A Surf Icon Turns 50 Dewey Weber Surfboards Celebrates Its Place in Surf and Pop Culture
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SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS E-BLASTS AT WWW.SANCLEMENTETIMES.COM What’s Up With: RESTAURANT Former City Clerk Wal-Mart Robbery; SPOTLIGHT: Max Berg Celebrates Family Still Missing OltreMare 85th Birthday EYE ON SC/PAGE 3 GETTING OUT/PAGE 19 EYE ON SC/PAGE 8 MARCH 18–24, 2010 LOCAL NEWS YOU CAN USE VOLUME 5, ISSUE 11 A Surf Icon Turns 50 Dewey Weber Surfboards celebrates its place in surf and pop culture EYE ON SC/PAGE 6 Shea Weber has taken over for his legendary father and helped build the Weber legacy. Photo by Norb Garrett www.sanclementetimes.com SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO DANA POINT Capistrano officials are meeting with tenants The 4th Annual Dana Point Grand Prix of running businesses on 132 acres of city- Cycling will bring professional bicycle racing EyE on SC owned land at Ortega Highway and Antonio News to the community on April 10 and 11. A por- LOCAL NEWS & IN-DEPTH REPORTING Parkway to figure out how to best use the tion of the proceeds will be donated by the property for residents. Mayor Pro-Tem Laura Next Dana Point Community Cycling Foundation to Freese and Councilman Mark Nielsen, who the Boys and Girls Club of Capistrano Valley chairs the city’s Open Space committee, are Door and the 5th Marine Regiment Support Group. reviewing what site and contractual condi- What’S going on in This year’s event will include the new Killer tions exist in anticipation of future planning our NeIghboring Cove Road Time Trial on April 10. This event for the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park at towns is a challenging 2.25 mile time trial winding San Juan Capistrano. The property was bought through Dana Point Harbor with elements for more than $27 million raised through an of the current criterium course, and an awe- open-space bond. The riding park is renowned some sprint climb up Cove Road. Expect top for its year-round equestrian events, especially notch competition and fun for the whole SCSan hunter/jumper shows. The property is under family—free kids’ events, music, food, and Clemente license agreements with two separate tenants: more. For more information, or to participate, Blenheim Facility Management, which operates please contact Lynn Kelly at 949.248.3512 the equestrian and soccer properties, and The or via email at [email protected]. The Oaks, which leases the property adjacent to its official event Web site can be found at www. private property along Ortega Highway. danapointgrandprix.com. San Clemente’s Top1 5 Hottest Topics What’s Up With... teachers and school districts throughout 1 Last week: N/a • weeks oN the chart: 1 Orange County.” The fact-finder recommended shortening …Man Robs Wal-Mart in the school year by three days this year and San Clemente? five days next year in addition to increasing class sizes by two students. THE LATEST: A man who robbed the San Clemente Wal-Mart store just after it opened WHAT’S NEXT: The district was expected to Tuesday morning fled on foot moments before issue a statement by Friday. Trustees can police arrived and was at large as of Wednes- accept the recommendation, use it to return day, according to Orange County Sheriff’s to the bargaining table with the teachers, or Department spokesman Jim Amormino. The unilaterally implement their last, best offer. gunman—a white male approximately 35-40 years old standing around 6-feet, 4-inches FIND OUT MORE: The report is posted at the tall—reportedly brandished a pistol during Beyond the Blackboard blog at www.sancle- the robbery that occurred at approximately mentetimes.com —Jonathan Volzke 6:15 a.m. Amormino said investigators are Last week: N/a • weeks oN the chart: 3 reviewing surveillance tape and are pursuing 4 all angles, including the possibility of the man having inside information. …Changes to Building Permit/ “It appears he knew where the cash office Planning Process Underway? was,” said Amormino, “and was able to get away with $1,600.” THE LATEST: Community Development Direc- Orange County Sheriff’s deputies, investi- SWAT teams and Orange County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a robbery at the San Clemente Wal-Mart tor Jim Holloway presented San Clemente’s gators, helicopters, police dogs and a SWAT on Avenida Pico Monday morning. Photo by David Zimmerle City Council on Tuesday with a 39-point team converged on the store at 951 Avenida checklist that detailed all of the changes un- Pico and cordoned off the area. The store peared was February 4 according to the Last week: N/a • weeks oN the chart: 1 derway to help improve customer service and reopened after 1 p.m. phone records,” he said. “They show that he 3 procedures in the city’s entitlement approval “Residents should report any