COMMUNITY Fullerton bsCeALErNDAvR Peage 1r 3-15 O EAR FULLERTON’S ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWS • Est.1978 (printed on 20% recycled paper) • Y 41 #6 • EARLY APRIL 2019 Submissions: [email protected] • Contact: (714) 525-6402 • Read Online at : www.fullertonobserver.com City Hall Will Fly Rainbow Flag for LGBTQ Pride Month by Jesse La Tour Fullerton City Council voted 3-2 (Fitzgerald and Whitaker “no”) to fly the rainbow flag at Fullerton City Hall begin - ning on Harvey Milk Day (May 22) through the month of LGBTQ Pride, which is June. This makes Fullerton the third city in Orange County to fly the pride flag, after Anaheim and Santa Ana. This item was put on the March 19th agenda at the request of Councilmember Ahmad Zahra, with a second from Councilmember Jan Flory. “This is something very important to me personally, and to many in our com - munity and throughout Orange County,” said Zahra, who is the first openly gay member of the Fullerton City Council. Zahra talked about the struggles that the LGBTQ community has faced over the years in terms of harassment and dis - crimination. He cited statistics showing high suicide and homeless rates among LGBTQ youth. “It is important, in my opinion, to show our community at large that we are a city that welcomes all, a city A wooden bridge leads visitors into the 26-acre Fullerton Arboretum. PHOTO JESSE LA TOUR that acknowledges all communities and the issues people are struggling with.” Student Housing in the Fullerton Arboretum? Continued on page 11 by Jesse La Tour gation of the former social media and in news out - Redevelopment Agency. It is not The April 10th lets have inspired two peti - A joint agreement between CSUF and city funds, according to City Presentation on tions on www.Change.org to 7 . A 7 S the city of Fullerton for funding the D . Manager Ken Domer. “Save the Arboretum” from 5 C I the CSUF D 1

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S lobby of Clayes F P Arboretum. President of Administration and Performing Arts planned “small gathering” Presentations and an open forum on the Finance at CSUF about the uni - on campus blossomed into a standing- CSUF Master Plan will take place at 10am versity’s “Master Plan” and how is a chance for room only affair, as students, and another at 5:30pm on Wednesday, this might impact the future of faculty, Arboretum staff, and April 10 in the Clayes Performing Arts the Fullerton Arboretum, specif - the public to community members gath - Center lobby on campus at 800 N. State ically whether the master plan comment. ered to get information and College Blvd, Fullerton. Parking is free in would include some construc - clarity on the university’s the Nutwood Parking Structure. This pres - tion (parking, housing, etc.) on plans for the Arboretum.

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Three Charged Following 5-Month Investigation into Gang Murder in Fullerton Three men were arrested on March 7 count of accessory after the fact. after a five-month investigation into a spe - Carlos Castaneda and Navarette are cial circumstances gang murder in being held without bail. Salvador Fullerton. Castaneda is scheduled to be arraigned on On March 11 the OC District April 5 in Department C-55, Central Attorney's Office charged Carlos Justice Center, Santa Ana. He was released Castaneda (35, Buena Park), and Tommy from custody on $20,000 bond. Antonio Navarette (19, Anaheim) with Fullerton Police Department detectives one felony count each of murder and and numerous law enforcement investiga - street terrorism. They also face sentencing tive teams worked together to solve the enhancements for criminal street gang murder of John Doe on Oct. 7, 2018. activity, special circumstances murder Anyone with additional information committed for a criminal street gang pur - about this investigation is encouraged to pose, and gang member vicarious dis - contact Fullerton Police Detective B. Phu charge of a firearm. Navarette is charged at 714-738-6759. Those wishing to pro - with additional sentencing enhancements vide information anonymously can call for personal discharge of a firearm causing the Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1- death. Salvador Duran Castaneda (72, 855-TIP-OCCS or can visit their website Buena Park) was charged with one felony at www.p3tips.com/913. The driver says he lost control after airbags imploded. - PHOTO MIKE RITTO Knife & Drug Bust on Woods Charges Filed against 23-year-old Paraphernalia Fullerton Police detectives assisted with in Sidewalk Accident Injuring 11 Fullerton Police Officers were dis - the service of a federal arrest warrant on a patched to the west alley in the 700 38-year-old man for conspiracy to distrib - Christopher Solis, 23, of Anaheim, ated with police, and passed field sobriety block of N. Harbor Blvd. around noon ute methamphetamine at 5pm on March pleaded not guilty to all three charges filed tests. on March 17 regarding a male who 15. The warrant was the result of a nar - against him in an accident where the According to Solis, he lost control of his reportedly brandished a knife at a cotics investigation involving a metham - Toyota truck he was driving jumped the vehicle after the airbags imploded when female driver who was not known to phetamine distribution ring sourcing ille - curb and crashed into a tree in the Heroes he sideswiped the first parked car. He said him. Officers arrived on scene, located gal controlled substances in the parking lot on W. Santa Fe on February he was escaping some gang members who the male, and detained him. The female Northeast, Southeast and the Midwest 10 at bar closing time. were hitting him through the window of victim did not want to press charges. U.S. The male adult was arrested and a The ten people hit by the vehicle, and his truck and trying to hijack the truck. The "knife" turned out to be a box cut - subsequent federal search warrant was the passenger in the vehicle, survived after Charges of driving under the influence ter, which is not illegal to merely pos - served at his residence in the 800 block on being taken to local hospitals with mod - of marijuana were brought after tests sess. The male was found to be in pos - N. Woods Ave. This led to the discovery erate to serious injuries. Solis was not showed Solis was not alcohol impaired. session of a hypodermic needle/syringe, of a THC extraction lab and a large quan - injured. An expert determined that he was high on which is illegal to possess if used, or sus - tity of methamphetamine. The Orange The OCDA added charges of hit and marijuana. No drugs or alcohol were pected to be used, for the ingestion of County CLEAN Lab Team responded run because Solis did not stop the vehicle found in the truck or on his person. narcotics. But because the male suspect and processed the scene and removed all after hitting the first parked car in a series If convicted, Solis faces up to 24 years had numerous medical problems, he hazardous materials. The suspect is cur - of three before the truck jumped the curb and eight months in state prison. He was cited in the field for possession of rently in custody and will ultimately be hitting the pedestrians and a tree. Solis appeared in a preliminary hearing in court drug paraphernalia and released. charged with manufacturing drugs. did not flee the scene of the crash, cooper - on March 28.

STUDENT HOUSING IN THE FULLERTON ARBORETUM ? 21 Protestors continued from frontpage Charged with “Let me assure you that there are no plans to build a parking lot on the Arboretum, just like there are zero plans to demolish Loitering and the Arboretum. On the contrary, through the master planning process, we’re consid - Conspiracy ering options that would mutually benefit the Arboretum and the university.” by OCDA Kim was less reassuring when it came to the topic of building housing, which he Twenty-one of the hundreds of hotel workers called “the elephant in the room.” demonstrating for decent wages and affordable He made the case that CSUF has a need health care at and near the intersection of for more student housing. “We only have Harbor Blvd and Katella in Anaheim were 2,000 beds on this campus, which is rela - arrested for blocking traffic around 6pm on tively small given we have 40,000 stu - January 24. Among those arrested at the protest dents,” he said. were local clergy and Anaheim Councilmember Kim suggested that the University and Jose Moreno. the Arboretum could reach some kind of The protestors said that workers are not paid deal that would be mutually beneficial, enough to live in Orange County and the hotels such as building a conference center that had not bargained in good faith for a fair con - the Arboretum could use, in exchange for tract. The group has been working without a building some housing. contract since Nov. 30, 2018. “Maybe there’s opportunity for us to United Here Local 11 Union, which organized develop the housing and have a confer - the rally, represents 29,000 hotel and restaurant ence facility that the Arboretum could use workers. so that both of us could be better off, and A November 2018 ballot measure that passed with 54% of the vote required Anaheim Resort Photo of already existing dorms at the edge of the Arboretum. -PHOTO E. L ITTLE District businesses that have received city subsi - dies to raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour our students would be better off because they’d be exposed to the – but this did not apply to the Anaheim Hilton Arboretum,” Kim said. or Sheraton Park hotels. Both hotels have settled Kim cited a section in the Arboretum’s 2005-2020 “Strategic Plan” that the dispute since the protest took place. mentions some potential buildings that could be built there, including a The 21 protestors have now been charged by green house, administrative buildings, and a facilities building. OCDA Todd Spitzer with loitering, for blocking “The Master Plan is far from finished,” and the April 10th public forum is traffic, and refusing to leave when ordered to do “an opportunity for us to hear from all of the constituents, get their feedback, so by the Anaheim Police. Each faces two mis - receive their ideas, so that we can further refine our master plan,” Kim said. demeanor counts--one for loitering and the There are several online petitions circulating which can be found by other for conspiracy to violate the loitering code googling Save Fullerton Arboretum. section. They are scheduled for arraignment on April 19, at 8:30am in Dept. N-8, North Justice Also see related stories on pages 9 and 12 in this issue. Center, Fullerton. EARLY APRIL 2019 LOCAL NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 3 CSUF Professor Gives Presentation Dispelling Myths About Muslims

