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Five things San Clemente should know this week TCA Board to Consider Los Patrones Extension, Nix Toll Road Plans THE LATEST: The board of directors for the Transportation Corridor Agencies will meet on Thursday, March, 12, when they’re scheduled to consider nixing any plans of running a toll road through San Clemente. Last week, Assemblymember Bill Brough, who has staunchly opposed the TCA, having drafted measures to limit its authority, announced that the agencies will instead further pursue extending the new county arterial road, Los Patrones Parkway, down to the San Clemente city limit as part of the ongoing South County Traffic Relief Effort (SCTRE). The extension, known as Alternative 22 in the SCTRE, would be an un-tolled road alignment plan that connects Los Patrones from Cow Camp Road in Rancho Mission Viejo to Avenida La Pata, running along the east side of the Prima Deschecha Landfill. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) and the TCA have been working on the Relief Effort. The SCTRE had included a series of proposed routes, including some to extend the 241 Toll Road through San Clemente and connect to Interstate 5—proposals that have drawn vehement rebuke from local residents. The initial stages of the environmental process to study the proposed 241 Toll Road extensions through San Clemente and parts of San Juan Capistrano began in November, when Caltrans began to accept public comment and review of the SCTRE. The public-comment period closed on Feb. 10 after being open for 94 days. The recommendation to pursue Alt. 22, the agenda report for the TCA’s Thursday meeting stated, was “based on the public input received as part of the project scoping phase and the preliminary technical data, such as the evaluation of traffic improvements, potential impacts to communities (right-of-way), (and) potential impacts to the natural or built environment.” During a sit-down interview with the San Clemente Times, Sarah King, media relations manager for the TCA, further explained that the benefits of going with the un-tolled Los Patrones extension “blew out of the water the alternatives that would connect to the 5.” “So, really, it was a no-brainer for us to move all of those alternatives for any San Clemente Times March 12-18, 2020
Oso Parkway, where the 241 Toll Road presently begins, will likely become the permanent start and finish of the tollway following a recent announcement by the Transportation Corridor Agencies. Photo: Fred Swegles
further consideration,” she said. According to a breakdown of how each alternative was screened, the un-tolled option for Alt. 22 is estimated to be able to reduce vehicle hours per delay, or VHD, on I-5 by 3,270 hours and by 4,520 hours on all other roadways. In terms of public feedback, the screening summary noted that opposition was ranked as “low” for the un-tolled Alt. 22 proposal. Public opposition for the three proposed routes to extend the 241 through San Clemente was “high,” the summary showed. According to King, Caltrans received 1,650 comments during the scoping period for the Relief Effort. With the TCA going with Alt. 22, King said she’s hoping it shows the agencies “worked really closely with the community,” listened to the public’s concerns and took them seriously. “I know at times it seemed liked a really challenging process to go through the public meetings and what have you, but having this go through this formal scoping phase and listening to that public input—I mean 1,600 comments is really overwhelming for a project—and their input helped what alternative we were able to provide our board of directors,” she said. The city of San Clemente and the TCA have been entrenched in legal battle since 2017, when the city, along with a homeowners association, filed a lawsuit challenging the agencies’ 2016 settlement agreement with environmental agencies that thwarted the plan to extend the 241 south of San Clemente. A Riverside County judge in late January ruled against the city’s motion to stop the TCA from considering alternative 241-extension routes. In its lawsuit, the city has argued that any route extension connecting the 241 to the I-5 via San Clemente would go against the legislatively intended route of the toll road per the Streets and Highways Code section 541. Riverside Superior Court Judge Daniel Ottolia, however, noted in his Jan. 28 ruling that the section of the law states: “Route 241 is from Route 5 south of San Clemente to Route 91 in the City of Anaheim.”
“There’s no requirement or language in the statute that the road bypass San Clemente or that it intersect Interstate 5 south of San Clemente,” the judge stated. As of press time, the city had not responded to SC Times’ request for comment on how its lawsuit will proceed in light of the Alt. 22 recommendation. Brough, whose re-election hopes were dashed last week after coming fourth in the state’s Primary Election, recently introduced Assembly Bill 3331, which proposes to amend section 541 of the highways code in an effort to make it clear that the 241 cannot run through San Clemente. The state lawmaker had previously introduced a bill to limit the TCA’s authority, preventing it from building new projects and incurring additional debt. The measure, AB 1273, died in committee back in January. As part of the board meeting on Thursday, the TCA, King pointed out, will recommend collaborating with Caltrans and OCTA in order to execute the Alt. 22 proposal and “conclude the Agency’s efforts to identify solutions for a southerly extension of the 241 Toll Road.” Such collaboration will entail advancing plans to have the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on the I-5 extend from Avenida Pico to the San Diego County line, as well as complete the project to widen Ortega Highway in San Juan Capistrano. “Well, based on the staff report our board on Thursday will be taking action on, which is their policy to accept that the only alternative to move forward is an un-tolled county road; in the most simplest way, yes,” King said when asked whether the Alt. 22 plan will rule out a toll road entirely. WHAT’S NEXT: King also noted that should the board vote to move ahead with Alt. 22, the proposal will still need to go through the environmental phase, which is likely to take up another two to three years and be followed by a design phase before construction. “So, we’re looking at maybe another seven years out,” before completion, King said. “Seven years, that’s probably a little aggressive.” The TCA’s board meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at its headquarters in Irvine. The board meeting will be live-streamed online. More information can be found at thetollroads.com.—Shawn Raymundo
Voters Likely to Decide Transitioning Clerk, Treasurer to Appointed Positions THE LATEST: Two seats on the city council’s dais will be up for grabs this fall, as well as the positions of city clerk and city treasurer. Depending on how San Clemente residents vote on a series of potential ballot measures, the clerk and treasurer positions could instead transition into
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council-appointed ones, while a two-term limit could be imposed on councilors. The council earlier this month voted, 4-0, with Councilmember Chris Hamm absent, to have city staff draw up a resolution calling for the series of measures to be included on the ballots for the Nov. 3 General Election. Should the council adopt the resolution this summer, one measure would ask voters whether the elected council seat should be limited to two four-year terms. If passed, a councilmember could serve again after a two-year lapse in service. Another two measures propose having the currently elected clerk and treasurer seats transition instead to positions appointed by the council body. Joanne Baade is the current city clerk; the city treasurer position is currently held by Mark Taylor. According to a 2018 agenda report on the possible ballot measures to transition the two positions, the city explained that the ballot would propose two main questions regarding each seat. The first would ask whether the office of the city clerk and city treasurer should be appointive and then followed by “yes” and “no” options. The second question would ask which candidate they support if that particular office remained elected. “The impartial analysts that will be prepared by the City Attorney would state that if a majority of voters voting on the transition measure favor making the office appointive, then the ‘winning’ candidate would not be sworn in or serve, because their office would have been eliminated by the express terms of the transition measure,” the report stated. To consolidate the city’s municipal elections for the councilor, clerk and treasurer positions with the elections that the Orange County Registrar of Voters will conduct this November, the city is estimating to spend between $65,486 and $83,346. The cost to add each measure is about $8,500. WHAT’S NEXT: City staff is expected to have a draft of the resolution calling for the ballot measures ready for the council to review by early June.—SR
SONGS Representatives Explain Radiation Monitoring THE LATEST: Officials with Southern California Edison, which operates the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), discussed the radiation monitoring devices and techniques on site during a media tour of the facility on Tuesday, March 10. SONGS is being decommissioned—a process that began in 2013—and plans are underway to dismantle the power plant. Three radiation monitors, and an additional monitor (the control) providing a baseline reading installed by Edison, collect radiation data that is sent directly (Cont. on page 4) sanclementetimes.com
EYE ON SC (Cont. from page 3) to three off-site agencies: the California Department of Public Health’s Radiologic Health Branch, California State Parks and the city of San Juan Capistrano, according to a news release. SONGS publishes the data through independent agencies to demonstrate transparency. The radiation monitors at SONGS are able to read very low levels of radiation, and officials are confident it will demonstrate there are no hazards to members of the general public or employees who work on site. “They read out a microrem, which is a millionth of a rem,” engineering manager Jerry Stephenson said of the radiation testing devices during the tour. “The dosage right here is very, very low. The official estimates the government provides for how much radiation a person receives in a year is 600 millirems, which is 600,000 microrems. This is 18. Just from your normal everyday life for a year, you’ll get 600,000. This is tiny.” According to the newest report for February from the public health department, released Tuesday, Edison conducted fuel transfers between Feb. 6 and 7; between Feb. 13 and 14; between Feb. 21 and 22; and on Feb. 28. At radiation monitor #3, located near the entrance to the dry storage facility, readings for the Feb. 13 fuel loading jumped to 708 microrem per hour. The average that day had been 28 microrem per hour, with a low of 10 microrem per hour. Similar readings occurred on Feb. 6 and 21, when the maximum dose rates were recorded at 603 microrem per hour and 497 microrem per hour, respectively. At the control monitor, which sits at the edge of a parking lot north of the dry storage facility, readings on Feb. 6 and 7 recorded maximum dose rates of 11 microrem per hour and 12 microrem per hour, respectively. The maximum dose rate reading on Feb. 13 and 14 was 11 microrem per hour. The average dose rate on all of those days was 8 microrem per hour, while the low was 6 microrem per hour, the report showed. Mark Lewis, a health physicist whose specialty is radiation protection, discussed aspects of radiation and safety at the end of the tour. Lewis has worked a long time in the field, and he has no radiation-related health problems and has not experienced abnormal levels of radiation from his work. Lewis’ goal is to make radiation exposure levels “as low as reasonably possible.” “In our heyday at San Onofre, I worked with roughly 2,000 employees. Not all 2,000 employees working at the nuclear plant were radiation workers,” Lewis said. “There’s a relatively small subset of us that would work in the plant every day. I am an example of one of them. I would work with the radiation on a regular basis. I’ve been working here for 38 years and my lifetime occupational radiation exposure at each millirem has been carefully counted throughout my career. My number is 1,004.” San Clemente Times March 12-18, 2020
