the Final, where she took a very respectable fourth place.

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Avery McDonald. Photo: Courtesy of USA Surfing / Kurt Steinmetz

recently announced that she’d joined the team at Monster Energy. The surf team already boasts a wildly talented roster, including world tour star and local hero Griffin Colapinto, as well as Brazilian

high-fliers Filipe Toledo and Yago Dora.

One of only a handful of young women on Monster’s surf program, the new partnership is a huge chance for both McDonald and Monster to push the sport ever forward.

McDonald has also been grinding through NSSA events with much success.

From making the finals at the West Coast Regionals a few weeks back to a big win up in Santa Cruz, when contests finally resumed in February, she’s a constant threat no matter what division she’s entered or in which surf spot she’s paddled out to compete.

Only 13 years old, good things are happening for McDonald, and there are sure to be more to celebrate in the not-too-distant future. SC Page 22

Water Temperature: 61-64 Degrees F Water Visibility and Conditions: 8-10 Thursday: A Southwest swell rolls in with waist to head high surf and sets hitting a foot overhead, (3-5-6’). Light/variable winds most of the morning, turn to a moderate westerly sea breeze over the afternoon.

Outlook: Southwest swell maintains waist to head high waves and sets up to a foot overhead, (3-56’) on Friday. Light wind Friday morning, shifts to a moderate west wind in the afternoon. Surf size slowly fades on Saturday, and by Sunday waves are down to waist-chest high, (3-4’). The pattern of light/variable morning winds followed by moderate westerly onshores continues through the weekend.

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