by Diane Vena two hundred years and their American- born descendants. Since it is more expen - CSUF History Professor Dr. Aitana sive and difficult to immigrate to the Guia gave a timely presentation on “‘The United States, American Muslims have a Muslim Question?’ The Current Struggle higher socioeconomic position and are for Civil Rights and Belonging in Europe more educated on average than European and America” to a full and diverse audi - Muslims. ence on March 20 as part of the Fullerton Dr. Guia contrasted the myths regard - Public Library’s free Town & Gown lec - ing Muslims in Europe and the United ture series. States with the facts to dispel them. Such Dr. Guia, a social and political historian myths include the extremely exaggerated of modern Europe, is from Spain and has estimates by current citizens of European lived in Britain, Venezuela, Italy, and countries and the United States regarding Canada. She holds dual Spanish and the percentage of their population that is Canadian citizenships. She started her Muslim as opposed to actual percentages. presentation by stating that she For example, only 1.1% likes facts and that her lecture It is necessary to of the American popula - was based on facts. tion is Muslim, but when Dr. Guia explained the signif - evaluate news asked, people think that icance of using “The Muslim and its sources for 15% of the American Question?” in the title. In the population is Muslim 19th Century, many Europeans accuracy because (Pew Research Centre coined the term “The Jewish of the decline of 2010 report) . Question” to refer to what they The facts dispelling CSUF professor of history Dr. Aitana Guia discusses myths vs. facts about Muslims. perceived to be an unwilling - investigative myths about the actual ness of European Jews to assim - reporting. number of Muslims and She also discussed the necessity to eval - can get upset, but often one is surprised ilate in the countries where the projection of their uate news and its sources for accuracy and can grow as a person. they lived. European anti- numbers in the 21st because of the decline of investigative With those concluding statements, Dr. Semitism grew until it culminated in the Century also dispel the myths of a reporting and how differently news is Guia suggested what one can do on a per - Holocaust. Understanding the dynamics Muslim invasion and of Muslims taking sourced and reported today. sonal level to break down the barriers and outcome of “the Jewish Question” over European cultures. After the presentation, Dr. Guia among us (both internally and externally) gives new relevance to our current debates The topics in Dr. Guia’s book, The answered questions from the audience. by not just tolerating those who differ on the place of Muslims in the West. Muslim Struggle for Civil Rights in Spain: One person asked about the myth that from us, but by engaging and truly getting Dr. Guia presented differing histories of Promoting Democracy Through Migrant Muslims want to impose Sharia Law on to know, learning from, and including Muslim immigration in Europe and the Engagement, 1985-2010 , were used to Western countries. Dr. Guia explained those whose talents are needed by us, in United States. In Europe, Muslim workers expand the discussion and apply it to that some Muslims have made demands our country and the world. Our own from countries such as Turkey, Morocco, other countries. that civil law incorporate religious law for interpersonal actions can help to further Algeria, and Tunisia were invited and Guia discussed the barriers to integra - voluntary family arbitration, but that the integration, inclusion, and engage - sought after as much needed guest work - tion, including the difficulty of gaining countries like Canada have been reluctant ment of others and by doing this, increas - ers in the rebuilding after WWII. citizenship in some countries. She to allow it. As for criminal law, most ing and strengthening democracy. Employers encouraged trained workers to showed what some of the faces of integrat - European and American Muslims The video of this presentation is avail - overstay, as they were needed. These ed and successful Muslims actually “look” embrace the constitutions and legal codes able to view on YouTube under the workers settled and their descendants go like, including an actress, a talented of their countries of citizenship or resi - Fullerton Public Library at forward four generations to today. author, the mayor of London, and the dence and have no desire to import other https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxSrvo The history of Muslims residing in the mayor of Calgary (Canada), who has been legal codes. gnjeo . United States is much different. A quarter elected and re-elected three times. She Dr. Guia concluded by saying that she of American Muslims are African- emphasized the waste of human talent likes to talk to people, all people, to get to Thanks to Dr. Guia for the facts Americans who converted to Islam at var - when this kind of integration is prevented know them. Everyone has a story. By presented in this report. ious times in the Twentieth Century. The and the personal and national loss this doing this she learns. She advised to not More information on Dr. Guia’s rest are Muslims from all over the world represents. Other barriers are nativism just tolerate people, but to embrace plu - publications and research can be found at who arrived in small numbers in the last and populism. ralism. With plural views, sometimes one http://www.aitanaguia.com

Former map of the plume showed most pollution south of Commonwealth.