Statement for SONGS.’ ” “Therefore, the NRC is confident that the environment can be adequately protected, and all impacts bounded, during decommissioning activities at SONGS,” the NRC’s Feb. 26 denial stated. —SR
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During a media tour at the San Onofre power plant on Tuesday, March 10, Jerry Stephenson, an engineering manager for Southern California Edison, gives a presentation on the new radiation monitoring devices located at the plant’s dry storage facility. Photo: Shawn Raymundo
WHAT’S NEXT: Edison is working to lobby Congress and the federal government to develop a place to store the spent nuclear fuel, and is monitoring for any areas where it can go. The fuel will be safely stored until a spot opens for it. “Our location here is very safe,” Stephenson said. The noticeable dome structures—visible from Interstate 5 when driving to and from San Diego—will come down at the very end of the project, with a time frame of 2025 or 2026.—Collin Breaux and SR
NRC Denies Public Watchdogs Request to Halt Decommissioning at SONGS THE LATEST: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) denied last month a petition by Public Watchdogs to immediately suspend decommissioning activity at the San Onofre power plant, determining that the operations don’t pose an immediate safety threat. On Feb. 26, the NRC responded to the advocacy group’s September petition challenging the license approved in 2015 that allows Southern California Edison to decommission its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The NRC notes that the basis of Public Watchdogs’ request to halt the decommissioning operations centers on the belief that storing the plant’s spent nuclear fuel within Edison’s dry storage facility poses an “immediate threat to public safety.” The group had also questioned the integrity of the Holtec fuel canisters Edison uses to store the waste and claimed that the NRC hadn’t considered the environmental and safety impacts from sea level rise.
“The NRC staff has determined that the decommissioning activities at SONGS do not constitute an immediate threat to public health and safety,” the NRC said in its denial. The agency goes on to state that it has “continued to carefully regulate the licensee’s decommissioning activities at SONGS, which include its review of the fuel storage facility design, inspections encompassing the physical facility, as well as the licensee’s operational performance, and appropriate enforcement actions.” Public Watchdogs Executive Director Charles Langley said the group is “deeply concerned” by the NRC’s denial. Langley went on to accuse the NRC of keeping secret documents and analyses related to Holtec’s designs for the storage facility from the community, and therefore shouldn’t be trusted. Langley noted that NRC “informed us that this analysis is being kept secret to protect Holtec’s intellectual property rights.” “The nuclear waste industrial complex thrives on secrecy,” Langley wrote in an email. “The problem with secrecy is that it encourages fraud, deceit, and a cavalier attitude toward answering tough questions. The public has a right to know why the NRC is helping Holtec keep secrets about San Onofre, because this appears to be a pattern.” Addressing the Public Watchdogs’ concerns regarding the integrity of the canisters, the NRC said its inspectors have concluded that the peak stresses, or localized scratches canisters get from incidental contact, are not a safety concern. The NRC later cites its “Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement on Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities,” noting the decommissioning activities at SONGS are bounded by that report and that the agency “did not find any deviations from the previously issued ‘Environmental
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THE LATEST: The Joint, a marijuana delivery service that has been operating through a local partnership with Vix Vapes in Downtown San Clemente, was ordered by the city in late January to cease and desist. However, according to the city, those operations have continued, prompting the city to issue citations to the businesses for failing to comply with cease-and-desist letters that had been delivered to them on Jan. 21. “The City has made numerous attempts to gain your compliance, none of which have been successful or even resulted in efforts to comply,” the city stated in a Feb. 19 citation to The Joint. “The business continues to operate illegally at the Property (in the Vix Vapes storefront business location), in violation of numerous portions of the San Clemente Municipal Code.” Similar citations for violating the city’s prohibition on operating a commercial marijuana business were given to Vix Vapes and the Mission Viejo-based IDEN, the owner of the property. According to the citations, the city fined The Joint $500, IDEN $400 and Vix Vapes $400. The Joint, a Santa Ana-based marijuana dispensary, had partnered with Vix Vapes to offer weed delivery services, essentially bypassing the city’s ban on commercial dispensaries within city limits. Customers have been able to purchase marijuana by placing an order at The Joint’s digital kiosk within the store. Within a few minutes, a delivery driver comes up to the store to collect payment and drop off the customers’ products. As of press time, the representatives for The Joint and Vix Vapes had not responded to San Clemente Times’ request for comment. Chris Glew, The Joint’s director of legal affairs, had previously told SC Times that the kiosk at Vix Vapes is not a storefront. However, the city argues in its citations that city code bars commercial marijuana activity and doesn’t allow for the permitting of any such business or operation. That includes “transportation, delivery, storage, distribution, or sale of marijuana, marijuana products or marijuana accessories.” WHAT’S NEXT: Adam Atamian, the city’s code compliance manager, said earlier this month that additional citations were forthcoming and that enforcement is ongoing.—SR EDITOR’S NOTE: Extended versions for some of these stories can be found at sanclementetimes.com. sanclementetimes.com
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Support for SchoolRelated Bonds Flails Statewide BY SHAWN RAYMUNDO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES
Voters in San Clemente and Capistrano Beach last week decidedly rejected Measure H, the Capistrano Unified School District’s bond measure to upgrade local schools. In Aliso Viejo, Laguna Niguel and the rest of Dana Point, Measure I didn’t fare very well, either, as both bond attempts fell roughly 10 percentage points below the 55% threshold needed to pass. “Well, it certainly wasn’t the result we were hoping for, of course, and that’s very disappointing when you’re talking about facilities for children,” said CUSD Board Trustee Patricia Holloway, who represents San Clemente. Despite the district not getting the result it was hoping for, Holloway and CUSD Board President Jim Reardon said district officials ran a good campaign and had received positive support from the community. “So, the temperament of the community, the receptiveness of the community . . . I thought was very positive,” said Reardon. “The result, on the other hand, followed the trend that has set in statewide.” As Reardon noted, what happened with Measures H and I this month wasn’t limited to South Orange County. Across the state, a vast majority of school-related bond and tax parcel measures were rejected by voters—a departure from previous elections in which most of such measures had been approved. For instance, Proposition 13, the state’s school bond measure that would have raised $15 billion for K-12 schools, as well as preschools, community colleges and state universities, is all but certain to fail, making it the first of its kind to be defeated in a quartercentury, Los Angeles Times had reported. As of Tuesday, March 10, results from the California Secretary of State showed support for Prop 13 at only 46%.
NO NEW TAXES
In counties throughout the state, more than 140 ballot measures asked voters to either pass bonds or tax parcels in order to fund and support local K-12 schools, particularly facility improvement projects, as well as efforts to attract quality educators. Should the numbers hold, as counties continue counting the remaining ballots, roughly 70% of those measures are currently poised to fail. Bond measures in California require a 55% approval threshold, while parcel tax measures need a two-thirds majority, or 66.67% to pass. San Clemente Times March 12-18, 2020
While voters in South Orange County rejected a pair of bond measures to upgrade local schools, districts across the state are seeing similar results with their proposed measures. Photo: Shawn Raymundo
According to Ballotpedia—an online source for nationwide election information—the approval rate of bond measures in California has ranged from 70% to 93% between 2008 and 2018. However, in 2009, the approval rating was 50% and in 2017, the approval rating was 33%. Reardon told the San Clemente Times this week that the results from the latest elections shouldn’t be considered an aberration. Rather, he argued, the results are indicative of the public’s current attitude on taxes. “I don’t think the community is ready for another increase in taxes, and I don’t think it’s going to be foreseeably different for some time,” he said, adding: “I don’t think it’ll be any different in November or 2022.” Reardon speculated that plunges in the stock market related to fears of the global coronavirus outbreak and the state’s new gas tax imposed last year likely contributed to California voters opposing another bond. He also noted that voters were likely apprehensive to borrow more money to pay for upgrades at schools while the state is sitting on a budget surplus. “You can run down this list; I think a lot of people look at it and say, ‘I can’t afford the risk right now and the climate can’t be generous,’ and they voted no,” he said. Holloway echoed Reardon’s sentiments. “It’s not even a political party thing; voters statewide are feeling pressures and uncertainties, and that translates to not being supportive of additional funding,” she said.
