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SCHS Football Relishes Return to Full Schedule, Opportunity for More SPECIAL SECTION

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Homeless Advocates Rally for Supportive Housing

SC Cyclist Completes Cross-Country Trek

SHACC Founder Dick Metz to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

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Homeless Advocates Rally for Supportive Housing in San Clemente

BY SHAWN RAYMUNDO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

Advocates for the homeless and affordable housing gathered for a demonstration on Friday evening, Aug. 6, to call on the city’s elected officials to do more in providing shelter for the unhoused in San Clemente.

“We’re a wealthy community, a caring community; it’s a shame on us, it’s a tragedy to see how many people are living on the street, how many people are suffering from homelessness,” said Kathy Esfahani, chair of the San Clemente Affordable Housing Coalition.

The rally, led by the coalition, comes ahead of the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) plans to evict about two dozen homeless people who had been living at an encampment off a 5 Freeway exit ramp past the south end of town.

“We decided to have this campaign, which says ‘House Unsheltered People Now,’ house all the people within our community who need housing,” Esfahani continued to tell the crowd on the front lawn of the local community center and library.

Caltrans was initially scheduled to perform the encampment sweep on July 16, but it granted a one-month extension for the individuals to relocate and work with service providers who can connect them to resources and shelter.

According to Esfahani, while the coalition and other advocates have requested Caltrans to postpone the eviction further, until Sept. 30, the agency agreed last week to hold off on the sweep until Aug. 27.

A handful of advocates comprising

religious leaders, area politicians and housing professionals spoke at the rally, which incited a sharp rebuke from counter-protesters, including Mayor Pro Tem Gene James, who has staunchly opposed proposals to build homeless shelters in San Clemente.

“Enabling is not love—it’s not love,” James, repeating himself for emphasis, said of the advocates’ push to shelter homeless individuals suffering from drug addiction and mental health problems.

“Coming up with solutions that treat drug addiction and mental health—that’s love.”

Following the conclusion of the House Unsheltered People Now demonstration, James fervently slammed the advocates’ housing-first approach to resolve homelessness, stating that such plans “put people behind doors … so they can smoke dope, snort dope and do whatever else it is that they do, on our dime.”

“To that, I say, ‘Hell, no!’” James exclaimed to the group of counter-protesters.

Near the onset of the rally, Jacky Trani, a member of the local coalition advocating for more affordable housing, acknowledged that while drug abuse and mental health issues are among the reasons people become homeless, she said, “Those are not the main reasons.”

“People become homeless for economic reasons, the wages are not enough to keep up with the cost of living and the cost of housing; housing costs keep going up and up,” Trani said, adding: “Sometimes, people lose a job, there is eviction, there is

San Clemente Affordable Housing Coalition Chair Kathy Esfahani leads a rally from the lawn of the local community center on Friday, Aug. 6, to call on the city’s elected officials to come up with solutions to house the homeless. Photo: Shawn Raymundo

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A group in opposition to a rally that called on city officials to develop homeless shelters in San Clemente on Friday, Aug. 6, holds signs declaring an end to “enabling” and “handouts” for the homeless. Photo: Shawn Raymundo

family dysfunction, relationship problems, changes, death, divorce, domestic violence, medical problems (and) medical bills.”

Oftentimes, she continued, many of the unhoused were already suffering from a multitude of mental health problems, including PTSD, anxiety and depression, among others, prior to becoming homeless. Those health concerns only worsen when they’re on the street, she said.

“Once they’re on the street, their issues just get worse. Can you imagine, how could it not get worse?” she said. “There’s no way to take care of yourself out there so, yeah, the mental problems get worse, the physical problems get worse.”

Helen Cameron is the community outreach director of the Irvine-based nonprofit Jamboree Housing Corporation, which operates several low-income and workforce housing developments, including the Mendocino Apartments in Talega.

“The majority of work that we do in California is (workforce) housing, but we work closely with cities to develop solutions for all those economically disadvantaged people who end up on the streets of San Clemente without resources to pay for housing,” Cameron said.

For homeless individuals suffering from substance abuse and mental health disabilities, the solution, according to Cameron, is supportive housing—a model to treat those with chronic illness by providing them with housing that has on-site clinical and counseling services.

“We know how to do this; those people who have a disability such as a mental health issue or a substance abuse issue, they must be housed with support services—the only thing that’s been proven to work,” she said.

Chris Megison, the founder and CEO of Solutions for Change, a Vista-based nonprofit, argued against the housing-first approach and state’s response system, questioning their effectiveness when

homelessness is “exploding everywhere in California.”

“It’s because the homelessness response system that this group represents is broken,” he said. “It’s flawed at its very core. It uses a design that contains, controls and manages versus solves homelessness.”

Megison went on to accuse the housing-first model of increasing homeless people’s dependency on government programs and systems.

According to Megison, his nonprofit differs from the housing-first model by having the individuals go through addiction intervention and treatment programs to treat the “root causes.”

“What we do is we help them get treatment for that first, and instead of just giving the treatment and going out and now trying to go live life, we bring them right into an academy,” he said. “This academy is designed to actually empower them through over a two-year period and teach them skills in how to get a job, keep a job, stay sober, take care of their families.”

Megison stressed that the treatment and intervention was more akin to receiving medical treatment and shouldn’t be considered housing. Likewise, he continued, the academy is comparable to campus housing for college students.

“It’s like a college; you don’t go there for housing, you go there for learning,” he said.

“If you’re going to treat the root causes of someone who lost everything, you’ve got to have a place for them to put their head at night,” he added. “What (the advocates are) saying is putting somebody behind a door, and there’s absolutely not one—and I know the system pretty well—there’s no accountability or requirements to get well.”

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San Clemente Cyclist Completes Cross-Country Trek

COMMUNITY MEETINGS THURSDAY, AUG. 12

Joint Homeless Subcommittee 1-3 p.m. The city’s Joint Homeless Subcommittee will conduct a special meeting via teleconference and can be streamed through the city’s YouTube channel. 949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

BY SHAWN RAYMUNDO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

One could imagine that bicycling 2,899 miles across the country would be a one-and-done ordeal. Well, not for San Clemente resident Paul Webb.

On Friday, Aug. 6, the 67-year-old completed his coast-to-coast journey to Asbury Park, New Jersey, where he dipped the front tire of his bike in the Atlantic Ocean—a full-circle moment symbolizing the end of the trip that started from the San Clemente Pier this past April.

Embarking on the trek so he could attend his high school’s 50-year reunion while also raise roughly $30,000 for the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), Webb thought to himself, “What am I going to do next?”

“My identity is that of a guy riding a bicycle and the center of attention as you go across the country,” Webb explained of the feeling he had last Friday. “Now that the ride is over, I get to reinvent my identity. … Am I a charity cyclist? Is there such a thing?”

As Webb puts it, he’s “hooked” and already planning his next adventure.

“I believe that if Canada opens up and I (have) the right equipment, I can ride to Alaska from Southern California,” Webb said. “It’s going to depend on whether the roads are frozen enough in certain places or pushing my bike up for miles and miles in wet grounds.”

Should he decide to do the Pacific Coast trip, Webb intends to use it as another fundraising opportunity, this time to benefit athletes who have suffered from concussions and working through their impacts.

“My son is a surfer in San Clemente and at 20 years old has suffered a surfing concussion by landing in the beach, so I now have a personal interest, as well as genuine interest in helping others,” he said, adding: “I think that’s a great incentive for me to do another charity ride.”

As a former lifeguard and professional athlete with experience in downhill ski racing and long-distance swimming, Webb wanted all the money he raised to go to CAF, a nonprofit that supports individuals with limitations who are pursuing athletic activities.

For the last 3-mile stretch of the trip last Friday, 17-year-old CAF grant recipient Tara Dunfee of Wall, N.J., accompanied Webb.

“I was glad to have, in that moment, Tara … next to me because that was the inspiration,” Webb said of the teen and the foundation.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 14

Challenging Cancer 10-11:30 a.m. The Challenging Cancer group is conducting weekly meetings through Zoom video conferences. The meetings are open to caregivers, people who have a compromised immune system and people dealing with cancer.

To join, email donnavigil2@gmail.com or linda_crdv@yahoo.com. heritagesc.org.

Citizens’ Climate Education 10:45 a.m.-noon. This nonpartisan climate action group holds monthly meetings on the second Saturday of the month through Zoom video conferences. Email larrykramerccl@ gmail.com to receive a link to join.

