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In this Issue Check out Inside/Outside: Refine Your Space SPECIAL PULLOUT VOLUME 11, ISSUE 25

Highs at Lowers

Colapinto, Matson win respective divisions at Volcom Championship SC SURF/PAGE 18

Griffin Colapinto, center, is lifted to the podium by his peers after winning the Pro-Am division of the Volcom Totally Crustaceous Surf Tour Global Championships on Friday at Lower Trestles. Photo: Eric Heinz

City Sets Rates for Short-Term Rental Homes, Apartments EYE ON SC/PAGE 3

Trolley Program Coming to San Clemente Starting in 2017 EYE ON SC/PAGE 4

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permanent solutions are established, according to the SMWD press release. The city of San Clemente has also designated the $1.35 million it collected in penalties toward water conservation projects and education, according to Rebensdorf’s report. —EH

Five things San Clemente should know this week

Occupancy Tax Ballot Measure

Suspect Leads Police on Pursuit, Apprehended at State Beach THE LATEST: Orange County Sheriff’s Department apprehended 23-year-old Ryan Adrig at San Clemente State Beach at about 1:40 a.m. Wednesday after he led them on a slow vehicle pursuit through the city and fled on foot into the state park, San Clemente Police Services Chief David Moodie said. Adrig was reportedly found by police sleeping in the back of his vehicle at 11:30 p.m. near Richard T. Steed Memorial Park, which is a San Clemente Municipal Code violation. When he was contacted by police, he jumped into the driver’s seat and fled from deputies from the park, down Avenida Pico and all the way to the end of Avenida Calafia, where he exited the vehicle and ran into the state park, police said. Police were able to apprehend Adrig after using “mild force,” as he was being uncooperative, Moodie said. Via videos and photos posted to the Facebook pages “San Clemente Life” and “Crime in San Clemente and Safety Tips,” at least five police cars were seen pursuing Adrig in a blue SUV. An Anaheim Police Department helicopter was in the area at 12:05 a.m., and some people said they could hear a loudspeaker telling people to stay indoors. No officers nor the suspect were injured. Moodie said deputies believed there may have been a weapon in the car, but the incident is still under investigation. California state law permits people to sleep in their car in public areas, but local municipalities are allowed to pass laws to prohibit it—San Clemente is one such municipality. WHAT’S NEXT: Adrig is being held at the Men’s Intake Release Center on $50,000 bail. —Eric Heinz

City Approves Permit Fees for Short-Term Lodging THE LATEST: With no discussion from the public or City Council, the fees for San Clemente Times June 23-29, 2016

THE LATEST: The city approved a ballot measure for this November’s election that would increase Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) from 10 percent to 13 percent. The tax is assessed on every bill for a reservation at a San Clemente lodging facility, including short-term rentals. People may submit arguments either for or against the ballot measure prior to it being put on the ballot. They may be submitted to the City Clerk’s office. Police officers are seen near the end of Avenida Calafia sometime around midnight in San Clemente on June 22. Officers were searching for a man who fled from them late Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning. Photo: Courtesy of Geoff Glenn

short-term lodging permits were approved unanimously at Tuesday night’s regularly scheduled meeting. Council approved STLU permit fees to be $140 and short-term apartment rental (STAR) fees to be $536. The city is using the money to pay for staff time and code enforcement, according to an agenda report to the ordinance. WHAT’S NEXT: More information about the ordinance can be found at www.sanclemente.org. —EH

City, SMWD Lower Water Warnings THE LATEST: Both the city of San Clemente and the Santa Margarita Water District (SMWD) voted to lower their Water Warnings Level from Stage 3 to Stage 2, which allows customers to water their lawn more often with non-potable water and lowers restrictions on other uses. The reduction for SMWD is now 10 percent from now until February 2017. Both the city and SMWD must conserve enough water to be able to supply customers for three years, but the city will eliminate its penalty fees for those who over-use water. The city’s newest water rates are still expected to go into effect Aug. 1. Nicole Stanfield, public information officer of the Santa Margarita Water District, said the district is disseminating information regarding conservation to its customers and “doing lots of things to recycle and install recycle water systems through the district and not use potable water to irrigate large common areas.” “We went to this rate structure in Jan.

2016, and it was approved last year. It’s a three-year approach and our customers will see that,” Stanfield said. SMWD services portions of Talega in San Clemente. “The drought is not over, so we’re asking customers to continue their conservation efforts,” SMWD Board President Charley Wilson stated in a press release. In April 2015, the state of California declared emergency drought regulations and established mandatory conservation standards for water agencies through May 2016. San Clemente city water customers met and exceeded the state’s mandate, and during the Tuesday City Council meeting Deputy Public Works Director David Rebensdorf said city customers reduced their usage by 25.6 percent from 2013 to 2015 statistics. According to the release, SMWD customers met and exceeded the state’s conservation mandate and reduced their usage by approximately 24.3 percent. The state’s mandate was 25 percent on average, but reductions varied by water provider. Under the new approach, water agencies must ensure a three-year supply of water— assuming three additional dry years similar to ones experienced from 2012 to 2015. The average demand of 2013 and 2014 will be compared to the supplies available at the end of a dry three-year period. “If supplies at the end of year three exceed demand, then an agency can certify that it has 100 percent supply and a 0 percent conservation standard,” the release stated. WHAT’S NEXT: The State Water Resources Control Board’s new mandates will be in effect through January 2017 until more

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WHAT’S NEXT: The last day to submit arguments is Monday, June 27, and the deadline to file rebuttals is July 7. The rebuttals may not exceed 250 words in length. The general election is Nov. 8. —Staff

City Appoints First Round of Committee, Commission Applicants THE LATEST: The city of San Clemente held its first round of appointments for city committees and commissions on Monday, June 20. City Council appointed Richard Ayer, Charlie Smith and re-appointed Steven Streger to the Beaches, Parks & Recreation Commission. City Council appointed Susan Ambrose, John McMains and Jonne Campopiano to the Coastal Advisory Committee. There were no contests for the Golf Course Committee in which Kevin Kellerman, Tim Kiernan and Darlyn Regan were appointed. Laurie Gooch was appointed as the Talega Homeowners Association Representative to the Friends of the Reserve Commission. WHAT’S NEXT: The terms for the new appointees begin July 1. The next round of appointments for Planning Commission, Human Affairs Committee and Investment Advisory Committee is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29 at 100 Avenida Presido. —EH

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Walk the Plank—–With a Smile Junior Lifeguards take traditional jump off Pier BY ERIC HEINZ, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

s part of their rite of passage as Junior Lifeguards, children take the annual jump from the Pier, about 25 feet off the edge of the middle of the boardwalk. Lifeguards are in the water to await the students who drop down and make a large splash.

Junior Lifeguards session II begins July 5 and session III begins July 25. A slow-motion video is available on the San Clemente Times’ Instagram page, S_C_TIMES. For more information about the Junior Lifeguard Program, visit www.scljgfoundation.com or www.san-clemente.org and search “Junior Lifeguards.” SC

Junior Lifeguards jump from the Pier on Monday, June 20, as a fun part of their program. Photos: Eric Heinz

All Aboard Public transportation changes, additions coming to San Clemente BY ERIC HEINZ, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

ith the Orange County Transportation Authority approving two transportation projects for San Clemente, the city is looking to find the best way to implement what could be more than $4 million in cumulative grant funding. TROLLEYS COMING IN 2017 San Clemente will have its first trolley services in summer of 2017 after the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) approved funding through its trolley program. The grant money is allocated with the assumption the services will have a ridership of at least 10 people per hour, otherwise the money can be reverted back to OCTA. According to the city’s application, the trolleys will follow a route that goes to the Outlets at San Clemente, down to North Beach and southbound El Camino Real to Del Mar and the Pier, and then they

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will travel back up Avenida Victoria to northbound El Camino Real and back to the Outlets. City Councilwoman Lori Donchak, who is also president of the OCTA Board of Directors, said the funding for the trolleys will last seven years, so long as the ridership requirements are met. The project, if it lasts seven years, will cost $1.2 million with the city contributing 10 percent of the cost. Friends of San Clemente Foundation put $10,000 toward the match, half of what was needed for the first year of the project. “The trolley is all about connections, and I think we’ll learn a lot about it in the first year,” Donchak said. “One scenario, if it’s successful and I expect it will be, is we expand the service geographically.” After the first year, the city could explore expanding routes to Talega and South El Camino Real, as well as connecting systems with Dana Point and San Juan Capistrano, but those plans remain to be seen. “Another way to go is to expand the hours of operation because right now it’s going to be pretty much a seasonal and weekend way to get around,” Donchak said. The trolley in 2017 will run from Memorial Day to Labor Day from noon to 10 p.m. on Fridays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturdays, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.

RIDESHARE TO SUPPLEMENT CLOSING BUS ROUTES It’s not quite a bus service. It’s not quite Uber. And it’s not quite a taxi. But it should make up for the lack of public transportation the city will face in October when two OCTA bus routes are discontinued. “Riders would use a rideshare app to input pickup location and drop off at a safe public location within 500 feet of route within the city limits,” according to the city’s application for funding. The city will contract with a private organization to administer the services using money from an OCTA Project V matching grant. “The intention of the rideshare program is to have it in place when San Clemente’s bus service is reduced in October and that it will provide an alternative,” Donchak said. The bus services San Clemente will lose in October are the 191, which goes around the city and up to San Juan and Mission Viejo, and the 193, which circles around the inner parts of the city. OCTA determined through a countywide study the two routes were not generating enough ridership. At its monthly meeting on Monday, the Mobility Task Force will examine the logistics of the project, and the proposals for the project will be brought to City Council

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in the near future. “It’s very innovative,” Donchak said. “From an OCTA perspective, it is a pioneer project, and, if San Clemente executes it well, there certainly is a big place for it in other parts of Orange County where there may not be enough people to justify a fullfledged bus service.” Because this is an exploratory venture, and because of certain laws that apply to public transportation, there are some requirements that potential bidders will have to meet. “OCTA, being a public authority, has all sorts of different requirements, so finding the sweet spot between the private sector and a public authority is going to be the big challenge for this project,” Donchak said. “It has to do with insurance, liability … ADA requirements we’re held to. Finding vehicles that can accommodate handicap passengers is going to be high on the list (of bid criteria).” Costs to use the service will be the same as taking a bus, and if there are any shortfalls with the cost to the contractor, OCTA will make up the difference. Donchak said she was pleased with how well the projects scored when competing for the grant money against 17 other entities for funding. As with the trolleys, the rideshare program will track ridership numbers, but over the course of two years. SC www.sanclementetimes.com

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SC Sheriff’s Blotter COMPILED BY STAFF

All information below is obtained from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department website. The calls represent what was told to the deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. The true nature of an incident often differs from what is initially reported. No assumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the content of the information provided. An arrest doesn’t represent guilt. The items below are just a sampling of the entries listed on the OCSD website.