A NON-PARTY ISSUE
The biggest takeaway from last week’s elections, Reardon explained, is that taxes aren’t a partisan issue, with both Democrats and Republicans in California voting against these measures. In counties such as Humbolt, Los Angeles, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Diego and Santa Clara—where registered Democrats largely outnumber Republicans—most of the bonds that had appeared on the ballots are presumably defeated, based on SC Times’ compilation and review of the measures, results and most recent registration data. Some Democratic strongholds, however, continued to show resilient support for
school-related ballot measures. Nearly all of such measures appear to have passed in counties such as San Mateo, which was roughly 53% Democrat and nearly 15% Republican, and Sonoma, where about 55% of voters were registered Democrats and roughly 18% were Republicans. But in Republican-majority counties including El Dorado, Madera, Placer, and Tulare, voters flatly rejected the measures. Reardon, a Republican who has largely opposed new taxes—even opposing the district’s failed $889 million Measure M bond in 2016—threw his support toward Measures H and I, believing the two regional bonds were structured better. Both measures proposed a $.03 tax levy for every $100 of assessed property value in order “to repair aging classrooms and facilities at schools,” as well as fix other areas, including deteriorating roofs and plumbing and electrical systems, among other things. Measure H, the bond initiative put before voters in San Clemente (excluding Talega) and Capistrano Beach, was expected to provide the school district with about $120 million—$90 million of which was earmarked for San Clemente High, built more than 50 years ago. Had Measure I passed, the district was estimated to receive about $300 million, most of which was intended for Dana Hills High School, Aliso Niguel High School and Niguel Hills Middle School. If Measures H and I had passed, the total estimated debt amount, including interest, was $209 million and $519 million, respectively.
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Reardon said that hopefully state lawmakers in Sacramento will “take heed and recognize that something’s changed.” Asked whether that means California’s legislators need to revisit how education in the state is funded in order to address the aging structures and facilities at schools, Reardon said he wishes they would. He also noted that about $40 million to $50 million in the district’s $500 million budget is annually slated for maintenance—but not modernization. “At the end of the day, we don’t have money for modernization, and the state needs to come up with a strategy to fix schools,” Rear-
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don said, later adding: “I’m not sure what I’d recommend, but they need to have some sort of program for modernizations that districts can apply for to fund it.” Holloway similarly stated that state officials “will need to somehow address the issue, because if school districts can’t pass school bonds, there’s no other source of funding for infrastructure.” In an email to SC Times, Sen. Patricia Bates said she believes that “voters are growing increasingly skeptical and tired of having to vote on more bond and tax proposals at the state and local levels during each election.” “Voters care about our schools, but I think many of them are beginning to wonder where all their existing tax dollars are going, given all the high taxes that they are paying now,” she said in the email. “For future bond/tax proposals, I believe proponents will have to do a better job explaining why existing revenues are not enough and what will be done to ensure accountability and transparency.” The state legislature, she added, should look to fund most of the repairs needed at schools “through a ‘pay as you go approach’ via the annual state budget process.” Interest payments would be eliminated as result of the approach, which, she said, “will significantly reduce the costs of repairing and building new infrastructure.”
MOVING AHEAD
Locally, Reardon said, the district will have to consider alternative ways of funding repairs. “We’re going to have to find ways to get this work done . . . to get the modernization and repairs without impacting instruction,” he said. One of the issues leading up to the election had been declining enrollment at district schools, leaving many in the community to question the need to fix some of the schools if there’s a possibility they won’t be used. Touching on that argument, Reardon said he think it’s a likely course of action to consider. “I think it’s likely that the board will have to consider consolidating elementary schools in the foreseeable future,” he said. However, he later said, “Somewhere in there, there’s probably a mechanism to get some funding for modernization in the schools we keep, but it won’t be enough.” Holloway, on the other hand, acknowledged that while enrollment is currently declining, “over time, it’ll swing up again.” “So we go through cycles,” she said. “Closing a school could be shortsighted, because we may need that capacity at some point in the future.” Holloway stated that although CUSD struck out again, the district will just have to continue thinking about “hitting home runs for our kids.” “So, we’ll need to do that in the future. We’ll need to come up with something that our voters and community can support and then make things right for our kids,” she said. “But something that our community can support, and we’ll continue to try to earn that support from our voters.” SC sanclementetimes.com
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Professionals in the Community Invited to be ‘Principal for a Day’ City officials, business owners, law enforcement and a variety of other leaders in the community were invited by Capistrano Unified School District to be a “Principal for a Day” for a few hours in elementary, middle and high schools within the area. Afterward, participants gathered for a luncheon to share their experiences on Feb. 28, where San Clemente High School culinary arts students catered the event. The district stages Principal for a Day events to reflect the partnership between the schools and every facet of the community, said Ryan Burris, chief communications officer for the district, which provides instruction to roughly 47,000 students on 63 campuses, encompassing 200 square miles. San Clemente-affiliated “principals” included San Clemente Councilmember Gene James, San Clemente Chamber of Commerce Membership Director Susie Lantz and Beth Apodaca, director of Age Well Senior Services at the Dorothy Visser Senior Center, For a complete list of participants, visit cusdinsider.org.
CUSD Board of Trustees Passes Second Interim Financial Report During a special meeting on Wednesday, March 4, Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees approved a second interim financial report. The reports show CUSD can meet its financial obligations for the rest of the fiscal year. Trustees approved the first report in December 2019. According to a slide presented at the March 4 meeting, CUSD will see an increase of about $1.5 million for special education funding. The second report was approved after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget was released. Multi-year projections in the CUSD report show CUSD will be able to meet a required 2% minimum reserve through the 2022-23 fiscal year. In other meeting news, trustees approved an agreement with Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center to provide an overnight outdoor science school trip. Clarence Lobo, Canyon Vista, and Del Obispo Elementary School would reportedly like to utilize the program for fifthgrade students. San Clemente Times March 12-18, 2020
THURSDAY, MARCH 12
COASTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 6:30 p.m. The San Clemente Coastal Advisory Committee will conduct its regularly scheduled meeting. 100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente. 949.361.8200. san-clemente.org. TUESDAY, MARCH 17
Beth Apodaca, director at Age Well Senior Services, speaks at the “Principal for a Day” luncheon, held at the Capistrano Unified School District office on Friday, February 28. Photo: Courtesy of CUSD/Stephen Carr
American Cancer Society to Host Run Challenge, Cancer Walk in May
Local Republican Women to Award Educational Scholarships
The American Cancer Society will host a 5K Beach Run Challenge and Cancer Walk of Support at the beach near the San Clemente Pier on May 16. The event will help support the ACS’s lifesaving research and local services for cancer patients in Orange County. All of the proceeds will go to support the Relay for Life campaign. “Whether you wish to run, walk or just support the event, we encourage you to become involved as a way to honor friends and family who have battled cancer and those who are their caregivers,” the organization said in its GoFundMe page for the event. Participants can either run in the organization’s competitive 5K Beach Run Challenge or walk with family and friends along the beach trail to support American Cancer Society’s cause. For those who are unable to participate, the ACS is encouraging them to donate to the event and cheer on others. The 5K run will loop from Linda Lane to Califia Beach and back. The walk will loop from the pier to Califia and back on the beach trail. Participants can just do a portion of the walk, or simply come to stand and cheer on runners and walkers. The 5K is for adults, 18 years and older. A youth waiver with a parent’s signature will be needed for anyone under 18 who is walking or volunteering. More information on how to participate and donate for the event can be found at charity.gofundme.com/sc5krunwalk.
