A group of Friends of the Library Bookstore managers said they were either fired from their volunteer positions and never given an explanation or resigned in protest. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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Rift threatens organization's effort at Dana Point Library
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Over 150 in-water and on-land exhibitors will be showcasing their boats, marine products, accessories, electronics, apparel and services in the show! Professional boaters and anyone interested in g...
Surfboard shaper Terry Martin at work in the shaping room. Photo by Micky Munoz
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Prolific, iconic, masterful. All are words used to describe the surfboard shaping expertise of the late Terry Martin, 74, who passed away at his Capistrano Beach home in the early morning hours of ...
Dana Point Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Heather Johnston. Photo by Andrea Swayne
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Introducing new Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Heather Johnston A mere month into the job and the new Dana Point Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Heather Johnston is settled in, up...
Basking shark photographed on a Capt. Dave's Dolphin & Whale Safari trip out of Dana Point Harbor, May 2012. © David Anderson/dolphinsafari.com
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Two recent spottings of basking sharks has excited both locals and researchers. The basking shark, the second largest fish in the ocean, was seen May 5 at 5:30 p.m. by one of Capt. Dave's Dolphin ...
Rick and Connie Hedrick stand aboard their 32-foot sailboat Rhino. The couple plan to set sail shortly for the adventure of a lifetime. Their first stop will take them 2,800 miles to the Marquesas Islands. Photo by Andrea Swayne
May 03, 2012 | 1 | 13 |
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The screeching sounds emitted by a box-sealing tape dispenser fade into memory as the last contents of the San Clemente house are packed and stored. The home is ready for a renter to move in. The b...
Megan Young, 14, and Rafael Gomez, 17, don’t confine their enjoyment of Dana Point Recreation programs to the summer; they study dance and karate year round. Photo by Andrea Swayne
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Summertime, and the living’s easy? Not necessarily for the thousands of kids who take up any one of the tri-city area’s diverse summer camps or dive into recreation activities, which are chock fu...
Christine Sonntag and her stepmom Andrea Alvarez of Dana Point interact with kittens Sugar and Spice in the Cat Room Addition at the San Clemente-Dana Point Animal Shelter. Photo by Stacie N. Galang
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No matter what species you are, the Lori Hoenow Cat Adoption Center is best described as purr-fect. For humans, the grand opening Saturday, April 14 of the sparkling 1,129-square-foot cat room add...
Griffin Colapinto of San Clemente catches air on Day 2 of ISA World Jr. Championship competition in Panama, April 16. Photo ISA/Rommel Gonzalez
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Locally based members of the PacSun USA Surf Team contributed some of the most high-flying, high-scoring heats in early rounds at the ISA 2012 Dakine World Junior Surfing Championship in Playa Vena...
Local members of the PacSun USA Surf Team traveling to Panama for the 2012 ISA World Championships are (L to R) Trevor Thornton (San Clemente), Jake Davis (Capistrano Beach), Griffin Colapinto (San Clemente) and Colt Ward (San Clemente).
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On April 12 the PacSun USA Surf Team boarded a 1:50 a.m. flight to Panama en route to the Dakine/Billabong International Surfing Association World Junior Surfing Championships at Playa Venao, April...
Dana Point members of the Southern California Woodie Club (L to R) Gary Clark, Janeann Clark, Tom Bistline, Mike McLaughlin, Gaye Brobeck and Dave Brobeck met up at Doheny State Beach, the traditional site of the Doheny Wood car show. Photo by Andrea Swayne
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Dana Point members of the SoCal Woodie Club get set to host 15th Annual Doheny Wood car show at Doheny State Beach Spring time, Southern California-style, marks the beginning of woodie car show ...
Dana Point Library Children’s Librarian Carolyn Hopkins says that, even in retirement, she will continue to use her love of books and gift of storytelling to inspire young readers. Photo by Andrea Swayne
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A high school job shelving books at the Mission Viejo library was the inspiration for Dana Point resident Carolyn Hopkins’ nearly 40-year career as an Orange County librarian. Now, after surviving ...