suspicious ac- used about 3,464 minutes and after that date …The CUSD Fact-Finding and/or building permitting process. The tivity immediately to 9-1-1,” said San Clemente it’s totally blank, no pings, nothing.” efforts to improve that process are a direct Police Services spokesman Sgt. Scott Ken- The search continues for the family and Report? result of a consultant’s analysis of the city’s nedy. “The man should be considered armed aerial drones have joined in. With pinpoint existing procedures and their recommenda- and dangerous.” accuracy, the planes can see the tiniest THE LATEST: An independent mediator tions. San Clemente’s Chamber of Commerce details, including footprints and clothing ac- agreed on by Capistrano Unified School Dis- had requested the city improve the process WHAT’S NEXT: The search for the robber is cording to Tim Miller, founder and director trict representatives and teachers this week after receiving numerous complaints from ongoing. of Equusearch. Along with the San Diego recommended a shorter school year, more businesses over the past several years. Sheriff’s department, Interpol (an interna- students per class and a 1 percent pay cut to The checklist was accompanied by four ad- FIND OUT MORE: www.ocsd.org tional police organization) has joined in the end a contract stalemate. ditional improvements: the appointment of a —Norb Garrett search for the missing family. The recommendation, made public Case Manager for every project; the creation Last week: 5 • weeks oN the chart: 3 “I’m frustrated that other avenues of the Monday, is more in line with what the 2,200 of a Continual Improvement Team (CIT), 2 media have stopped covering our case,” members of the Capistrano Unified Educa- which will meet regularly and seek improve- …Aerial Drones Join Search Michael said. “It may not be a high profile tion Association sought than a permanent 10 ments to the process; formation of a New case and there isn’t a ‘crime scene’ like percent pay cut pushed by trustees. Customer Academy, that will provide both for the McStay Family? other crimes but this is my family and my “Although this kind of settlement—call- in-person and online guidelines on how best two nephews that are missing. They could ing on teachers to give up temporary salary to navigate the process as an applicant; and THE LATEST: A San Clemente businessman certainly be in harm’s way and the nation and health benefits cuts—is not something an Unanticipated Service Program to identify and his family are still missing after six needs to know about it.” we would welcome during ordinary times, ways to provide customers with services and weeks. Joseph McStay, his wife Summer, and Capistrano teachers recognize that everyone benefits and go beyond expectations. two sons Gianni and Joseph vanished on Feb. WHAT’S NEXT: Equusearch will use their in our community is suffering now from the 4. Authorities have found the family’s SUV aerial drones to scan the San Ysidro border. downturn in the economy,” CUEA Presi- WHAT’S NEXT: “Many of the 29 administrative near the San Ysidro border but still haven’t Funds raised from online efforts have dent Vicki Soderberg said in a statement. level recommendations have already existed found any conclusive evidence on their helped pay for the aerial drones. “From the beginning, we have offered to do at least at an informal level or to a limited whereabouts. Phone records were given to our part, and now the neutral fact finder is degree,” said Holloway in his report. “Also, Joseph’s brother, Michael, but provide no new FIND OUT MORE: www.mcstayfamily.com. recommending temporary cuts in line with while some of the methods suggested by clues. “I’ve confirmed that the day they disap- —Jamal Al-Sarraf contract settlements already achieved by (Cont. on page 4) www.sanclementetimes.com March 18–24, 2010 • San Clemente Times • Page 3 EyE on SC (Cont. from page 3) on Saturday morning arrested 24 Mexican “These incidents prove that multi-agency Extension Project Public Meeting on Monday, Citygate have existed, they are not well known nationals hiding in the brush near Trestles collaborative efforts act as a force multiplier March 29 at the Ole Hanson Fireside Room, or publicized. Therefore, for many of the rec- after California State Park Rangers reported to prevent illicit smuggling along the coastal San Clemente Community Center, from 6 p.m. ommendations it will be a matter of Formal- suspected smuggling activity at the beach. border in San Diego County,” said the to 8 p.m. The I-5 HOV Lane Extension Project izing, Expanding and Publicizing (FEP) the According to a press release from the U.S. report. proposes to widen I-5 between Avenida Pico in methods to provide a more streamlined and Border Patrol, agents responded to the State San Clemente and San Juan Creek Road in San successful process to customers.” Park Rangers’ call at around 6:30 a.m.