The plume has migrated at least as far as W. Malvern. Aquifer Plume Moves North The five-square-mile plume of contaminants beneath Fullerton and Anaheim, which has caused the closure of five wells so far, has been found to have moved farther north than previously thought. Contaminants were Parties). For now, we are pushing hard to select the rem - with the Northrop Grumman Corporation to see if an found to be present in a monitoring well placed by edy by August 2020.” alternative to listing the North Basin as a national OCWD working with the EPA to find the northern edge In the effort to keep the contaminants from continu - Superfund site can be negotiated, which could happen if of the plume. (see map above) ing into the drinking water aquifer beneath north the company agrees to a voluntary cleanup. “That well was expected to be clean and therefore Orange County, OCWD placed an extraction well near At the same time OCWD, in partnership with the US define the northern boundary of the plume,” said Bill the intersection of State College and Valencia Drive in EPA, is moving ahead on the Remedial Investigation Hunt, director of overseeing groundwater contamination Fullerton in September 2017. The location is considered which is expected to conclude this fall. After that the projects for the Orange County Water District . “It turns to be in a critical area. (Several extraction wells complet - Feasibility Study will take another year and then the EPA out that the new well contained VOCs, which in turn ed years ago were never put online due to litigation from will define the ultimate remedy and clean-up will begin. requires us to move further north with another well to the companies responsible for the pollution). An update on the current status of the North Basin define the boundary. Hopefully, that one will be clean.” The extraction well pulls up 1,000 gallons of the pol - Plume was delivered by Mr. Hunt at the OCWD Board “Because our first priority is plume containment and luted water per minute which is discharged into the san - of Directors’ March 20 meeting. At that meeting this plume boundary information will not change much itary sewer where it is then treated by the OC Sanitation OCWD Director Kelly Rowe, a water resources techni - with regard to that priority, the EPA does not want the District in Fountain Valley and then piped to the adja - cal professional, commented that the Remedial additional work to slow down the overall Remedial cent Ground Water Replenishment Plant where it goes Investigation seems to be taking an extraordinary Investigation/Feasibility Study process and delay what is through purification before being injected back into the amount of time. Although the plume threatens the most important. This well will be drilled later, either by aquifer. This is an interim remedy until a permanent aquifer and must be cleaned up, careful testing of water the OCWD, EPA, or the PRPs (Potentially Responsible solution is decided upon. The EPA is continuing talks served to households shows there is no current danger. Page 4FULLERTON OBSERVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS EARLY APRIL 2019 CITY COUNCIL NOTES by Jesse La Tour The Council meets at 6:30pm on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Upcoming agenda information and streaming video of council meetings are available at www.cityoffullerton.com. Meetings are broadcast live on Cable Ch 3 and rebroadcast at 3pm and 6pm the following Wed. & Sun. & 5pm Mon. City Hall is located at 303 W. Commonwealth, Fullerton. Contact council at 714-738-6311 or by email to: [email protected] March 19 City Council Meeting (Next meeting Tuesday, April 2 at 6:30pm. Come see your local government in action!) Closed Session Before every public city council meeting, there is a “closed session” in which council Residents from the Rancho La Paz Mobile Home Park spoke of the drastic rent hikes they meets with parties outside the view of the public. During this week’s closed session, were facing at the March 19th Fullerton City Council meeting. See story on frontpage. council met with legal counsel to discuss Orange County Catholic worker et al v. Orange County et al (ongoing lawsuit related to the lack of sufficient homeless shelters in the county). Council also met with representatives of local public employee unions (police, Memorandum of Understanding Between 13 fire, city employees) to discuss Parameters of authority for negotiating salaries, benefits Cities Regarding Homeless Navigational Centers and working conditions. Council voted 5-0 to approve a homeless individuals who cannot obtain “Memorandum of Understanding” shelter. The Court’s ruling effectively (MOU) between the 13 cities in north states a city may not criminalize the state Fullerton College Drone Program Orange County for establishing, con - of being "homeless in public places," nor Jay Seidel, Fullerton College journalism kindergartners about the drone program. structing, developing, maintaining, pro - can a City "criminalize conduct that is an professor and a military veteran, gave a The Drone Lab has the ability to broad - viding, operating, and facilitating two unavoidable consequence of being home - presentation about the “Fullerton Drone cast drone video feeds to anywhere, homeless “navigational centers”—one in less” such as sleeping on the streets. More Lab and Pilot Training Program” now including local law enforcement. For Buena Park, and one in Placentia. so, the Court in Martin ruled that as long offered at the college, which helps train more information visit drones.fullcoll.edu . The percentage Fullerton will pay for as there are more homeless than beds students in drone technology. Councilmember Jan Flory asked Seidel, acquisition and construction of the cen - available, a homeless person cannot be Part of the Drone Lab is the “Drone “Do you have a right to privacy unit as a ters is 25.92% with an estimated one time penalized for such actions. Media Command Center”—a mobile part of your educational curriculum?” She cost of $309,931. The percentage for For Fullerton, and all North SPA cities, vehicle hub for drones that is able to drive cited an experience when a drone stopped annual operations is 30.97% with an esti - this means that as long as there are more around Fullerton. three feet above her head, which she mated first year cost of homeless persons than there The courses offered are in the fields of described as “creepy.” Seidel said that they $34,558. Potential are beds available for such journalism, public safety/criminal justice, discuss ethics, and noted that current law All funding will be from persons, the City cannot non-General Fund sources homeless shelter enforce anti-camping ordi - mapping, and other programs. Seidel said allows drones to fly over residential sites have he plans to showcase the program at local homes, as long as they don’t stop and including the City’s Low and nances in City parks and elementary schools, and that recently he “hover.” Moderate Income Housing been identified other public spaces. The City gave a presentation to about 1,500 See page 17 for commentary Fund and Senate Bill 2, the can still enforce criminal Building Homes and Job in the cities penalties for other acts such Act. Annual operating of Placentia as use of narcotics, drunk in expenditures will be from SB & Buena Park. public, or other criminal acts. Fees Eliminated for Accessory Dwelling Units 2 funding. In North Orange County, Fullerton has been cooper - two sites in Buena Park and Council voted 5-0 to eliminate “Park “We have such a great need and market atively working with twelve other cities in Placentia were eventually identified as Dwelling” fees for those wishing to build demand for housing here in Fullerton that what is referred to as the North Service potential shelter sites. The City of Buena accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in ADUs will become one of the solutions-- Planning Area or North SPA. Park was able to purchase a site and the Fullerton. An ADU can be an attached or a solution and not a band-aid, for housing The North SPA is made up of the cities City of Placentia, with the assistance of detached residential dwelling unit which everyone, including senior citizens, those of Fullerton, Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton and the City of Orange, recent - provides independent living facilities. with disabilities, and my generation espe - Cypress, La Habra, La Palma, Los ly entered into an option agreement to Staff proposed a reduction, not elimina - cially [millennials],” Jose Trinidad Alamitos, Orange, Placentia, Stanton, purchase a suitable site. tion, of these fees, but council felt that Castaneda said. Yorba Linda and Villa Park. The purpose of the MOU is to allow eliminating the fees for one year would Mayor Protem Fitzgerald, who made These efforts have come as a response to cities to share funding and resources at a encourage construction of ADUs as a way the motion to eliminate the ADU fees, a couple legal cases, Orange County regional level to get these shelters built to deal with our housing crisis. said that when she was recently in Catholic worker et al v. Orange County et and in operation. Said, a local resident commented that Sacramento, the governor spoke about al (which counsel has often discussed in this decision “will add to housing stock in California’s housing crisis. She said that closed sessions) relating to Orange AGENDA FORECAST Fullerton and provide more affordable ADUs are “an integral part” of the solu - County’s lack of homeless shelters, and housing.” tion. Martin v. City of Boise in which the APRIL 2 C OUNCIL MEETING Court concluded that the Eighth Discussion of Rent Control for Amendment prohibits the imposition of Mobile Home Parks, Arab American criminal penalties for sitting, sleeping or Heritage Month, Water Rate Study City Joins Affordable/Homeless Housing Trust lying outside on public property for Presentation, Street Improvements.

Council voted 4-1 (Whitaker “no”) to Fullerton joining this agreement. join the Orange County Housing “We have 34 cities and we need one Finance Trust joint powers agreement. voice, and this is what this measure is This is a funding mechanism created by intended to be,” Chaffee said. “You have Assembly Bill 448 to allow OC cities to an opportunity to set an example, and work together to be competitive with Fullerton should be first.” larger cities like Los Angeles to secure Resident Debbie Langenbacher spoke state bond funds, grants and private con - in favor of Fullerton joining the agree - tributions to build supportive housing. ment, and in favor of permanent sup - “There’s no silver bullet to solving portive housing as a solution to homeless - homelessness and the housing crisis, but ness. this gives us one more tool in our toolbox “If you look at the study by UCI and to be able to fully fund quality affordable United Way in 2017, permanent sup - housing developments and, most impor - portive housing came out as the most cost tantly, 2700 units of permanent support - effective way for helping individuals who ive housing here in Orange County to are homeless,” Langenbacher said. help solve homelessness,” Mayor Protem Councilmember Whitaker, who voted Jennifer Fitzgerald, who was part of the against joining the agreement, said he was working group which put together the concerned about future financial obliga - Housing Finance Trust, said. tions this might create for the city, and Orange County District 4 Supervisor that he was reluctant to support some - Doug Chaffee also spoke in favor of thing that was still “a work in progress.” EARLY APRIL 2019 LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 5