Tuesday, June 21 SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Marquita, 100 Block (2:26 a.m.) A caller said a man in a black shirt and black pants with a black backpack was seen running into the alley behind the location.

and ran away, leaving his 7-year-old son behind. DISTURBANCE El Camino Real, 2200 Block (11:53 a.m.) A transient man was in the dumpster, refusing to leave and throwing trash everywhere. He was also being aggressive toward people. FOUND PROPERTY Avenida Pico, 700 Block (9:52 a.m.) An informant was near the train tracks and found a wedding ring. DRUNK DRIVING South El Camino Real/Avenida Cornelio (8:02 a.m.) A caller said two men walked into the restaurant stumbling and were unable to walk properly. A 25-year-old data analyst was arrested in the incident and has since been released. WELFARE CHECK Alameda Lane, 100 Block (2:23 a.m.) A caller said their neighbor was acting drunk. PATROL CHECK Paseo Flamenco, 3400 Block (1:03 a.m.) Someone was reportedly walking around the house.

Monday, June 20

Saturday, June 18

DISTURBANCE Via Zaragoza, 0 Block (11:26 p.m.) Two women and 10 men were in a physical altercation at a house party.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN VEHICLE Avenida Carmelo, 100 Block (10:53 p.m.) A black compact car was occupied by people sleeping.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Avenida Aragon, 200 Block (8:10 p.m.) A woman was crying and saying her life was in danger and being threatened. WELFARE CHECK Monte Vista, 100 Block (12:49 p.m.) A person in Germany said they were unable to contact their friend. DEFRAUDING AN INNKEEPER Avenida Granada, 100 Block (12:19 p.m.) A man in a yellow cab said a woman refused to pay him.

Sunday, June 19

STOLEN VEHICLE LOCATED I-5 Freeway/South El Camino Real (10:23 p.m.) By the Pico Plaza, a vehicle reported stolen was found. A 22-year-old woman was arrested in the incident and is being held on $20,000 bail. SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Avenida Lobeiro, 200 Block (8:32 p.m.) A person was checking door handles while riding a bike. DISTURBANCE Avenida Victoria, 600 Block (7:36 p.m.) A man was verbally harassing and being abusive toward beachgoers.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES La Rambla, 300 Block (11:43 p.m.) Police were called about a man lying on the ground and smoking.

DISTURBANCE Avenida Vista Montana, 2400 Block (7:17 p.m.) Residents were screaming and yelling and reportedly broke a window.

CITIZEN ASSIST Marquita, 200 Block (10:16 p.m.) The caller said his 15-year-old son is poisoning his medication.

ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLE Avenida Lobeiro, 200 Block (1:46 p.m.) An informant wanted someone to mark every vehicle on the street that is parked for more than 24 hours.

FIREWORK VIOLATION Portico Del Norte/ Caballista Del Norte (9:19 p.m.) Police were called for fireworks going off near the location. DISTURBANCE Camino Laurel, 2100 Block (8:37 p.m.) Police were called to reports of a man yelling and what sounded like slapping or hitting, but it was only heard and not seen by the caller. PETTY THEFT Avenida Pico, 900 Block (4:18 p.m.)A man was caught stealing items San Clemente Times June 23-29, 2016

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/ CIRCUMSTANCES Avenida Pico, Avenida La Pata (12:13 p.m.)A man approached the informant and asked her to watch his Samsung Tablet. The informant found it odd for a stranger to ask for such a thing. The man was 45 years old. DRUNK IN PUBLIC Avenida Victoria, 600 Block (7:20 a.m.) A drunk man was hanging out by the office shouting at people. The man walked out to the end of the Pier but left his belongings behind. Page 6

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Community Meetings SUNDAY, JUNE 26

San Clemente Farmers Market

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Bundles of flowers, fresh produce and much more every Sunday. Avenida Del Mar. MONDAY, JUNE 27

Monday Nighters Car Group

6-8 p.m. Every Monday night. People can bring their classic cars to Panera Bread at the Outlets at San Clemente. The event takes place until October. 101 W. Avenida Vista Hermosa, jkarennew1@hotmail.com. TUESDAY, JUNE 28

Sunrise Rotary

7:15 a.m. San Clemente Sunrise Rotary meets every Tuesday at Talega Golf Course Signature Grille. 990 Avenida Talega, www.scsunriserotary.com.

BILY Meeting

7-9 p.m. Meets every Tuesday. Because I Love You helps parents find solutions to any crisis they are experiencing due to their children’s (adult or minor) poor choices. Presbyterian Church, 119 Avenida De La Estrella, www.bilysc.org. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29

San Clemente Rotary

Noon. The San Clemente Rotary meets every Wednesday at the San Clemente Municipal Golf Course Wedgewood Restaurant. 150 E. Avenida Magdalena, 949.233.7981, www.sanclementerotary.org.

Second Committee, Commission Interviews

5 p.m. People who have applied to various committees and commissions that serve the city will go through the application process to be selected by City Council. 100 Avenida Presidio, Council Chambers, 949.361.8200, www.san-clemente.org. FRIDAY, JULY 1 TO MONDAY, JULY 4

City of San Clemente oﬃces will be closed in observance of Fourth of July Weekend.

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Marine and Sailor Fourth of July Potluck

NEWS BITES COMPILED BY ERIC HEINZ

Fourth of July Information On Monday, July 4, the city of San Clemente will host an Independence Day celebration for the community. At 9 p.m., the city continues its annual tradition of a fireworks display from the Municipal Pier. The end of the Pier, opposite the entrance, will close at noon on Sunday, July 3, for preliminary preparation, and the entire Pier will close on Monday, July 4 at 8 a.m. and remain closed for the day. The Fisherman’s Restaurant will be accessible to its patrons. A flyover by the Condor Squadron, consisting of four AT-6 aircraft World War II trainers, will take place along the participating coastal cities of Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Dana Point and San Clemente. The flyover will begin in Huntington Beach and conclude in San Clemente where the pilots will fly over the coast and conduct a 360 in the air.

Members of the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy, as well as veterans and their families, are invited to a potluck at Park Semper Fi in San Clemente. Bring your favorite dish to the event. Tickets are required, but there is no charge to attend. The potluck takes place at 5 p.m. on July 4. For more information, contact Wayne Eggleston at 949.498.4958 or at heritage@ marinemonument.com.

Four San Clemente Students Receive Honors at National History Day San Clemente students, all from Shorecliffs Middle School, received honors at National History Day in Maryland. One team took first place in the nation in the Junior Group Website Category and another boy took fourth place in the Junior Individual Exhibit Category. Each category had two entries from each state and some international entries.

The full flyover schedule is as follows:

San Clemente Ocean Festival’s Fourth of July Dinner on the Pier

• Huntington Beach 6:05-6:10 p.m. • Newport Beach 6:10-6:15 p.m. • Laguna Beach 6:15-6:20 p.m. • Dana Point 6:20-6:25 p.m. • San Clemente 6:25-6:30 p.m. No camping the evening before the Fourth of July will be permitted. The San Clemente Municipal Code prohibits overnight camping in parks and on the beach, and being on the beach between the hours of midnight and 4 a.m. Those in violation of the ordinance can be cited, and unattended property left on the beach is not the responsibility of the city. Also, dogs are not permitted on the coastal trail on July 4. All ocean access, including swimming, surfing and wading will be closed 1,000 feet in both directions from the pier from 8-10 p.m. The purpose is to protect people from the dangers of fireworks fallout. The show risks delays or cancellation if the public does not comply with the closure.

Ocean Festival will host its annual Fourth of July Dinner on the Pier, catered by The Fisherman’s Restaurant. Tickets are still available for $65 and includes a barbecue chicken or rib dinner with coleslaw, beans, roll and strawberry shortcake. This event sells out every year, and has some of the best seats in town for the fireworks show on the San Clemente Pier. For reservations and information, Valarie Daugherty of the The Fisherman’s Restaurant at 949.498.6390 or Lisa Green at lisa_green@cox.net. Cash or credit card payments are accepted. For information about the San Clemente Ocean Festival, please visit our website at www.oceanfestival.org.

San Clemente Resident Shannon Rae to Debut Album June 28 Shannon Rae describes herself as “a California girl with a country heart,” and will release her country rock debut album on Saturday. Rae is a former Miss Long Beach, three-time Miss Hot Rod Magazine and has been nationally recognized as a model. “Modeling was the money maker, but music was always her calling when Demimonde, the pop act brainchild of Shuki Levy (Saban Entertainment), came to life and recruited Rae to join the group,” according to her press release. From there, she said she recorded with the three-girl country band Sweet Water Junction, and then met producer and musician Marty Rifkin (Bruce Springsteen, Glen Campbell, Leanne Rhimes) who co-wrote some of the early songs. Rae has worked with songwriter, producer and bandmate Dave Polich while touring throughout the southwest. Rae and Polich have co-written a series of country rock-Americana songs. The release party/show is set for July 21 at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach. For more information, visit www.shannonrae.com.

Family Assistance Ministries

SCARWF Scholarships The San Clemente Area Republican Women, Federated (SCARWF) awarded scholarships to four outstanding high school seniors: Joseph Bell, Andrew Frohner and Lance Woodstra from San Clemente High School, and Sten Kajitani from Capistrano Valley Christian High School. SCARWF offers scholarships to high school seniors residing in San Clemente, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Capistrano Beach, and Camp Pendleton, who intend to enroll in an accredited institution of higher learning upon graduation. The four recipients were selected among many applicants for their academic excellence and numerous activities in high school, as well as in their community.

Shannon Rae of San Clemente will debut her first album on June 28. Photo: Courtesy

FAM’s third annual Golf Tournament for Hunger and Homeless Prevention is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 1, and registration for the tournament is now open. The cost is $200 per person or $700 for a foursome, and sponsorship opportunities range from $100 to $5,000. Registration on the day of is at 10:30 a.m., and the shotgun start is at 12:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.family-assistance.org.

The fireworks at the Pier will begin at 9 p.m. Photo: File

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VIEWS, OPINIONS AND INSIGHTS

Letters to the Editor KITTEN VIDEOS AND ONLINE VIGILANCE CORD BAUER, San Clemente

Once upon a time in America we got our news from the pulpit of the church and the “Town Cryer.” Then came Ben Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette and his words of wisdom from Poor Richard’s Almanac. They included the immortal words, “Love your Enemies, for they tell you your faults.” Randolph Hearst took over Ben’s job in the late 1800s and helped create the term “yellow journalism” during his paper war with Joseph Pulitzer. Too bad his bad habits are still around. Fast forward to 2016 and our “newspapers” have turned into computer screens and smart phones. We add comments to the stories that capture our interest and can quickly dive deeper into the news via the Internet. But the most engaging story is the one that we live. It’s Facebook, where news and our own personal lives commingle. We can read the news, get gossip, can catch up with high school friends, or simply lurk in the background.

“ neighbors join together to It’s my hope that our

make positive changes, that the city listens to them and helps, and that the forum ‘Crime in San Clemente’ stays small while ‘San

Clemente Life’ gives those

kitten videos a run for their money.

