Oil Spill Tar Balls May Be Creeping Toward San Clemente Beaches
By Eric Heinz U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife officials announced Monday that at least some of the tar balls washing ashore from Santa Barbara County beaches to San Clemente have been linked to the Refugio oil spill that occurred May 19 as well as natural seepage from the ocean. Plains All American Pipeline … //read the full article
San Clemente Living Briefs, June 25-July 1 Edition
Float a Boat: Students Make Physics Fun Under overcast skies, the San Clemente High School physics classes conducted their annual Float a Boat event last Wednesday, June 10 at the swimming pool. Approximately 50 high school students built boats utilizing only cardboard and small plastic bottles, sealed with duct tape and raced them the length … //read the full article
Arthur Huynh: Forged by Grit and Fortitude
San Clemente High School Scholar of Scholars Speech, class of 2015 When I look back at freshman year—yeah, let’s skip that. Sophomore year, too. All I can say about junior year was that it was traumatizing, especially if you took a bunch of Advanced Placement classes, so I did that, too. Senior year, yeah, baby, … //read the full article
Library Renovations Near Completion, Opening Scheduled July 20
By Eric Heinz A yearlong endeavor, fraught with financial issues and an existing building that was falling apart, the renovation of the Orange County local branch in San Clemente is nearing completion. Nonie Fickling, president of the Friends of the Library, said the facility will reopen July 20 and there will be a grand opening … //read the full article
Letter: SONGS safety personnel just made their job a lot easier
Gary Headrick, San Clemente In January of 2012, one of the newly replaced steam generators at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station began leaking radiation into the environment, causing the plant to be shut down permanently. Had the leak not been detected in time, it could have easily escalated into a full-blown emergency, far worse … //read the full article