San Clemente Area Republican Women Federated is currently accepting applications from local high school seniors interested in receiving scholarships. The group is looking to award scholarships, ranging between $800 and $1,500, to high school seniors in the San Clemente area. Applicants, the group notes, must be U.S. citizens, a registered Republican voter (or intent to register, if not 18) and reside and attend schools in Dana Point, Camp Pendleton, Capistrano Beach, Mission Viejo, San Clemente or San Juan Capistrano. Those applying will also need to provide, prior to April 20, proof of intent to enroll in an accredited institution of higher learning and will also need to be available for an interview with the SCARWF scholarship committee, according to the group. Completed applications should include a 500- to 700-word essay on “What makes me think I’m a Republican?” It should also include an official high school transcript, resume, photo and three letters of recommendation. The deadline to apply is April 20. The scholarships will be awarded during the group’s Awards Banquet on Wednesday, June 10, at Talega Golf Club. More information can be found at scarwf.org. Have something interesting to submit to our News Bites section?
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CITY COUNCIL 6 p.m. The San Clemente City Council will conduct its regularly scheduled meeting. 100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente. 949.361.8200. san-clemente.org. MARINE CORPS SOUTH COAST DETACHMENT 22 6 p.m. The Marine Corps South Coast Detachment 22 meets the third Tuesday of every month at Elks Lodge, 1505 North El Camino Real. 949.378.7984. info@marinecorpsleaguesouthcoast.org BECAUSE I LOVE YOU (BILY) 6:30-8:30 p.m. Meets every Tuesday. Because I Love You (BILY) is free and can help parents navigate through whatever parenting challenges they may be facing (e.g., failure to launch, drug abuse, disrespect). San Clemente Presbyterian Church. 119 Avenida De La Estrella. bilysc.org. SAN CLEMENTE TOASTMASTERS 7-8:40 p.m. The San Clemente Toastmasters meets every Tuesday, with the doors opening at 6:30 p.m. so everyone can greet each other. San Clemente Baha’i Center, 3316 Avenida Del Presidente. 858.900.6175 sanclementetoastmasters. toastmastersclubs.org. SUNRISE ROTARY 7:15-8:30 a.m. San Clemente Sunrise Rotary meets every Tuesday at Talega Golf Club Signature Grille. 990 Avenida Talega. scsunriserotary.com. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18
PLANNING COMMISSION 6-10 p.m. The city’s Planning Commission conducts its regularly scheduled meeting. 100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente. 949.361.8200. san-clemente.org.
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Addressing Public Safety in San Clemente
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ecently, I had the honor of being elected to San Clemente City Council. I ran on a platform of quality of life and public safety—two goals I will keep paramount with every decision. I believe public safety is my most sacred obligation to the taxpayers and citizens of San Clemente; safeguarding San Clemente’s very special quality of life commands my every thought. No city, small or large, anywhere in the world compares to our unique city. I commit to zealously guard our San Clemente way of life. We have the continued presence of the Transportation Corridor Agencies. Many of the TCA board members would have no qualms about building a scar of concrete and steel through our city. I will oppose their efforts with every fiber of my being. Additionally, the TCA, in conjunction with the California Department of Transportation, could conceivably expand Interstate 5 for the immense profitability of managed lanes. This would require the demolition of many local businesses, the iconic San Clemente Presbyterian Church and the homes of our friends and neighbors. The TCA should instead pay off their billions of dollars of debt, remove existing tolls on taxpayer-maintained roads and, most importantly, stay out of San Clemente. Sacramento’s “Trifecta for Professional Criminals” also threatens our way of life. The Trifecta comprises Propositions 47 and 57, and Assembly Bill 109. Prop 47,
billed as the “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act,” has decriminalized everything from hard drugs to stealing up to $950. Prop 57, billed as the “Parole for Non-Violent Criminals and Juvenile Court Trial,” has pushed prisoners onto the street without serving their sentences. AB 109 transferred state prisoners to the counties, which forced counties to release prisoners into communities. Prop 47 and 57 and AB 109 have caused an increase in nuisance crimes such as public urination and defecation on our streets, parks and beaches, brazen shoplifting from our shopkeepers and auto burglaries in our neighborhoods. The failed bill SB 10, which eliminates bail for CITY COUNCIL those accused of crimes, CORNER will now appear on the Gene James ballot as a proposition in November; it must be defeated. While the majority party in our state legislature continues to assist and enable criminals, they are simultaneously depriving law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights and the ability to protect themselves and their families. The U.S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Martin v. City of Boise has thwarted the ability of law enforcement to handle the problem of those living on our streets by
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much as the next guy. But if we are going to employ people on a meaningless task, couldn’t they use brooms? These would reduce noise and air pollution considerably while still providing the make-work benefit.
restricting the enforcement of no-camping ordinances. The majority on our streets are mentally ill or addicted. They need help battling their addictions and mental illness. We need to dispense with the homeless industrial complex’s failed strategy of sourcing housing without first treating addiction and mental health. I remain an adamant opponent to a regional shelter or permanent supportive housing in San Clemente. It is conceivable the current public safety crisis could morph into a public health crisis with the coronavirus hitting our shores. We should have no doubt the virus will run through this group like wildfire due to very poor sanitation habits of those living on the streets. We will require assistance from the county and state to ensure an epidemic that could threaten our families and city does not occur. It is noteworthy that diseases that disappeared long ago are now appearing among those living on our streets. These are the challenges we face in protecting our great city. I will remain focused on protecting San Clemente families and children. Gene James is a councilmember who was elected in 2019. 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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SUPPORT THE BAN ON GAS-POWERED BLOWERS
NO TOLL ROAD THROUGH SAN CLEMENTE
GARTH TAYLOR, San Clemente
I urge the San Clemente City Council to pass a comprehensive ban on gas-powered blowers, as outlined in the Feb. 27 edition of the San Clemente Times. I believe one of the major offenders is the city of San Clemente. Every morning, seven days a week, a small army of San Clemente Municipal workers descend on the San Clemente Pier/beach area to blow the sand off the beach paths. Yes, that’s right, they work for about half an hour blowing beach sand off beach paths. This cleaning of the paths is effective for about 10 minutes before joggers, bicyclists, surfers, dog walkers and children track sand back onto the paths. I am in favor of make-work projects as
CHRIS PITCHFORD, San Clemente
What great news for all of us who live in, visit and love San Clemente. Sane minds prevailed, came together and decided a non-toll extension of the 241 Toll Road would suffice to ease traffic by connecting to La Pata and having traffic use Camino De Los Mares, Vista Hermosa and Avenida Pico to access Interstate 5. Those of us wanting nothing to do with a toll road bisecting our town, while bringing construction aftermath in its wake, have been vindicated. Now preservation of wildlife, quality of life and the beauty that is San Clemente are at hand. Whether it’s the mild sea breezes flowing throughout our town or the parade of
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rolling hills emptying to the sea, all of a sudden, we have a brighter future in store for life in San Clemente.
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Thursday | 12 GUN SAFETY FOR SENIORS 10 a.m. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will host a presentation for the community’s elderly citizens to learn more about current gun laws, including concealed-carry permits, as well as the safekeeping and safe handling of guns. Dorothy Visser Senior Center, 117 Avenida Victoria, San Clemente. 949.498.3322.
Friday | 13 ‘WHO WAS NELLIE GAIL MOULTON?’ 6-8 p.m. Join Casa Romantica for the opening reception of Who Was Nellie Gail Moulton? The opening reception is free and open to the public. Curated by Maurine St. Gaudens Studios, Who Was Nellie Gail Moulton? is the first comprehensive exhibition in more than 50 years of artwork created by Orange County pioneer, artist, and philanthropist Nellie Gail Moulton. The exhibit will be on display daily through May 31. Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente. 949.498.2139. casaromantica.org.
Saturday | 14 STUDENTS OF STAND-UP CLASS REUNION SHOW 7:30-9:30 p.m. The Students of Stand-up Class Reunion Show will feature eight past graduates from Tom Riehl’s Students of Stand-up Comedy Workshop who have been out performing at such notable clubs as The Improv, The Laugh Factory, and Flappers Comedy Club, just to name a few. It promises to be a great night of comedy. Tickets are $12, or $60 for a group of 6 guests. Adele’s at the San Clemente Inn, 2600 Avenida Del Presidente, San Clemente. 949.951.1664. comedyintheoc.com.
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EDITOR’S PICK Exceptional style and presentation were required to gain points at the 2018 San Clemente Mixology Competition at The Shwack Cantina. Photo: File/Eric Heinz
THURSDAY, MARCH 19: SAN CLEMENTE MIXOLOGIST COMPETITION 3-5 p.m. The San Clemente Chamber of Commerce will host this yearly challenge among area restaurant bartenders, who will compete for the best-tasting original drink. Bartenders will create a specialty drink that a select group of local dignitaries will judge. The winning drink will then be adopted by participating restaurants as the official San Clemente drink. Presale tickets are $25 for Chamber members and $35 for prospective members. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis by contacting the Chamber office at info@scchamber.com or 949.492.1131. Tickets will not be available for sale at the door. OC Tavern, 2369 South El Camino Real, San Clemente. 949.492.1131. scchamber.com.
fruits, vegetables and artisanal goods from organic growers along Avenida Del Mar. 949 361 8200. san-clemente.org.