”

—Cord Bauer

In San Clemente, Facebook has taken center stage. One of the most popular forums is “San Clemente Life,” with over 9,000 members and a dedication to all the things we love about San Clemente. There’s a certain mesmerizing quality to a sunset pier photo, or the view through one of the “bubble man’s” giant creations. I think only kitten videos are more addicting. There are some new Facebook pages popping up, and they’re interesting to note. Started only two-plus months ago, San Clemente Times June 23-29, 2016

“Crime in San Clemente and Safety Tips” is a closed group that already has more than 2,500 members. There’s also Fight for Talega (900-plus), Capo Cares (900plus), Take Action San Clemente (800plus) and others. In case you can’t tell, most of these groups are centered around trying to make sense of the sober living home mess, a recent increase in aggressive and mentally unstable transients, and a big rise in crime and drugs that seem to come from the aftermath of Prop 47. While there are no kittens playing with yarn on these forums, it’s gratifying to see neighbors banding together to try to create a better San Clemente any way possible. It’s also interesting to note “San Clemente Life” (my favorite) has more than a one-year head start on “Crime in San Clemente” in terms of viewers, although “Crime” is picking up 50-plus people per day. It’s my hope that our neighbors join together to make positive changes, that the city listens to them and helps, and that the forum “Crime in San Clemente” stays small while “San Clemente Life” gives those kitten videos a run for their money.

DIRT COLLECTING NEAR OUTLETS ART CARTWRIGHT, San Clemente

As you drive to the Outlets at San Clemente, the first thing you see is a large stockpile of dirt, not the mall. I also noticed it was just hydro-seeded. Funny how it wasn’t done during the rainy season for erosion control. Most cities don’t allow stockpiles of that size because of safety, dust or erosion control, especially for this length of time. Being a longtime resident of San Clemente and living in the Marblehead area, we’ve all had to deal with the construction of the freeway and the mall. But we’ve also had to deal with the constant dust and dirt issues that come with those projects. Every day we have dirt and dust inside and outside at our home. So whose stockpile is it anyway, the city of San Clemente’s or the developer’s? Personally, I don’t care about banning freeway signage, but I am tired of breathing and dealing with the dust and dirt every day.

not enforced for conservation measures, but instead to offset any city penalty imposed by the state. None were imposed. There is no legal basis for retaining and not refunding these penalties. If you paid a penalty, and thousands of you have, write the following to Mayor Bob Baker, BakerB@san-clemente.org, “Please refund my water penalty assessment, now.”

BREATH OF HUMANITY TIM LAWSON, San Clemente

If you live in southwest San Clemente, you have probably seen her sitting next to the freeway bridge. She’s homeless, I have assumed, raggedly dressed, sun-beaten and has that different look in her eyes. I pass her when I go to pick up a friend to go surfing, or maybe on the way back from breakfast at Café Del Sol. I have just made the assumption that she has troubles, you know, homeless mental health problems; I am guessing you have too? Today I passed her again, except this time there was a man sitting there on a Home Depot bucket. They were playing chess. I could see he had parked his vintage Ford Mustang at the side of the road and was patiently playing the game with her. I don’t know who this person was, but I know he is a better person than me. I just make assumptions about other people and really do nothing to help. I admire you, stranger, whoever you are. You have shown me a small tatter of humanity. You make me believe in humanity and the people of San Clemente.

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PLEASE, REFUND MY WATER PENALTY BRAD MALAMUD, San Clemente

On Monday, the city received recognition for water conservation. Then, the City Manager informed us penalty refunds would not be made. Instead, the penalties would “be used for other conservation throughout the city.” There was no discussion of a refund. Spending penalties cannot be condoned as legal, moral or ethical. What is next if this flim-flam is allowed? The penalty was Page 8

This week’s guest will be Jim Reardon, a trustee of the Capistrano Unified School District, who will speak about what the district has been up to and plans for the future. Beachside Chat is a spirited, town hall forum on community issues, hosted by SC Times editor Eric Heinz every Friday at Café Calypso, 114 Avenida Del Mar. All are welcome.

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San Clemente Times, Vol. 11, Issue 25. The SC Times (www. sanclementetimes.com ) is published weekly by Picket Fence Media, publishers of the DP Times (www.danapointtimes. com) and The Capistrano Dispatch (www.thecapistranodispatch.com). Copyright: No articles, illustrations, photographs or other editorial matter or advertisements herein may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. The publisher assumes no responsibility for return of unsolicited manuscripts, art, photos or negatives. Copyright 2016. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA.

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EDITOR’S PICK

What’s going on in and around town this week COMPILED BY STAFF

Friday | 24 “PROTECTION FROM FINANCIAL SCAMS” 11:15 a.m. Patricia Drown, PhD, Executive Director of San Clemente Domestic Violence Task Force, will be discussing financial scams and how to protect yourself from fraud. Dorothy Visser Senior Center, 117 Avenida Victoria, San Clemente. LIL’SCALLYWAGS SUMMER PROGRAM 1:30-4 p.m. Half-day summer program for 5- and 6-year-olds. The first day of the program is June 24. Kids will be able to experience some sailing fun while staying on dry land. There will be crafts, sea stories, and more. Cost is $40, for members $25. To register, visit www.ocean-institute .org or call 949.496.2274. The Ocean Institute, 24200 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point. ORANGE COUNTY WINE CRUISE 5:30-7 p.m. Climb onboard a Dana Wharf luxury catamaran for this 90-minute wine cruise around the Dana Point Harbor. Tickets are $49. Every Friday and Sunday. Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watching, 34675 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, 888.224.0603, www.danawharf.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25: ORANGE COUNTY FOOD, WINE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL Noon-7 p.m. The fourth annual Orange County Food, Wine and Music Festival will be held at Sea Terrace Park in Dana Point this Saturday. A $40 ticket includes admission and unlimited drink samples from the 40 craft breweries in attendance, along with 50 varieties of wine. More information and tickets available at www. foodwineandmusicfestival.com. Sea Terrace Park, Dana Point. 33501 Niguel Road.

COREY LEAL 8 p.m. Folk, blues and rock artist Corey Leal plays the Barnoa Wine Bar. 831 Via Suerte #106, San Clemente. 949.388.4378, BILLY WATSON 7:30 p.m. Live music at Iva Lee’s. 555 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.361.2855, www.ivalees.com.

Saturday | 25 BIRD SAFARI 8-11 a.m. Join The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo and bird expert Gary Meredith for a birding 101 event that will partially take place alongside a private road overlooking oak groves, grasslands and more. Ages 10 and up. Adults $10, children $5. The Richard and Donna O’Neil Conservancy, call for directions, 949.489.9778, www.rmvreserve.org.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 25 AND SUNDAY, JUNE 26: DOHENY SURF FESTIVAL 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The Doheny Surf Festival returns this weekend with a celebration jam-packed with activities for the whole family. The two-day event will feature surfing (obviously), classic woody cars, surfing collectables, Polynesian dancers, food, drinks, music and more. Best of all, the event is free to attend. Doheny State Beach, Dana Point, 25300 Dana Point Harbor Drive. 949.661.1218. Page 9

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HOW TO RAISE BACKYARD CHICKENS 9:30-11 a.m. Enjoy a free class on raising backyard chickens hosted by Goin Native Therapeutic Gardens and UCCE Master Gardeners of OC at Reata Park. A half hour native garden walk follows each class. RSVP to marianne@goinnative.net or 949.606.6386. Reata Park and Event Center, 28632 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, www.goinnative.net. PAINT SAN CLEMENTE GALA 6-8:30 p.m. Winners of the plein air art competition that had dozens of artists paint all parts of San Clemente since June 18 will be announced at the gala. San Clemente Community Center Auditorium. 100 N Calle Seville. 949.361.8264. (Cont. on page 10) www.sanclementetimes.com

GETTING OUT (Cont. from page 9) DREAM BROTHER 8 p.m. Alt-rock and classic rock from Dream Brother at the Barnoa Wine Bar. 831 Via Suerte #106, San Clemente. 949.388.4378, www.barnoawinebar.com. FAMILY STYLE 7:30 p.m. Live music at Iva Lee’s. 555 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.361.2855, www.ivalees.com.

Sunday | 26 SOUTH COAST QUARTET 4-6 p.m. South Coast Quartet, a jazz vocal group, kicks off their “Mood Swings” tour at Adele’s at the San Clemente Inn. Dinner reservations can be made by calling Adele at 949-481-1222. Tickets for the concert are $20 each and can be purchased at www.southcoastquartet.com. 2600 Avenida Del Presidente, San Clemente. 949.481.1222. KARAOKE AT GOODY’S 8 p.m. Karaoke every Sunday night at Goody’s Tavern in San Clemente. 206 S. El Camino Real, 949.492.3400, www.goodystavern.com.

Monday | 27 BRIDGE AT THE SENIOR CENTER 1 p.m. If you are an intermediate-level player, join the San Clemente Senior Center. The game is play party/social bridge; partners change every sixth hand.

At the Movies: Dory is Worth Finding BY MEGAN BIANCO, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

f all the unnecessary sequels to come out this year, the one that turns out to be not only tolerable, but actually good, is naturally Pixar’s Finding Dory. Thirteen years ago, the original Finding Nemo was a mega success with audiences, to the point where it seemed like no one could go less than two viewings at the theater. Although Nemo’s story was completed in the previous movie, Dory’s journey is not over yet. After their first fish adventure, Marlin (Albert Brooks), Nemo (Hayden Rolence) and Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) are back at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. But Dory is suddenly getting random visuals of old memories in between her usual 10-second short-term memory loss problem. Eventually she fully remembers that her parents are in “the jewel of Morro Bay, California,” and has to meet them again. But she ends up inside a marine life San Clemente Times June 23-29, 2016

The Best Thing We Ate This Week

Fire-Roasted Tri-Tip Sandwich BAD TO THE BONE BBQ

31738 Rancho Viejo Road, San Juan Capistrano, 949.218.0227, www.badtothebone-bbq.com

The words themselves are satisfying: fire-roasted, tri-tip… sandwich. Even though, yeah, you roast with fire, and how many tips are enough tips and from where exactly are these tips coming? Luckily, one bite into said sandwich and you just stop caring about semantics. The sirloin cut of beef (aka tri-tip) is fatty and evanescent. It’s got chew and Bad to the Bone’s Fire-Roasted Tri-Tip Sandwich. char. It tastes and feels, well, roasted Photo: Matt Cortina over an open-fire. The barbecue sauce is sweet and spicy, with a finish of smokey molasses. The accompanying sweet potato fries are crisp, skin-on, and so precisely seasoned that you’re not sure if you taste cinnamon and brown sugar or are just making phantom associations in your head. The point is: good barbecue may be hard to figure out, but it’s not hard to enjoy, and that’s what we found this week at Bad to the Bone BBQ.

People can sign up in the office or just show up. Come five to 10 minutes early to claim a seat. Monday and Thursday at the Dorothy Visser Senior Center, 117 Avenida Victoria, San Clemente, 949.940.5702, www.san-clemente.org. FREE GUITAR LESSONS Free group lessons starting from the beginner level. Ages 12 and up. Bring your own guitar. Email coamusicarts@ gmail.com to sign up. 1050 Calle Negocio, 949.388.0114, www.communityoutreachalliance.com.

institute along the way. Ed O’Neill voices a squid named Hank helping Dory out, while Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Dominic West and Idris Elba voice other institute animals Dory meets. Despite the redundancy that the trailers might have shown with the plot being similar to the first film, Finding Dory still finds a way to be its own story and theme. Dory’s memory syndrome becomes more than just comic relief and is a lesson in patience and confidence. Dory doesn’t become annoying as the main lead, and her new and old friends are used appropriately for her new tale. Finding Dory is the first film to see with your kids this summer. SC

Tuesday | 28 MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS EVENT 2 p.m. This brief event (less than one hour) is presented by St. Joseph Medical Center. Resources for mental health in South Orange County will be discussed, and the event will help visitors see the signs of mental illness, and, perhaps most importantly, help fight the stigma attached to mental illness. Christ Lutheran Church, 35522 Camino Capistrano, San Clemente.