City Priorities for Fullerton by Jane Rands Manager Ken Community group Neighbors United Buena Park. Domer, for Fullerton (NUFF) hosted a communi - Pathways of Hope Director Gillanders Fullerton ty forum on March 18 to discuss agreed with Mayor Silva’s statement that Mayor Jesus Silva, Fullerton’s Priorities in 2019. Josh new projects to permanently house as and Newman moderated the panel that many as 375 people living on the streets Pathways included Fullerton Mayor Jesus Silva, of Fullerton should not be concentrated of Hope Fullerton City Manager Ken Domer, and in one area. But he also said that industri - Director Director of the local non-profit Pathways al areas are not appropriate places for peo - David of Hope (POH), David Gillanders. ple to live if we want to integrate them Gillanders The discussion started with Mayor Silva into the community. Housing should be at the stating that his highest priorities include near transit, have access to food, and pro - NUFF fixing the roads, getting homeless people vide dignity. Forum. into housing with supportive services, and Gillanders also said that the risks to the keeping the Hunt Branch Library as a physical and mental wellbeing of people community asset. Domer said the biggest living on the street, especially women Director Gillanders said he experiences has to improve the overall pavement index issues he sees are roads, homelessness, and threatened by sexual assault, is a commu - the traffic and parking impacts of dense from a D rating to a B over the next 8 to pensions. Gillanders, who works to pro - nity health issue. He cited the results of housing where he lives in Old Town 10 years. vide access to housing, said that homeless - the UCI study that found that the cost of Orange, but the county is still behind in Domer said he knew Fullerton had bad ness is a “full blown crises in OC.” not sheltering a person is $100,000 per building 100,000 housing units. It is roads when he chose to be City Manager. year but it costs half as much to house a “hard to have a functioning society when The city maintains neighborhood or local Homelessness person. More importantly, he said it is people can’t pay their rent.” He acknowl - roads and arterial roads that traverse the Mayor Silva said that in the winter the morally unacceptable for people to be edged that Fullerton has done a lot but it city into others. Roads in relatively good Fullerton Armory is used for temporary homeless in such a rich country. can do more to help people struggling to condition can maintain their condition emergency shelter but the city is trying to pay $2,500 a month for rent. with a less costly slurry seal every 5 to 7 extend the operation this year because of Affordable Housing years. Even crack sealing helps reduce Roads damage from water that results in pot - the weather. As one of 13 cities in the Mayor Silva said his children moved out Mayor Silva said the city has $5.2 mil - holes, according to Domer. North Orange County Special Planning of Fullerton due to the high cost of hous - lion from selling city-owned property that Domer said it will be a long and gradual Area (North SPA) Joint Powers Authority, ing. The city needs to build more housing is earmarked to fix the roads, and there is process for improvement. Property tax Fullerton is supporting new temporary to bring prices down. Dense housing also about $3 million from SB1 for the and sales tax revenue are the only revenue emergency housing in the neighboring should be built near transportation to try roads. They are in the process of selecting sources from which additional money cities of Placentia and Buena Park. to reduce the impact of increased traffic. which roads will be paved in coordination could be used for roads. The voters in Mayor Silva said the POH permanent But he also said he opposed the project at with sewer and water improvements. Placentia and Huntington Beach supportive housing project that came to 600 West Commonwealth because 60 There will be a study session in the next approved a utility tax a portion of which council in June of 2018 has been “(taken) units per acre was too dense. two months to determine the best ways to will go toward roads. The SB1 gas tax off the table.” He said that all existing City Manager Domer stated, “Cities increase road repair and maintenance. “very critical” and had it been repealed last shelters and supportive housing in don’t develop housing.” Cities establish Domer said he’s “putting it on you guys” November the city would be at a loss. Fullerton are south of Commonwealth land use and zoning and sometimes give to determine how the community wants Read the longer version of this report online and other areas should be considered. (It variances or conditional use permits that to increase the amount of money the city at www.fullertonobserver.com is worth noting here that existing POH allow developers to build. However, $25 transitional housing in Fullerton is just million in housing bonds sold by the for - north of Commonwealth on West Amerige, mer Fullerton Redevelopment Agency but because it is so well integrated into the prior to the dissolution of redevelopment Near Decade-Old Lawsuit neighborhood most people don’t think of it as in 2012 has been used to subsidize afford - housing for people who would otherwise be able housing projects by Jamboree, homeless.) Habitat for Humanity, the Richman Brought by Chevron Against Silva said that his wife, Assemblyperson Group, and Community of Friends, Sharon Quirk-Silva is also trying to re- according to Domer. the City & Council is Settled open a portion of the state-owned Domer said the General Plan defines Fairview complex in Costa Mesa to tem - by J. A. Kaluzny will dismiss the action - was never applied high density at 25 to 30 dwelling units per to this case. Apparently, the lawyers for porarily shelter people with mental illness - acre, which is not very dense. The es before transitioning them into perma - Now that the final legal authority of the both sides can waive this rule. Southern California Association of State of California, the Supreme Court, Lawyers for both the plaintiff nent supportive housing. Governments determines the number of City Manager Domer explained that has ended all possibility that the citizens’ (Chevron/PCH) and the defendants (City housing units for a variety of levels of vote for no development of Coyote Hills of Fullerton & the City Council), over the prior to the recent creation of the North affordability that Fullerton should plan SPA, cities had no direct funding source will be honored, the Chevron/PCH case, years, jointly requested stays and contin - for. The city submits an annual housing which has been a sword hanging over the uances. After the first settlement, they for homeless housing. In the past, only element report for the state to review to counties could get money from state and heads of city and council, has been settled. requested a stay to see if a referendum determine whether the city is meeting its The city council agreed to settle the would be requested by the citizens - which federal governments, but now the 13 goals. cities in the North SPA have signed on to near-decade-long complaint it was. Domer also said that the state is begin - brought by Chevron’s develop - After the referendum, court a Memorandum of Understanding and ning to force cities to build more density are applying for SB2 funds, generated ment branch, Pacific Coast The lawsuit ordered status conferences without parking. Unaffordable housing Homes (PCH), against the were set, and continued by from a fee on real estate transaction causes over-crowding with multiple fami - records, to pay for tenant improvements City of Fullerton and council went on and City of Fullerton and PCH lies living in a single unit, which over-bur - members - for the second time on, stay lawyers jointly. It appears at the emergency shelters in Placentia and dens sewer, water, and parking. on March 19. after stay, from a review of the court The original action had been continuance docket that stays were request - filed and served on the city in ed by the lawyers jointly and August 23, 2010 after the for - after granted by the judge 18 times. mer city council rejected continuance. Continuances were requested Chevron’s request to rezone its jointly and granted at least 11 now-defunct oil field known as times. West Coyote Hills so it could The reason for continuance build 760 homes and a shopping center or stay as stated to the court each time by on May 15, 2010. (In the lawsuit, PCH Ronald E. Van Buskirk and Stacey Wright claimed that a 1977 agreement had given (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP) them the rights to such development.) for PCH, Jeffery M. Oderman and Peter The first “settlement” was April 19, J. Howell (Rutan & Tucker LLP) for City 2011. Three months later, the city coun - Council and City of Fullerton, was that cil reversed its prior vote and granted the two sides were in discussions for settle - Chevron’s request for development, which ment. These discussions, if actually car - should have settled the action. But the ried out, were exempt from the public lawsuit went on and on, stay after stay, right to know requirements of the Brown continuance after continuance. Act because they were in furtherance of Strangely, the city and the city council litigation. never filed an answer to the complaint Collusion is a popular word these days. and the plaintiff never asked for a default judgment. The usual rule - that if a civil Attempts to find out how much was spent case has not been brought to trial within by the city on those actions by the attorneys five years of its filing and service, the court over the past have been unsuccessful to date. Page 6OBSERVER The DOWNTOWN Report EARLY APRIL 2019 by Mike Ritto [email protected] © 2019 Photo Quiz

No Time to Forget

It’s always tough to say goodbye, but because so many care, gone is not forgot - ten. Spring means hundreds of kids dust off their gloves and head over to the near - est baseball field to participate in UESTION America’s pastime. This is what ties the Q : story together. Where is this It all started back in the mid 1970s (pictured above) located? when a group of home-grown sports fans Head Umpire Tony Bogart and Laura Send your answer to Mike at were joined by a contingent of same from [email protected] Detroit Michigan, all of whom came to town seeking and finding employment PLAY BALL AT MACCHIA FIELD from Hughes Aircraft in Fullerton. They terrorized our downtown at by Frank Workman Angelo’s and Vinci’s, Steele’s Café, The Saturday morning, March 9, broke the fact that the main diamond at Fox and Wilshire Theaters, Rutabegorz, bright and sunny, mirroring the festive Chapman Park has been renamed Steve and of course the Melody Inn, where a atmosphere at Chapman Park for Macchia Field. Macchia, who passed lone Yankee fan had to endure the Opening Day of the East Fullerton Little away from cancer in September of 2017, Dodgers beating of his team in the World League. Volunteers were present hours was a long-time fan and volunteer coach Series. They visited The Williams early to mow the grass and chalk the foul and groundskeeper, but it was his work as Company for Levi’s and backpacking lines, making sure everything was spic- an umpire where he made his greatest equipment, and Boege’s Sporting Goods and-span. Uniformed players from the impact, especially on many young players for gloves, bats, balls, tennis racquets and entire league paraded around the dia - who were still learning the nuances of our handballs. It was all about the card game mond encircling the infield dirt. Last National Pastime. Euchre, sports, weekday early evenings at year’s EFLL champions were honored, Umpire-in-Chief Tony Bogart was ANSWER TO LAST ISSUE ’S the Tropics and Friday nights at Medina’s varsity ballplayers from Troy High (alums handed the microphone and spoke pas - PHOTO QUIZ in Placentia. of EFLL) were there to provide inspira - sionately about Macchia’s contributions to In later more mature years, spring Where is this mural tion to the younger players who view the league, even thanking Macchia’s love - through summer meant finding one par - (pictured in the sketch above) them as role models, and several speeches ly wife Laura for allowing Steve to spend ticular member of that group at Chapman located? were given. as much time at the ballpark as he did. Park, often long before the games began, Making this Opening Day unique was And with that, the opening ceremonies A: Beverly Towers and Terry unheralded, giving of his time even after were done. Teams took the field, and Hendricks both quickly identified the his own son no longer played there. We umpire Bogart (needing no microphone) drawing as the beginning of the mural turn to friend Frank Workman for his Below: Bookends Rob & Jim McCann surround Laura Maccia, Frank Workman uttered the most glorious two-word sen - at our Downtown Post Office on take on a close friend who shared those tence imaginable: “Play Ball”. Commonwealth and Pomona Avenues. times (see story at right). and Renee McCann.

