The downtown area of Capistrano Beach known as Doheny Village is the subject of a revitalization project now in the planning stages. Photo courtesy ROMA Design Group/Tom Lamb Photography
Feb 03, 2012 | 0 
| 4 
| 
| 4 |
Dana Point's revitalization plan for Doheny Village moves forward A second public workshop on Tuesday brought the City of Dana Point one step closer to seeing a draft plan for the revitalization...
Jacob Davis won Boys U16 and took second in U18 January 29 at Steamer Lane. Photo by Jack McDaniel/949foto.com
Feb 01, 2012 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 |
The Surfing America Prime series brought the West Coast’s best under 18 surfers to Santa Cruz’ Steamer Lane the weekend of January 28 and 29 for the third stop of the six-stop series. While none ...
A quiet Dana Point nieghborhood became a hub of police and media activity after a resident shot and killed a would-be burglar inside his home on the night of January 23. Photo by Andrea Swayne
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 |
A Dana Point resident shot and killed a man who broke into his home late Monday night A Dana Point man shot and killed an intruder in his home late Monday night, authorities said. A resident...
Senior guard Alex Brown goes for two against Mission Viejo. Photo by Tony Tribolet/XPSPhoto.com
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |
Boys Basketball The Dolphins (1-4 SCL, 10-11) stepped up their game, coming off two straight losses earlier this month as the team put up a 59-37 nonleague win against Laguna Hills on January 18...
Captain and owner Robert Harrison stands aboard his historic 1926 wooden schooner Curlew at Dana Point Harbor. Photo by Andrea Swayne
Jan 19, 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |
Robert Harrison’s 86-year old wooden schooner Curlew a Dana Point treasure Robert "Bob" Harrison believes in love at first sight. Not the usual sort where two people’s eyes meet and they are...
Jan 13, 2012 | 1 | 14 |
| 14 |
Inspiration. It’s a word that means many things to different people. Writers spend their entire lives searching for it. Scientists stumble upon it accidentally sometimes; like when an experiment...
Jan 11, 2012 | 0 | 20 |
| 20 |
Surfers and fans had many venues to choose from this weekend as three contests were held along the shores of South Orange County from San Onofre to San Clemente and Dana Point. Going into the week...
Jan 06, 2012 | 0 | 22 |
| 22 |
Dana Point made national headlines on Tuesday as whale watchers aboard boats from Dana Wharf Sportfishing and Whale Watching, Capt. Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Safari and the Ocean Institute all repor...
The presence of gates and hours on two of five paths from Strand Vista Park to Strand Beach below will continue to be fought in the courts in 2012. Photo by Andrea Swayne
Jan 05, 2012 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 |
With holiday and New Year celebrations fading into memory, the city is poised to get back to work making headway on projects and issues carried over from 2011 as well as plowing ahead with the new ...
Dana Point is considering banning single-use plastic bags, in part, because they can become litter on beaches. Photo illustration by Stacie N. Galang
Dec 16, 2011 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 |
Dana Point flooded with opinion over possible bans The debate continues on the environmental impact of plastic bags and foam food containers, but one thing’s certain: Dana Point’s discussion of a ...
The Woman’s Club and the Community House board are clashing over use of the Community House on San Juan Street. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
Dec 09, 2011 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 |
Two nonprofits fight over Community House The sign out in front of the Community House reads, “Unity in Diversity,” but there isn’t much unity these days. The board of the Community House...
Berenika Schmitz, concert pianist and former artistic director for the Dana Point Coastal Arts Concert Series, has been chosen to serve as the city's contract artistic director and founder of the first ever Dana Point Symphony. Photo by Andrea Swayne
Dec 02, 2011 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 |
Concert Pianist Berenika Schmitz has returned as the city’s contract artistic director and symphony founder Berenika Schmitz became involved in the cultural arts scene in Dana Point as the arti...
Tina and Bernie Fornadley (center) thank the SCWD employees (L to R) Jimmy Gomez, Justin Davis, Ernie Garcia and Artie Garcia, who retrieved Tina’s flushed engagement ring from a sewer pipe. Photo by Andrea Swayne
Nov 24, 2011 | 0 | 18 |
| 18 |
Like most of us when asked what we are most thankful for each Thanksgiving season, things like family, friends and good health top our lists. But this year, Tina and Bernie Fornadley of Niguel Shor...
Scuba divers explore the shipwrecked A.C.E., a bait boat that went down during a wind-whipped storm in November 2005. Photo by Boonchob Vijarnsorn
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 | 22 |
| 22 |
In August of 2010, I signed up as a volunteer diver for the annual Dana Point Harbor cleanup. While I was picking up my gear, one of the guys at the dive shop asked me if I was interested in diving...
Photo by Andrea Swayne
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 |
The Dana Point Chamber of Commerce Presents the 2011 Turkey Trot The Dana Point Turkey Trot, a Southern California Thanksgiving Day tradition for 34 years, is gearing up for another great ra...
