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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

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 you find out the most…

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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 in terms of employment. Take…

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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, Dana Point Times and San…

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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 increasingly gripped our nation. In…

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LIVING, SJC Living

On Life and Love After 50: Tom Blake’s Column on Relationships Turns 24 Years Old

  Guest Opinion: On Life and Love after 50 by Tom Blake Twenty-four years ago, on July 7, 1994, my first newspaper column was published….

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Editor’s Note: Siempre Adelante

By Allison Jarrell   After three years of covering the people, events and news of San Juan Capistrano, I’m signing off as city editor to…

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A Big Thank You to Our Summer Interns

Picket Fence Media Staff This summer, Picket Fence Media, which publishes the San Clemente Times, Dana Point Times and The Capistrano Dispatch, helped guide four…

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