NEW IN TOWN

UBATUBA ACAI Proud owner Yooch (pictured at right) is happy about his new venture, Ubatuba Acai at Harbor and Chapman next to Fed Ex. Healthy and tasty acai bowls, smooth - ies, empanadas and more are waiting for you there, so stop by soon. EARLY APRIL 2019 LOCAL NEWS & CROSSWORD FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 7

AWARD WINNER TO STUDY ABROAD OUR TOWN CROSSWORD © 2019 Jasmine Garcia, a Buena Park High graduate and current “Y ADDA , Y ADDA , Y ADDA ” by Valerie Brickey (answer key on page 19) CSUF student was awarded a Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship providing a full scholarship for the sophomore to attend a study abroad program in London this summer. Garcia, a business administration major, said many in the Latino community do not receive the support they need to pursue their dreams and she hopes to use her experiences from studying abroad to create a more inclusive and accept - ing community. As a first-generation college student, Garcia says that “Success should not be defined by social standing or financial prosperity, but by one’s ability to inspire, grow and learn.” The ten winners of the award were selected during a national competition and have demonstrated high academic achievement, communication skills, self-determination, leadership and a history of service to others. North Orange Promise Expands to Offer Free Tuition to all First-time College Students Beginning in fall 2019, the North dance remain available to students of all Orange Promise Program will expand to backgrounds. Students must be: include a tuition-free college experience •First-time college students for all first-time, full-time college students •High school graduates or accepted attending Cypress College, Fullerton equivalency College, and North Orange Continuing •A California resident, AB540 or Education. DREAM approved applicant The North Orange Promise pilot pro - Once accepted into the program, stu - gram was launched with nearly 1,800 stu - dents (at a minimum) must: dents in the fall of 2018, serving graduates •Enroll full-time for at least 12 units in of the Anaheim Union High School fall and spring semesters District. The success of this pilot created •Complete a current financial aid the demand and a model for the North (FAFSA/CADAA) application Orange County Community College •Develop a Student Education Plan ACROSS 41. Western treaty grp. District (NOCCCD) to expand the num - with the help of the college counseling 1. It’s soothing 42. “___ to the Church ber of incoming eligible students in 2019. team 5. Misanthrope on Time” (song) “We are so delighted to be able to offer •Earn a minimum 2.0 grade point aver - 10. Notion 43. Sheldon Adelson’s a tuition-free year of college to all first- age in the fall semester to maintain status 14. 1998 Sarah McLachlan song Las Vegas ____ Corp. time students who qualify,” said NOCC - for the spring 15. Corpulent 44. 1966 Neil Simon musical CD Chancellor Cheryl Marshall, Ed.D. The North Orange Promise is a last- 16. Kind of tide 47. 1973 Supreme Court decision name NOCCCD, which includes Cypress dollar scholarship program, which means 17. Totally stressed out person 48. ___-pitch softball College, Fullerton College, and North it meets funding needs remaining after 19. Metallica drummer Ulrich 49. Kwik-E-Mart clerk on Orange Continuing Education, serves federal and state aid programs and private 20. Materialize “The Simpsons” over 85,000 students from 12 local cities. scholarships have been applied. The pro - 21. “Moby Dick” author 52. LL Cool J’s “___ Knock You Out” Over 70% of the students are not able to gram will cover students’ credit fees, com - 23. Ave. crossers 57. Sick in bed afford college and must apply for some parable to tuition, which are paid on every 24. Also 59. “Oh, woe!” type of financial aid. The North Orange unit for which the student registers. 26. Ample shoe width 60. Trolleys Promise intends to lower income barriers Funding will be provided to each individ - 27. Financial crisis 62. Remove from a manuscript to ensure that the benefits of college atten - ual student for one academic year. 33. Deplete 63. Gives off 36. Friendship 64. Curved molding 37. “Moonlight” actor Mahershala ___ 65. Gardener’s spring purchase 38. Dieter’s target 66. Station 39. Pulls 67. Nair competitor 40. Neighbor of Cambodia

DOWN 31. Doofus 1. Rum-soaked cakes 32. Snake’s warning 2. Get used (to) 33. Roswell sightings 3. Speech defects 34. Deli side 4. Beginning of Trump’s 2016 slogan 35. Alleviate 5. 2007 Andy Samberg stuntman movie 39. Dead 6. Agatha Christie’s “The ___ Murders” 40. Not clerical 7. Squad 42. Some Pontiacs 8. To be, to Brutus 43. Brown ermine 9. Votes for a second term 45. Wiped clean 10. Taking the place (of) 46. Most sick 11. “Agreed!” 49. “Haste makes waste,” e.g. 12. Nobleman 50. Blender button 13. Church alcove 51. Unexpected sports outcome 18. Really enjoy 52. “Casino Royale” actor Mikkelsen 22. Extremely 53. Sheltered, at sea 25. Ode to crooner Brooks? 54. Stag 27. Lil’ ___ (celebrity online cat) 55. Popular meme 28. Online mother? 56. Job for a plumber 29. “Lions and ___ and bears, oh my” 58. It’s clicked on a computer 30. Indian bread 61. Ike’s command in WWII

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTES FSD Writer’s Guild by Jan Youngman Over 175 Writer’s Guild students (some The Monster Realm , at 11-years-old. Her Fullerton School District Board meets at 6pm on pictured above), along with friends and second novel The Three Worlds was pub - 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month at district headquarters, families, celebrated their achievements as lished just before her 13th birthday. She 1401 W. Valencia Dr., Fullerton. budding authors at a two-night ceremony encouraged students to pursue their writ - For agenda go to: www.fsd.k12.ca.us or call 714-447-7400 at Ladera Vista Jr. High. ing careers. FSD’s Writer’s Guild program Fourth through sixth grade students provides opportunities for students to from Acacia, Beechwood, Laguna Road, reach high levels of writing mastery in a FSD March Meeting (next board meeting is April 8) Orangethorpe, Richman, and Sunset Lane variety of genres. The students will also shared the books they wrote. Keynote participate in the LA Times Festival of FSD G OES SOLAR speaker at the event was young author Books at USC in April. Nara Duffie, who wrote her first novel The district has decided to replace the times of the day and they charge you more aging shade structures and build new pho - if you’ve used a lot during that period pre - •C ATCH ME AT MY BEST : •2 ND INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT : tovoltaic shade structures for parking and viously. In essence, they’re holding elec - Congratulations to FSD employees rec - Approved with a Positive Certification lunch shelters designed, engineered, tricity on demand for you. Usually that ognized for outstanding work including was the 2nd Interim Financial Report installed, inspected and main - makes summertime usage very Brenda Chavarin (4th grade teacher which indicates that, based upon current tained by PFMG Solar, LLC. expensive. But, since most The new Orangethorpe); Armando Garcia projections, the district will meet its There is no “upfront “cost. schools use less electricity during system is (Computer Tech II-IIS); Charles “Bubba” financial obligations in the current and PFMG offers turnkey energy the summer because classes are Bankston (II-Security-Parks Jr. High); subsequent two fiscal years. solutions from project design to expected to out, much of the electricity pro - and Jose Daniel (Custodian Sub-M&O). financing and operational man - save 6 to 7 duced by the systems is above •P UPIL ATTENDANCE CALENDAR : agement. million and beyond what the schools can Speech and Debate Program The 2020/2021 school year calendar The district met with admin - use. Therefore it’s sold back to During the 2018-2019 school year, the was approved. Dr. Pletka said that the dollars over high school district has agreed to have a istration and staff of each Site 25 years. the grid at the highest possible Fullerton School District started a dis - Leadership Team in regards to price. So the new system will trict-wide Speech and Debate program joint meeting about the school calendar the placement criteria, proposed provide a very cost-effective way that now involves 12 schools and approx - next year. locations and collaboration on possible to bring in solar. imately 300 students. The program was •P ACIFIC DRIVE SCHOOL REPORT : alternative locations. Eleven of the 20 sites The solar system is expected to offset immediately successful as students gained Principal Dr. Castillo and PTA came up with alternatives. PFMG hon - 75% of energy used by the schools, reduc - confidence and success competing against President Egleth Nuncci described the ored the changes. ing the district’s electricity bills, and con - students across Orange County. Led by new & continuing student programs at In California, the way utilities are set up sumption from Southern California Sal Tinajero, a renowned Speech and the school which serves students from there’s something called Demand Charge, Edison, totaling approximately 6 to 7 mil - Debate teacher, and their coaches, stu - Transitional Kindergarten through 6th which means they charge more for certain lion dollars in savings over 25 years. dents engaged in rhetoric and public grade. Positive School Behavior (PBIS) is speaking while expanding their vocabu - emphasized in all classes. New Programs Offered grade will have access to a variety of lary, presentation skills, confidence, and The Pacific Drive PTA is very active and New for students this year is the oppor - devices including iPads, iPad minis, and interpersonal communication. The suc - sponsors field trips for every class. Parent tunity to participate in a Dual Language laptops to use in their classrooms. cess and popularity of the program has volunteers participate in the classrooms, Spanish/English Academy. Parents have a Students will use the technology to learn resulted in 20 students qualifying for the at the active learning center, in the media very active part in the success of these pro - new skills as they produce and create National Tournament in Dallas, Texas this center, and assist in the Healthy School grams. Parents participate in ELAC products that demonstrate their learning. summer. FSD held an Elementary/Jr. Initiative. Parents in Action oversees (English Language Advisory Committee) An after School Education & Safety High Tournament at Ladera Vista Jr. healthy play at school during recess. which incorporates and develops effective program will also be available for stu - High on Sat. March 16 with US Computer classes for interested parents ways to have Parent English Learners par - dents. Representative Gil Cisneros in atten - are offered at the school. ticipate in all school activities. dance. Other new programs offered are: Speech FSDfest April 5 & 6 & Debate; Student Pathway where stu - Fullerton School District will host a dents are able to select among various special event to showcase student achieve - computer science pathways to pursue (i.e. ment in various fields on April 5 (4:30- coding); and The Visual Innovation 7:30pm) & April 6 (9am-3:30pm), at the Program (VIP) where all 5th and 6th Anaheim Hilton Hotel., 777 W. grade students will be assigned an iPad Convention Way. For exact times of each which they can use at school and at home. event visit Fullerton Education Students from Kindergarden through 4th Foundation at http://bit.ly/fsdfestcentral

