Gabriel San Roman

1 month ago | latimes.com | Gabriel San Roman

In dire need of sand to replenish its eroding beaches, San Clemente is on the lookout for nearby offshore deposits to dredge. Coastal Frontiers Corp., a consultant hired last year to carry out a sand investigation project, gave the San Clemente City Council an update Tuesday about its recent efforts. The exploration plan has identified 11 possible borrow sites, mostly along Orange County’s coastline, from north to south.

1 month ago | latimes.com | Gabriel San Roman

The wave of the Trump administration’s visa cancellations sweeping through colleges nationwide has affected several international students at three Orange County universities. As of late last week, eight students at Cal State Fullerton have had their visas revoked, a number disclosed at an academic senate meeting last week, along with 40 others systemwide.

2 months ago | latimes.com | Gabriel San Roman

The Jessup in Tustin. Council members voted to return nearly $290,000 in affordable housing in-lieu fees. Across the street from Columbus Tustin Park’s baseball diamond, construction crews hammered away at unfinished townhomes at the Jessup in Tustin. The new 40-unit housing development is close to being completed with all townhomes already sold out.

2 months ago | latimes.com | Gabriel San Roman

An apartment home project at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in La Habra is the first of several housing developments the Diocese of Orange is planning in the county.

Feb 19, 2025 | latimes.com | Gabriel San Roman

Two homeless men gather at the site of a disbanded encampment in San Clemente. An effort to regulate food distribution in San Clemente, which critics assailed as anti-homeless, fell short of gaining enough votes from City Council to become law. San Clemente Councilman Rick Loeffler pushed for the proposed ban to be discussed at Tuesday’s meeting as a measure that would clean up North Beach from the trash left behind by gatherings involving food. He originally sought to make it a condition on Feb.