Tuesday | 17 ST. PATRICK’S DAY 9 a.m.-2 a.m. Bloom’s Irish Bar & Restaurant will host a day-long St. Patrick’s Day celebration. The bar will have bands from 11:30 a.m. to close, a bagpiper, Irish dancers, Guinness and Jameson pours, as well as free giveaways. There will also be traditional Irish food. Bloom’s Irish Bar & Restaurant, 2391 S El Camino Real, San Clemente. 949.218.0120. bloomsirishpubsc.com ST. PADDY’S DAY PARTY 5-9 p.m. Join Bella Collina San Clemente for its celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. The golf club will be serving corned beef and cabbage, a baked potato bar, shepherd’s pie, and more. There will also be Irish beers for $4, Jameson drinks for $5, as well as trivia and prizes. Reservations are required, and the kids club is available. Bella Collina San Clemente, 200 Avenida La Pata, San Clemente. 949.498.6604. bellacollinasanclemente.com.
Wednesday | 18 TOPS (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) 9:30-10:30 a.m. TOPS is an affordable nonprofit weight loss program founded in 1948. Rather than diets and selling food plans, TOPS offers healthful changes you can live with, plus friendship, encouragement and accountability. San Clemente Presbyterian Church, 119 Avenida De La Estrella, San Clemente. 949.492.9428. sandyxlb7@gmail.com. SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY GEM AND MINERAL SOCIETY 7 p.m. Author Renée Newman, who learned to appreciate fine gemstones when she directed tours to Asia and South America in the early 1980s, will discuss her books at the monthly South Orange County Gem and Mineral Society meeting. The SOCGEMS meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Guests are welcome at no charge. Speaker presentation is preceded by hospitality and refreshments, a raffle and brief business meeting. San Clemente Community Center, 100 N. Calle Seville, San Clemente. 949.498.8358. socgems.com.
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hen the trailer dropped for Autumn de Wilde’s remake of Jane Austen’s classic romantic comedy Emma, my first reaction was “why?” —the same as it was with Greta Gerwig’s new version of Little Women two months ago. How many more on-screen versions of this popular tale do we need? Over the decades, we’ve already seen a dozen or so adaptations, including an impressive feature film and stellar miniseries. So with these quality screen takes to live up to, can the new movie for a new decade hold up on its own? As we know, it’s 1815 in Austen’s fictional Highbury, England, where 21-year-old Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) is pretty, rich and precocious. She can afford to put off getting married, so rather than waste time looking for a husband she may not love, her primary interest is playing matchmaker for her friends and acquaintances (and more for her own amusement than anything else). Emma’s latest protégé is a new orphan girl in town named Harriet Smith (Mia Goth), whom she feels is in desperate need of some guidance and social advice. The only person who sees through Emma’s façade and calls her out on her shenanigans is her brother-in-law’s brother, George Knightley (Johnny Flynn). Visually, this Emma is straight-up eye candy, combining the art direction, costumes and many colorful food decorations during the tea time and dinner party sequences. De Wilde’s vibrant direction and Eleanor Catton’s witty script make for possibly the funniest retelling of Austen’s tale yet. Indie film star Taylor-Joy’s delivery has Emma at her brattiest, but not at a disadvantage. In fact, I’d say it makes her character arc by the end even more rewarding. Among Emma, Little Women and Celine Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, fancy period pieces currently are the go-to genre for female filmmakers. SC
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CoastLines by Fred Swegles
An Easy Way to Share Our Highway 101 Heritage
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recent article I wrote, “PCH: A Tale of Two Highways,” struck a chord with readers. They told me they learned a lot and were captivated by the heritage of two storied roads that converge in Dana Point. A beautifully designed monument celebrating Highway 1 in Dana Point inspired me to write about not just California Highway 1, but also U.S. Highway 101. They both share a “Pacific Coast Highway” heritage. My theme was that Highway 101, which intersects Highway 1, also deserves recognition by our local communities. “Both 1 and 101 are celebrated roads,” San Clemente reader Bill Hart wrote in response to my article. “Perhaps we as a city should resurrect our Hwy 101 heritage. Just a thought.” The simplest way would be to obtain a few Caltrans “Historic Highway 101” signs. You can see these brown highway badges, COASTLINES By Fred Swegles at intervals, along old 101 through Oceanside and other San Diego County beach towns that take pride in their 101 heritage. Along surviving segments of America’s most iconic bygone road, Route 66, you may have seen identically designed signs: “Historic Route 66.”
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A Historic Highway 101 sign could go at each entrance into San Clemente. Northbound, a sign perhaps just past Rip Curl could inform motorists who just exited Interstate 5 at Cristianitos Road that they’re now on Historic Highway 101. Southbound, Camino San Clemente would be a nice location to alert drivers on El Camino Real that they’ve just entered San Clemente on old 101. (A city limits sign would actually be nice, too, directly opposite the Arco station.)
DANA POINT & SAN JUAN
Both cities could likewise install Historic Highway 101 signs. A sign northbound on PCH, somewhere around Olamendi’s, would be a highly visible location. On Doheny Park Road, how about outside the post office, just before drivers turn right onto historic Highway 1, formerly known as 101A? San Juan could put Historic Highway 101 signs along Camino Capistrano, along a straightaway paralleling I-5. Tourists riding the summer trolley might stammer, “OMG, this road is historic!” Trolley riders in Dana Point and in San Clemente might likewise want selfies with the 101 signs. Another good spot might be Camino Capistrano, north of Mission San Juan Capistrano.
IN-N-OUT?
I hesitate to suggest any Historic Highway 101 signs in the very core of downtown San Clemente or San Juan. There’s already a plethora of signs there. Then again, a historic one might be worthy. And just for fun, maybe plant a Historic Highway 101 sign San Clemente Times March 12-18, 2020
Clockwise, from top left: Standardized signs saluting Historic Highway 101 can be found at intervals along San Diego County’s stretch of Coast Highway, this one in Del Mar. This replica mission bell in San Clemente is part of a statewide commemoration of how Highway 101 generally follows the original route of the Spanish king’s original highway in California, El Camino Real. This replica El Camino Real mission bell is on display inside Mission San Juan Capistrano. Photos: Fred Swegles
along Camino Capistrano, outside In-N-Out Burger. Fans waiting in line for a “double-double” deserve to know their elite place in history.
REPLICA MISSION BELLS
San Clemente and San Juan both display replica mission bells that were part of an early 20th Century statewide program to commemorate the path taken by California’s first overland Spanish explorers. Their explorers’ route eventually became the 1926 general alignment of Historic Highway 101. They mapped out locations for a chain of Spanish missions. Each mission would be a day’s horse ride from the next, along a trail known as the King’s Highway, El Camino Real.
WHERE ARE THEY?
Replica mission bells are easiest to notice along rural stretches of the 101 Freeway between Los Angeles and San Jose. They hang from atop a “shepherd’s staff” style pole. A few of the poles include a crossbar that says “Historic El Camino Real.” San Juan has a replica bell along old 101 beside Capistrano Trading Post. There’s also one across the street, inside Mission SJC. A third one is on mission grounds at the corner of Ortega Highway and El Camino Real, a block from old 101. That bell threw me off, because it’s painted brown, unlike the other bells you see in the statewide network. If you look closely, the brown bell has authentic inscriptions. I spotted two other authentic bells along San Juan’s ECR, which parallels Camino Capistrano (old 101). One bell is outside Basilica SJC, one outside Blas Aguilar Adobe. San Clemente has replica bells along its El Camino Real, which is old 101, near Tommy’s Restaurant and outside Sit ’n Sleep. Visitors and locals would likely appreciate having “Historic Page 12
El Camino Real” added to a few of these locations. “Look, Ma, this road is older than you!”
THE ROAD FROM T.J.
During my highway research—which included purchasing four books, exploring decades of old news archives, obtaining early maps from the Auto Club and driving more than 2,000 miles—I spent a day driving to the Mexican border and back, to replicate Highway 101’s original 1926 route from San Ysidro through Chula Vista into San Diego and La Jolla. You can do it. Just don’t expect to see any 101 signs. My research also took me to the northern reaches of Highway 1, including a visit to a re-created Russian fort that dates back to 1812. Don’t miss Fort Ross State Historic Park. At Leggett, where Highway 1 terminates with a sign that says END, I guiltily took a touristy photo of my car inside a tunnel carved into a 2,000-year-old giant redwood tree.