WEEKLY SWIM LESSONS Choose your days and times each week. All levels and ages taught from those who fear the water to those looking to refine their strokes. WINTER SESSION Registration begins Dec. 3rd. LEARN MORE AT www.fastswimming.net EARLY APRIL 2019 YOUNG OBSERVERS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 9

YOUNG OBSERVERS by Francine V FEATURED PET FOR ADOPTION by Katie $2 Takes You to The Best Museum Meet Cecilia! at the Fullerton Arboretum Cecilia’s big, beautiful and bubbly. She Our parents typically spend a lot of host afternoon tea parties and dinners. enjoys lots of attention and head scratches. money taking us to visit historical places Then she showed us the bedroom which Staying around the house, watching the far away. However, it is great to know that was elegant but it had something one rainy spring days won't be so lonely any - locally, we have one of the best museums I might find odd today. It is a potty used as more as Cecilia curls up in your arms. She have ever been to and it barely costs any - a toilet at night because in the 1800s, the can't wait to take the first steps in her for - thing to enjoy what it has inside and to toilet was located in a structure outside the ever home. Her ID number is A1589842. learn about Fullerton's great history and house in the backyard. For more information, please visit culture. The 5th stop was the kitchen where I http://www.ocpetinfo.com or call 714-935- Heritage House (aka the home of the learned how Dr. Clark’s family cooked in 6848. You can also visit OC Animal Care late Dr. George Clark) is a quaint a wood oven and stored food in a huge ice at 1630 Victory Rd., Tustin, CA 92486. Victorian house that sits comfortably box. The ice was harvested from the CORRECTION : In the last Featured Pet Column author Katherine was misidentified among the fruit trees at the Fullerton mountain or frozen lakes and was expected as Katie. The two share the colunm trading off each issue. Sorry for the error. Arboretum. to last for a long time. The Heritage House is one Dr. and Mrs. Clark of the historical structures had many other gadg - Top 5 Songs WHAT ’S around the city, similar to the ets that made their TRENDING ? oldest commercial building lives easier in those of the Week in Fullerton once owned by days such as a clothes by Sienna by Alexandria the Amerige brothers. iron that is heated by As you step inside the putting hot coals Spring Break house, you are transported inside the device, a jar The top 5 songs this week are: back to the 1800s with the opener for all their Spring break is all about hanging with help of volunteer docents preserves, and even a 1) "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande family and friends. What better way to do from the Victorian Society, juicer for the oranges 2) "Sunflower" by Post Malone it than to go on a getaway vacation with who provide a guided tour of that grew in their and Swae Lee the ones you love? the house in costume, all for backyard. It’s fun 3) "Without Me" by Halsey The number one trending place to go is a $2 donation for adults and learning about all 4) "Please Me" by Cardi B Cancun in Quintana Roo, Mexico. $1 for kids. It is worth Kids try out the 1800s these tools and gadg - and Bruno Mars way of doing laundry. Cancun is budget friendly and has beauti - donating more than $2 to ets that people used 5) "Wow" by Post Malone ful beaches to relax and enjoy a wonderful help preserve this historical in the 1800s and real - "Wow" is a song celebrating Post spring break. place. izing how far technology has taken us to Malone's success and wealth. In the The second top trending place is Miami I visited this house when I was in third enjoy better tools and gadgets these days. song, Post Malone shows off the rich - Beach, Florida. Miami Beach has a variety grade learning the history of our town. It It was a very informative tour and the es he earned to those who didn't of city events as well as extensive shore - was a fun experience and I had wanted to docents did a great job of transporting believe he could make it big. lines that everyone can enjoy. bring my parents here to learn more about every guest back in time. According to Ms. Although many people didn't Another place to go is South Padre our city’s history. I had the chance last Ewaite, every year, they take about 2,000 believe in him, Post Malone was able Island, Texas. South Padre Island may month when we visited the Arboretum to third graders to tour the house. to become a star and show off his seem like a weird destination. However, check out the annual Veggiepalooza. “We spend many enjoyable hours with achievements. its beaches, events, and on top of all that There were five docents that day. One the other volunteers working on the We, too, can reach for our dreams a family friendly location makes it an ideal greeted us at the entrance and provided upkeep of this house and taking people on and inspire people with our story, spring break spot. Wherever your spring general information. Another docent guided tours,” declares Ms. Ewaite who although it might not help if we brag break takes you this year remember to dressed as Dr. Clark was in the doctor’s shared precious stories about Dr. Clark and about it. I guess humility is key. spend it with family, friends, and the peo - office. He told us that people paid just his family. She is a big fan of American ple you love. 50¢ for a check up and $1 if Dr. Clark had history and thinks that being a docent is a (Find more meanings behind songs by to see them in their houses. great opportunity to share her passion. visiting: Source: https://travel.usnews.com/rank - The 3rd stop was at the family room Residents and tourists can participate in www.songmeaningsandfacts.com) ings/best-spring-break- destinations/ where we met the head docent, Dana guided tours by checking out the schedules Ewaite. She showed us one of Dr. Clark’s on the Arboretum website. The Victorian favorite gadgets, the phonograph, a device Society welcomes history lovers to volun - PORTS OUND P by Beomjun that plays music. These days, instead of a teer as docents. They also host an annual S R U phonograph, we listen to music through Victorian Tea Party on the first Sunday of (Panther Press Guest Columnist) our mobile devices. May which is open to everyone. It is a At the 4th stop a docent showed us the fundraising auction to help with the dining room where Mrs. Clark loved to upkeep of the Heritage House.

JOKE TIME Compiled by Joy

Joke: If you switch the sugar and salt on April Fools Day, hopefully people who use it won’t be salty! April Fools Prank 1: You can move the furniture or things in your family member’s (especially siblings) bedroom the night before when they are asleep! Wait till they wake up and wonder how their furniture traded places. April Fools Prank 2: Put food dye around the spout of your faucets and watch as your mom, dad or siblings get scared when they turn on the water!

