Life’s a Beach: Time Flies and The Friendly Skies
Shelley Murphy acknowledges that while she’s already afraid of flying, she is terrified of crashing. Thoughts of taxiing, tarmacs, and ...
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OCTA Authorizes Emergency Track Stabilization After Train Service Suspension in South Orange County
The Orange County Transportation Authority has declared an emergency need for railroad track stabilization in southern San Clemente following an ...
Health & Nutrition 101: Eating Around the World
Gina Cousineau By Gina Cousineau I am writing from Cape Town, South Africa. I have been very blessed to have ...
On Life and Love After 50: Northern California Road Trip
Tom Blake By Tom Blake When the pandemic began in 2020, my partner, Greta, and I canceled a train trip ...
What Will This Holiday Season Cost You and Your Family?
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year...” And it can be downright exhausting. Family visiting town. Or maybe you’re ...
Dana Point Author Named ‘Most Inspirational’ Finalist
Haley Chi-Sing, for Dana Point Times Local Dana Point author and philanthropist Connie Spenuzza’s travel memoir, Jubilant Journeys, highlights the ...
Healthy For The Holidays
How much is getting sick during the holiday season costing your family? Is it missed days and lost productivity from ...
Guest Opinion: On Life and Love after 50 by Tom Blake
The People You Meet Aboard Ship on a Cruise In my previous column, I wrote about an 82-day Grand ...
Guest Opinion: On Life and Love after 50 by Tom Blake
It’s Time to Go: Grand Asia & Pacific Cruise Reality hit me this week when a FedEx driver came to ...
Surfin’ Round’ Town: Dana Point Trolley now features additional stops, convenient surfboard and stand-up paddleboard racks
By Daniel Ritz On June 8, the Dana Point Trolley began its summer circles around Dana Point. Many residents were ...
‘Where Did You Take Your Dana Point Times’ Instagram Contest!
Traveling this summer? Take your local “News You Can Use” with you! Snap a photo or selfie with a copy ...
On Life and Love After 50: Senior Singles Seek Different Kinds of Committed, Romantic Relationships
Tom Blake. File photo By Tom Blake Most singles who are over 50 that I encounter agree on one thing: ...
Guest Opinion: On Life and Love After 50: Writing Columns for Nearly 24 Years
Tom Blake, left, and his partner, Greta, pose for a photo in Faro, Portugal. Photo: Courtesy of Tom Blake By ...
On Life and Love After 50: How a Dana Point Man Met Elvis, ‘The King’
Tom Blake and Michael McLeavy hold a Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley poster promoting a March 10, 1956, concert in ...
On Life and Love After 50: Delivering a Letter to Johnny Cash
Tom Blake. On Life and Love After 50 By Tom Blake On Wednesday night, Feb. 22, while packing suitcases for ...