AN IDEA FOR DANA POINT
Dana Point could create its own bookend at our end of Highway 1 by adding a BEGIN sign. The existing Highway 1 entry sign from Doheny Park Road has an arrow at the bottom that you could ditch without confusing anyone, replacing it with the word BEGIN. Just a humble suggestion. Fred Swegles is a longtime San Clemente resident with nearly five decades of reporting experience in the city. Fred can be reached at fswegles@picketfencemedia.com. SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SC Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared. The opinions expressed in these columns are entirely those of the columnist alone and do not reflect those of the SC Times or Picket Fence Media. If you would like to respond to this column, please email us at editorial@sanclementetimes.com
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SC LIVING GUEST OPINION: Health and Nutrition 101 by Gina Cousineau
Healthy Habits Begin One Meal at a Time
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s New Year’s resolutions fade away, it is about this time of year that prospective clients ask me what is the best “diet” choice. Before answering this weighted question, I have to ask them what their goal is, as without this question answered, it is impossible for me to respond. Establishing objectives when looking for a nutrition approach that can be sustainable for the duration is crucial to your success. Most come to me with the goal of losing weight. While reducing body fat can improve health and certainly help with your aesthetics, the benefits of shifting your food selections can go so much further than just the number on the
almighty scale. Today, we sit in an obesity pandemic and health crisis caused by the foods we eat and the lack of movement we make. While the excuses are plentiful, the bottom line is, we are too busy and too confused by what is best when it comes to nutrition, as well as about how to embark on a healthy lifestyle that can not only improve our health but inject joy in our lives. Each year, the “Mediterranean diet” ranks No. 1, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Diet Rankings,” based on sustainability, likability, practicality and more. To help my clients choose more wholesome foods using this approach, I have designed a “healthy plate visual” to help make food choices easy and enjoyable. Most of my clients seem to prefer a “sweet” breakfast option, so using a variety of no-added-sugar fruit choices, both fresh and frozen, I like to include a fruit serving at this meal. It is possible to make a delicious and nutritious breakfast by pairing a wholegrain/ starch option (whole wheat/grain bread, whole oats, a low-sugar, high-fiber cereal) with a protein/fat source (nut butter containing nuts and salt only, eggs, Greek yogurt, low-fat milk, soy milk, or pea beverage). I love knocking off a calcium
serving as well. Options such as oatmeal cooked with 1% milk, dates (when cooked, they taste like caramel), and topped with chopped walnuts, or a bowl of Greek yogurt, muesli, nuts, and berries can be a wonderful start to your day. If you prefer savory, think wholegrain avocado toast topped with over-easy eggs, sliced tomato, and a side of blueberries. I encourage my clients’ lunches and dinners to incorporate a half-plate of non-starchy vegetables with their lean protein (animal or vegetable), starch/ whole grain, and healthy HEALTH AND fat options. NUTRITION 101 Tossing onions, pepBy Gina pers and zucchini into Cousineau your chili paired with lean ground turkey and beans, topped with avocado or cheese, makes for a meal everyone in the house can enjoy. Or simply provide a “bowl buffet,” where you offer quinoa or brown rice as a base, coupled with grilled chicken or tofu, fajita-style veggies roasted with olive oil, in addition to avocado, cheese and salsa as toppings; this allows everyone to participate in making a healthy plate. Snack options are usually picked based
on desires, not nutrient needs. I encourage clients to pick a fiber, fat and protein when making snack selections. Since calcium is a nutrient of concern for all, I suggest a high-protein, calcium-rich food (dairy/ non-dairy) combined with a serving of fruit and wholesome fat. Picture a smoothie with soy milk, frozen bananas, peanut butter, and cocoa powder or cottage cheese, topped with chopped apple, roasted pecans and a sprinkle of cinnamon to quell that afternoon sweet tooth. Healthy habits can begin with one meal or snack at a time. Not only can we impact our own future with a wholesome nutrition game plan, it can impact the future of those we love. Gina Cousineau, aka Mama G, sees clients in person and virtually out of her San Clemente office. Her extensive education with a BS in dietetics and MS in integrative and functional nutrition, chef training, and more than 30 years as a fitness professional, allow her to help clients with finding a practical nutrition that works for their lifestyle. You can reach her at mamag@mamagslifestyle.com, 949.842.9975, and on Instagram and Facebook @mamagslifestyle. 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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Adoptable Pet of the Week: Curly SAN CLEMENTE TIMES
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even-year-old Curly has been waiting for her “purrfect” adopter for more than two years. She is a pretty kitty that often gets overlooked in favor of fluffy kittens. Curly is a volunteer favorite and has been learning tricks and clicker training. Like most cats, she wants affection on her terms, but typically enjoys being brushed and pampered. Curly would enjoy a quiet home as the only pet, where she wouldn’t have to share the spotlight. If you would like to know more about Curly, please call the San Clemente/Dana Point
Curly. Photo: Courtesy of San Clemente/Dana Point Animal Shelter
Animal Shelter at 949.492.1617 or visit with her at 221 Avenida Fabricante, San Clemente. SC
Sudoku BY MYLES MELLOR Last week’s solution:
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult. Level: Medium
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FROM THE ARCHIVES A view of San Clemente showing the Pocket Billiards parlor and San Clemente Electrical Shop on Highway 101 in 1928. 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. See the solution in next week’s issue.
PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2020-01136264 To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Christian Altamirano filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Christian Altamirano PROPOSED NAME A. Christian Bowley 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: 04/23/2020 Time: 08:30 a.m. Dept.: D100 Window: 44. 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 5, 2020 JUDGE JAMES J. DI CESARE, Judge of the Superior Court Published: San Clemente Times March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20206569789 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: INNOVATIVE DIAGNOSTICS 28612 DEEPCREEK MISSION VIEJO CA 92692 Full Name of Registrant(s): MARK KOESTER 28612 DEEPCREEK MISSION VIEJO CA 92692 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/01/2019. /s/MARK KOESTER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 03/03/2020. Published in: San Clemente Times March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20206569486 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: INSIGHT GROUP 806 EL BERRO SAN CLEMENTE CA 92672 Full Name of Registrant(s): PBT INC. 806 EL BERRO SAN CLEMENTE CA 92672 This business is conducted by CA Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. /s/PBT INC./NORM PETERSEN, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 02/27/2020. Published in: San Clemente Times March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 2020 San Clemente Times March 12-18, 2020
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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING: A resolution of the City Council of the City of San Clemente, California, establishing a fee for inspections and ongoing monitoring for properties subject to a Historic Property Preservation Agreement with the City. Public Hearing to consider the establishment of fees to cover costs incurred by the City in conducting the mandatory five-year inspections of historic properties that have entered into a Historic Property Preservation (Mills Act) Agreement with the City. In accordance with the requirements of CEQA, this project has been determined to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) under Section 15378(b)(4) as the project relates to the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. Pursuant to Government Code Section 66016, data indicating the estimated costs required to provide the service for which this fee is levied and the revenue source anticipated to provide the service are available at the Planning Division, at 910 Calle Negocio, and are available for public inspection and comment by contacting Project Planner Jonathan Lightfoot at (949) 388-2320 or LightfootJ@san-clemente.org. If you challenge this item in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of San Clemente at, or prior to, the public hearing. To allow staff adequate time to confirm software compatibility, individuals wishing to utilize electronic visual aids to supplement their oral presentations at the meeting, must submit the electronic files to the City Clerk by no later than 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Only compatible electronic formats will be permitted to be used on City audio/ visual computer equipment. Staff makes no guarantee that such material will be compatible, but will use its best efforts to accommodate the request. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that said Public Hearing will be held at the meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, located at 100 Avenida Presidio, San Clemente, California. All interested persons are invited to attend said hearing, or to submit written communication, to express their opinion for or against the proposed resolution. JOANNE BAADE City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Council PUBLIC NOTICE T.S. No.: 201-018799 Title Order No. 191221647 APN: 691-425-07; 691-425-09 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED
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[PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO ABOVE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED OR PUBLISHED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.] YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/14/2018. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale of the Trustor’s interest will be made to the highest bidder for lawful money of the United States, payable at the time of sale in cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: VIA SOCCORRO ESTATES LLC A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Duly Appointed Trustee: PLM LOAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. Recorded 5/25/2018, as Instrument No. 2018000192601, The subject Deed of Trust was modified by Loan Modification dated September 6, 2019 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Orange County, California, Date of Sale: 3/25/2020 at 1:30 PM Place of Sale: At the North front entrance to the County Courthouse at 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $2,406,553.52 (estimated as of the first publication date) Street Address or other common designation of real property: 212 & 216 VIA SOCORRO SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672 A.P.N.: 691425-07; 691-425-09 LEGAL DESCRIPTION LOTS 7 THROUGH 9 OF TRACT MAP NO. 16480 AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 901 PAGES 47 AND 48 OF MAPS, RECORDS OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. EXCEPTING THEREFROM ALL OIL, OIL RIGHTS, MINERALS, MINERAL RIGHTS, NATURAL GAS RIGHTS, AND OTHER HYDROCARBONS BY WHATSOEVER NAME KNOWN, GEOTHERMAL ENERGY, AND ALL PRODUCTS TOGETHER WITH THE PERPETUAL RIGHT OF DRILLING, MINING, EXPLORING AND OPERATING THEREFOR AND STORING IN AND REMOVING THE SAME FROM SAID LAND OR ANY OTHER LAND, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO WHIPSTOCK OR DIRECTIONALLY DRILL AND MINE FROM LANDS OTHER THAN SAID LAND, OIL OR GAS WELLS, TUNNELS AND SHAFTS INTO, THROUGH OR ACROSS THE SUBSURFACE OF SAID LAND AND TO BOTTOM SUCH WHIPSTOCKED OR DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED WELLS, TUNNELS AND SHAFTS UNDER AND BENEATH OR BEYOND THE EXTERIOR LIMITS THEREOF, AND TO REDRILL, RETUNNEL, EQUIP, MAINTAIN, REPAIR, DEEPEN AND OPERATE ANY SUCH WELLS OR MINES WITHOUT, HOWEVER, THE RIGHT TO DRILL, MINE, STORE, EXPLORE AND OPERATE THROUGH THE SUR-