Did You Know? by Genevieve

April Fool’s Day

1. April Fools Day, which is celebrated story about a spaghetti harvest in Victory for Parks Junior High on April 1, is also known as All Fools Day. Switzerland. 2. No one knows how April Fool's Day 4. Another great prank was in 1996, It was an important championship game for the Brea Bobcats and Parks Panthers became a holiday, but many believe that when Taco Bell claimed to have bought as both teams aimed to hit the top spot in the boy’s basketball finals held last before the modern calendar, people cele - the Liberty Bell, and was renaming it the month at the Sunny Hills High School gym. Sports enthusiasts were treated to a brated New Year's on April 1. The people Taco Liberty Bell. competitive and thrilling game. The audience was involved and each team became who continued to do so were considered https://wonderopolis.org/ well motivated by the cheering from the crowd. Players on both teams were com - fools. wonder/how-did-april-fools- day-begin mitted to the game that consisted of a lot of physical play between the two rivals. 3. One of the greatest April Fool's Day https://patch.com/new-jersey/ Parks took the lead right from the start and they were always ahead by about 10 hoaxes was in the 1950s, when BBC ran a southbrunswick/fun-facts- points. The game had its ups and downs. However, it concluded as a successful about-april-fools-day-d333a66c game and another victory for Parks, 42 -30. Page 10 FULLERTON OBSERVER LOCAL NEWS EARLY APRIL 2019

extreme rent hikes. We have no ability, under any one of our policies or ordi - nances to prevent this from happening,” Moreno said, “We’re seeing rent hikes in the most extreme way when a property is sold to a new owner.” One rather obvious solution would be for the cities of Anaheim and Fullerton to pass a “rent stabilization” [aka rent con - trol] ordinance. This would allow the city to place limits on the amount rents may be raised. Unfortunately, this is a politically unpopular idea in Orange County. “Some of our councilmembers believe strongly that this is a question of ‘the mar - ket’ and that at some point it will correct itself once we build more housing for peo - ple,” explained Moreno, “But by the time we build that housing, many of you will be on the streets.” Recently, the cities of Inglewood and Glendale passed rent protections for resi - dents. Glendale’s ordinance put a perma - nent cap of 7% rent increase. If property owners exceed that 7%, the property owner is required to pay the relocation fees of any tenant who cannot pay that increase. There are 110 cities and counties in It was standing room only at Rancho La Paz homeowner meeting. PHOTO BY JESSE LA TOUR California that are covered by some form Ramirez introduced the Vice President of rent stabilization, and LA County is in Mobile Homeowners Get 155-Day of the Golden State Mobil Home Owners the process of creating a rent control/rent League (GSMOL), a statewide corpora - stabilization ordinance—capping rent Reprieve on Rent Hikes continued from frontpage tion established in 1962 to increases at 3%, according help homeowners who live in to the representative from rents, or that a resident is entitled to low ing, said, “The whole thing stands on one mobile home parks to know On April 2 GSMOL. rents and they will never be corrected. thing—unity! We have to get together on and protect their rights. It No Fullerton City Luckily the park owner has developed a this. We’re gonna need a committee, we’re was this group that, begin - Fullerton Councilmembers or staff rental assistance program that will assist gonna need people involved.” ning in the early 1970s, put City Council attended, except a young qualified residents,” Paule, who faced One resident gave some background together the Mobile Home representative of loud boos from the audience, said. information on the new owner of the will discuss Residency Law, which pro - rent control Councilmember Ahmad This “rental assistance” program park, John Saunders of Newport Beach. vides protections for mobile Zahra, who said that Zahra requires residents to disclose enormous Saunders’ company, Peace Ranch LLC, home owners. & affordability “wants to work as hard as amounts of private data including bank is affiliated with a company called Pacific If residents of Rancho La measures he can for all of you, to account numbers, value of jewelry, health Current Properties, whose executives Paz organize and join make sure that this solution status, and addresses, ages, & employers include Michael Cirillo as well as Robert for mobile GSMOL, they will have home parks. comes to a resolution.” of all family members. Coldren, a legal strategist who in March access to resources, advocacy, On March 26, Saunders After listening to residents, Mayor Jesus 2016 provided suggestions to owners of and legal aid. met with Rancho La Paz Silva asked the City Manager to draft and mobile home parks on how they can make Anaheim City residents in a meeting called send a letter to the new mobile home park them more profitable. Councilmember Jose Moreno showed up by Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu and owners, “asking them if they would be Here are some excerpts from Coldren’s and spoke at the residents’ meeting, even other council members. willing to adjust the rates or meet with the report: though he normally works at that time. “As a result of our meeting, I’m pleased residents, and at the very minimum if “Here are some ideas: If your park is “This gets right to the heart of our dis - to announce Rancho La Paz’s ownership they’re going to provide those applications designated as a ‘senior’ park, consider cussion of what can the city council do as has committed to rescind the proposed for those subsidies, to help residents fill changing the status to ‘all age.’ I know this it relates to rent hikes?” Moreno said. increases and to spend the coming them out.” is sacrilege and counterintuitive but con - “We know property owners are involved months working with residents to find Councilmember Ahmad Zahra, in sider which tenant profile is more likely to in property ownership as an investment, common ground,” Sidhu said in a press whose district Rancho La Paz is situated, generate income that grows rather than is but when they begin to hike rents in a way release. said, “I am appalled by this and I can’t see fixed: senior, or working family? Who is that gouges people, that goes above what “We will work with residents on a more why we can’t find something to do. We are more likely to have time to lobby for rent people can actually afford to pay—that gradual transition,” Saunders said, “I look the city of Fullerton and we should do control: senior or working family? Acquire creates a huge negative impact, not just on forward to meeting with residents to talk better.” homes when they come up for sale in your the city and the social health of the city, about a way forward that allows time to The following day, March 20, hundreds park. It’s much easier to close a mobile but on the psychology, the stress and the adjust and also brings improvement to the of Rancho La Paz residents gathered at the home park and convert it to another use health of the residents themselves. This is community.” mobile home park clubhouse to learn or sell it for a higher price to a developer a critical issue,” Moreno said. On the agenda for the April 2 Fullerton about how they can organize and dialogue when the park owns some or all of the The crux of the problem is that, here in City Council meeting is discussion with local elected officials. units. Raise rents…Raise rents…Raise Orange County, there are no protections regarding rent control/affordability in Lupe Ramirez, who organized the meet - rents again.” for renters from exorbitant rent increases. mobile home parks. 6:30pm at Fullerton “Our city has no law in place to prevent City Hall. EARLY APRIL 2019 LOCAL NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 11