After completing his coast-to-coast bike ride from San Clemente to Asbury Park, New Jersey on Friday, Aug. 6, Paul Webb begins to think about his next adventure. Photo: Courtesy of Paul Webb

Jersey beach, where he received heaps of praise and cheers.

“It was nice having those people there, and it was nice that I could share it with them,” he said. “What was unexpected was the round of applause from all the people on the beach.”

Those same classmates, he acknowledged, were a primary source of inspiration and motivation to keep pedaling for the last 3½ months. Knowing that he was going to be asked to speak at his reunion on Saturday, Aug. 7, Webb used that to endure, as he didn’t want to let anyone down.

“That moment, standing there saying thank you to everyone was something I thought about,” he said of this past weekend’s Neptune High School reunion.

“I knew I was going to be there and thank them for the inspiration that they gave me to get through (months) of bike riding.”

Along the journey, Webb said he came across a bevy of wonderful individuals who reinforced his confidence in humanity.

“I met the greatest people in the world, in all different areas of the country. One thing they all had in common is they were super-friendly, super-helpful,” he said. “If you need to have a boost of confidence in human nature, go ride your bike across the country.”

Webb recalled that just outside of St. Louis, Missouri, he broke down with a

flat tire. It was no more than 30 seconds, he said, before a car pulled up, with the driver asking if Webb needed assistance.

The driver later came back with his son and a truck so they could drive Webb to a bike shop. They also offered Webb a home-cooked meal and let him sleep in the son’s treehouse in the backyard.

“I made a point of not going into anyone’s home because of COVID,” Webb explained, noting that throughout the trip, families and business owners offered him their yards and other places to rest at night.

Though he didn’t experience any major setbacks, Webb said he did get hypothermia in Colorado, where he got caught in a hailstorm without any protection from the elements.

“I kind of let myself get cold, because I knew I was coming to a town with a hotel,” he said. “I spent the night getting my body core (temperature) back up.”

Since finishing the trip, a couple of questions Webb said he has been asked a lot: “How are you getting back home? Are you riding back?” When he explains that he’s flying back later this week, “I can see the disappointment in their faces, and it’s been bothering me for the past three days,” he said.

As Webb already noted, though, he’s hooked on the feeling. After he flies back to Southern California on Aug. 14, he intends “to plan my next bike adventure.”

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TUESDAY, AUG. 17

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.

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 (Cont. onon page 6) its weekly meetings Tuesdays via Zoom video conference. For detailed instructions on how to participate, email bilysanclemente@gmail.com.

San Clemente Toastmasters 7-8:40 p.m. The San Clemente Toastmasters will continue to meet every Tuesday online through Zoom.

Email fardad.fs@gmail.com to receive a link to join. 858.900.6175. sanclementetoastmasters. toastmastersclubs.org.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 18

Planning Commission 6-10 p.m. The city’s Planning Commission will conduct its regularly scheduled meeting via teleconference and can be streamed through the city’s YouTube channel. 949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

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County Education Board to Sue State over Student Mask Mandates

BY COLLIN BREAUX, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

The Orange County Board of Education on Aug. 3 voted, 4-0, to approve taking legal action against Gov. Gavin Newsom over K-12 students being required to wear masks indoors for the 2021-22 school year.

Continuing mask requirements for schoolchildren has been a controversial topic among some Orange County parents who are calling for an end to such mandates. The mask requirements are set by the California Department of Public Health.

“The governor and his executive agencies, by an emergency fiat that violates state constitutional and statutory law, threaten to extend and compound the harm to California’s children previously caused by prior school closures and unwarranted masking requirements,” OCBE legal representative Gregory Rolen said in a press release after the Aug. 3 closed session meeting.

The Costa Mesa-based OCBE is responsible for approving the Orange County Department of Education’s annual budget and serving as Orange County’s appeal board for the adjudication of expulsion appeals and interdistrict attendance appeals.

Policy decisions by the board are generally not mandates that must be followed by individual school districts, which have authority to set their own local policies.

Recommendations by the OCBE last year that students return to campus without masks or social distancing attracted national attention and some scorn.

During a recent Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting held before the OCBE meeting, Trustee Lisa Davis also mentioned her desire to sue the state over mask requirements. Other trustees did not address

(Cont. from page 3) held by Republican Sen. Patricia Bates— expressed hope during the rally that the city will step up to work with the state and county in developing shelter for the town’s homeless.

Echoing remarks Cameron had made earlier about billions of dollars in state funding being available to construct shelter space, Blakespear noted that permanent supportive housing is possible in San Clemente without having to use local coffers to finance it. The county, she noted, also has funding that the city can tap into.

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The Orange County Board of Education voted last week to sue Gov. Newsom over the requirement that K-12 students wear masks indoors for the upcoming school year. Photo: Collin Breaux

Davis’ statement.

Davis introduced a resolution requesting masks be optional for students, which was approved by other trustees.

OCBE Trustees Mari Barke, Ken Williams, Tim Shaw, and Lisa Sparks approved going ahead with legal action against the state. Trustee Rebecca Gomez—who has often spoken against the board’s anti-health guideline leanings— left the meeting prior to the vote.

The OCBE sued Newsom last year over then-current campus closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Campuses have since reopened for in-person learning, including in CUSD. “Above all, the board recognizes the importance of keeping our children safe at school and free from policies and practices that will cause them harm,” Rolen said. “When necessary, the board will fight to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the county’s kids at school.”

While some parents and students have denounced masks as inhibiting kids’ health and ability to communicate, public health experts and other parents have continued to emphasize their use in halting the spread of COVID-19.

Mask requirements were largely lifted for fully vaccinated people in California on June 15, though the requirements have returned in other parts of the country (including Northern California) as cases again rise with the Delta variant.

through the county,” she said, adding: “Counties want to work with the willing, so you have to demonstrate the will to be the willing.”

The state senate hopeful, who highlighted her city’s adoption of a safe parking program for homeless prevention last year, said it’s going to take the community working with elected leaders to decide on agreeable programs and solutions.

“We have to treat drug addiction, too, of course, and mental illness—we have to treat all of these things; none of these things is a fantasy that does it all, but it’s something,” Blakespear said. “That’s what you want; you want to say yes to something.” sanclementetimes.com

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GUEST OPINION | Health and Nutrition 101 by Gina Cousineau

Advocating for Your Health Can Save Your Life A s a nutritionist, most people come to me for weight loss, but due to my training in integrative and functional nutrition, my goal is to help my clients live long, healthy, independent, joyful lives.

So, along with a sustainable nutrition approach to lose the weight and keep it off, it is imperative that I teach them to take responsibility for advocating for their health and, in turn, their lives.

All too often clients share with me that their physicians didn’t recommend HEALTH AND preventative screenNUTRITION 101 ings, nor commuBY GINA COUSINEAU nicate that “out of range” lab values were concerning. With this, I have uncovered a host of health concerns that threaten to lead to years of disability and shorten my clients’ lives.

Here is a list of labs, covered by insurance, which I believe are warranted, and necessary, for all ages, along with a host of preventative screenings suggested along the lifespan: Complete Blood Count (CBC) • Evaluates general health and can detect a variety of diseases and conditions, such as infections, anemia, and blood cancers.

Complete Metabolic Panel • Can help determine general health status and monitor kidney and liver disease, hypertension, and diabetes. This test should be done in a fasted state.

Fasting Glucose and Hemoglobin A1c • These tests are often used in conjunction to assess and monitor diabetes and related glucose dysfunction.

Lipid Panel • Useful in assessing risk

5. Yearly Skin Cancer Checks for the entire family (more often with family history of melanoma or previous abnormal findings)

sis and osteopenia (thinning bones), and significant cardiovascular disease, all of which were preventable, treatable, and/ or curable, with regular screening and testing.

When looking at these tests, I too often hear of patients whose blood lipids were out of range, or pre-diabetic, and told simply to lose weight, eat healthier, and exercise.

While our medical care system doesn’t allow for the time necessary to further assess risk, I help my clients look at these areas in-depth, assessing family and personal medical histories, accounting for past nutrition and exercise experiences, along with these tests/screenings.

In most cases, I insist on a deeper dive to assess risk, with additional labs and screenings, usually with the appropriate medical specialists, like a cardiologist and endocrinologist.

My recommendation is to start with a primary care provider that is a good listener. Go to healthcare.gov, as well as your insurance provider, and print out these lists of recommended labs and screenings to discuss at your next appointment and be ready to advocate for your health and life.