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FACE OR THE UPPER FIVE HUNDRED (500) FEET FO THE SUBSURFACE OF SAID LAND, AS RESERVED BY MARBLEHEAD, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP IN DEED RECORD MAY 30, 1990 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 90-288584 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION OF SAID LAND, AS SHOWN IN THAT SUBSTITUTION OF TRUSTEE AND PARTIAL RECONVEYANCE RECORDED, 11/26/2019 INSTRUMENT 2019000494633 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 8 OF TRACT MAP NO. 16480 AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 901 PAGES 47 AND 48 OF MAPS, RECORDS OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. EXCEPTING THEREFROM ALL OIL, OIL RIGHTS, MINERALS, MINERALS RIGHTS, NATURAL GAS RIGHTS, AND OTHER HYDROCARBONS BY WHATSOEVER NAME KNOWN, GEOTHERMAL ENERGY, AND ALL PRODUCTS TOGETHER WITH THE PERPETUAL RIGHT OF DRILLING, MINING, EXPLORING AND OPERATING THEREFOR AND STORING IN AND REMOVING THE SAME FROM SAID LAND OR ANY OTHER LAND, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO WHIPSTOCK OR DIRECTIONALLY DRILL AND MINE FROM LANDS OTHER THAN SAID LAND, OIL OR GAS WELLS, TUNNELS AND SHAFTS INTO, THROUGH OR ACROSS THE SUBSURFACE OF SAID LAND AND TO BOTTOM SUCH WHIPSTOCKED OR DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED WELLS, TUNNELS AND SHAFTS UNDER AND BENEATH OR BEYOND THE EXTERIOR LIMITS THEREOF, AND TO REDRILL, RETUNNEL, EQUIP, MAINTAIN, REPAIR, DEEPEN AND OPERATE ANY SUCH WELLS OR MINES WITHOUT, HOWEVER, THE RIGHT TO DRILL, MINE, STORE, EXPLORE AND OPERATE THROUGH THE SURFACE OR THE UPPER FIVE HUNDRED (500) FEET OF THE SUBSURFACE OF SAID LAND, AS RESERVED BY MARBLEHEAD, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP IN DEED RECORDED MAY 30, 1990 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 90-288584 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. The following statements; NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS and NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER are statutory notices for all one to four single family residences and a courtesy notice for all other types of properties. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender sanclementetimes.com
PUBLIC NOTICES may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.nationwideposting.com/, using the file number assigned to this case 201-018799. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 2/28/2020 PLM LOAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., as Trustee Phone: 408-370-4030 46 N Second Street Campbell, California 95008 Elizabeth Godbey, Vice President PLM LOAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NPP0368367 To: SAN CLEMENTE TIMES 03/05/2020, 03/12/2020, 03/19/2020 PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20206568893 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SAN JUAN FINANCIAL TAX GROUP 31726 RANCHO VIEJO RD, SUITE 215 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CA 92675 Full Name of Registrant(s): BARRIST TAX CROUP CPAS, INC 903 CALLE AMANECER, SUITE 115 SAN CLEMENTE CA 92673 This business is conducted by a CA Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. /s/BARRIST TAX GROUP CPAS, INC./BETH BARRIST, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 02/24/2020. Published in: San Clemente Times March 5, 12, 19, 26, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20206568490 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE SNOOZE DOC 675 CAMINO DE LOS MARES #501 SAN CLEMENTE CA 92673 Full Name of Registrant(s): AIMEE TRUJILLO DDS INC. 675 CAMINO DE LOS MARES #501 SAN CLEMENTE CA 92673 This business is conducted by a CA Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A /s/AIMEE TRUJILLO DDS INC./ AIMEE TRUJILLO, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 02/20/2020. Published in: San Clemente Times March 5, 12, 19, 26, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20206568518 San Clemente Times March 12-18, 2020
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.COST CUTTERS BUENA PARK 1B. COST CUTTERS LAGUNA NIGUEL 8307 LA PALMA AVE BUENA PARK, CA 90620 Full Name of Registrant(s): TAV ENTERPRISES, INC. 411 VIA PICHON SAN CLEMENTE CA 92672 This business is conducted by a CA corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. /s/TAV ENTERPRISES, INC./ANDREW TYSLER/ PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 02/20/2020. Published in: San Clemente Times February 27, March 5, 12, 19, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20206567986 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TIER 1 ASSOCIATES 24338 EL TORO #E123 LAGUNA WOODS CA 92637 Full Name of Registrant(s): T1A INC. 24338 EL TORO #E123 LAGUNA WOODS CA 92637 This business is conducted by CA corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A /s/T1A INC./DENNIS BAGLAMA, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on 02/13/2020. Published in: San Clemente Times February 20, 27, March 5, 12, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE
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Order to Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 20FL000207 To All Interested Persons: Daniel Cucuiat and Melissa Cucuiat on behalf of Joseph Daniel Cucuiat, a minor, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME A. Joseph Daniel Cucuiat PROPOSED NAME A. Giuseppe Daniel Cucuiat 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: 05/08/2020 Time: 08:30 a.m. Dept.: W10 Window: 44. The address of the court is West Justice Center, 8141 13th Street, Westminster, CA 92683-4593. 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 10, 2020 JUDGE LON F. HURWITZ, Judge of the Superior Court Published: San Clemente Times February 20, 27, March 5, 12, 2020
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Former SCHS, USC QB Jack Sears tours graduate transfer options
BY ZACH CAVANAGH, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES
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fter changing his mind about attending San Diego State in January, San Clemente High alumnus Jack Sears is essentially a college free agent and went on a Division 1 recruiting tour last week. Sears, the Tritons’ 2016 CIF-SS champion quarterback, announced his intent to transfer from USC in August and entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. Sears earned his USC degree and retained two years of playing eligibility to be used as a graduate transfer. Sears had signed a grant-in-aid with San Diego State in December, but after a coaching change by the Aztecs, Sears did not show up for the first week of classes at San Diego State that began on Jan. 21. Unlike the national letter of intent that a high school player signs with a school, a grant-in-aid is only binding to the university if the player attends the university. With
Triton Report BY ZACH CAVANAGH, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES
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Girls Basketball Falls in Regional Semifinals The San Clemente girls basketball team authored its most successful season in more than a decade, but the Tritons’ run came to an end on Saturday, March 7, in Santa Monica. San Clemente matched Santa Monica High’s output in each of the second, third and fourth quarters, but the Tritons couldn’t overcome a first-quarter deficit, as the Vikings took the win, 47-39, in the CIF Southern California Regional Division II semifinals. San Clemente finishes the season 29-5 and as South Coast League champions and CIF-SS Division 2A runner-up. The Tritons’ 29 wins are believed to be the highest San Clemente Times March 12-18, 2020
Former San Clemente High and USC quarterback Jack Sears (pictured in 2016) visited three potential transfer destinations last week: Northwestern, Virginia and North Carolina State. Sears won San Clemente’s first and only CIF-SS title in 2016 and graduated from USC in December. Photo: File
graduation of Bryce Perkins, who was a two-year starter after transferring from Arizona Western Community College. Redshirt sophomore Brennan Armstrong looks like the next in line, but Armstrong attempted only 20 passes last season. Sears then went to the ACC’s North Carolina State in Raleigh on March 5 and took in the Wolfpack’s morning practice. NC State could be an interesting spot for Sears with new offensive coordinator Tim Beck, who held the same position most recently at Texas after stints at Ohio State and Nebraska. As a redshirt freshman, Devin Leary stepped in for NC State midway through last season to complete 48.1% of his passes for 1,219 yards and eight touchdowns in eight games, but Leary was 0-5 as a starter. Sears has not commented on the transfer process anywhere since his initial announcement of his intent to transfer from USC on Aug. 27 on Twitter. Sears started only one game at USC as a redshirt freshman in 2018. Sears completed 20 of 28 passes for 235 yards and two touchdowns, but USC fell to Arizona State, 38-35. Prior to the 2019 season, Sears was bumped down to No. 4 on the Trojans’ depth chart and shortly thereafter announced his entrance into the transfer portal. SC
Sears not attending a class or workout with San Diego State, the 6-foot-3, 220-pound quarterback is back on the transfer market. After a quiet February, Sears reportedly began his recruiting tour on March 2-3 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., according to 247Sports. Sears took in a Wildcats practice on March 3, but his
path to Northwestern may have taken a hit when former Indiana starting quarterback Peyton Ramsey announced his transfer to Northwestern on March 9. Sears next went to the ACC’s University of Virginia in Charlottesville on March 4, according to 247Sports. The Cavaliers are looking for a new signal-caller after the
single-season total in program history. San Clemente previously won 28 games in runs to CIF-SS championships in 2007 and 2001 and to the CIF-SS Final in 1998. The regional semifinals marked the final game in the illustrious career of senior Ella Gardiner, who goes down as one of the top scorers in Triton history as one of only eight in program history with more than 1,000 career points. Gardiner scored 11 points and added eight rebounds, four assists, four blocks and three steals against Santa Monica, and in the quarterfinals, the Fairfield University-bound volleyball player scored 16 points. After losing the CIF-SS Division 2A title game to Bishop Amat on Feb. 29, San Clemente earned two home games to open the regional playoffs. The Tritons defeated Arroyo Grande, 57-32, and Mira Costa, 51-47, to advance to the semifinals at Santa Monica.
