President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, at their home, the western white house “Casa Pacifica” in San Clemente. (Photo by Orange County Register/SCNG) ...

President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, at their home, the western white house “Casa Pacifica” in San Clemente. (Photo by Orange County Register/SCNG) ...

Fifty years after Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency, the Yorba Linda native is headed to the Orange County Hall of Fame.

Linda Verraster cannot imagine why elected officials in San Clemente would spend time debating abortion. The coastal Orange County city has no hospitals or clinics that perform abortions, and it ...

So Nixon, on that Aug. 9, 1974, afternoon, was no longer America’s commander-in-chief. But he was back home in Orange County. And thus began the start of what became known as Nixon’s “San Clemente ...

Former President Richard M. Nixon is shown upon his arrival at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station en route to his San Clemente, Calif., home, Aug. 9, 1974.