OPEN MIC NIGHT 6-10 p.m. Singer/songwriters perform at The Point Restaurant open mic. Bring your instrument and your voice; The Point supplies the sound system. 34085 Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, 949.464.5700, www.thepointrestaurantandbar.com.

Wednesday | 29 FRENCH CONVERSATION CLUB 2-4 p.m. Every Wednesday. Look for the table with the French Flag surrounded by a group of people speaking French. No cost to join. Café Calypso, 114 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente 949.493.5228, 949.369.5482. FREE COMEDY AT MOLLY BLOOM’S 9:30 p.m. Every Wednesday, free comedy at Molly Bloom’s with food and drink specials. 2391 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.218.0120, www.mollybloomspub.com. CASA COASTAL TILE-GLAZING WORKSHOP 7 p.m. A hands-on tile-glazing workshop for adults led by Silver Canyon Pottery. The event is part of the Casa Romantica Coastal series. Casa Romantica, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente. 949.498.2139, www.casaromantica.org. For our full calendar, visit the “Event Calendar” at www.sanclementetimes.com. Have an event? Send your listing to events@sanclementetimes.com

On Stage at the Coach House: Mitch Ryder BY STEVE BREAZEALE, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

ou’d have to go way back in his career timeline to pinpoint the moment when Mitch Ryder decided he was going to be a force of nature while performing onstage. Way before they even laid down their first tracks in a studio, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels made a vow to create a record that sounded as if the band was right there in front of you, hitting you with a distinct American rock and roll sound. “When you would go to a concert, you would get a little disappointed because the music had changed,” Ryder said. “It wasn’t bad, it had just changed. We thought, ‘Why don’t we concentrate on making a live sounding record?’ It was a formula that worked quite a few times for us,” The idea paid off, as Ryder and his scruffy, charged and controlled vocals powered the band to the top of the charts,

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Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels will perform at the Coach House on July 3. Photo: Courtesy

reaching as high as No. 4 in the country with their hit single “Devil with a Blue Dress On” in 1966. The band did not remain intact for very long, but Ryder’s impact as a soulful R&B singer and bona fide rock and roll star keep him in demand to this day. Ryder has been touring the world for over 40 years, performing with multiple bands. He will be performing with the Detroit Wheels at the Coach House Concert Hall in San Juan Capistrano on July 3. Doors open at 5 p.m. and tickets are $20. Ryder, who hails from the Motor City, plans on delivering a power-packed set list that feature classic hits, covers and new material. SC www.sanclementetimes.com

Living room in the Philharmonic House of Design by Tamra Mundiz, Concept Design, Inc.

ON TREND THE COLORS, FABRICS AND TEXTURES OF 2016

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OUTDOOR LIVING

COMFORT IN YOUR BACKYARD

Welcome

his year’s Inside/ Outside was designed to show off, well, design. In coming up with what to feature in our annual interior and exterior design issue, we talked to architects, designers, decorators, consignment shop owners, landscapers, curators and homeowners about what is happening in design this year, and how market trends are shaping what we’re putting in our homes, businesses and outdoor spaces. In the pages of this special edition, you’ll find tips and stories about what goes on inside and outside homes in South Orange County. For interior design stories, you can read about the unique spaces local designers have worked in—from skateboard palaces to mortuaries—on page 3. On page 4, you’ll find out this year’s trends in color, texture and furniture. Find out some options for restoring old treasured pieces (and finding them in consignment shops) on page 5. And check out photos from the stunning Philharmonic House of Design in Dana Point, which over a dozen local designers decorated, on page 6. Then head outdoors for stories that scan everything from landscaping to sustainable home design. On page 18, you’ll learn about what you need to get building renovations approved in the tri-cities. Then, find out how to refine your outdoor areas into living spaces on page 9. We chatted with the proprietors of FoxLin Architects about sustainable design on page 10. And we’ll give you low-down on water-free and drought-resistant exterior design on page 11. It’s a good time to be a homeowner in San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano and Dana Point. With average home prices hovering around $1 million dollars, the market is strong, as evidenced by the robust array of designers, architects and builders from which to choose when you undertake renovations or choose to buy or sell. We hope you pull out a few nuggets from Inside/Outside to carry into your next homerelated project.

A kids’ salt therapy room was designed by Prizant Design. Photo: Courtesy

Tamra Mundia designed a professional skateboarder’s home according to his specifications. Photo: Courtesy

UNIQUE

Spaces

From yachts to morgues, local designers have worked in some special places

ne imagines that when a person first decides he or she wants to dedicate their life to interior and exterior design, they don’t dream about designing a mortuary. Or a skateboarder’s ping pong-centric garage. Or a fishing boat. But those are just some of the requests that many local designers have received over their careers. And in fact, that sort of challenge is precisely what many professionals appreciate about the job—using their expertise to mold a clients’ vision (whatever and wherever that may be) into something unique and usable. Tamra Mundia of Concept Design in San Clemente had a unique workplace design challenge on her hands when she took on the redesign of a mortuary. The emotional nature of a mortuary posed a unique challenge for Mundia—it had to be nurturing and peaceful for visitors, but upbeat and welcoming for employees. “The fun thing is the mortuary itself we’ve designed to be calming, while the corporate side is bright and colorful and happy for the employees,” Mundia said. The design ended up having neutral grays and calming, cooler tones in the public area, with brighter, warmer colors in the employee section. Mundia also pointed to her unique experience working with a 19-year-old professional skateboarder in San Juan Capistrano, whose request was to redesign an historic home in the city with a ping-pong room (accessible via garage door), and that all the interior colors would be black, charcoal grey, white and red—in short, you average 19-year-old guy’s entire color palette. Meanwhile, Gerald Moskowitz of Jeddy’s Interiors in Dana Point, has dedicated the latter part of his design career to unique spaces—he’s one of the top yacht design-

ers in the country. After running a design firm in Palm Springs, Moskowitz says his yacht design business took off in the Harbor. “I’ve been a boater all my life. I’ve got a boat in Dana Harbor,” he said. “About 20 years ago people started asking me to do their boats. … I moved here lock, stock and barrel and sold my place there.” Moskowitz says although the yacht may be a unique place to design, many people treat theirs as a second home—and want it designed as such. “They want it to their specifications. They want it to their likes and dislikes,” he said. “The first thing you do when you buy a home is you change the carpet, change the blinds. Well when people buy a boat of any size and value, they tend to do the same thing.” Jeddy’s has worked on boats for local residents as well as those made by the prestigious Pacific Asian Enterprises company, which makes the Nordhavn yacht. Moskowitz says designing and remodeling a yacht poses unique challenges as opposed to home redesign, which Jeddy’s also does. Being able to withstand the elements, but also make the yacht feel like home is where Moskowitz says his expertise kicks in. “It can be very demanding, and it can be much more difficult than anything because of the angles and just generally things are much more difficult to do,” Moskowitz says. As far as yacht design trends are concerned, “Most people tend to want more substantial fabrics to the environment. They want water-proof things, sun-proof things. They want umbrella fabrics or vinyl fabrics or high-end leatherette fabrics.” Some designers are asked by people that own specialty shops to turn their office or store into something functional for their customers. Cynthia Prizant, who runs Prizant Design in San Clemente, was proposed that exact challenge by a unique specialty therapy group.

A remodeled dining area in a yacht redesigned by Jeddy’s Interiors. Photo: Courtesy

Cockpit cushions are on one of the yachts redesigned by Jeddy’s Interiors. Photo: Courtesy

“I did a salt therapy salon,” Prizant said. “It’s kind of a new up-and-coming health thing where it’s based on the salt caves in Europe, and they blow in this salted air through these generators into the room and it’s supposed to help people who have breathing and skin issues.” A massive amount of salt is required for salt therapy— it’s in the air, in the furniture, and in the floors. Working with a tough material like salt and turning it into therapy rooms for children and adults was the challenge. “The whole floor is covered with five inches of Himalayan salt. So iI did a salon that basically has a children’s therapy room and an adults’ therapy room,” she said. “We had to consider, in terms of the materials, how the salt would affect that. We ended up doing one backlit wall of salt bricks that had LED lights behind it. And then the floors had heating elements so that the salt was also heated.” There’s no shortage of unique places, or pieces, to design. Yachts, mortuaries and therapy rooms are just some, so open your eyes and see the magic done by local designers throughout the area. 3

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Trend

The colors, textures and fabrics of 2016 as told by local designers

alking about interior design trends is a bit like sharing an opinion—it should be taken with a grain of salt. Trends tend to trickle down from producers into various media sources, then to designers. And along the way, savvy homeowners, renters and amateur designers pick up pieces of the trends and blend them with their own personal tastes. For instance, Pantone comes out with a much ballyhooed “color of the year.” Sometimes the color is a hit—this year, the colors are rose quartz and serenity (pink and grayish blue)—and sometimes they flop—emerald wasn’t used in many designs. Other paint and design companies come out with their own trends, as well. Benjamin Moore dubbed 2016’s color “simply white.” Then, the wheels are set in motion. “So then what happens is a lot of the vendors, the producer of the fabrics, will produce a little bit more in those colors,” says Cynthia Prizant of Prizant Design in San Clemente. “So you’ll see in the magazines images of rooms and vignettes that are designed with those colors.”

Pantone comes out with a much ballyhooed “color of the year.” Sometimes the color is a hit and sometimes they flop. “You’ll see once they’ve set the colors, you’ll see products along those lines that will pop up with accessories and fabrics,” Prizant said, but added, “To be honest, a lot of times they don’t become the trend in the common population.” Indeed, many designers use trendy colors as a well-noted reference, but rely on their own training and, most importantly, the wishes of the client to guide the design. “It’s not about what’s trendy,” says Emily Turner of Maison Blue Design Group, “it’s always focused on what clients’ personal tastes are. From a color standpoint, it’s really personal.” Turner said that trends also tend to move slower in house design, than in, say, fashion, because people aren’t changing their home decor every day, or buying entire new wardrobes every year or so, like some do with clothes. That leads to more “classic” designs in homes; but then again what is considered “classic” is constantly evolving, and thus prone to trends. So given that trends come and go, and are influenced by regional and personal predilections, local designers are still able to pick out some things that are popular this year. In general, warm is out and cool is in. The Tuscan trend that was popular at the end of the last decade has softened and cooled into a palette that includes more coastal colors— 4

Mid-century modern style is on full display in the colors, furniture and fixtures in Prizant Design’s living room. Photo: Jeri Koegel

Neutrals are classic, but gray is enjoying a high point in this design by Prizant Design. Photo: Jeri Koegel

A Maison Blue design featured throwback chairs with bold lines with neutral grays, in front of a wood inset. Photo: Courtesy

blues, greens, neutrals. Della Hayden, also of Maison Blue agrees that coastal, and it’s colors, are in—that’s partly because it’s popular in the Southern California region, but also because it’s (and here’s that word again) classic. “The current trend in color is gray, white, navy and neutral. Those are primarily the current trendy colors, but they’re also classic, and I think that’s one of the elements everyone is trying to get to,” she said. Aside from the coastal theme, Prizant says there is a trend toward mid-century modern in the design requests she’s receiving. It’s a sort of Mad Men-style, ’50s-era chic that is evidenced in clear lines, bold colors and material changes. “There’s a huge resurgence of mid-century modern,” she said. “You can see it not only in the trade form, but also in [consumer stores like] Crate and Barrel.” Walnut tones in wood fixtures are popular, but so are grayer and white-washed wood floors—a product of the trend toward gray and neutral, Prizant said. In metals, golds are coming back. “One of the other trends is a transition from silvers to golds,” she said. “So for instance lighting fixtures, you’ll see a lot of the antique brass and golds whereas a couple years ago it was brushed silvers and nickels. I also think that’s driven by the mid-century modern (trend).” Turner and Hayden at Maison Blue agree in the shift in trend, but are calling it an “industrial, kind of reclaimed look.” “I think that goes back to a couple years ago and they talked about sustainable and everybody’s trying to be more

Cooler tones like blues and greens are trending this year, along with neutrals, in this design by Maison Blue. Photo: Courtesy

responsible and trying to rescue things,” Hayden said. Turner said that no matter how influenced a design is by trends, it still needs to fit the function aspect of any design. “They need to be multifunctional,” Turner said. “Especially in our crowded market, people are living in smaller homes, so their homes have to be especially versatile. That’s a huge part of what we do from the start is space planning, and trying to design around function.” So the next time you’re leafing through a design magazine, watching a home remodeling show or visiting a furniture store, pick out the cooler colors, the gold fixtures and the gray woods, and decide if they’re for you—or if you’ll wait until the trends change next year.

