Protesters marched early February 9 to the city of Orange’s Old Town Plaza Circle against President Donald Trump’s anti immigration policy. This comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began sweeping raids […]
There’s more to Fullerton than meets the eye once you begin reading books about the city. Here are a few hand-selected books: Fullerton: The Boom Years by Mudrick, Richey & Thomas (2015) […]
A public-private partnership spearheaded by the city of Anaheim and supported by the Anaheim Community Foundation, Store One was envisioned to boost food business startups and build up the culinary workforce in […]
Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D – Fullerton) and Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D – Santa Ana) announced the inclusion of additional state funding for the Southern California Veterans Cemetery to be located in […]
Summary Approximately 8.8 million Americans have a severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, severe bipolar disorder, or major depression with psychiatric features.1 Almost half of these people are treated on a given […]
Cal State Fullerton Economists Say Recession is No Longer Imminent. The threat of a recession has been replaced by a slow and steady stagflationary environment of rising prices and sluggish economic growth, says Cal […]
Recent data show that 29% of seniors in Orange County are experiencing food insecurity, which means they do not have enough food, especially for a healthy and active life. This number is […]
Second Harvest Food Bank and partner Pathways of Hope opened the doors to a new food pantry in the city of Fullerton last week and provided an inside look at their innovative […]
The Fullerton City Council voted unanimously to approve an updated concept for the Union Pacific Trail Phase Two project on January 16, 2024. The approval signifies a step forward in the city’s […]
The 29th Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County studies four interdependent focus areas: Good Health, Economic Well-Being, Educational Achievement, and Safe Homes and Communities. Each focus area highlights […]
Supervisor Doug Chaffee’s 5th Annual Kindness Awards City of Fullerton Sandra White moved with her husband from Iowa to Fullerton in 1972. From there, she got involved with her Orange County community […]
FULLERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program The Fullerton School District Nutrition Services participates in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP. […]
Before we met an Afghan family who resettled in Orange County last year, most folks at my church knew little about asylum seekers. We certainly didn’t understand how complicated the asylum issue […]
Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D – Fullerton) announced that Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1187 into law, marking a significant step in addressing the urgent needs of children who have survived family […]
Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D – Fullerton) announced on September 1 that Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 271 into law, allowing counties to create Homeless Death Review Committees to gather essential data to […]
Federal Funding is Part of Nearly $30 Million Congressman Correa Secured For Community Projects In CA-46 In The FY’23 Omnibus Package Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) joined the American Veterans Assistance Group (AVAG) […]
After collecting thousands of signatures for the “hospitality worker bill of Rights law” in Anaheim, the UNITE HERE Local 11-led initiative, Anaheim City Council, will hold a final vote to consider passing […]
You can’t discuss homelessness without having a concurrent discussion about how we as a society treat the mentally ill. And you can’t have a conversation about the homeless and mentally ill in […]
Fullerton residents learned about North Orange County’s hidden past, progressive present, and shaky future during LA Times Columnist Gustavo Arellano’s appearance at Pollak Library on March 18. The event was put on […]
Orange County artist Allison Adams honors women in a wide range of careers, decades, and interests in her exhibit “Groundbreaking Women.” Adams began the project in 2017 after the death of her […]
Hosted by Orange County Community Foundation during Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, funds raised will help nine local nonprofits deliver life-changing support The Orange County Community Foundation (OCCF) hosted its […]
The OC Health Care Agency’s (HCA) Mental Health and Recovery Services (MHRS) has been awarded $27,659,059 from the state as part of California’s initiative to grant funding for new or existing facilities […]
Orange County has been moved up to the HIGH COVID-19 Community Level according to the latest metrics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the OC Health Care Agency […]
Orange County has moved to the Medium COVID-19 Community Level according to the latest Community Level metrics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the OC Health Care Agency […]
10/27/2022: Updated with candidate response. 11/11/2022: Updated with request for corrections by Hillsdale College in Michigan and Saskia kennedy’s response can be seen at end of article. “Education is the key to personal […]
Illumination Foundation held its Ninth Annual Carnival for Kids on Saturday, July 30 at La Palma Park in Anaheim, welcoming over 1,000 homeless and at-risk children and families. The event featured carnival […]
Citric Acid: An Online Orange County Literary Arts Quarterly of Imagination and Reimagination is a quarterly journal based in Orange County, California. The editors of the journal, Andrew Tonkovich and Jaime Campbell, […]
Jane Reifer is Chair of Transit Advocates of Orange County The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) conducted a public hearing on July 25 to receive input on a bus system update that […]
An Orange County Grand Jury report released June 23 praised some aspects of the County’s response to the homelessness crisis, stating that the County has made some progress working with independent organizations […]
Nonprofit Women’s Transitional Living Center, Inc. (WTLC) of Fullerton has been named the 2022 Community Partner of the Year of the Public Law Center (PLC), Orange County’s pro bono law firm. The […]
Demonstrators gathered at Centennial Regional Park in Santa Ana on Saturday, May 14 for a rally hosted by the Planned Parenthood of San Bernardino and Orange Counties to protest the Supreme Court’s […]
Local civil rights organizations, including OC Justice Initiative, C.O.R.E. (Community Organizing Revolutionary Equality) Movement, and Yalla (Arabic for “Let’s Go”) Indivisible organized a rally to defend abortion rights that took place on […]
The Orange County Continuum of Care has scheduled the 2022 Point In Time count of people experiencing homelessness at the end of February. People in shelters will be surveyed on February 21 […]
Humans have demonstrated seemingly unlimited capacity for innovation. We’ve mastered flight, mapped our own genome, and invented the telescope and Internet. So why are we so inept at tackling the climate crisis, […]
Mystery Building Many industries and endeavors dominated this part of Southern California before it eventually became known as Orange County, and the “second gold rush” took off after farmers started planting oranges […]