Photo by Julie Wickstrom
Nov 17, 2011 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 |
The city's recently created Arts & Culture Commission convened its inaugural meeting Wednesday, November 16. City Clerk Kathy Ward first swore in the five commission members: Karin Schnell, Alan W...
The Doheny State Beach Interpretive Association accepts a $7,000 donation from Rainbow Sandals on November 11 at the nearly completed Interpretive Center at Doheny State Beach. Pictured are (front row L to R) Michael Peck Rainbow Sandals; Ron House DSBIA board member; Jim Serpa Supervising Ranger Doheny State Beach; Bill Brooks DSBIA president; Jay “Sparky” Longley owner Rainbow Sandals; Pat Huber Rainbow Sandals marketing director and (back L to R) Jane House Rainbow Sandals; Steve Stirrett vice president DSBIA; Lori Coble California State Parks; Barrett Tester event coordinator Rainbow Sandals and Margie Black and
Ed Neely board members DSBIA. Photo by Andrea Swayne
Nov 17, 2011 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 |
The Doheny State Beach Visitor Center remodel nears completion thanks to community support For four years beachgoers passing through the entry kiosk at Doheny State Beach have seen the visit...
Fire crews clean up piles of debris left by an October 30 house fire that claimed the lives of historian Doris Walker-Smith and husband Jack Smith. Photo by Andrea Swayne
Nov 11, 2011 | 1 | 14 |
| 14 |
Preventing a Pile Up Amid the tidy homes on Dana Point's Bremerton Street, the house at 33331 stood out. Boxes and junk would often litter the driveway and side areas, spurring complaints from...
City hosted first Doheny Village community workshop at Capo Beach Calvary Church November 5, 2011. Photo by Bob Fairbanks
Nov 11, 2011 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 |
The first of a series of community workshops for the Doheny Village revitalization plan was held November 5 at Capo Beach Calvary Chapel in Capistrano Beach. Led by Director of Community Developme...
Jack Pierson Smith and Doris Walker-Smith are seen here at a Citizen of the Year awards ceremony at the Dana Point Yacht Club in January 2008. Walker-Smith, who was the Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year for 2006, was there to present the award to the 2007 winner. Photo by Georgelean Olvera
Nov 04, 2011 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 |
Fire claims life of historian Doris Walker-Smith and husband Jack Smith Doris Walker-Smith, founder of the Dana Point Historical Society, award-winning author and Dana Point Times columnist,...
The Dana Point community mourns the loss of Doris I. Walker. May she rest in peace. Courtesy Dana Point Historical Society
Oct 31, 2011 | 5 | 22 |
| 22 |
Dana Point author/historian Doris Walker-Smith succumbs to injuries following a house fire that claimed the life of husband Jack Pierson Smith Sunday morning Updated October 31, 2011, 9 p.m. La...
Community members turned out October 23 in an attempt to move the 9/11 memorial flag to higher ground. Photo by Brian Miller
Oct 28, 2011 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 |
Community effort fails to move 9/11 tribute flag very far—but surrender is not an option The American flag jutting from a large hunk of driftwood at Poche Beach off Pacific Coast Highway at ...
Lindsay Steinriede of Dana Point named the 2011 ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion at SWATCH Girls Pro in China. Photo © ASP/ Will
Oct 27, 2011 | 0 | 29 |
| 29 |
Dana Point-based professional longboard surfer Lindsay Steinriede was crowned Association of Surfing Professionals 2011 Women’s World Longboard Champion at the conclusion of the SWATCH Girls Pro at...
Dana Point Chamber of Commerce Membership Services Representative Briana Balmuth, Board of Directors Chair Russell Kerr and temporary
consultant Rose Hancock, are poised to lead the Chamber through a successful Turkey Trot season and into the new year. Photo by Andrea Swayne
Oct 20, 2011 | 1 | 17 |
| 17 |
With 65 years behind it and a year since last rocked by scandal the Chamber of Commerce marches forward The Dana Point Chamber has long struggled for stability. Now in its 65th year, the org...
Jeff Schwartz attorney for the now closed Beach Cities Collective says his client will continue to pursue appeals against the City of Dana Point despite the announcement of a federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries. Photo by Jasmine Smith
Oct 14, 2011 | 4 | 13 |
| 13 |
Despite the announcement by four U.S. Attorneys of a statewide enforcement effort aimed at the medical marijuana industry, two of Dana Point’s closed dispensaries vow to continue their fight ...
Firefighters (L to R) Andrew Vanderstelt, Aaron Clark and Valerie Kawakami stand with Explorer Ian Shrader and Community Relations Supervisor Lynnette Round at Dana Point Station 30. Station 30 will be hosting an open house for the public on October 15. Photo by Andrea Swayne
Oct 06, 2011 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 |
Dana Point Fire Station 30 offers a sneak peek inside in honor of upcoming OCFA open houses It’s the middle of the night and you’re dead asleep. Suddenly a bright fluorescent light comes on ...
