Publisher’s Letter: Thanks, Fred—Paddle-Out Scheduled for Sunday
For the past 50 years or so, Fred Swegles, a one-of-a-kind storyteller, memorialized our community’s most important moments for all ...
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Legendary Local Newsman Fred Swegles Dies at 74
Fred Swegles, the longtime newsman who spent his career covering San Clemente and its neighboring towns, died peacefully in his ...
News Next Door: San Clemente Community Icons Don Brown, Fred Swegles Awarded Wall of Recognition Honors
By C. Jayden Smith A couple more San Clemente legends were added to the city’s Wall of Recognition on Tuesday ...
Publisher’s Letter: Drumroll, Please
Picket Fence Media’s editorial team, including Shawn Raymundo, Zach Cavanagh, Collin Breaux, Chelsie Rex and Jasmine Smith, as well as ...
Publisher’s Letter: Another First in a Year of Firsts
By Norb Garrett This past year has been a year of firsts, so why not add Picket Fence Media’s first-ever ...
Publisher’s Letter: The Worst of Times Brings Out the Best in Us
By Norb Garrett, owner and publisher of Picket Fence Media In life, relationships, business and sports, we’re often reminded that ...
From the Inside: AB5 in the Time of COVID-19
by Dale Rosenfeldt In California, we have gone from the ridiculous to the absurd in education, energy, the environment and ...
Letter to the Editor: Save Local Journalism
JAN SIEGEL, Rancho Mission Viejo We are extremely fortunate in South County to have three local newspapers. The Capistrano Dispatch, ...
Publisher’s Letter: Celebrations in the Midst of Uncertainty
By Norb Garrett The past month has not given us much to celebrate. Whether you think the state’s, nation’s and ...
Guest Opinion: Newspapers’ Role in the Time of Coronavirus
An Editorial by the California News Publishers Association Over the past two months, concern over the spreading COVID-19 virus has ...
Publisher’s Letter: You Can Count on Us
By Norb Garrett Friends, as our community, the nation and the world react to the COVID-19 coronavirus, all of us ...
Props from Our Peers
By Norb Garrett, owner and publisher of Picket Fence Media Picket Fence Media had a big night recently at the ...
Fred Swegles Recognized for Nearly 50 Years of Journalism in San Clemente
Most familiar face in town honored for diligence in providing information By Eric Heinz He is humble, quiet but sound, ...
Editor’s Note: Siempre Adelante
Allison Jarrell By Allison Jarrell After three years of covering the people, events and news of San Juan Capistrano, ...
