In July, a family of refugee artists from Slovakia arrived at St. Philip Benizi Church in Fullerton. They offered to paint murals at the church free of charge, and what started with […]
Refugee artists create meaningful murals
Jesse La Tour
New law seeks to improve safety and transparency at shelters
A new state law goes into effect this January, which seeks to provide standards and accountability for homeless shelters—reforms which lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and some former shelter residents […]
FSD Teacher of the Year
Veronica Krause, a 3rd grade teacher at Maple School was awarded the Region 11 California League of Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year. Krause was nominated for her devotion and dedication to […]
Streetlights housing development approved
Fullerton City Council voted unanimously at their December 21 meeting to approve a large new housing development on a 4.47-acre site located within the Fullerton Town Center at the northwest corner of […]
Jeff Collier to serve as Acting City Manager
The Fullerton City Council at their December 21 meeting approved Jeff Collier to serve as Acting City Manager upon Steve Danley’s departure and until a permanent replacement is selected. The City retained […]
Council majority approves budget cuts and use of federal relief funds
After being deadlocked for several meetings over whether to make budget cuts and how to allocate the nearly $33 million the City has received in federal relief funds (from the American Rescue […]
The Pines at Sunrise Village project sent back to Planning Commission
Council voted 3-2 (Silva and Zahra “no”) on December 7 to send a large housing development project, The Pines at Sunrise Village (at the corner of Euclid and Rosecrans), back to the […]
Planning Commission Chair Resigns
Elizabeth Hansburg resigned her position as Chair of the Planning Commission at the end of a housing study session meeting on December 8, citing dysfunction on City Council that has led to […]
Council majority ignores policy in choosing new Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem
Ignoring established policy, City council voted 3-2 (Zahra and Silva “no”) to select Fred Jung as the new Mayor and Bruce Whitaker as Mayor Pro Tem at their December 7 meeting. Each […]
Amid affordability crisis, City to host housing study session
The city of Fullerton will host a study session on December 8 regarding the recently-released Housing Element, an important document that outlines both how the City has done in achieving its stated […]