REFINING YOUR

Space

Using repurposed and refurbished items to elevate home design REUSING AND REPURPOSING FURNITURE AND MATERIALS

has become chic. Whether it’s because of the ubiquity of home remodeling shows on cable TV or just a general cultural push toward reuse, the desire to turn old into new is frequently requested by designers. But the consignment collection and refurbishment business is strong on its own, with many people taking a do-it-yourself approach to home design and picking out pieces that complement the spaces they’ve cultivate. That said, a well-curated consignment shop can give the shopper ideas and inspiration on how to use unique pieces and antique gems. Katie Dabney and Sam Gaylord own Revel, a new consignment shop in San Juan Capistrano. Inside, you won’t find items strewn about, or even placed on racks—instead, pieces collected from interested sellers are artfully mixed with dozens of other pieces to create display vignettes. Accessories, furniture, rugs, photos and more are arranged in what look like little rooms, creating looks for interested buyers to use for inspiration. “We are resale done right. We take care of it, and try to make it look good,” Dabney said. “We take things in and try to be creative and give people ideas on what to do with their new old things.” Revel opened in mid-September. Dabney quit her job in

Photos of the unique vignettes and displays set up at Revel in San Juan Capistrano. Photo: Courtesy

advertising, and Gaylord quit his in finance, to open up the shop and “do something we love to do.” “It’s a lot of hard work. It’s like moving every day,” Gaylord said. Dabney said Revel will make house calls for consultations, and will deliver anywhere locally or ship elsewhere. She said that patrons can save up to 60 percent on retail items, and sellers get their items put in the store for 60 days. There’s also a five-day return policy on items, which other consignment stores don’t always have. The key, Dabney says, is providing quality products at prices that don’t exclude large groups of people. That process requires an eye for aesthetic and passion for refining and repurposing items. “It’s hopefully a little bit different here from your average

consignment store,” she said. We have something for everyone. If it’s dusty, we clean it. We try not to take things that are broken, because would you buy it? If you wouldn’t buy it yourself, we wouldn’t have it here. But everything in here has had some love before.” There’s a bevy of other good consignment shops in the area, including 2nd Hand Treasures in Capistrano Beach. Owners Helen and Ziad Mahshi have created a stunning showroom, that features a rotating selection of well-priced, high-quality and unique wares. At any given point, you’re liable to find something like a music machine from the early 19th century, a signed Salvador Dali print, a restored stage trunk or a turquoise stone necklace. Whether you shop at 2nd Hand Treasures, Revel, both or more, you’ll likely come away not only with a new piece for your home, but a head full of ideas on what to design next.

SHOWING

It Off

Philharmonic House of Design displays local flavor and design expertise

hat do you get when you put fifteen renowned interior designers into a cliffside mega-mansion and let them have at the design any way they wish? It’s a five bedroom, five and one-half bath, 8,656-square-foot home that sits on a lot double that size. It’s views of the Pacific Coast are unparalleled in the region, and the design of the home blends the outdoor with the indoor. In many ways, the Philharmonic House of Design is the physical embodiment of this magazine—a look at how interiors and exteriors work as yin and yang to create a wholly comfortable and setting-appropriate home. Now surely a professionally designed home listed just shy of $10 million in the exclusive Strand neighborhood is a bit opulent, but proceeds from tickets sold for viewings throughout May and June benefit the Philharmonic Youth Music Education Programs. This year’s home was a smash hit for viewers, as attendees were able to see the latest in design trends in the home. And even if many of us can’t afford the home—or even one mortgage payment on it— the House of Design is an opportunity to see designers on display, and a chance to take a few things from their books and put it into our own homes. Inside, you’ll find a chef’s kitchen that would make any home, or professional, cook green with envy. A large neolithtopped island allows for many friends and family members to sit. Glass-paneled cabinets offset by white frames are both classic and casual. There are Wold & Sub Zero Appliances, Rohl & Kohler Fixtures, two dishwashers and a convection oven. The kitchen, designed by Wendy Ann Miller, is fresh and bright, and inspires the home cook to spend the whole day preparing fresh ingredients into myriad dishes. The living room was designed by Tamra Mundia of Concept Design and opens up to the seascape just steps away from the home. Marble flooring gives way to neutral-colored furniture and rugs. The large open gateway to the outdoor living space is both a tableau and a functional way to control temperature and keep fresh air moving through the home. The master bedroom, designed by Frank Pitman, hasmore golden, lavender and stained tones while balancing elegance with comfort. Antique, repurposed items like binoculars on a stand, a pear-shaped chandelier and a quartz stone-shaped lamp seem to both fit in and stand out. Again, the large open wall, with sliding doors, that faces the ocean is the ideal accent in color and tone. Downstairs, a sprawling game room designed by Nancy Del Santa will keep guests occupied for hours. There’s a bar—just steps away from the straight-outta-Europe wine cellar and tasting room (designed by Barbara Mclane)—a pool table, and an entertainment setup with plenty of space to roam free and entertain. The doors open up to the pool area, which features a raised hot tub on one end of the long pool, 6

The kitchen was designed by Wendy Ann Miller. Photo: Matt Cortina

The dining room is casual but refined. Photo: Matt Cortina

An outdoor living space in the House of Design. Photo: Matt Cortina

Bar in the game room, designed by Nancy Del Santo. Photo: Matt Cortina

and a barbecue station on the other. Did we also mention the downstairs sauna and the home theater room with a projector, designed by the IDI Student Team? Or the spa/massage setup ready for a masseuse to come in and pamper away? There’s also a clever kid’s room in the downstairs area, with a sailboat-shaped bed, a fun lighting fixture, and an oversized cartoonish octopus sculpture inset into the wall

on the way out to the pool. Want and need—it’s tough to tell the difference walking through the House of Design. Many of the features the average folks only dream about having in their homes seem both attainable and well-placed in the house. We may not be able to afford the House of Design, but we can certainly borrow some of its rooms and put them in our own places.

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NO PROBLEM Creative landscaping opportunities with drought-resistant plants

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outhern California is known for so many wonderful things and, at least, one unequivocally bad thing: drought. Water issues have plagued the entire state for years, and climate change will only exacerbate the situation. About 50 percent of drinking water in this area is used for landscaping, and not for drinking, cooking or bathing, according to the South Coast Water District. About 80 percent of that water comes from the Colorado River and Northern California, but those resources are rapidly dwindling as other communities across the West find ways to deal with their own water shortages. But whether by mandate or personal choice, many Californians are finding clever ways to scale back on water use. One such way is to plant drought-resistant and low-water varietals. We took a trip down to the stunning and very drought-tolerant gardens at Casa Romantica in San Clemente to see which plants thrive in the area. Throughout the grounds, you’ll find plants of every color. There’s the bluish plumbago shrub, and the red kalanchoe,

Aeonium. Photo: File

Lantana. Photo: File

also known as the “widow’s thrill.” The cotyledon looks like a spiky green elk’s horn, and the lantana comes in a rainbow of colors. The gardens fill out the palette with purple African basil, orange firecracker plants and the ivy geranium. Remember, Southern California is a coastal desert. It’s not supposed to be able to support lush green lawns and many typically verdant varieties of plants that look good, but are water-intensive. That said, just because we live in a desert, it doesn’t mean there aren’t tons of native plants that can make your yard pop.

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For the permit applications and to see if you’re specific projects needs a permit, call the Building and Safety Services Department at 949.443.6347, or visit https://www.sanjuancapistrano.org/Index.aspx?page=42.

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When do you need a permit?

AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER, it may come time to re-

model or renovate your home. At which time, you might come face to face with your city’s municipal codes regarding zoning, planning and the like. And getting through the paperwork associated with your city’s regulations can sometimes be more of a hassle—or at least seem more daunting—than the actual renovation itself. In general, the cities of Dana Point, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano require you to get a permit for many improvement projects, which are subject to construction codes and inspections. This is in order to ensure the safety of the home—when your home was built, it had to meet certain codes, and you can’t just go and change them at your whim if it might, according to the city, put your home in structural danger. In an effort to hasten the permit process, we’ve assembled some key tenets straight from the building departments of Dana Point, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano.

DANA POINT In general, the city of Dana Point requires

homeowners and tenants looking to remodel to file for a building permit with the city. This includes renovations to bathrooms, kitchens, pools, patios, water heaters and more. 8

Firecracker plant. Photo: File

It’s important to note that some renovations within these areas are considered maintenance, and not subject to a permit: for instance, replacing a toilet or refrigerator, or refacing the cabinets. If you’re unsure of whether your project requires a permit, call the Dana Point Community Development, Building and Safety Department at 949.248.3594. If your project does require a permit, there are a variety of forms you’ll need to fill out depending on the project. Those forms are available at http://www.danapoint.org/department/community-development/building-safety. You should prepare to submit floor plans and prove your set-up meets energy and safety codes found on the website above. You should also be prepared to pay several fees to cover the inspection and processing costs.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO In San Juan, you’ll have to file a

permit for most renovations to bathrooms, kitchens, pools, patios and outdoor areas. You’ll need to get approval from any combination of the public works, planning, fire and building departments, depending on the scope of your remodel. Those divisions take about three to five weeks to review most projects, and if the inspections pass, the city will review the project and issue a permit within 15 business days. You’ll be able to track your permit’s progress on the city’s website.

