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Fullerton Continues Downtown Food Truck Crackdown

{Downtown Fullerton / photo cred: LP Hastings} The Fullerton City Council lifted a ban on the evening operations of food trucks everywhere within its boundaries earlier this month…except the downtown bar and restaurant scene. The reasoning? “There is substantial evidence to show that the operation of food trucks in the Downtown area–when bars are being [...]

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Fullerton Police to Clear Out Homeless Encampment Near Hunt Library

{Fullerton’s Hunt Library / Photo cred: Matt Leslie} A sizable homeless encampment near the closed down Hunt Branch Library in Fullerton will be cleared out by 3 p.m. today, the latest episode in a developing saga documented by the Fullerton Rag blog. The library, a gem of a design that came courtesy of renowned architect [...]

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Sami Odeh, Brother of Slain Arab-American Activist, Has Died

{Sami Ode / Photo cred: Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times } Another year is passing, and still no arrests have been made in the October 11, 1985 terrorist bombing in Santa Ana that killed Alex Odeh. The late Southern California Regional Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) had opened the door to his office [...]

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School Board Ignores Parent Protests, Transfers Popular Anaheim Principal

{Children and parents rally for Principal Baeza at Juarez Elementary} Last night, Anaheim City School District (ACSD) board members sided with new Superintendent Linda Wagner’s decision to transfer Principal Roberto Baeza out of Benito Juarez Elementary, parent protests be damned! At the meeting, they also approved and announced a new hire for Juarez: current Mann [...]

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OC Weekly Summer Guide 2013 is Here!

The OC Weekly’s 2013 Summer Guide comes not to the reader as snarky blurbs this year but as a full blown comic strip! A note from the Mexican-in-Chief: [Summer in OC is never just about the here and now. Once the weather starts heating up, we start migrating to our communal gathering grounds--the beach, Disneyland, [...]

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