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

This year alone in my patient population, we have uncovered colorectal cancer in a client nine years overdue for a colonoscopy, an epidemic of osteoporo-

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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of developing (and monitoring) cardiovascular disease. This test is done after fasting, as well.

Thyroid Panel • These tests can evaluate thyroid gland function, along with monitoring thyroid disorders. If you take thyroid hormone, blood draw should be prior to taking your medication.

Vitamin D • Vitamin D plays a role in immune function, bone health, and more, and we as a population are typically deficient.

Vitamin B12 • Useful in diagnosing anemia and neuropathy, and nutritional status for those over 50, as well as monitoring those being treated for B12 or folate deficiency.

Preventative Screening Tests: 1. Regular Monitoring of Blood Pressure (all ages) 2. Yearly Blood Lipid Panel (especially with those with family history and/or consuming standard American diet) 3. Colonoscopies (starting at 45 or 10 years prior to youngest family member with diagnosis) 4. Bone Density Scan (for all with history of eating disorders and/or dieting or malnutrition throughout the lifespan)

CORRECTION: A story on Rep. Mike Levin’s newly

formed caucus in the Aug. 5 edition of the San Clemente Times inaccurately reported the amount of time a task force he assembled in early 2019 had worked on a report. The task force was convened in January 2019 and released its findings and recommendations in June 2020.

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Letters to The Editor GAS STATION NOT HIGHEST, BEST USE OF CORNER LAURIE GOOCH, San Clemente Gas station developers may be the most interested buyers for this land— now. However, this land does not have to be sold—now. The time to sell: when a developer who has a project of the highest and best use for this land is interested.

Even the staunchest proponent cannot claim a gas station is the highest and best use. If built, this gas station will service vehicles of soon-to-be-obsolete, internal combustion engines.

In 2035, an EV mandate requires all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California be zero-emission vehicles.

If built, this gas station will metamorphosize this land into a petroleum brownfield. Limited useful life and contamination are disqualifiers.

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Not the highest and best use, not even a use to satisfy a want by providing a service missing and desired or to meet unmet demand.

This gas station will not be a destination. Crowds from surrounding communities will not be drawn to it. It will merely be one more gas station to add to our current supply—a simple change of habit by San Clemente residents who switch from buying gas at one neighborhood station to another.

Our city leaders must use time to our advantage, think long-term, cast a creative vision, end expediency—sacrificing excellence for ease and speed—and partner with the public.

pass a resolution supporting HR 2307, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. This act is a market-based partial solution to reducing greenhouse gases.

It has the additional benefit of keeping American businesses competitive in the face of our competitors, including China, the EU and Canada, who already have introduced a price on carbon.

TEMPERATURE REDUCTIONS MACK WESNER, San Clemente The Guest Opinion article by Joanna Clark in the July 29 edition of the San Clemente Times describes the predicted disastrous effects of global warming.

There are those, like me, who agree that global warming is an established fact. However, what Clark, and virtually all global warming zealots, fail to tell us is how much the carbon control efforts they advocate will lower the global temperature.

What are the projected temperature reductions under various scenarios, such as:

CLIMATE CHANGE KARL REITZ, San Clemente Joanna Clark’s opinion piece highlights the growing problem facing the world with respect to the climate crisis.

As Kathy Ward noted in the city council discussion regarding a dog beach, San Clemente’s beaches are very narrow and we can’t afford to lose any additional feet of sand, and yet a rising ocean threatens to do just that.

That’s why the city council should

1. Carbon reduction as a result of proposed various federal and state laws

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and regulations.

2. Carbon reduction results expected from China, India, Russia and other developed countries.

3. Carbon reduction results from Africa and other less-developed parts of the world.

There are definite economic impacts from all the actual and proposed carbon reduction laws and regulations and very little information on expected effects on temperature reductions.

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THURSDAY | 12 ‘TWO STEPPING UNDER THE STARS’ AUCTION All day. Back by popular demand, the San Juan Capistrano Equestrian Coalition is proud to host this year’s “Two Stepping Under the Stars” Virtual Silent Auction. Now through Aug. 14, this year’s virtual auction promises to have some amazing items— ranging from weekends in Cabo San Lucas to fold clubs to original artwork. For bidding, go to sanjuanequestrian.org/events.

Also, join the coalition on Aug. 14 from 6-8 p.m. for its livestreamed “Two Stepping Under the Stars” concert, featuring the Kelly Boyz. For more information, contact Gwen Grierson at 949.388.2135.

‘THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW’ 7:30-9 p.m. The Rocky Horror Show returns to the Cabrillo Playhouse. A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies, the musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad scientist, Dr. Frank-N-Furter, unveiling his new creation, in the form of an artificially made, fully grown, physically perfect muscleman named Rocky. Performances run on the weekends through Aug. 29.

Join in the audience participation fun and purchase a prop bag on the patio for $6. Items include a boa, sunglasses, and glow stick, among other things. No outside props allowed. All patrons will be required to wear masks in all spaces while inside the theater. Admission is $30. Cabrillo Playhouse, 202 Avenida Cabrillo, San Clemente. 949.492.0465.

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THURSDAY | 12 MUSIC ON THE MEADOWS: WIGS & TIES 6-7:45 p.m. Summer is here, and the city of San Clemente is excited to bring music to the Meadows. Bring chairs and blankets and join the city for live music from the rock band Wigs & Ties. There will also be delicious eats from the Tres Compas food truck. Guests are welcome to bring their own food, but alcohol is not permitted. Enjoy this free event with friends out in the fresh air. No registration is required; seating is first-come, first-available. Entrance to the Meadows opens at 4:30 p.m. Vista Hermosa Sports Park, 987 Avenida Vista Hermosa, San Clemente. san-clemente.org.

cabrillo_theatre@hotmail.com. cabrilloplayhouse.org.

exact hours. 949.234.1300. missionsjc.com.

FRIDAY | 13 SAN ONOFRE PARKS FOUNDATION POP-UP SHOP 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Historic Cottage and Visitor Center showcases local history, flora and fauna at this original 1934 ranger’s cottage. A rotating exhibit features the history of San Onofre. Stop in to the San Onofre Parks Foundation’s Pop-Up Shop to say hello, do a little shopping and learn more about the history of the local state parks at San Clemente and San Onofre State Beaches. Historic Cottage and Visitor Center is located within the San Clemente State Beach Campground at 225 Avenida Calafia, San Clemente.

949.366.8599. admin@sanoparks.org. sanoparks.org.

ONLINE TOUR OF MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO 3 p.m. Mission San Juan Capistrano is offering online guided tours of its historic grounds every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Learn about the history and see the charming grounds and gardens of this South Orange County landmark.

Cost is $45 for up to four devices, and the Zoom tour lasts up to an hour. Reservations must be made at least 72 hours in advance. Check the Mission website for

FRIDAY THE 13TH FIF COMEDY NIGHT 8 p.m. Enjoy “The Future Is Female Comedy Show” for a spooky night of fun comedy at Knuckleheads. See the most talented comedians you never knew existed from L.A., Orange County and Las Vegas. This free, star-studded show has one of the most diverse comedy lineups.

Knuckleheads Sports Bar, 1717 North El Camino Real, San Clemente. 949.492.2410. knuckleheadsmusic.com.

SATURDAY | 14 SOUTH OC CARS AND COFFEE 9-11 a.m. South OC Cars and Coffee, dubbed the world’s biggest weekly car meet, attracts a mix of 500-1,000 hypercars, supercars, exotics, vintage, classic, muscle and sports cars, hot rods, rat rods, pickups, 4x4s and motorcycles. Those attending are encouraged to practice responsible social distancing. Face masks are not mandatory but are recommended. No cars in before 8:30 a.m. Cars should enter and leave slowly and quietly—no revving, speeding or burnouts.

The Outlets at San Clemente, 101 West Avenida Vista Hermosa, San Clemente. southoccarsandcoffee.com.

SECOND STAGE STAND-UP Multiple shows. Second Stage Stand-Up

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will return to the Camino Real Playhouse in San Juan Capistrano with a lineup of comedians including Fritz Coleman, the man who brought the weather and laughter on KNBC/4 for more than 35 years. He’ll be bringing his unique comedy style to San Juan, where audiences need to be—if not for the laughter, for the weather report. There will be three shows—at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., with ticket prices ranging from $17.50 to $19.50, and at 8 p.m., when tickets range from $19.50 to $21.50. Camino Real Playhouse, 31776 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano.

