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Read Our Latest San Clemente Times Column: "The Krikorian Is Dead, And So Is My Childhood."

Read Our Latest San Clemente Times Column: "The Krikorian Is Dead, And So Is My Childhood."

Read Our Latest San Clemente Times Column: "The Krikorian Is Dead, And So Is My Childhood."

When the everyday becomes the never-again, the overlooked becomes the unforgettable.

The reaction of public shock and mourning after the San Clemente Krikorian theater suddenly closed in November of 2017 wasn’t just about the loss of a common amenity, but about the loss of a location that generated so many shared memories…continue reading

Read Our Latest San Clemente Times Column: "The Business Buzz: Big Words. Little People."

Read Our Latest San Clemente Times Column: "The Business Buzz: Big Words. Little People."

Read Our Latest San Clemente Times Column: "The Business Buzz: Big Words. Little People."

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Wait a minute, that’s a bunch of gibberish!

Alas, it seems like lately we’ve become a society of gibber....continue reading

Read Our Latest San Clemente Times Column: "The Business Buzz: Great Scott! We Have to Go Back to Christmas Future"

Read Our Latest San Clemente Times Column: "The Business Buzz: Great Scott! We Have to Go Back to Christmas Future"

Read Our Latest San Clemente Times Column: "The Business Buzz: Great Scott! We Have to Go Back to Christmas Future"

People always say they wish they had a time machine to go back and change the past in order to alter present circumstances, yet rarely consider changing the present to alter future circumstances.

Today is tomorrow’s yesterday. This moment, right now, is the closest to the past....continue reading

Massive E-Commerce Warehouse Pending City Review In San Clemente

Massive E-Commerce Warehouse Pending City Review In San Clemente

San Clemente, CA: Initial development plans have been submitted to the City of San Clemente, requesting a massive Amazon facility be constructed in the heart of the Rancho San Clemente Business Park. The target location is on two of RSCBP’s last vacant land parcels, situated between Calle Sombra and Calle Cordillera. Sprawling over 20 acres, the industrial facility would measure nearly 98,000... Read More

New Lake Forest Civic Center Open For Business & It’s Seriously Impressive

New Lake Forest Civic Center Open For Business & It’s Seriously Impressive

Lake Forest, CA: Wow, Montana is nice this time of year! Wait a minute, this isn’t a rustic ranch vacation spot – it’s the brand-new Lake Forest Civic Center! The four-building, 103,000sf campus has been 25 years in the making. It opened at the end of 2019, but finishing touches are still being wrapped up across the massive facility. First impressions: This place is REALLY nice – and no details were spared in its creation.

Critical Business Resources for Coronavirus Crisis (COVID-19) - CALIFORNIA EDITION

Critical Business Resources for Coronavirus Crisis (COVID-19) - CALIFORNIA EDITION

As a small means of hope in these troubling times, we have curated and prepared a list of business resources with potential means of relief for those whose economic enterprises are in danger because of the Coronavirus pandemic (which seems to be an exponentially growing number of people every new day).

Service industry businesses have been obliterated essentially overnight, with the ripple to all businesses not far behind.

San Clemente Toll Road Solution Reached!

San Clemente Toll Road Solution Reached!

Jim Wynne at Kidder Mathews spoke on behalf of the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce at the latest Transportation Corridor Agencies' Board Of Director Meeting. After years-long discussion, a favorable solution has been reached for the citizens of South Orange County. Find out what happened here…

Despite Assurances & Vote Result, San Clemente Homeless Shelter Purchase Moves Forward

Despite Assurances & Vote Result, San Clemente Homeless Shelter Purchase Moves Forward

San Clemente, CA: The Emergency Shelter Coalition will steamroll the resounding “NO” vote from local business owners and proceed to close escrow on two combined 10-acre land parcels along Avenida Pico. The vote, tallied last month, determined if the land in question could be removed from the Rancho San Clemente Business Park Association’s covenants, conditions and restrictions. The resolution to remove failed to pass, with an overwhelming majority of approximately two “no” votes for every one “yes” vote.

Someone Mail The San Clemente Post Office A Lawn Mower

Someone Mail The San Clemente Post Office A Lawn Mower

“What’s up with the post office landscaping?”, a local business owner recently asked us. Leaves and twigs lay piled in the gutters, plump weeds exploded out of the planters in an attempt to overrun the parking lot, trash could be seen scattered throughout the dead shrubbery, and the areas that were green billowed over the sidewalk – blocking the view of any driver attempting to navigate a now-blind corner onto Calle Amanecer.

Chapman University 2020 Economic Forecast Summary (PLUS the full report!)

Chapman University 2020 Economic Forecast Summary (PLUS the full report!)

Chapman University has released its 2020 Economic Forecast. This detailed report looks at the national, State of California, and Orange County socioeconomic information for what to expect as we begin a new decade. These details will reach to all corners of business and life in the year ahead.

Jerry Holdner, Director of Research at Kidder Mathews, is on the Chapman University Economic Advisory Board. He created the great overview below on the full 37-page report. Read Jerry’s summary of what you need to know for your business as we prepare for 2020. (The full report is available for download at the bottom of this page.)