Tag: Picket Fence Media

When people often ask where senior dating columnist Tom Blake learned to write, they usually expect to hear a reply ...

South Orange County’s three hyper-local newspapers, Dana Point Times, San Clemente Times and The Capistrano Dispatch, are now operating under ...

Norb Garrett By Norb Garrett Every successful team has superstars who avoid the headlines—those who toil behind the scenes to ...

The inaugural Dana Point Film Festival dedicated to celebrating and conserving the ocean will kick off on May 4, with ...

For the past 50 years or so, Fred Swegles, a one-of-a-kind storyteller, memorialized our community’s most important moments for all ...

Fred Swegles, the longtime newsman who spent his career covering San Clemente and its neighboring towns, died peacefully in his ...

By C. Jayden Smith A couple more San Clemente legends were added to the city’s Wall of Recognition on Tuesday ...

Picket Fence Media’s editorial team, including Shawn Raymundo, Zach Cavanagh, Collin Breaux, Chelsie Rex and Jasmine Smith, as well as ...

Norb Garrett By Norb Garrett, publisher and founder of Picket Fence Media Devotees of Fred Swegles and his weekly column, ...

By Picket Fence Media Publisher and CEO Norb Garrett They say good things happen in threes, so with that in ...

By Norb Garrett One of my favorite parts of this job and profession is providing talented journalists a platform to ...

By Lillian Boyd, PFM Senior Editor In alignment with San Clemente Times’ commitment to bringing the community “Local news you can use,” ...

By Norb Garrett The past month has not given us much to celebrate. Whether you think the state’s, nation’s and ...

By Norb Garrett, owner and publisher of Picket Fence Media I'm very excited to announce some important editorial moves we've ...

By Norb Garrett, owner and publisher of Picket Fence Media As we formally enter the summer season, it’s the perfect ...