Tricia Nicholson of San Clemente shops for groceries with her daughter Presley, 8, on the opening day of Target. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
Oct 06, 2011 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 |
San Clemente store opens to cheers from city and shoppers Anticipation. Excitement. Exhilaration. This was the mix of emotions that overtook anxious shoppers this week as the Target on Avenida ...
Oct 04, 2011 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 |
R.H. Dana Exceptional Needs Facility Principal Judy Dore’s day began by answering an early morning phone call from a custodian reporting a break in at the school for children with special needs tha...
Stephanie Hogan and Breck Girot of Hogan's Bait and Tackle show some of their lobster fishing supplies at the Dana Point Shop. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
Sep 30, 2011 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 |
Alex Ray of San Clemente has six weeks to serve up a memorable wedding, and the opening of lobster season at midnight Saturday is key to his plan. The 26-year-old free diver hopes to snag enough ...
Alice and Clay Thompson stand outside their Monarch Bay area home which will be one of seven featured in the 12th Annual Dana Point Historical Society Home Tour set for Sunday, October 2. Photo by Andrea Swayne
Sep 30, 2011 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 |
12th Annual Dana Point Historical Society Home Tour to Feature Monarch Bay Terrace Residences Breathtaking design and awe inspiring views await attendees of the Dana Point Historical Society...
Sep 28, 2011 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 |
Breathtaking design and awe inspiring views await attendees of the Dana Point Historical Society’s 12th Annual Home Tour set for Sunday, October 2 form 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. high atop the hills of the ...
Sep 23, 2011 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 |
They're baaaack. Jumbo Humboldt squid are back in droves in the waters off of Dana Point said Dana Wharf Sportfishing and Whale Watching General Manager Donna Kalez on September 23. "They're not ...
Photo by Andrea Swayne
Sep 22, 2011 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 |
The battle for unimpeded access through two of the five accessways—four stairways/paths and a funicular (inclined elevator)—from Stand Vista Park to the beach below the multi-million dollar Headlan...
Mayor Scott Schoeffel presents Killer Dana Surf Shop co-owner Chris Andrews with a proclamation recognizing Killer Dana as the Dana Point Featured Business of the Month for August, 2011. Photo by Andrea Swayne
Sep 22, 2011 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 |
After growing up with a love of surfing as members of the Dana Point community, Chris Andrews and Gary Wright became business partners in 1991. In June of that year, they opened Killer Dana Surf Sh...
Ocean Institute Chief Aquarist Julianne Steers checks on the sea jelly habitat. Steers and staff scrambled to hook up generators to power the aquarium’s pumps during Thursday’s power outage. Their efforts managed to save all but a few of the Institute’s jellies. Photo by Heidi Mefferd
Sep 16, 2011 | 0 | 18 |
| 18 |
How well did Dana Point cope with Thursday’s power outage? San Diego Gas & Electric restored power at 3:25 a.m. Friday to the last of its 1.4 million customer addresses—an estimated five mil...
Weezer performs at Doheny Days 2011. Photo by Andrea Swayne
Sep 16, 2011 | 0 | 18 |
| 18 |
By land and by sea, Dana Point hosted a full weekend of entertainment Swaying on the waves aboard an authentic working tall ship or to the beat of live music—either way, thousands who flocked t...
Sign Up for E-Blasts
Breaking News
Soapbox
Letters to the Editor
...more
Guest Opinions
...more
Beyond The Blackboard - A blog about student life, parent involvement and the Capistrano Unified School District
DP Insider - News, notes and stories about the people who make up Dana Point
The Sheriff’s Blogger - Crime and punishment in and around Orange County, California
Reader Poll
Feb 03 12 - 11:49 AM
Will you offer input regarding the plan to revitalize Doheny Village?
Beyond The Blackboard - A blog about student life, parent involvement and the Capistrano Unified School District
DP Insider - News, notes and stories about the people who make up Dana Point
The Sheriff’s Blogger - Crime and punishment in and around Orange County, California
DP Surf
Visit Dana Point
Current Edition
or Search by category
Videos
Nike 6.0 Surfing America Prime Event No. 1, Cardiff by the Sea, Seaside Reef, September 24-25, 2011
Local Events
event calendar
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Rotary/CARE Benefit Car Show
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Annual PooperBowl IX
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Living Art Gallery Art Show
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mushroom Hunt II
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Music & Comedy
6:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Monster Energy Supercross
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Missy Andersen
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Red Carpet Riot
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Wyland Art Lessons in the Wild
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Tools for Change
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Pyrate Adventure Sail
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Superbowl Party
2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Superbowl Party
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Superbowl Happy Hour
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Open Mic with Kris Winrich
10:00 PM - 10:00 PM
...all events