And getting through the paperwork associated with your city’s regulations can sometimes be more of a hassle—or at least seem more daunting than the actual renovation itself. SAN CLEMENTE For most renovations in San Clemente,

you’ll need a permit. This includes all electrical, plumbing, mechanical or structural projects; installing water heaters, dishwashers, garbage disposals; re-roofing, remodeling, repairing stairs, replacing windows; and building retaining walls, decks pools and more. To get a permit, draw up a blueprint and bring it to any relevant city division for review—in general, exterior updates need only be checked by the Building and Planning Departments. You’ll need to submit a permit application, proof of ownership of the home, and proof of HOA approval, if necessary. Fees will need to be paid—$25 for small projects, and up to $2,000 for major additions like extra buildings or pools. Many projects can receive approval on the day-of submittal, after walking into city offices. To check what you’ll need for your project, visit the city’s Building Division website at http://38.106.5.200/department-services/building-services.

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Tips from designers on how to create a comfy outdoor living space IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE OUTDOOR LIVING SPACES AS EVER

being trendy in Southern California—here, it’s a way of a life. But now interior designers are being asked more and more to design outdoor living spaces and to help bridge the design gap between inside and outside. We asked several designers to share some tips on designing outdoor living spaces, and we distilled their expertise into the following five tips:

A firepit can bridge gaps between indoor and outdoor spaces. This area was designed by the South Coast Plaza Stores. Photo: File

1. Plan your outdoor space like an indoor area Designers are quick to note that the main similarity between interior and exterior design is spacial planning. Make sure that nothing is too cramped, and that from a design standpoint, you group fabrics and colors that work well together. Identify key traffic areas (from bathroom to pool, or from kitchen to grill) and ensure that they are open. 2. Choose weather-hardy fabrics Leatherette and umbrella canvasses are extra popular right now and come in a variety of colors to match whatever your scheme is. These materials are weather-resistant and will be both comfortable and aesthetically pleasing for most designers.

Barbeques amd the like are ideal for outdoor living. Photo: File

3. Use lighting to bridge gaps Just as you would draw in natural light in indoor living spaces, let the natural light bridge the gap between the inside and out-

side, and provide shade in spots via umbrellas or tree cover. In planning, take pictures of all areas of the intended living space throughout the day to see which areas need the most attention. 4. Let nature handle the colors Many designers, especially given current trends, will use large windows and door openings to frame the outdoors as a tableau that can be enjoyed inside. With the trend now toward neutral and cooler colors, bright flowering plants, and the natural colors of the sky draw the eye from inside out. 5. Food and drink areas can be the glue An outdoor barbecue area or bar is a great way to use your lifestyle to bridge the gap between indoors and outdoors. You can also plan to have clear paths to indoor bars or wine cellars. It’s also trendy to purchase drink carts, for beverages always within reach.

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE

Design?

Q&A: Sustainable Design with Michael Fox and Juintow Lin of FoxLin Architects

e sat down with Michael Fox and Juintow Lin of FoxLin Architects in Capistrano Beach to talk about how their architecture firm has focused on creating sustainable, eco-friendly designs for their clients throughout the world. Fox and Lin met as students at MIT. They’ve both written books and performed research on sustainable design, and have been teaching architecture students about sustainable design elements for years. As their practice continues to grow—along with the need for more sustainably designed homes—we picked the architects’ brains on the current state of eco-responsible design and technology. Inside/Outside: Your company specializes in “sustainable design.” What does that mean? Juintow Lin: There’s many different aspects of it. The most obvious one that people usually think of is low energy design—spending less on electricity, natural gas and those types of things and finding different ways to achieve that. The most basic way is the passive way. Orienting for solar heating or shading, basically how you position the building on the site. How to encourage airflow through the building with natural ventilation. And then what color. There’s also active strategies, which are like solar panels, water reclamation, water recycling, all these other things. How do homeowners interested in sustainable design mentally get over the financial burden of some of the more expensive elements? Michael Fox: All that passive stuff is pretty easy to convince people to do because it doesn’t really cost people more money. Your space is going to be brighter, you’re going to be able to use the AC less. And all of the design kind of makes sense. The other stuff is trickier because it involves an above and beyond investment. That’s where return on investment becomes important. Yeah, you can get solar panels and you’ll pay for it for 10 years, but after that… Lin: I actually find with the solar panels, that’s probably the most common one, that people are tending to request that because it’s so much less expensive to do when you’re doing new construction that the incentives are so high that it makes sense to do it then. I find almost everybody these days is asking for the electric car charging port and some cities are now requiring it. But there’s other ways to be sustainable. For instance, your location, if you’re close to public transportation, the size of your home, … or the quality of the building materials. Fox: The best thing is probably legislative change. Like the 10

A Foxlin Architects design uses active and passive ways to reduce energy usage. Photo: Courtesy

city of Carlsbad, they require that you put the infrastructure in for solar panels when you do construction. The entire city of Los Angeles requires 100 percent water reclamation. Can we call sustainable design a trend still, or is it becoming a necessity in Southern California? Lin: We both teach in architecture school so we’re training the next sets of architects, and in our school we have very much been talking about this. And for that reason, I think it is a long-term change and trend that’s happening, but I also think that in terms of the power companies, they also are interested in these types of things and they have a lot of different grants and programs because they realize their infrastructure is not large enough to handle this increasing need for energy.

Interior architectural design elements form FoxLin Architects, Photo: Doug Edmonds

Fox: The bigger problem is that Los Angeles is really just a developer-driven arena and if you look at, say, the housing going in by the Great Park and (South Orange County) housing neighborhoods, there’s really not architecture involved in that. Homes are plopped down by literally the thousands, and none of this (sustainability) stuff we’re talking about is accounted for, so it’s just developers. That’s where you need the codes.

Lin: Most people work in an office, and there’s a great opportunity every 10-20 years, all the existing building stock gets renovated, and every 30-50 years the buildings get rebuilt. There is a great opportunity in this process in recycling these buildings to make change.

Are you interested in driving that change toward more widespread sustainability?

Fox: There’s this other level of active stuff that you have— window shades that are motorized and photovoltaic so that when the sun comes down, they immediately come down. So this is using technology at another step higher.

Fox: For the most part, I think you have to make green green. There has to be financial return and incentives enough to have it make sense. Not so that people want to do it for the planet, but that it makes sense that you’re going to get a real return. Lin: The one thing we do is we definitely promote that in our teaching. We have both gone to China and taught because there’s a big issue there in terms of energy. I’ve been there and taught sustainable design. Fox: Juintow knows the facts more than me, but it’s really important that it’s not just about doing what you have to do or what feels good. For instance, buildings are responsible for 50 percent of all energy use, including transportation of materials. And it’s because we have offices that are hermetically sealed, and we have ACs running all the time. We spend 80 percent of our time in buildings, and they just use a ton of energy. When you think about where does all our energy go, it’s used for powering our buildings.

Is there hope in technology to make sustainability easier for homeowners?

Lin: For instance in commercial buildings, if it’s a normal big floor, the people on the outside have different lighting requirements than people in the middle, so there’s automated systems to deal with that now so you’re not lighting the edge of the building. Fox: The thing is with residential and definitely with commercial is it’s difficult in Orange County. Whereas if you’re in parts of LA, it’s kind of vogue to actually show off the fact that you have solar panels and you have the electric charger, and it’s a cool kind of hipster thing that you’ve done. Whereas here there’s not that awareness. It’s not really like this vogue thing and that kind of change in public perception needs to happen here. You look at all the houses on The Strand, and I just point that out because they’re all architect-designed houses, but (sustainability) is not prioritized. So it’s part of changing the mindset of the clients, not the architects.

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From the Ground Up By David Faylor, General Contractor Every new building should have a firm foundation, have great windows and doors, a watertight roof and be ecofriendly with energy smart technology. Then, you can do whatever design you want on the floors and walls. Hi, my name is David the Local Builder and General Contractor. I would like to share my recommendations when planning a new project. There are dozens of procedures along with many hundreds of details involved with getting any project to a starting point. Most times the permit process takes longer than the actual building of the project itself. Be prepared with blueprints and bids before you undertake financing the job. How long does it take to draw plans and obtain the permits? Well, that’s a good question. Depending on how much you are building, it requires specific tasks in order to achieve an approval from the local City Hall Building Department.

Recommendations for Selecting an Architect By Stan Schrofer, Principal at Stan Schrofer & Associates

By Doug Echelberger, The Echelberger Group

1. Experience: A) How many projects has the architect completed in your community? B) How long has the architect been working in Southern California?

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2. Resume: A) Does the architect’s resume reflect creative designs, experience, and good organizational skills? B) Does it give you a good sense of his achievements and creativity?

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3. Webpage and Video: A) What access is provided to

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show documentation of the architect’s completed designs? B) Does the architect have an organized webpage and/or video of his latest projects?

4. Client References: Contacting previous clients allows you to get an understanding of thearchitect’s performance and responsibility of meeting projected time frames.

5. Drafting: Does the architect provide drafting for interior cabinet elevations, ceiling, and architectural features as part of his service?

Most projects require eight or more of these professionals:

6. CAD: Is the architect performing his work in CAD

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(Computer Automated Drafting), which allows for easy revisions that are not costly to clients.

7. Renderings: Does the architect supply colored elevations of your project? (CAD or artist-sketched colored productions)

8. Models: Does the architect have a consultant that he has previously worked with to complete a cost effective visual model of your project, if required by HOA or owner?

9. Time Line: A) Does the architect complete projects on time, in a professional manner? B) Does the Architect have previous experience working with the H.O.A. and H.O.A. architect, and fully understands their requirements? C) Is the architect also familiar with the local Building Department and their requirements? 10. Interior Designer: Can the architect supply local creative interior designers to the clients, while maintaining a working relationship with them?

11. Landscape Architect: A) Does the architect have Most families that build an addition onto their existing home or build a new home “from the ground up” do so on average every 8¬10 years or longer. So finding the people and parts you need could be difficult if you are new to the area or don’t know of a local team to put your whole package together. This can be a very enduring long process and educational in every aspect. Then there are the timeconsuming months just to obtain the permit. Having the complete team at your fingertips in just one phone call can really shorten the timeframe to obtaining permits and completing the construction in the quickest amount of time. It’s your investment so have the local team with the local knowledge of each professional’s budget to fit into your particular project. “No job is too difficult” with our reputation and experience. Call us for a consultation on your new or existing project. We have several architects to choose from for each building design size to meet your particular needs. Local Builders serving South Orange Co. since 1989. Laguna Beach, San Juan Capistrano, Dana Point, San Clemente. 949¬510¬5679. Local Builders Lic. # 589688. Custom homes and hillside specialists, challenging concrete structures, major kitchens and fabulous restaurants.

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creative, cost efficient landscape architects available for the client to interview? B) The architect should stay active in reviewing landscape designs.

12. Contractors: Is the architect reviewing the Contractor’s bids, and providing a bid form evaluation to make a fair comparison of bid costs to his clients, with a minimum of three general contractor’s bids? This will influence the project’s savings significantly.

13. Specification Book: Does the architect have a completed specification package for each project? 14. Site Construction Inspectors: Does the Architect make job site inspections for quality of work performed by the general and subcontractors?

15. Design Experience: A) Does the architect have design experience in various disciplines that you are attracted to?

16. Insurance: Does the architect and general contractor carry professional liability insurance? Stan Schrofer & Associates, Inc. 34932 Calle Del Sol, Suite A, Capistrano Beach, CA 92624 949-488-9595.