Orange County Vector Control District Inspector John Drews searches for and treats mosquito larvae in standing water puddles near the Harbor following last weekend’s heavy rains. Photo by Andrea Swayne
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Rats and mosquitoes and fire ants, oh my. On a March 20 morning ride along with Orange County Vector Control District inspectors assigned to Dana Point and San Clemente, we got a close-up view of...
Gene Burrus, the voice of Dana Point Youth Baseball, stands with the monument erected in his honor to commemorate the renaming of Mustang Field to the Gene Burrus Ballfield. Photo by Andrea Swayne
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Gene Burrus’ presence at Dana Point Youth Baseball opening day ceremonies on March 10 was requested under false pretenses; but that’s just fine with him. Burrus, the league’s play-by-play announce...
The Dana Hills varsity volleyball team won the Foothill Tournament, March 10 at Beckman High School. Pictured (back row L to R) are James Koci, Peter Wilke, Zach Schwaner, Ian Wright, Eric Mathies, Christian Hessenauer, Jake Agle (team manager), Doug Hamman and Timmy Ryan; (front row L to R) Karch Smith and Bryce Yould. Photo by Ken Koci
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Boys Volleyball • The Dolphins (3-2) rolled past Orange Lutheran , 3-1, on March 6 and then picked up a 3-0 win against JSerra on March 8. At the Foothill Tournament March 9-10, the team went und...
Collins Holdings owners (Back row L to R) John Collins and son Damian Collins with Edgar Carbajal (Still Water partner) and Caryn Mayural (Sunsets at the Pier partner and chef) on the patio of their new venture. The group acquired Renaissance and reopened as Still Water at Renaissance. Photo by Andrea Swayne
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Damian Collins took the keys to Renaissance on Friday, ran the Dana Point restaurant, bar and live music venue for two days, closed Monday to deep clean the eatery and reopened Thursday as Still Wa...
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Dana Point kicked off its 41st Annual Festival of Whales on March 3 and 4. Check out the official event guide and discover the wide variety of things to see and do March 10 and 11 at this tradition...
Ken Stetson stands near some attractive drought tolerant plantings and a smokers' outpost cigarette butt container that were added to the Harbor commercial core as part of Vintage Marina Partners' Clean Marina Certification process. Photo by Andrea Swayne
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Vintage Marina Partners’ Ken Stetson is a leader among Clean Marina consultants When Embarcadero Marina dock master Ken Stetson joined the Marina Recreation Association he had no idea it would b...
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On the morning of February 19, 1945, “Manila John” Basilone was leading his machine gun platoon through the hellish invasion of Iwo Jima, one of Japan’s last island bastions of defense before mainl...
Griffin Colapinto of San Clemente flies high on his way to winning the Boys U14 division at the O’Neill Surfing America Prime Event on February 12 at Upper Trestles. Photo by Jack McDaniel/Surfing America
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In blackjack the, the number to get is 21. And that’s exactly what was “in the cards” for local amateur surfers over the weekend of February 11 and 12. Surfers from San Clemente, Dana Point and C...
Fifteen Dana Hills High School student athletes signed letters fo intent on National Signing Day, Feb. 1. Photo by Alan Gibby/Zone57.com
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National Signing Day, February 1, was a proud day for Dana Hills High School as 15 of the school’s top student athletes signed letters of intent and officially announced their colleges and universi...
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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
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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 | 20 |
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Get in shape for the summer! Karna Camp is coming to Dana Point
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Chicago: The Musical
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Polynesian Festival & Luau Feast
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Pedal Power Festival
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Get in shape for the summer! Karna Camp is coming to Dana Point
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Chicago: The Musical
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Morning Breeze Cruise
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Bluegrass Brunch
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