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Jay “Sparky” Longley at his Rainbow Sandals store in San Clemente on Friday, June 21, 2024. He has been manufacturing his hand-made sandals for fifty years at his San Clemente location. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Jay “Sparky” Longley, a surfer and philathropist who just turned 80, started the San Clemente-based business in 1974 to make a sandal that would last.
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Laylan Connelly