Why wait for the buyer to request a home inspection? Before you list your home, hire an inspector to find out about any potential problems. For a few hundred dollars, you can prepare your home for sale and have the time to fix any issues that could lower your property value. Ask a trusted real estate professional to recommend an inspector. Hidden problems can cause serious damage— water leaks, pest infestation, electrical problems—which will result in a lower price for your home.

2. Paint the Walls Adding a new coat of paint to the walls can enhance your home’s value. It may sound too good to be true, but something as simple as paint makes a room feel fresh and new. And, buyers are willing to pay more for a turnkey home that doesn’t require any work. To appeal to a large buyer audience, choose a shade of white, grey or another neutral color.

3. Improve Energy Efficiency Buyers will pay more for a house that is energy efficient. Who doesn’t like the idea of saving money over the longterm? Install new appliances that require less energy. Replace old windows with new ones to prevent leaks. Simple changes can make the difference. You can request an audit from your local utility company. Identify areas that need to be repaired, so you can make changes before you list your property.

4. Work on Curb Appeal Working on curb appeal is all about maximizing first impressions. Landscaping is another area where you can make changes regardless of your budget. Start with trimming overgrown bushes and trees, cleaning up your lawn, and drawing attention with flowers, shrubs and other greenery. Not everyone has the creative eye; hire a landscaper to design your outdoor space. An expert can select plants that are low maintenance while still enhancing your space.

5. Update the Bathroom and Kitchen As we know, oftentimes the kitchen sells the home. The bathroom is a close second when it comes to meeting a buyer’s expectations for an updated space. Whether you can afford to do a major remodel or can only budget for a few small changes, these two areas are where you should focus. Even if you are working with a limited budget, focus on the areas that will get the most attention. Think lighting, hardware, countertops and cabinets. When in doubt, a coat of paint will always make rooms look and feel brand new. You don’t have to spend a lot to increase the value of your home. Focus instead on spending what you can afford wisely. You can sell your home for top dollar faster with the help of a trusted real estate professional. The Echelberger Group is a full-service team with a list of vetted vendors to meet all of your real estate needs. As always, if you are considering leasing, buying or selling real estate, please call for a confidential appointment: 949.463.0400. Or email me at doug@ echelberger.com. www.echelberger.com. 11

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O Missy White started as a pop-up business that sold S’well bottles and assorted upscale party items and gifts two and a half years ago. White opened her first brick-and-mortar location on Monday at 220 Avenida Del Mar. Photo: Eric Heinz

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New Businesses MISSY’S 220 Avenida Del Mar, 949.388.0788, www.missyspopupshop.com Offering a wide array of upscale party items, cards, S’well water bottles and more, Missy’s is now in a permanent location on Avenida Del Mar. Missy’s started two and a half years ago out of Missy White’s home when she started selling S’well bottles. The water bottles keep drinks cold for 24 hours and hot drinks hot for 12 hours. The business is owned by Missy White, and her husband, Paul, helped her with the grand opening, which took place Monday. White said she became interested in retail through her own enjoyment of searching for new products. “I was shopping a lot, and I decided to start traveling and finding items for other people,” Missy said. “I’ve been in retail my whole life. I love finding fun and unique things.” White said she was a sales representative for Billabong and was a manager at a Nordstrom’s. She said she’s sold more than 4,000 S’well bottles in the last two years. “Eventually I’d like to start ‘hydration stations’ at the schools. So the school would sell 250 S’well bottles and that would give us the money to install the system,” White said. “That’s a little bit down the road, but it is a program we’d like to give back to the community.” Items can be ordered on the business’s website, www.missyspopupshop.com. Missy’s also designs parties for people. San Clemente Times June 23-29, 2016

BOOTIE LEASH P.O. Box 3339, San Clemente, 949.463.3052, www.bootieleash.com In the 1970s, Michael Mednick, inventor of the BootieLeash, said he struggled to secure his wetsuit leg during his surfing sessions. Mednick decided to come up with an idea to protect his wetsuit leg. Year after year, he said he attempted to fix his product without success. In 2015, Mednick’s plan was finally resolved. After a series of mishaps in creating the BootieLeash, Mednick used parts of a small beach cooler and other random assortments from local sporting goods stores to create BootieLeash. Mednick’s product stops the wetsuit leg from sliding up. According to Mednick, the elasticity starts to give out once there is no protection for the wetsuit leg. Ever since his new creation, Mednick has sold more than 200 BootieLeash products. Mednick’s product is in 24 locations. From Virginia Beach to Mission Beach, BootieLeash founder Michael BootieLeash Mednick said he created the is in a wide prototype of his product to variety of locakeep wetsuits attached to a tions. bootie using materials from As a start-up a cooler and other assorted items. Photo: Courtesy company, Mednick is the full owner of the product, and his family has provided the financial backing for the product. BootieLeash’s success has garnered the attention of prominent magazines and surf shop owners. Mednick said a surf shop owner once told him, “(BootieLeash is) a great solution to an aggravating problem.”

ne of the most difficult and controversial senior relationship topics that readers bring up is dating when the spouse of one of the two people has Alzheimer’s. A Southern California woman wrote, “I am dating a man whose wife has Alzheimer’s and is very well cared for in an expensive facility. He visits her daily, sometimes as much as three times a day. They had a 35-year marriage in which he raised her children, and he considers them equally his own. “Here is my dilemma. I don’t doubt that he loved his wife, and still does as much as he can. But on his dating profile (how I met him) he said he has more love to give than his wife can accept. That is kind of awkward wording, but I knew what he was trying to say. “I do not think he is morally bad for seeking companionship since his wife has been going downhill for five years, and has been in this facility for the past three years. But his children do not like the idea of their father going out with other women. They know that he is, but they have told him, ‘We don’t want to hear about it.’ “That puts me in the ‘other woman’ category. I feel ‘back door’ and it doesn’t feel good. I have never asked to go with him to visit his wife. I find myself feeling resentful about the position this puts me in. I know he is happy with me as he has told me he loves me and often speaks of our future together. “But I also know that he will always be in touch with his children, who will probably ask at some point if I was ‘dating’ their father while their mother was still alive. I don’t want to be a pariah when the day

comes when his wife passes away. “Would it be reasonable or fair of me to tell him that unless I can be part of his life now, i.e. visit his wife in the facility and not be hidden from his children, I cannot go on this way? “If I cannot go to the facility, then perhaps his wife is not really ‘that far along after all.’ Maybe she has another three or four years to go. I am nearly 71 and he will be 76 in two months. I don’t want to be ‘back door Dora’ for the next four years. Please help me understand my situation better.” My take on the situation: The man went on a dating site, likely because he is lonely. He did not try to hide that he is married and his wife has Alzheimer’s. What he did may not be right, but it is somewhat understandable. The woman entered this relationship knowing the situation. She should have known she was walking into a minefield. Now, she wants to go visit the wife to see how sick she really is. That ON LIFE AND is totally wrong and LOVE AFTER 50 disrespectful. She has no By Tom Blake business going there. Next, she worries about how his stepchildren view her. She’s not going to be able to change that either, probably ever. After all, the ill woman is their mother. So, either she accepts the situation the way it is, stays in the background, and stops worrying so much about herself, or she needs to exit the relationship. I find her motives and dilemma to be her problem. Tom Blake is a Dana Point resident and a former Dana Point businessman who has authored several books on middle-aged dating. His latest book can be found online at www. smashwords.com/books/view/574810. See his website at www.findingloveafter60.com (Yes, after 60, time rolls on). To comment, email tompblake@gmail.com. SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SCTimes 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 SCTimes or Picket Fence Media. If you would like to respond to this column, please email us at editorial@sanclementetimes.com

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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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Beth Sanden Enters World Record Books

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PITZAK NAMED TO USA VOLLEYBALL INVITATIONAL TEAM San Clemente resident Kylie Pitzak was recently named to the USA Volleyball 2016 Girls Select National A2 Invitational team and will train and compete with the elite group in Colorado Springs this summer. Pitzak is a seventh-grader at Vista Del Mar Middle School and competes for the T-Street Volleyball Club. Pitzak, a 6-foot-1-inch setter, is one of 128 players in her age group nationwide selected to train with the team this summer.

Q&A with local marathoner who is partially paralyzed BY STEVE BREAZEALE, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

eth Sanden thought she had it all wrapped up. After travelling to Antarctica last year and completing a marathon on her custom hand-cycle, Sanden had accomplished what she set out to achieve several years ago. The local marathoner and coach, who is partially paralyzed, had finally completed a marathon on every continent on Earth and was eyeing a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for completing the journey. But bureaucracy, in particular a single Chinese race director, got in the way. The Chinese race director, who oversaw Sanden’s completion of the Great Wall of China marathon in 2011, suddenly wanted more money in exchange for signing Sanden’s papers and validating her time for the world record, she said. Rather than go back-and-forth with the director, Sanden packed up and headed to Vietnam, where she completed the Pho Quoc International Marathon on June 11. The race in Vietnam, and Sanden’s times on the six remaining continents, were verified and she will now go down as the first woman to complete seven marathons on seven continents on a hand-cycle, she said. It was 14 years ago when Sanden suffered a severe injury while competing in a bicycle race. She hit loose asphalt while taking a turn at roughly 40 mph and landed on her back, severing several vertebrae, making her an incomplete paraplegic. In the aftermath, doctors told her she would never walk again. Less than seven months after the accident Sanden, who competed in Ironman races before, was in the pool swimming 500 yards at a time. Sanden’s inner drive took over and she has completed over 60 marathons since. She now motivates and instructs other disabled athletes to follow her lead and push themselves to accomplish their goals. Sanden is now gearing up for a run at completing what is known in the marathon world as “The Grand Slam”, which involves finishing a marathon on all seven continents plus one on the North Pole. Sanden plans to journey to the North Pole

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San Clemente’s Beth Sanden rode her custom hand-cycle while competing in the Pho Quoc International Marathon in Vietnam. Photo: Steve Breazeale

for a marathon in the spring of 2017. The San Clemente Times spoke with Sanden, 62, days after her marathon in Vietnam to find out what keeps her motivated, how she prepares for such grueling challenges and what she has learned while on her journeys. San Clemente Times: You just finished your quest to finish marathons on all seven continents and are already planning to take on a marathon on the North Pole. How do you stay motivated to do all of this? Beth Sanden: Well, I really want this (new) one. I really do. It’s going to be hard. It’s going to be 40 (degrees) below zero, some wind, snow and polar bears. It’s going to be grueling. It’s going to be a test of my faith. But I have 24 hours to complete that thing. I guess the motivation is I’ve seen so many people say ‘I can’t do this’, or, ‘I can’t do that’. I’m hoping to encourage them and say ‘Ya, I did seven continents’. If I can do it at 62 (years old), you can get out of that bed somehow, some way and you’re going to get through this. I’m hoping to motivate those guys. SCT: What drew you to competing in Ironmans and marathons? BS: Just to get outside the gym and just to get some kind of goal going instead of just working out at the gym. In sports, I’d rather have a set goal so I can achieve it and just look out ahead and see what you can do and try and do it. SCT: I’m sure there were plenty, but is there a moment or story that really tested

you while attempting to accomplish this goal? BS: The second (international marathon), I went by myself to Tanzania and Mount Kilimanjaro and stayed on a coffee bean farm of an ultra-marathon runner. I got food poisoning and that was the night before the race and it was 90 degrees outside. I’m all by myself in Africa and I’m sick as a dog and I don’t have any antibiotics and there was nothing I could do. I had Trader Joes peanut butter pretzels and I started snacking on those and they stayed down. At 6 a.m. they came to take me down the mountain for the marathon and I asked if they had any Coca Cola. I drank a full bottle of Coca Cola and I kept the peanut butter pretzels in my back pocket. I did the marathon but it was like four hours and 53 minutes and it was grueling because it was hot and if I saw a Coca Cola or Pepsi at one of the stops, I would grab one and keep going. It was a dogfight all the way. I was depleted and those were the only things I could think of, salt and Coca Cola. I survived and made it. SCT: What do you learn about yourself in those moments? BS: My moments are ‘I love Jesus’ and if I just draw on him, I can get through anything. I got through three and a half months in a rehab hospital, them telling me I’d never walk again. So that’s what I go back to. I went through this, but I went through it for a purpose and the idea is ‘You can go through anything because (God) will be by your side’. So I trust him. SC