949.489.8082. comedyintheoc.com.

SUNDAY | 15 FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Shop for a wide selection of fruits, vegetables and artisanal goods from organic growers at the Community Center/San Clemente Public Library parking lot. 100 North Calle Seville.

949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.

TUESDAY | 17 LIBRE TUESDAYS AT JD’S 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Head to JD’s Kitchen and Bar every Tuesday this summer for $5 libre shots and margaritas, as well as (Cont. on page 12) sanclementetimes.com

GETTING OUT

AT THE MOVIES

‘The Meaning of Hitler’ Wakes Up Viewers

BY MEGAN BIANCO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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acial and political tensions are high in 2021, and they don’t seem to be diminishing.

Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s new documentary, The Meaning of Hitler, makes the correlation between WWII, neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers with blatant white supremacy in modern times, especially on the internet.

But the filmmakers also take their time bringing us way, way back to the late 1930s, when you can see how such an immoral stance from so long ago is still finding its way to people, even with contemporary news aside.

The Meaning of Hitler title and theme come from the 1978 book by Sebastian Haffner.

From the start, we get the usual short recap on the man’s life and career from historians and professors as commentators.

Throughout the 20th century, there were many biopics, documentaries, historical fiction and parodies on the rise of Nazism and the former German dictator. Leni Riefenstahl’s infamous propaganda film, Triumph of the Will (1935), killed her career internationally, yet had arguably the biggest impact on western documentary filmmaking in movie history.

The main consensus of Epperlein and Tucker’s documentary seems to be that because we have so many Holocaust and WWII biographies and museums—as well as so much Hitler imagery in pop culture, media

(Cont. from page 11) to enjoy reggaeton, Latin and other top hits, as spun by DJ Romanero. Solotacos Catering will also be offering $2 street tacos. JD’s, 215 South El Camino Real, San Clemente. 949.481.2115. jds-sanclemente.com.

WEDNESDAY | 18 BINGO AT THE SENIOR CENTER 1:30 p.m. Every Wednesday, the Dorothy Visser Senior Center will host Bingo.

The center will begin selling cards at 1 p.m., with the game starting promptly at 1:30. The buy-in is $12 for 10 games with four cards and a special pick-yournumber game. For more information, contact the center at 949.498.3322. Dorothy Visser Senior Center, 117 Avenida San Clemente Times August 12-18, 2021

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and academia—it’s now nearly impossible to escape the bigotry inspired by them.

While true enough, the theme and tone of The Meaning of Hitler are pretty bleak. I’ve been saying for years that we should take a break from WWII and the Holocaust in film period pieces because of general overexposure in fiction. But being shown how the damage is already done is an illuminating reminder here. SC

Victoria, San Clemente.

TRIVIA NIGHT AT THE BREWHOUSE 6:30-8:30 p.m. The BrewHouse hosts a trivia night every Wednesday. Test your knowledge with friends, or show up solo and join a team. The BrewHouse, 31896 Plaza Drive, Suite D3, San Juan Capistrano. 949.481.6181. brewhousesjc.com.

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. sanclementetimes.com

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Back to Business SAN CLEMENTE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RELISHES RETURN TO FULL SCHEDULE, OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE

San Clemente coach Jaime Ortiz addresses the Tritons and wears a shirt honoring late Tritons assistant coach Joe Wood, who died after a battle with COVID-19 in February. Photo: Zach Cavanagh

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ust four months later, and the Tritons are right back at it.

After experiencing the longest and shortest football season that hopefully anyone will ever experience, the San Clemente High School football team is finally on the true track of normalcy.

The 2020 CIF-SS football season was delayed three separate times due to the coronavirus pandemic: first, until December 2020;

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then, to January 2021; and then, indefinitely before its eventual March 2021 start.

The season was shortened to just five games, but at the time, each new announcement and each step back to the field was called the next step in the return to normalcy. Each game was heralded as a blessing to even be playing at all, even if it was still far from normal.

“Adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it,” San Clemente football coach Jaime Ortiz said. “For our kids, parents, booster club, it made you realize how great this game is on a Friday night, when you’re missing the snack bar, you’re missing the live crowd, you’re missing the live band and everything with that; you

realize how important that is and how special that is.”

The Tritons made the absolute most of their opportunity. San Clemente went 5-0, carved up the South Coast League and shut down and upset rival Mission Viejo for the second time in three seasons to earn its second league championship in the same span.

“Nothing was guaranteed last year, and for our kids to go through that and come out on top, that’s a cool thing,” Ortiz said. “That’s character instillment that’s going to help this year, but also in life.”

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and a regular 10-game schedule. Also, for those many returners from last year’s league champion, this season offers that much more: a chance to return to the playoffs and compete for a CIF championship.

“The team we had last year, we really felt if we had the opportunity to go all the way, we would’ve gone 10-0, we would’ve gone to a CIF championship,” senior quarterback Lachlan Van Rosmalen said. “We felt like last year, we were cut short of our full potential, and that’s put a fire in some players to show teams, even though last year we were great, this year we’re even better.”

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BALANCED, BLUE-COLLAR OFFENSE It’s hard to say that a team would be improved by losing the MVP running back that tore through the South Coast League and pulled the Tritons to a championship, but the graduation loss of James Bohls to University of Arizona slots in a dynamic, pass-catching running back in junior Blake Allen, who puts the Tritons on the road to balance.

Allen was all-league at strong safety as a sophomore, but the rugby player will not get the majority of the load at running back. Allen will be in the backfield with Van Rosmalen, who has a complement of strong wide receivers to make the San Clemente offense an equal-opportunity unit.

Senior Easton Cattiach and junior Reid Kontiranta got plenty of meaningful snaps at receiver last season to bring experience to the position.

With Bohls as the focus last season, the Tritons and their offensive line developed a blue-collar work ethic that will also be beneficial this season. The line will be led by seniors Michael Alejo, Tanner Mehrens and Myles Wire, plus junior Colin Brophy.

YOUNG, BUT EXPERIENCED DEFENSE San Clemente’s defense has long been a reliable unit and will continue to be a rock for the Tritons, despite graduation losses up front and a younger group overall.

Where San Clemente does have experience is in the secondary, where the Tritons bring back a trio of defensive backs who all started as sophomores against Mission Viejo in the spring and shut down the Diablos’ explosive offense. Junior Cole Robertson and Mehrens will be impact players up front for San Clemente and get that necessary pressure in the trenches.

In the past, San Clemente’s defense had also been known as a group of ball-hawkers, but that was something that lacked from last season’s performance. Ortiz acknowledged that as one area that needed improvement for the Tritons.

PLAYOFFS? San Clemente’s path to the playoffs this season is both slightly easier than previous seasons and also more convoluted than ever before with the advent of yet another tweak to CIF-SS’ competitive equity playoff system.

When the competitive equity system was

(L to R) Tanner Mehrens, Michael Alejo, Lachlan Van Rosmalen, Easton Cattiach and Jack Demora represent a battle-tested senior leadership group that a young Tritons team will lean on. Photo: Zach Cavanagh

first put into place five seasons ago, teams were slotted into divisions based on data from the two previous seasons. That system was eventually tweaked at the top to make a Division 1 & 2 grouping, in which all teams would make the playoffs no matter what and played the season essentially for seeding purposes.

On the whole, the competitive equity helped eliminate the first-round blowouts seen in the old system and seemingly gave ev-

eryone an equal shot at a CIF-SS title. However, over time, some inequities began to show.

The divisions didn’t all have the same number of teams, but the number of playoff teams was locked, meaning it was easier to make the playoffs in some divisions than others.

Additionally, teams could have two great seasons with a strong senior class that would put them in a higher division. Injuries and graduation losses would hit the following

class, and despite having a weaker team, they would be stuck in the higher division. There were also instances of historically bad teams getting an influx of talent or transfers and running roughshod over a lower division.

To specifically address the last point and help with the inequity of the number of teams in some divisions, the latest tweak was passed by the CIF-SS and was originally slated to start last season.

During the season, there will be a constantly updated points system and power rankings by CIF-SS and calpreps.com, and teams will not be assigned a playoff division until after the season. Once the season-end power rankings are made, there will be 12 or 13 automatic qualifiers assigned to each of the 14 divisions, and at-large teams from the power rankings will be used to fill out the full 16-team bracket.