San Clemente girls basketball extended its season in the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs, but the Tritons fell at Santa Monica in the Division II semifinals on Saturday, March 7. Photo: Zach Cavanagh
Volleyball Coach Goldstone Wins 500th Match San Clemente boys volleyball coach Ken Goldstone hit a milestone mark at the Best of the West Tournament in Poway on March 6-7. Goldstone, in his 21st season at the helm of the Tritons boys volleyball team, won his 500th career match as the Tritons went 4-2 to claim ninth place in the tournament’s gold bracket playoffs. The mark isn’t just a tribute of longevity for Goldstone, who considered coaching
retirement after he retired from teaching two years ago. It’s a tribute to the level of excellence he’s presided over for the Tritons, who have won 14 league titles in Goldstone’s 21 seasons and finished first or second in the league in all 21 seasons. San Clemente (14-2) hosts its faculty and alumni night on Friday, March 13 and hosts Mission Viejo on Tuesday, March 17.
Lacrosse Roundup San Clemente girls lacrosse (5-0) remained unbeaten with a 12-6 win over
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Division 2 No. 1 Corona del Mar on Tuesday, March 10. The Tritons, who are just outside of the Division 1 rankings, play at Los Alamitos on Thursday, March 12, and Mission Viejo on Tuesday, March 17. San Clemente boys lacrosse (2-3) bounced back from an 0-3 start with big wins over Edison, 15-9 on March 3, and Santiago of Corona, 16-8 on Saturday, March 7. Sophomore Luke Lemas scored nine goals against Santiago and four goals against Edison. The Tritons host Newport Harbor on Thursday, March 12, and Corona del Mar on Saturday, March 14. SC sanclementetimes.com
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Local Schools Sweep NSSA State Championships The winning tradition continues at San Clemente High and Shorecliffs Middle School BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES
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hen the Beach Boys wrote their hit “Be True To Your School,” they may as well have been singing about our local schools here in Orange County. The famous 1963 tune opens with the verse, “When some loud braggart tries to put me down / And says his school is great/ I tell him right away / Now what’s the matter buddy / Ain’t you heard of my school/ It’s number one in the state!” Last weekend, the NSSA State Championships took place at Seaside Reef in San Diego, and it couldn’t have gone much better for the academic surf powerhouses of this area. San Clemente High’s Varsity and Junior Varsity teams both defended their state titles, as did Shorecliffs Middle School. And topping the podium in the college division was nearby Saddleback College. While all of those big trophies are impressive and a testament to the depth of surf talent in this area, it’s how the respective teams won that speaks volumes. “It was a great weekend for Triton Surfing at the NSSA State Championships,” said
Coach John Dowell, head surf coach at San Clemente High. “We won both team titles and several individual titles. It was a commanding performance by all athletes!” The Tritons’ Kai McPhillips, Brayden Burch and Raiki Nishida all made the final of the high school shortboard division, while Aidan Sautner finished runner-up in longboard and Reese Dewey was a women’s finalist. For the JV squad, Henry Grattan won the men’s division, while Julia Guild ruled the women, winning back-to-back JV titles with a dominating performance that saw her tally the highest two-wave total of the entire event: a remarkable 18.17 out of 20. Another highlight was Griffin Glenn catching a wave at the buzzer to win the longboard division. “I’m so proud of everyone that competed and brought home another title for San Clemente. This team just continued to add to the legacy that is San Clemente High School Surfing,” Dowell said. For the Triton Varsity team, this was their fourth state title in a row. They’ve now won
Continuing their dominating form, the San Clemente High School Surf Team just captured their fourth consecutive NSSA State Championship and their 12th title in the past 15 years. Photo: Courtesy of John Dowell
it all 12 out of the past 15 years. And for the JV squad, this was their sixth consecutive state title. For the first time in a long time, Shorecliffs Middle School’s reign appeared to be in jeopardy, but Coach David Hennings and his crew pulled off a miracle to capture their 15th consecutive state title. Dash Pinegar won the boy’s shortboard division, while Banning Wetzel took top honors in the longboard division. In the end, Shorecliffs edged out Oak Crest Middle School from nearby Encinitas by a score of 113-111. And in the college ranks, Dana Point’s Bethany Zelasko helped lead Saddleback College to a commanding team victory. It was a huge moment for first-year head
SURF FORECAST
GROM OF THE WEEK
RYANN DALY
Water Temperature: 59-61 Degrees F
BY JAKE HOWARD, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES
Water Visibility and Conditions: 6-10’
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ana Point’s Ryann Daly just notched a huge victory in the women’s high school division at the NSSA State Championships held at Seaside Reef last weekend. The 15-year-old goofy-footer has been ripping the point at Salt Creek for years and is a valuable and esteemed member of the Dana Point Surf Club. And now, all that time, effort and hard work have paid off for her with a much-deserved win. A recent addition to the growing surf team at Sisstrevolution, Daly’s been coming into her own this winter. “I enjoy competing, because I get to push myself and surround myself by some of the best girl surfers in the area,” Daly recently explained on her sponsor’s blog. “It motivates me to try harder and rise up to their level.” “Sometimes, the stress can be overwhelming, so it’s good to sometimes let go of the results and just focus more on the aspect of surfing that is fun and carefree,” she continued on the blog. “Competing definitely brings San Clemente Times March 12-18, 2020
coach Ken Workman as Saddleback topped last year’s champs, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Other local standouts from the NSSA State Championships included Ryann Daly from Dana Hills High, who won the high school women’s division, and Indie Hoffman from Marco Forster Middle School in San Juan Capistrano, who won the Middle School Girls. Congratulations to all of the surfers, parents and coaches who turned this season into a dream run for everyone. From the youngest competitors to those already in college, you’ve once again proven that San Clemente and Dana Point are the premier hotbed for surf talent in California. It’s like the Beach Boys sang, you’re “number one in the state.” SC
Thursday: Mix of primary South swell and lingering Northwest swell sets up shoulder high to a foot overhead surf (4-6’). Light Northwest winds in the morning, rise to a 8-15kt westerly sea breeze during the afternoon.
Ryann Daly. Photo: Courtesy of Sisstrevolution.com
out your true character, and I think there are some really important lessons to learn about being a good sport and supporting your friends, no matter win or lose.”
With a career-best result to add to her resume and summer right around the corner, we can’t help but think that big things are ahead for this Salt Creek local. SC
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Outlook: For Friday, old South swell eases as a new West/Northwest swell joins in, for chest to head high waves, (4-5’). Moderate SW winds due most of the day on Friday. The swell combination winds down through the weekend, with waist to shoulder high surf on Saturday,(3-4’+), then waist-stomach-chest high waves Sunday, (2-3-4’). Light South winds Saturday morning, turn moderate from the West for the afternoon. Mainly light+ to moderate West sea breeze on Sunday. For the latest details be sure to visit Surfline.com.
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