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FRIENDS OF SC FOUNDATION TO HOLD BENEFIT GOLF TOURNAMENT The Friends of San Clemente Foundation will be holding its annual Benefit Golf Tournament at the San Clemente Municipal Golf Course on June 24. Proceeds raised at the event will go toward the foundation’s scholarship efforts and Fun on the Run, a free, mobile recreation program that provides activities for local children around the city. The four-person scramble tournament will feature putting contests, long-drive contests and more. Cost for a foursome is $500. Cost for an individual is $150. For more information, or to register, visit www. friendsofsanclemente.org. SC WE WANT TO RUN YOUR SCORES, RESULTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS IN “SCOREBOARD.” E-mail sports@sanclementetimes.com, fax 949.388.9977, mail or drop off the information to us at 34932 Calle del Sol, Capistrano Beach, CA 92624 by each Monday at 5 p.m. www.sanclementetimes.com

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Southern Section Rolls Out New High School Playoﬀ Groups Governing body implements new competitive equity-based system

BY STEVE BREAZEALE, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

he high school sports postseason will have a different look next fall, as the CIF Southern Section, the prep sports governing body in the Southland, released its much-anticipated new fall sports playoff groupings on June 17. The groupings are the result of a dramatic re-structuring of the way programs are evaluated and placed come playoff time and are now based off a power rankings-style point system that separates programs into several divisions based on past performance, strength of schedule and postseason performance. The new competitive equity-based system was approved by the CIF-SS in January and will take effect in the fall. Football, boys water polo, girls tennis and girls volleyball are the fall sports that will be affected by the change. New playoff groupings for winter and spring sports will be released later in the year. Under the old playoff structure, teams in one league played against their league counterparts in the postseason. Now, each individual team has been placed in a division (separate from their regular season league) that it will compete in in the playoffs. For example, the San Clemente High School football team has been placed in Division 2 for the upcoming season. The Tritons will compete in the South Coast League against Mission Viejo and Tesoro, two programs that have been moved to Division 1. The three teams will still play each other in the regular season but would not see each other in the postseason. The CIF-SS used a points-based system to create the new playoff divisions. The system factors in a team’s regular season record, strength of schedule and playoff performance over a two-year period. The CIF-SS used results from the 2014 and 2015 seasons to create the new divisions for the 2016 fall season. Once the 2016 season is over, the 2014 results will no longer be used in the calculation and the CIF-SS will compile new data and restructure the divisions annually. Not every sport used the same power rankings formula. One of the three dePage 16

The San Clemente High School football team has been placed in the newly formed CIF-SS Division 2 playoff grouping. Photo: Steve Breazeale

termining factors could be weighed more favorably depending on the sport. In a slideshow presented to CIF-SS member-schools earlier this year, CIF-SS commissioner Rob Wigod stated that the No. 1 issue, and cause for the new system, was the need for a level playing field across the board for all sports. All sports, except football, will continue awarding playoff spots to programs under the old model. All four-member leagues will have two guaranteed playoff bids and five- to six-member leagues will get three guaranteed playoff entries. The CIF-SS will still utilize wild card games and/or at-large berths to fill standard 32-team brackets. For football, each playoff grouping will feature a 16-team bracket. Football league champions and runners-up will receive automatic playoff entries in four- to fivemember leagues. As a result of finishing runners-up in the CIF-SS Southwest Division (formerly Division 3) in back-to-back seasons, the San Clemente football team was understandably promoted to Division 2 this offseason. The Tritons join El Toro and La Habra as the only Orange County programs in Division 2. San Clemente will continue to face regional rivals in the regular season but if they reach the postseason, they could potentially face an opponent they know very little about and have to travel long distances for those games. “I think it’s a lot of wait and see. I think coaches like stability and knowing what’s going to happen in the future and with the (new) format it could change year-to-year,” San Clemente coach Jaime Ortiz said. “Geographically, it’s different. There are some good football teams in our division but I know it’s going to be competitive and it’s a fun opportunity.” The San Clemente boys water polo team has been placed in Division 3 after appearing in the Division 2 Championships in 2015. The girls tennis and girls volleyball teams remain in Division 1. SC www.sanclementetimes.com

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Rece DeLorenzo, 14, of San Clemente is our Grom of the Week. Photo: Courtesy BY MATT CORTINA, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

Griffin Colapinto of San Clemente makes a large turn on Friday during the semifinals of the Volcom Totally Crustaceous Surf Tour Global Championships at Lower Trestles. Colapinto would go on to win the Pro-Am championship.

Kade Matson celebrates his victory of the Groms of the Volcom Totally Crustaceous Global Surf Championships on Friday at Lower Trestles.

Home Field Advantage Two San Clemente surfers take home the gold at Volcom Totally Crustaceous Surf Tour Global Championships PHOTOS AND TEXT BY ERIC HEINZ, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

elentless 5- to 7-foot waves provided sublime opportunities for surfers during the Volcom Totally Crustaceous Surf Tour Global Championships Tuesday through Friday at Lower Trestles at San Onofre State Beach. Two San Clemente locals took home the gold, Kade Matson in the Grom division and Griffin Colapinto in the Pro-Am. Colapinto was cool and collected as he seamlessly shredded continuous waves with large cuts and one crowd-amplifying feat with less than 3 minutes left in the final heat, which earned him a score of 19.66—a combination of his best two waves out of a single score of 10. “I usually am always going for the biggest thing that I can on my free surfs, and once I had two 9s under my belt, I just wanted to free surf that last one,” Colapinto said. “I just did it, and it was sick.” Colapinto took fourth in last year’s Volcom championships at Lowers. “The waves were so good, and I knew if I could get on a good one I could do really well, so I just stayed calm and tried to catch the best waves,” he said. Battling back from behind in the semifinals earlier in the day, Colapinto looked as though he’d be making an exit, sitting in third place behind Wesley Dantas of Brazil and Cam Richards of Garden City Beach, South Carolina. It wasn’t until Colapinto made an accentuated 360-degree turn off the top of a wave and plunged successfully into a foamy bed that he would solidify second place and a spot in the final heat. “I just kind of used a lot of core strength

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from my training to pull it off,” Colapinto said. “I was just kind of laying down (when landing) and I just pulled myself back up.” Matson was stuck in an age group finals that had to sit through a rare, nearly 10-minute lull before he was able to put together his best two performances to claim the title. “I really just wanted to finish it because I knew I needed another good score because everybody just rips so hard out there, so I just tried to finish those last waves,” Matson said. “I knew there was going to be a good wave at some point, so I just waited and they just came.” It was hard for the three visiting groms in the same heat, two from Hawaii and one from Japan, to unlock the secrets of Trestles in the finals, a break Matson has grown up surfing. Winning on his home surf was a great feeling, he said. “It feels so good. It’s probably a wave I surf all the time, and I’m just so stoked right now,” Matson said. “This is probably the most fun I’ve ever had at Lowers; it’s probably the best day of my life.” The four-day week can be long for some, but Matson said he had everything under control the whole way. “I just surfed it heat by heat, and I’m just happy to win here,” he said. San Clemente surfer Kei Kobayashi was in the lead and visibly stoked after putting together a series of large turns during the Junior division finals heat, but he would eventually fall to third place after Samuel Pupo of Brazil, the winner, and second-place finisher Jake Marshall of San Diego cranked out their own last-minute aerial feats. With less than a minute left, Kobayashi was poised to make one last effort on a wave

Brissa Hennessy of Hawaii won the Girls under-20 division of the Volcom Totally Crustaceous Surf Tour Global Championships on Friday at Lower Trestles.

Brazil’s Wesley Dantas put on some of the best aerial moves of the day during the Pro-Am division Volcom Totally Crustaceous Surf Tour Global Championships on Friday at Lower Trestles. Dantas took third place for the championship.

that looked to be in his favor, but he lost his footing as he began to drop in. Announcers at the event said some of the bigger waves on Thursday were around 10 feet, with 13 feet being the highest recorded at the event. The Volcom tour field was comprised of surfers who had qualified for the championships in regions around the world, including South America, Australia and Japan. SC

Final Results PRO-AM: 1. Griffin Colapinto, 2. Wesley Dantas, 3. Matt Passaquindici, 4. Jake Kelley JUNIORS: 1. Samuel Pupo, 2. Jake Marshall, 3. Kei Kobayashi, 4. Jordy Collins GROMS: 1. Kade Matson, 2. Eli Hanneman, 3. Robert Grillo, 4. Arashi Murata SQUIDS: 1. Kai Martin, 2. Kobi Clements, 3. Hayden Rodgers, 4. Joao Mendoca GIRLS: 1. Brissa Hennessy, 2. Summer Macedo, 3. Kahanu Delovio, 4. Alyssa Spencer

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ece DeLorenzo is a quick learner. At 14, the San Clemente kid first took to the waves only four years ago, and he’s already parlayed that into early surfing success. But his good start hasn’t only come because of his natural talent—he’s worked hard, and already caught the eye of local sponsors, surfers and trainers. “I work out at Foundation fitness,” Rece said. “I do that twice a week. Then I surf before school, after school and three to four times a day on the weekends.” Rece said he “didn’t even know how to surf” when he first went to the Hurley Pro four or five years ago, but after seeing local pros do well, he was inspired to get going. He bought a used surfboard and the rest is history. Now he competes individually and also with the Shorecliffs Middle School team. Now he trains with Brandon Phillips at VERT Performance in San Clemente— where he also held a birthday party recently—and has got his eye set on some big surf goals. This year, he wants to train and make the Surfing America Prime series, and hopes one day he can surf professionally on the Championship Tour. In the meantime, you can catch him competing in other WSL and NSSA events in the area, doing what he loves most: competing out on the waves. SC

SURF FORECAST Water Temperature: 61-64 degrees F Water Visibility and Conditions: 5-10’ Poor-Fair Thursday: New SW/SSW swell builds through the day as minor NW windswell blends in. Better breaks through the region are running waist-head high (3-5’) with larger sets through the second half of the day. Light/variable southerly winds early with patchy fog, trending to moderate SW-WSW flow in the afternoon as skies clear up. Outlook: Another good run of SSW swell for the back half of the week. Minor NW windswell mixes in. Morning winds are light with light/moderate onshore flow each afternoon. Be sure to check the full premium forecast on Surfline for more details and the longer range outlook.