The brackets will also be seeded straight No. 1-16, with no regard for league affiliations or league championships. In the past, league champions were guaranteed a first-round home game, and two teams from the same league couldn’t meet in the first round. San Clemente was affected by the first stipulation in 2019, when, as a No. 2 seed, the Tritons traveled to Valencia.

On the surface, this looks to be another step to complete equity by basing on the current season and not handing out any immediate disadvantages. Some detractors have pointed out it could be a single point in the rankings that is the difference between being a No. 16 seed in a higher division or being a No. 1 seed in the next division down.

However, the season still needs to play out to see if teams could or would try to control that destiny, or if this is truly an issue at all.

Ortiz is a proponent of this new model, but the San Clemente coach isn’t going to be one to worry about the Tritons’ place week to week.

“When the playoffs come, I’ll worry about the playoffs,” Ortiz said. “For me, it’s focusing on each game. If we’re 10-0 and we’re in the top eight, then we’re in the top eight, we’d deserve to be there. That’s something I can’t control. I can control each week, and I know the more we improve each week and the more wins we get, the better chance we’ll be in a better playoff bracket.”

No matter where the Tritons eventually get slotted, should they make the playoffs as a repeat league champion or as an at-large team, San Clemente will cherish each opportunity it has to get on the field and make the absolute most of it.

San Clemente coach Jaime Ortiz (left) expects the Tritons offense to be much more balanced with a bevy of talented receivers including Easton Cattiach (middle) and a blue-collar offensive line led by Michael Alejo (right).

Photos: Zach Cavanagh

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GAME PREVIEWS

BY ZACH CAVANAGH

GAME 1 // AUGUST 20

GAME 2 // AUGUST 27

GAME 3 // SEPTEMBER 3

GAME 4 // SEPTEMBER 10

VS. OCEANSIDE

VS. TORREY PINES

VS. LA COSTA CANYON

VS. CORONA DEL MAR 7 P.M. AT SAN CLEMENTE HS

7 P.M. AT HUNTINGTON BEACH HS

Coach: Dave Rodriguez 2020 Record: 0-3 (0-3 Avocado League) 2019 vs. SC: SC win, 35-13 Season Outlook: After a one-year hiatus due to the delay of the season and restrictions of inter-county play due to the pandemic, the Battle of the Base returns, as the Pirates drive up the 5 to the north side of Camp Pendleton.

San Clemente has won three of the four matchups between the two schools dating back to the start of the series in 2016.

The team Oceanside fielded in the spring is almost completely gone, as the Pirates were full of impact seniors at all their major positions.

Coach: Ron Gladnick 2020 Record: 3-3 (3-2 Avocado League) 2019 vs. SC: SC win, 31-7 Season Outlook: San Clemente maintains its early nonleague schedule against San Diego County’s elite Avocado League with another matchup against Torrey Pines.

The Falcons continue to employ the Wing-T offense in an effort to control the game on the ground, and even in a pandemic season, Torrey Pines expertly executed it. The Falcons graduated their featured back, but with options of returning quarterbacks and a well-oiled program under coach Rod Gladnick, Torrey Pines should be more than capable this fall.

The Falcons will be a fantastic test for San Clemente’s defensive swarm.

Coach: Sean Sovacool 2020 Record: 2-4 (1-4 Avocado League) 2019 vs. SC: SC win, 13-12 Season Outlook: San Clemente will head south once more to take on the Mavericks of La Costa Canyon.

The Tritons and Mavericks have had a couple tightly contested and wild matchups in recent years, including a 38-35 win by La Costa Canyon at San Clemente in 2019 and a 13-12 win by San Clemente in Carlsbad in 2019.

The Tritons will get a gauge for La Costa Canyon early, as the Mavericks take on another South Coast League squad in Tesoro in their season opener on Aug. 20.

Coach: Dan O’Shea 2020 Record: 4-2 (3-2 Sunset League) 2019 vs. SC: CdM win, 42-21 Season Outlook: After their San Diego tour, the Tritons turn their attention to rivalries they’ve cultivated among the Orange County beach cities.

San Clemente renews its series with Corona del Mar, and the Sea Kings bring back some youth with experience from the spring. Corona del Mar returns its quarterback and top running back, who both put up impressive numbers as sophomores.

Quarterback David Rasor completed 57% of his passes for 1,035 yards and 15 touchdowns in only six games. Running back Evan Sanders ran for 438 yards and five TDs.

Coach: Jeff Grady 2020 Record: 5-1 (4-1 Sunset League) 2019 vs. SC: SC win, 28-21 Season Outlook: San Clemente and Edison have played a stretch of extremely competitive matchups since this series began in the 2016 state regionals. The Tritons and Chargers have played each of the past four full seasons, and all four games have been one-score games with an average margin of victory of just more than four points. San Clemente has won all four games.

Edison graduated seniors from all of its major positions, except for leading receiver Nico Brown, who caught 40 passes for 664 yards and eight touchdowns in the spring season.

GAME 6 // SEPTEMBER 24

GAME 7 // OCTOBER 1

GAME 8 // OCTOBER 15

GAME 9 // OCTOBER 22

GAME 10 // OCTOBER 29

7 P.M. AT SAN CLEMENTE HS

VS. MURRIETA VALLEY

7 P.M. AT TORREY PINES HS

7 P.M. AT LA COSTA CANYON HS

GAME 5 // SEPTEMBER 17

VS. EDISON

7 P.M. AT SAN CLEMENTE HS

7 P.M. AT SAN CLEMENTE HS

VS. LOYOLA (LA)

VS. SAN JUAN HILLS 7 P.M. AT SAN CLEMENTE HS

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VS. TESORO

VS. MISSION VIEJO

Coach: George Wilson 2020 Record: 3-2 (3-2 Southwestern League) 2019 vs. SC: Did not play Season Outlook: While San Clemente and Murrieta Valley did not play in 2019, the two have still met four times since the 2016 season.

Including the 2016 CIF-SS championship game, the Tritons and Nighthawks have met twice in the regular season and twice in the playoffs. San Clemente has won three of those contests, including the 2016 CIF-SS title game and 2018 CIF-SS first-round game.

Murrieta Valley returns Utah-committed quarterback Brandon Rose, who completed nearly 70% of his passes for 1,415 yards and 12 touchdowns in five games last season.

Coach: Drew Casani 2020 Record: 3-0 (2-0 Angelus League) 2019 vs. SC: Did not play Season Outlook: San Clemente’s final nonleague contest before a pre-league bye week is Loyola of Los Angeles. Loyola is a private school and is the oldest continuously run school in Southern California.

Loyola’s last game against an Orange County opponent came in the 2019 CIF-SS Division 4 title game, in which the Cubs hosted San Juan Hills. The Stallions won their first CIF-SS title that night, 21-15.

Loyola graduated the quarterback that started that CIF-SS title game after the spring season, but the Cubs do return their top running back from last season.

Coach: Rob Frith 2020 Record: 2-3 (0-3 South Coast League) 2020 vs. SC: SC win, 35-7 Season Outlook: San Juan Hills made its return to the South Coast League last season following the Stallions’ first-ever CIF-SS title in 2019, but it was tough sledding.

San Clemente’s South Coast League MVP James Bohls put up his signature performance of the spring season at San Juan Hills with three touchdowns and 177 yards on 16 carries.

This fall, San Juan Hills will likely start junior Colton Joseph at quarterback. Joseph transferred from San Clemente after his freshman season and is the younger brother of former Tritons quarterback and golfer, Drayton Joseph.

Coach: Matt Poston 2020 Record: 3-2 (1-2 South Coast League) 2020 vs. SC: SC win, 35-17 Season Outlook: Tesoro acquitted itself nicely for all that the 2020-21 football season was. The Titans were more than enough for their Sea View League crossover games, hung tough with the top two of the South Coast League and ended with a dramatic one-point win over San Juan Hills in their “Battle for the Bell” rivalry.

Tesoro loses some offensive firepower, but the Titans return their top rusher in Lucas Pesak and a top receiver in Mason Wolfe. Pesak was a force with 517 yards and four touchdowns on 106 carries.

Coach: Chad Johnson 2020 Record: 4-1 (2-1 South Coast League) 2020 vs. SC: SC win, 10-7 Season Outlook: The biggest game only got bigger, as once again the Tritons took down Mission Viejo for the South Coast League title. After a dominant stretch by the Diablos that began in 1999, San Clemente has broken through in two of the past three seasons, which sticks in the craw of Mission Viejo.

Mission Viejo boasted an explosive offense last season that the Tritons shut down. It’ll be another tough task this season, as the Diablos return their starting quarterback (junior Kadin Semonza) and top rusher and top receiver (junior Mikey Matthews).

