JOANNA CLARK, San Juan Capistrano The Acjachemen Nation settled this area 12,000 years before our European interloper ancestors invaded and decimated the indigenous Native populations…
MIKE POURARYAN, Laguna Niguel Capistrano Unified School District never ceases to amaze me. In spite of the budget ravages of the last number of years,…
TINA AUCLAIR, San Juan Capistrano “I don’t understand, but I know my God does,” Pastor Frank Pomeroy, First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, said…
DINA GILIO-WHITAKER, professor of American Indian Studies, Cal State San Marcos, and REBECCA ROBLEES, Acjachemen tribal member The San Juan Capistrano City Council’s backpedaling on…
ROBERT BRACAMONTES, Montebello When people ask, “Where were you born?”, I say, “On my Ancestral land.” I was born Acjachemen. Today, we struggle to maintain control…
JONATHAN VOLZKE, San Juan Capistrano In 2010, the City of San Juan Capistrano purchased 132 acres of Rancho Mission Viejo property, which included the 40-acre…
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PETER CAREY, San Juan Capistrano The San Juan Capistrano Skate Park Coalition wants to congratulate our newly elected San Juan Capistrano City Council members Troy…
RON HERBERT, San Clemente Our lawmakers need to address the all-too-common occurrence of violence in this country. I suggest we begin with a comprehensive PTSD…
