Marines Stage Dawn Blitz 2013 Near San Clemente
San Clemente residents heard thundering helicopters as Marines trained just outside the city limits for Dawn Blitz 2013, a multinational 5,000-strong exercise with amphibious landings at Trestles and Red Beach. The San Onofre State Beach campground near San Onofre was closed to accommodate the training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Leiies
West Coast
San Clemente
Trestles
Red Beach
Marine Corps
San Mateo
San Onofre State Beach
Dawn Blitz 2013 Exercise Involves Multinational Troops
The two week drill includes 5000 troops from the United States Marines and sailors Japan Self Defense Forces Canada and New Zealand with ground naval and air forces. A U S MV 22 Osprey landed on a Japanese carrier during the exercise and observers from nine other countries watched. The program features a mass casualty drill an air assault at Twentynine Palms and a raid in Yuma Arizona.
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U.S
Canada
New Zealand
Japan
Twentynine Palms
Yuma
Ariz
New downtown liaison called needy and greedy by critic
San Clemente city council appointed George Gregory as downtown liaison to the Downtown Business Association after a heated review of an application. Gregory criticized subsidizing the group and urged self sufficiency, calling the group needy and greedy and proposing reduced city funding and a single train station at North Beach. He will serve a one year term, stressing good character and practical ideas.
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San Clemente
Downtown Business Association
George Gregory
Gregory
North Beach
Pier
North
Ation
Tengdin
Michael Kaupp
Tim Brown
Bob Baker
Chris Hamm
Jim Evert
Lori Donchak
Evert
Business Association
San Clemente council fills planning and coastal seats
The City Council reappointed retired 12 year councilman Wayne Eggleston to a two year term on the Planning Commission joining Kathleen Ward and incumbents Bart Crandell and Julia Darden. Lew Avera and Nesa Anderson did not return. Two Coastal Advisory Committee seats go to Richard Dickey and Ken Nielsen. Debate over a candidate, Gregory versus Tengdin, included criticism of downtown merchants and subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Eggleston
San Clemente
Planning Commission
Eggleston
Kathleen Ward
Bart Crandell
Julia Darden
Commission
Lew Avera
Nesa Anderson
Coastal Advisory
Richard Dickey
Ken Nielsen
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Orange County Register
Mindy Schauer
Dawn Blitz
Paul Bersebach
Ashley Levies
South Red Beach
San Clemente’s
Council
John Tengdin
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