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PLAYERS TO WATCH // BY ZACH CAVANAGH

Five to Watch OFFENSE

MICHAEL ALEJO OL, Sr.

BLAKE ALLEN RB, Jr.

THOMAS HARTANOV WR, Jr.

EASTON CATTIACH WR, Sr.

LACHLAN VAN ROSMALEN QB, Sr.

As San Clemente tore up the South Coast League on the ground, the Tritons’ line carved open those running lanes. While that line loses some impact seniors, Alejo is one who returns from that group. Alejo is confident in the group up front and said everyone knows and embraces their role.

In the spring, San Clemente was paced by an MVP performance from then-senior running back James Bohls. Blake Allen steps into that position as a more all-purpose back than a straight-ahead runner. Allen makes the Tritons more dynamic by catching the ball out of the backfield and using his speed.

Part of an athletic San Clemente High School family, Thomas Hartanov is one of many speedy members of the Tritons receiving corps. Hartanov didn’t see much of the field as a sophomore, but he’s a shifty receiver playing on the inside who can shake off linebackers and find open space.

Coming on as a surprise in the spring, Easton Cattiach is the leading returning receiver for the Tritons. Cattiach had eight receptions for 102 yards and a touchdown last season, and he will be relied on as the deep threat for San Clemente.

Look for contested catches and yards after catch.

Lachlan Van Rosmalen worked on his deep ball accuracy over the offseason, and that will be key in a more dynamic passing attack and more equally balanced offense after a run-dominated spring. Van Rosmalen also said he’s more confident in his reads and quicker to see what the defense gives him.

Triton Training Camp Talk

“I think that league championship made us more hungry for the next season. Five games wasn’t enough. We want to be 10-0 and try to win state.”

– SENIOR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN MICHAEL ALEJO

“I FEEL LIKE AFTER LAST SEASON, WITH HOW TIGHT EVERYBODY BECAME, EVERYBODY IS JUST SO EXCITED TO GET BACK INTO THE SEASON … I DON’T THINK THERE’S A TEAM MORE EXCITED TO PLAY 10 GAMES AND GET BACK OUT THERE WITH FANS.” – SENIOR QUARTERBACK LACHLAN VAN ROSMALEN San Clemente Times August 12-18, 2021

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Five to Watch DEFENSE

JACK DEMORA DL, Sr.

BRAD GERKEN FS, Jr.

REESE McDONALD OLB, Jr.

TANNER MEHRENS DL, Sr.

COLE ROBERTSON MLB, Jr.

Jack Demora is a physical leader on the defensive front. Demora himself says he loves playing at nose guard, because he likes to get hit around, loves the action and enjoys being in the trenches. In the spring, Demora made 18 tackles for the Tritons, including 10 solo tackles.

Brad Gerken is one of several younger underclassmen for San Clemente’s defensive unit who is ready to make an impact after meaningful snaps as a sophomore in the spring.

Last season, Gerken pulled in an interception and recorded 12 total tackles. Gerken flies to the ball out of the secondary.

On the edge of the front seven, Reese McDonald was already a key member of the Tritons’ defense as a sophomore last season. McDonald was sixth on the team in total tackles in the spring with 26, the most by any non-senior. McDonald contains the run and rushes the passer.

In the trenches on both sides of the ball, Tanner Mehrens will make his presence known with his length and strength. Mehrens said his mentality is to go through people, dominate them, be physical and put people on the ground. Mehrens made six tackles as a junior in the spring.

While Cole Robertson’s older brother, Caiden, led the Tritons in tackles a year ago, Cole made a name for himself in the front seven as well, and he steps up as a defensive leader this season. Robertson racked up three sacks last season, including two against Mission Viejo, with nine total tackles.

“WE’RE A SUPER CLOSE GROUP. WE’VE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE WE WERE LITTLE, SO I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE A REAL TIGHT FAMILY, AND THAT WILL HELP IN THE GAME.” – JUNIOR RUNNING BACK BLAKE ALLEN

“We’ve got unfinished business. We got a season cut short, and we as a team felt like we could’ve gone a lot further. I think we’ve got something to prove this year.”

“I FEEL LIKE WE’RE ALL BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FULL SEASON THIS TIME, NOT JUST FIVE GAMES. WE WANT TO GET AS MUCH FOOTBALL IN AS SENIORS BEFORE IT’S OUR TIME.”

– SENIOR OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE LINEMAN TANNER MEHRENS

– SENIOR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN JACK DEMORA

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CoastLines

| By Fred Swegles

Lane, O’Keefe and DiGiovanni invoked the 3-2 vote over smokers Presley and Art Holmes, to abolish smoking.

“Lane smiled at Holmes, sitting next to him, and mused, ‘Right down party lines!’” my article said.

No comment came from Holmes, nor from City Manager Ken Carr, who also smoked.

“Later in the meeting, however, the city manager became the first person to violate the new council ban,” I wrote. “He forgot and lit up a cigarette, only to be promptly admonished by Lane.”

“I’m tired of being told what I can or can’t do,” Presley said. “I’d light up if I felt like a cigarette.”

Soon thereafter, Presley resigned from the council over a variety of issues.

Some Rather Lively City Council Controversies, 1970s-Style

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ne evening in the 1970s, San Clemente Mayor Tony DiGiovanni made an astounding announcement—he’d discovered a scandal in our peaceful little downtown.

“In color, in front of God and everybody,” the mayor proclaimed,“there was just no question as to what this couple was doing.”

Shocking new publication racks had appeared in front of the post office and, across the street, in front of the Cornet department store.

“The couple was COASTLINES doing it on the cover

BY FRED SWEGLES of a swinging singles newspaper in a news rack on Avenida Del Mar,” DiGiovanni declared in the Daily SunPost, our five-day-a-week local newspaper.

“We can eliminate this trash, this material that’s being foisted particularly on our younger generation,” the mayor said.

So, the city sealed the news racks shut and looked for legal ways to keep vendors from taking out a local business license to distribute the magazines.

‘MAN OF THE WORLD’ “I think I’ve been a man of the world, as the average man has, but there were some pictures that I was very shocked (with),” said DiGiovanni, a devout churchgoer.

A Daily Sun-Post profile told us how DiGiovanni had grown up in West Virginia in a large Catholic family that valued its Sicilian ancestry. While in high school, he worked in steel mills to help his family, then served as a Marine Corps pilot in WWII Pacific venues at Guam, Saipan and Iwo Jima and, in the Mediterranean, as an Italian interpreter for the U.S. Navy.

Somehow, the San Clemente “adult” magazine issue that had drawn his indignation eventually died down. I didn’t find conclusive news clippings.

But it reminded me that DiGiovanni, Thomas O’Keefe, Patrick Lane, Charles Fox and William Walker comprised a city council of diverse interacting personalities.

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Daily Sun-Post news clippings show the diverse interactions and personalities of five San Clemente city councilmembers during the 1970s. Photo: Fred Swegles

on others and delivered clever lines. It could be fun to share unlikely exchanges.

X-RATED MOTEL? One evening, Councilmember DiGiovanni took issue with an X-rated motel that had opened along South El Camino Real.

He hoped to try to find a way to force shutdown of the Riviera.

Walker said he’d checked with the San Clemente Police Department and learned that the Riviera was operated discreetly and “has a clean program.”

“Oh, come on now, Councilman Walker!”

DiGiovanni said. Walker clarified that he didn’t mean “clean in every sense,” but the motel regulated itself and wasn’t causing problems for the outside neighborhood.

The city attorney warned the mayor that it would be a problem trying to regulate X-rated motels or cinemas like Los Angeles’ famed Pussycat Theatre, where government was unable to ban the notorious movie Deep Throat.

“Tennessee found a way of doing it,” DiGiovanni told his colleagues.

“Are you referring to the Scopes trial?”

City Attorney Michael Bartlett asked, drawing laughter.

In 1925, Tennessee’s “Scopes Monkey Trial” had accused a high school science teacher named Scopes of illegally teaching the concept of evolution.

LET’S LOOK INTO THIS I visited the Riviera to view its security, how couples with reservations would enter through a security fence to park discreetly and rent a posh room.

“The deluxe rooms also come furnished with waterbeds, full-length mirrors on the walls and ceiling, velvet bedspreads and drapes, fur rugs, glowing lights and even a small hideaway roomette with velvet drapes, a mattress, and a swing hanging down from the ceiling,” I wrote.

