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San Onofre, early '50s

Credits: John Larronde, Don James

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San Onofre: the Nearest Faraway Place
What Depression?

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DEAD IN THE BATHTUB AT 99? YOU COULD DO WORSE
GARD CHAPIN, THE LIVING END: AN ORAL HISTORY
PETE PETERSON: SO GOOD HE DIDN'T NEED WAX

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 3-22-2020: DOC BALL, HEAVYWEIGHT SURFERS, SAN ONOFRE
SUNDAY JOINT, 9-11-2022: VICKI FLAXMAN BRINGS THE SHADE AND THE JOY: "WE DON'T RIDE THE SOUP; WE'RE IN THE CURL, HONEY!"

Videos

Hevs McClelland and Bruce Brown, 1965
Linda Merrill
Midcentury Malibu and More
Pete Peterson
San Onofre, 1963