For $30 to $35 a night, couples could watch the movies they wanted. Peter Marino, a former Anaheim motel owner who had brought his business to quieter San Clemente, came off as a nice guy, describing how smoothly his business ran and privacy measures protecting couples.

He described most guests as from northern Orange County, picking San Clemente for their getaway.

“Attorneys, doctors, dentists,” he said “There’s no trash. Just come here on a weekend, and you’ll see the kind of cars I’ve got. You’ll see Cadillacs, Mercedes …”

Most initial reservation calls came from women to give their husband an anniversary present or to celebrate his birthday, Valentine’s Day or other occasion, Marino said.

“Our customers come back, because they know we have nice rooms and we’ve got no problems,” he said. “It’s quiet, and it’s discreet.”

The city council discussed ways to try to shut down or prevent more X-rated motels, but the motel continued to operate for decades.

SMOKING BAN? More colorful exchanges between councilmembers came in 1974, when the council, on a 3-2 vote, banned smoking at council meetings.

DiGiovanni had sat next to Councilmember Paul Presley, who smoked frequently and who became annoyed when DiGiovanni called for the smoking ban.

The Santa Ana Register, along with the Daily Sun-Post, picked up the story, describing a verbal exchange like this: “I have some information,” said DiGiovanni while thumping down a stack of literature,“regarding the detrimental effect of smoking.”

“I have some, too, regarding the eating of garlic,” Presley retorted, turning away from DiGiovanni.

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‘ORDER OF THE GARLIC’ On St. Patrick’s Day in 1976, Patrick Lane became mayor, succeeding DiGiovanni’s year as mayor.

Lane enhanced the tradition of presenting the yearly outgoing mayor with a plaque of honor. He offered DiGiovanni a bulb of garlic, hanging from a string necklace, to wear.

“It’s the day of the Irish,” Lane said.

“St. Patrick came from Italy and went to Ireland. He left Italy and took up greener pastures. But we’re very benevolent and generous people, and I want to extend to you equal time for people of other origins.”

DiGiovanni wouldn’t wear the bulb, throwing it into the wastebasket. Lane continued to remind him of “the illustrious Order of the Garlic,” suggesting the outgoing mayor could wear it “to keep the critters away.”

BIGGER ISSUES These councilmembers generally got along well, though they disagreed at times, and it could be entertaining.

But among the biggest issues, they aimed to clean up and upgrade the Pier Bowl area, providing the town with a “Window to the Sea” by creating a grassy park to replace buildings, and try to protect San Clemente’s empty hills from being developed as intensely as much of Southern California—by requiring housing developers to put homes in clusters to preserve large swaths of open space.

Both issues became highly controversial, spurring debates, recall elections, more elections, challenges from property owners, lawsuits from big developers, and more.

But in the end, the town turned out pretty nicely.

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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ecause of COVID-19, my partner, Greta, and I canceled five road trips. We’ve been itching to “get on the road again.”

In July, we received an invitation to an Aug. 6 musical soiree in San Luis Obispo (SLO), along the Central California coast, hosted by former Dana Point Mayor Scott Schoeffel and his partner, Julie Simer.

Greta and I had attended several of Scott’s and Julie’s soirees in the backyard of their Dana Point home. They always had incredible musicians playing.

We decided to take a road trip to San Luis Obispo to attend. The invitation stated, “Vaccinations are required ON LIFE AND LOVE indoors.” We both

BY TOM BLAKE are fully vaccinated.

Scott is an accomplished musician, learning to play the violin from Jack Benny.

Scott’s specialty now is the electric violin.

A passion of his is to put together a five- or six-piece band of international talent to perform soirees. And he does it oh-so-well.

Greta and I drove to San Luis Obispo on Thursday, Aug. 5.

The soiree was scheduled to begin on Friday at noon. We arrived an hour early at a venue called SLO Brew Rock, or “The Rock,” where Julie and Scott had scheduled the event. The stage was outdoors, with a backdrop of mountains and hills.

The bar and food service were indoors.

The first thing we noticed was a large

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“Dana Point Yacht Club” banner emblazoned across the backdrop of the stage.

We thought, well, we’ve got the right place.

Soon, Scott and Julie greeted us as they were getting the seating and stage set up.

During the musicians’ warmup, Greta and I were impressed by the quality of the musicians. We realized we were in for four hours of immense entertainment.

And then people from Orange County, namely Dana Point, started arriving.

A woman named Vicki Sweet said, “Hi, Tom, I’ve lived in Dana Point all my life, and I’ve read your newspaper column, it seems, like forever.”

I said, “Yup, I’m showing my age. My first column appeared on July 7, 1994.”

And then I said to Vicki, “Who are all these people in your group?”

Vicki said, “Scott is the Commodore of the Dana Point Yacht Club, and many

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On the left is the Robison House as it looked when built in 1927. And pictured on the right is the Robison House today—restored by current owners Lawrence and Joelle Dunnwald.

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of us are members. It’s an unwritten tradition that new commodores sponsor a cruise each year. But, Scott and Julie decided to make their cruise a trip to the beautiful Central California coast featuring today’s soiree.”

I put my columnist thinking-cap on and thought, “Wow, wouldn’t it be neat if I could get a group picture of all these Orange County people, including Scott and Julie?” I mentioned that to Vicki.

She said, “If you’d like, I’ll be happy to coordinate getting the people together for a photo during one of the band’s breaks.”

“Awesome,” I said.

About 40 people from Dana Point and other parts of Orange County arrived, including Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do. Oh, my gosh, Supervisor Do loves his music.

He knew more songs than I did, which is amazing, because I’m an oldies freak.

Scott performed solo versions of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

The six-member band that Scott assembled was awesome. They called their group the “Central Coast All-Stars.” Most had never played together. An early song was “Purple Rain,” the classic by Prince.

Another favorite was “Big Yellow Taxi.”

The lead singer, Rachel Santa Cruz, whose father, Bobby Santa Cruz, played bass, was hugely talented. After the show, I told her: “Today, you were five women in one: Stevie Nix, Janis Joplin, Linda Ronstadt, Nancy Sinatra, and Grace Slick.”

For a few hours on Aug. 6, San Luis Obispo became Dana Point North.

Tom Blake is a retired Dana Point business owner and resident who has authored books on middle-aged dating. See his website at findingloveafter50.com. To comment: tompblake@gmail.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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Could this pretty kitty be the one for you?

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION:

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares.

To solve the puzzle, each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult.

Level: Medium

See the solution in next week’s issue.

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BY NORB GARRETT, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

“M

odern bohemian.”

That’s how creative director and interior designer Kimm Jones describes her new home furnishings store, Bungalow J, located in downtown San Clemente on Avenida Del Mar. “San Clemente is the land of Boho,” said Jones, who first opened her store in May 2020 up the street in the Arcade plaza, but then moved to the current, street-facing location in March 2021. “But my take is different— more of a modern Bohemian design feel. We are very curated, with pieces from all over the world. It’s a lot of hard work, but it feeds my soul.”

Jones is somewhat new to San Clemente, having moved here three years ago with her husband, Chris, af-

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Bungalow J owner Kimm Jones. Photo: Courtesy of Kimm Jones

ter a short two years in Long Beach following their move from Arizona. But she’s no newbie to interior design.

She spent more than 40 years in the industry, first in Minneapolis, where she attended design school and earned her AAA degree in Interior Design. She later became a professional member of A.S.I.D. (American Society of Interior Designers) before eventually moving to Arizona.

While running her previous interior design business and still dreaming of owning her own store, it wasn’t

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until moving to Southern California that she found the inspiration to move forward with her concept.

“I always wanted to open a store, but I knew Arizona wasn’t the spot,” said Jones, who named their Long Beach house Bungalow J since they finally were near the beach. But they wouldn’t stay in Long Beach for long.

“We randomly drove down (to San Clemente) one day, and as soon as we drove into the town, I felt this sense of peace, and I knew this was the place where we were going to live and I was going to start my business,” she added.

Adopting the Bungalow J name from their first house in California, Jones said it fits her vision for her store perfectly.

“A bungalow is cozy and inspires creativity,” she said.

“That’s what my store represents.”

The quaint, roughly 700-square-foot store features home decorations, stoneware, glassware, candles, hand-woven baskets and vintage, one-of-a-kind gifts from local artisans, as well as designers from around the world.

“I want everyone to have a beautiful home,” said Jones, whose business also includes her work as a creative director providing her interior design services for individual homeowners and small and large projects.

“It’s my passion to help them be happy and live well.”

Bungalow J is open Tuesday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays, noon-5 p.m.; and Mondays by appointment. SC BUNGALOW J 145 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente 949.478.1780, @bungalowjboutique bungalowj.company.site

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men’s and women’s teams at his alma mater, Loyola Marymount. Previously, Aki was the head coach of the boys and girls teams for the Hawaii Zone of the USA Water Polo Olympic Development Program from 2016-19. Aki also was an assistant at his high school alma mater, Punahou of Hawaii. In college at LMU, Aki was the all-time school record holder in steals and blocks and second in career assists.

In the spring, the San Clemente girls won the South Coast League title again, and the boys finished fourth in league in the delayed and abbreviated season.

San Clemente boys water polo’s first scheduled match of this season is Aug. 31 against Beckman.

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Email zcavanagh@picketfencemedia.com for submission.

Ikaika Aki Hired as SCHS Water Polo Head Coach San Clemente High School found its new leader of the Tritons water polo program on Aug. 4.

SCHS named Loyola Marymount assistant coach Ikaika Aki as the new head coach of the Tritons boys and girls water polo teams.

“We had very strong candidates, with great water polo backgrounds, all of which is a testament to our program and how it is perceived in the extended water polo community,” SCHS athletic director John Hamro said in a release. “Although the decision was not easy, we were ecstatic when Ikaika agreed to accept both positions.”

Aki is the full-time replacement for

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Ikaika Aki is the new San Clemente High School water polo coach. Photo: Courtesy of SCHS

former head coach Logan Powell, who stepped down from the positions in January and was followed by interim coaches for the 2020-21 season. Powell coached the San Clemente girls for 10 seasons and won a CIF-SS title, CIF SoCal Regional title and seven South Coast League titles. Powell was also the Triton boys head coach for five seasons, with three league titles and a CIF-SS title game appearance.

Aki was last an assistant coach for the

San Clemente Resident Annie Kunz Finishes 6th in Olympic Heptathlon Annie Kunz, a 24-year-old San Clemente resident, completed her run in the Olympic heptathlon on Aug. 5 in Tokyo.

After one day and the first four events of the heptathlon on Aug. 4, Kunz was in fourth place overall.

The podium was well within reach, but Kunz was unable to vault her competition in the final three events on Day 2.

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Kunz started the day strong with a fifth-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 6.32 meters to stay in fourth place in the standings. Kunz then followed up with her lowest finish of the competition with a 16th-place mark in the javelin throw of 42.77 meters, which dropped her to sixth overall. Kunz stayed in sixth overall with a 12th-place finish in the 800 meters with a time of 2:15.93.

Kunz finished with 6,420 points, which was 170 points off the podium and 371 points out of a gold medal.

Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium (6,791 points) won the gold medal, and the Dutch pair of Anouk Vetter (6,689 points) and Emma Oosterwegel (6,590 points) earned silver and bronze, respectively.

On Aug 4, Kunz opened in the 100-meter hurdles, finishing seventh in her heat at 13.49 seconds to sit in 14th out of the 24-athlete field. In the high jump, Kunz cleared 1.8 meters to again finish seventh in her group and remain in 14th overall.

In the second session on Aug. 4, Kunz finished third in her shot put group with a throw of 15.15 meters and finished sixth in her 200-meter heat at 24.12 seconds. Kunz had 3,870 points in the heptathlon standings after Day 1, and was 51 points out of third place and 98 points out of first. SC

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Dick Metz and a Surf Life Well-Lived Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient’s Impact on Surfing Is Vast and Inspiring

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

F

or all my money, I don’t think there is anybody out there in surfing with more good stories to tell than Dick Metz. At 92, he’s certainly seen and done it all, and he absolutely relishes the opportunity to share his experiences.

Metz, the founder of the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center (SHACC) in San Clemente, will be honored on Saturday, Aug. 14, with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association’s Waterman’s Ball.

To get the party started early, though, more than 100 friends gathered at SHACC this past weekend to toast the man they know and love.

Born in Laguna Beach in 1929, Metz’s story goes all the way back to the early days of California surfing. His father ran a restaurant in Laguna Beach, and when the era’s Hollywood stars would find their way down to the beach for a long weekend, the Metz family would serve them.

“I used to play with Shirley Temple on the beach on weekends,” Metz recalls.

“She was the same age as I was, and her folks would stop at the restaurant.”

It didn’t take Metz too long to find his way onto a surfboard. By 7 years old, he was hanging at San Onofre with legends Peanuts Larson and Hevs McClelland. He eventually graduated from Santa Barbara State College in 1953 before serving in the Army.

Landing back in Laguna in 1954, with the post-World War II surf scene booming,

Dick Metz, the founder of the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center in San Clemente, participates in a Q&A with Steve Morris, the executive director of the surf museum, which hosted a special party on Saturday, Aug. 7, to honor Metz, who will be receiving the SIMA Lifetime Achievement Award this weekend. Photo: Shawn Raymundo

Metz teamed with his pal Hobie Alter for the launch of the Hobie Surf Shop in Dana Point. It would become the blueprint for the lifestyle and culture that was soon to blossom around the planet.

In 1958, he hopped a freighter from California, landing in Tahiti. From there, he spent the next three years wandering and looking for waves. Eventually landing in Africa, one evening he arrived at Victoria Falls.

“I looked out the window, it’s 1 in the

morning, there were a couple of fires and two or three little huts. Of course, no lights, nobody around, no buildings of any kind, just little huts,” Metz remembers.

It’s at this part in Metz’s story where serendipity steps in. His driver was bound for Cape Town, and rather than sit alone in the dark, he made his way to the coast.

Linking up with John Whitmore, widely considered to be the father of South African surfing, Metz ended up checking out a lonely spot called Cape Saint Francis. The waves

weren’t anything spectacular, but he logged the information in his memory bank.

Returning back to California, another of Metz’s friends, filmmaker Bruce Brown, whose studio was based in Dana Point (in the building where French eatery Bonjour Café is today), was about to set out on an around-the-world movie project.

Metz casually suggested that Brown give Cape Saint Francis a check since most of the South African surf map had yet to be filled in at this time.

“If we had arrived in Victoria Falls in the middle of the day, I might have got out and stayed and not gone to Cape Town, and Mike (Hyson) and Robert (August) might not have scored perfect Cape Saint Francis in The Endless Summer,” Metz said with a smile. “It’s funny the way the ball bounces.”

Metz spent much of the ’60s living in Hawaii running the Hobie shop in Honolulu. He also launched Surfline Hawaii with Dave Rochlen, as well as opened other Hobie shops on both the West and East Coasts. And as mentioned, he also founded SHACC, along with Spencer Croul.

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

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SAWYER LINDBLAD

BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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ig ups to San Clemente’s Sawyer Lindblad, who finished runner-up at Jack’s Surfboards Pro in Huntington Beach last weekend.

Edged out by Oceanside’s Caitlin Simmers, it was another solid result for Lindblad. Both surfers are only 15 years old and represent an extremely talented new generation of young women coming up through the ranks.

For the effort, Lindblad has now qualified for the WSL Challenger Series this fall. Consisting of four events in San Clemente Times August 12-18, 2021

Sawyer Lindblad. Photo: Courtesy of WSL

California, Europe and Hawaii, she could potentially earn herself a spot on the 2022 Championship Tour if she can string together some solid results.

“When I got the word I was in the Challenger Series, I was so happy,” Lindblad told the WSL. “It was such a fun event, and I wanted to get another win, but I’m just excited to be back in the QS jersey and make another Final. I can’t wait to see what happens next and looking forward to it all.”

The first stop of the Challenger Series will be the U.S. Open in Huntington Beach this September.

Other local standouts at the Jack’s Surfboards Pro included Cole Houshmand, who finished in third, as well as Bella Kenworthy, who finished in fifth. SC Page 30

Water Temperature: 66-68 Degrees F Water Visibility and Conditions: 6-10 Thursday: A mix of southerly swells, South/ southwest through South/southeast, rolls in with waist to shoulder high waves, (3-4’+). light/variable winds for much of the morning, turn to a light+ sea breeze in the afternoon.

Outlook: The southerly swell blend holds steady for Friday and most of the weekend, maintaining waist to shoulder high surf, (3-4’+) through Sunday morning.

Southerly winds prevail for the remainder of the week, light+ in the mornings, light+ to moderate for the afternoons.

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