members.” government itself is the speaker, so long City Hall Will Fly Rainbow Flag Linda May said that councilmembers as its expression does not show religious should not let fear of negative backlash preference or encourage a certain vote in for LGBTQ Pride Month by Jesse La Tour prevent them from raising the flag. an election. “It’s because of fear of what other peo - Councilmember Zahra pointed out that Several members of the public voiced that Prop 6 failed, Harvey Milk was assas - ple think that kept me and my mother the “Pride” flag is flown at our state capi - their support for this new policy. sinated. from having a decent relationship for the tol every pride month, and in numerous “Every member of the LGBTQ com - Laura Cantor, the director of policy, 30 years that I was out and never talked to cities around California, and in other munity is someone’s son or daughter, their advocacy, and youth services at the LGBT her about it. She was more worried about states as well, and that the “Pride” flag is brother or sister, their mother, their father, Center in Santa Ana gave data from a what other people thought than what I the only non-nation flag recognized by or their friend,” Eric Barlow said, “As Chapman University study showing thought and how I felt. You need to tell the United Nations. such, it is just, right, and necessary to “overwhelming disparities across the them that gay is okay in Fullerton,” May Councilmember Whitaker, who voted acknowledge and celebrate their history entire spectrum of health-related indica - said. against the resolution, said “This is a form and inclusion, their value and validity, tors for the over 15,000 LGBT-identified Sabrina Hughes, a violence prevention of government expression, and what’s real - their dignity, and their place in our com - students in Orange County - including educator, said, “One of the most vital ly troublesome to me is the fact that some munity.” negative impacts on attendance, safety, components of changing our culture of of these symbolic issues are used as a “I wish that maybe ten years ago we bullying, alcohol and drug use, mental violence and harassment is inclusion. Too weapon…that generates the kind of polar - would have had something like this health, and also protective factors such ization that we’re seeing so much of because I went to Troy High School and I as school engagement and feeling con - today from among different groups. I had a friend named Andrew who was gay nected to school.” think it can actually antagonize and and he didn’t make it to today,” Jose “It should alarm us all, for example, create disunity to some extent. I real - Trinidad Castaneda said, “When young that 45.8-49.2% of these LGBT stu - ly do support and appreciate equal LGBTQ people, especially queer and dents from this study in Orange rights among all people, and I believe trans youth of color, see the pride flag in a County (compared to 13.5% of non- we’re there at this stage. Now, there space for the first time, they know that LGBT youth) seriously considered sui - are still issues to be worked out over they’re loved.” cide within the last year of the study’s time. But we’re talking about a pro - Castaneda recalled being harassed in implementation,” Cantor said. tected class here as well, something Fullerton for having a pride flag on his Cantor pointed out that the struggle beyond equal rights,” said Whitaker, car. He recalled the 2016 massacre of 49 for LGBTQ equality continues in the who suggested instead that council LGBTQ people in Orlando, Florida. halls of school board meetings across issue a proclamation of support for “We’re still seeing the impacts of abuse, the county, “part of an effort that is Pride Month, and not fly the Pride oppression, and threats against our safety coordinated at the federal level to pre - Harvey Milk (left) and John Briggs of Fullerton Flag. today. So whether you believe this to be vent LGBTQ youth from being recog - (right) clashed over Prop 6 in 1978. Mayor Protem Fitzgerald, who also symbolic action, just know that for some - nized and supported for who they are in voted against the resolution, said “I one like me, it’s not symbolic at all, it’s our schools.” many LGBTQ youth are at risk of vio - agree with you that any discrimination, very powerful,” Castaneda said. This struggle played out recently in the lence and harassment, more so than their any intolerance, any bullying, all of the One public commenter pointed out city of Brea, as a large group tried to block peers, due to things like intolerance, disre - struggles that many of you related are that Fullerton has not always been a bast - the school board from implementing AB spect, social isolation, and lack of support intolerable and I agree that we need as a ian of acceptance of LGBTQ people. In 329, comprehensive sex education that from their institutions.” community to acknowledge this as a safe fact, in 1978 it was State Senator John includes discussions of sexual orientation She cited a California Heathy Kids place for everyone,” yet she did not Briggs of Fullerton who sponsored and gender identity, and many LGBTQ Survey, which showed that LGBTQ youth believe in flying non-governmental com - Proposition 6, which would have allowed students rallied for educational inclusion. are more likely to have sexual jokes, com - memorative flags at City Hall. Fitzgerald public schools to fire teachers for being “The opportunity now is for Fullerton ments, or gestures directed at them while supported Whitaker’s proposal to issue a gay. as a city to right the wrongs of history by at school than their non-LGBTQ peers. proclamation, instead of flying the flag. It was Harvey Milk, San Francisco’s first raising the flag,” Cantor said. “To be hon - “Until we affirm LGBTQ youth and Ultimately, council voted 3-2 (Zahra, openly gay member of the Board of est, we need more than raising a flag, but denounce their exclusion from our sys - Silva, Flory “yes”) and (Whitaker, Supervisors, who led the campaign in this is a good first step to remind us that tems and institutions, including our gov - Fitzgerald “no”) to fly the Pride Flag. California against Prop 6, which ultimate - LGBTQ people are your family, your ernment, we cannot end abuse and harass - It’s interesting to note that, although ly did not pass. Tragically, the same year friends, your neighbors, and your council ment,” Hughes said. city council elections and politics are sup - Debbie Langenbacher of the Unitarian posed to be non-partisan, the vote on this Universalist church in Fullerton spoke in issue was split clearly down national parti - favor of flying the rainbow flag. san lines–with the Republican members A couple members of the public, and of council voting against flying the flag, Councilmember Bruce Whitaker, raised and Democrat members voting for it. concerns that if the council decides to fly The rainbow flag was designed in 1977 the “Pride” flag, perhaps other, less desir - by Gilbert Baker and 30 volunteers in the able groups will also seek to have their attic of an LGBT center in San Francisco. flags flown, and sue the city if they refuse. According to the Library of Congress, City Attorney Richard Jones laid those LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, fears to rest by pointing out that the city Transgender, Queer or Questioning) Pride ordinance for flying flags is narrowly craft - Month is currently celebrated each year ed and is limited to official city actions, in the month of June to honor the 1969 not third party requests. Stonewall riots in Manhattan. The “As it’s crafted, we believe it gives us as Stonewall riots were a tipping point for much protection as the city can possibly the Gay Liberation Movement in the ask for regarding potential third party United States. requests,” Jones said. Today, LGBTQ Pride Month celebra - Mayor Silva clarified, “So if another tions include pride parades, picnics, par - group comes before us, without getting ties, workshops, symposia, and concerts. into any litigation we could say yes or no Events attract millions of participants and that would be the end of that?” around the world. Memorials are held “Correct,” said Jones. during this month for those members of According to the city staff report, The the community who have been lost to Government Speech Doctrine, defined by hate crimes or HIV/AIDS. The purpose the US Supreme Court, establishes that a of the commemorative month is to recog - government organization, such as the city, nize the impact that LGBTQ individuals may advance its own expression without have had on history locally, nationally, requiring viewpoint neutrality when the and internationally.

BALANCE & CHANGE

INDIVIDUAL , C OUPLE & F AMILY THERAPY MICHELLE GOTTLIEB Psy.D., MFT

305 N. Harbor Blvd, Suite 202, Fullerton, CA 92832 714-879-5868 x5 www.michellegottlieb.com Page 12 FULLERTON OBSERVER VIDEO OBSERVER EARLY APRIL 2019

Whether the Arboretum gardens (home of the Heritage House and lake at left) will be sacrificed to build more CSUF dorms (above) may hinge on public support. ended by the state back in 2012, the funding through that channel dried up. Reportedly, a letter was sent informing CSUF that the city will not be picking up funding of the Arboretum after the end of the 2020 contract. A presentation of CSUF’s new Master Plan, which may include turning the Arboretum into dormitories for students will take place at 10am and 5:30pm on April 10 in the lobby of the Clayes Performing Arts Center on campus. “This is a special healing place for our youth, and amazing mentorships form at the teaching garden between the Arboretum staff, U-ACRE students and our youth,” Carissa Hart-Bunevith, Executive Director of Hart Community Homes and Monkey Business Café said. “I can’t tell you how important the Arboretum is to our community. It is a gem and a place to go to enjoy the beautiful flowers, the pond and relax in nature. It really brings people together and educates, empowers, and teaches so much to so many.” Monkey Business is a nonprofit café in downtown Fullerton benefiting at-risk youth. The nonprofit has a partnership with the Arboretum where they grow fresh produce. From the farm, IDEO BSERVER by Emerson Little © 2019 program participants learn about various aspects of farming: V O preparing the soil, planning a crop calendar, planting, best practices for growing harvesting, composting, responsible watering, cultural responsibility and sustainable practices. Ms. OOTING FOR THE RBORETUM Hart-Bunevith said, “The vegetables are then brought to the R A café where they are processed by the youth and implemented I was shocked to learn there’s a possibility that Cal The Arboretum is also home to a Bodhi tree, which into our menu as seasonal specials or introduced into our State Fullerton could replace some of the Fullerton was planted in celebration of the 14th Dalai Lama product line. The recipes are also broken down in a lab at Arboretum with student dormitories. With a collec - when he visited CSUF in 2000. CSUF by our youth for nutritional information with the U- tion of 4,000 plants from around the world, the 26- I’ve photographed, filmed and written about the ACRE (Urban Agriculture Community-based Research acre Fullerton Arboretum is an accredited level IV Arboretum many times over the last three years for my Experience) founder and professor Sara Johnson.” Monkey arboretum. This is one of only twenty-one in the video column. But, the first time I ever visited was Business participants work side-by-side with university stu - world to be awarded a level IV accreditation for its back in preschool when I tasted squash and pumpkin dents, thus gaining exposure to the university setting. plant collection and educational value and it’s free to seeds with my class in the children’s garden. When I When I visited, members of the farm team stood on ladders, the public, although there’s a suggested five dollar was in third grade at Golden Hill Elementary in Mrs. picking citrus that would be used to make blood orange donation. Orr’s class, we took two field trips to the Arboretum: lemonade for the café. Volunteers from the partnership were The Fullerton Arboretum is not only a cultural, his - one was science-related and the other was historical. harvesting their fresh produce in a wide open area toward the torical and scientific landmark, but it’s also important On the first trip, my class examined and observed back of the Arboretum with CSUF dorms behind it. “The col - for students, the Fullerton community, and North nature, learning about photosynthesis and the anato - laboration with the Fullerton Arboretum, U-ACRE Program Orange County residents. Divided into sections, the my of plants by using small microscopes to closely and Monkey Business Café has been around for over 10 years,” Arboretum includes community gardens, an outdoor look at the leaves of a tree. On the second trip, we vis - Ms. Hart-Bunevith said. “In the beginning, I met with classroom, a nursery, a nature center, and a museum. ited the Heritage House, learning about the history of Arboretum Director Greg Dyment and Sara Johnson at a Upon entering, visitors walk across a bridge that Fullerton through a docent-guided tour of the meeting at the Café and we had an idea to bring foster care leads across a small brook, where recycled water flows Eastlake-style Victorian house and gardens of youth, students and urban agriculture together. Over the years, down a small waterfall on the side of a small rocky Fullerton’s pioneer physician, Dr. George C. Clark. the program has flourished and is now called the ICAN proj - hill. In fact, the Arboretum’s ponds and streams are a The grassroots push for an arboretum on campus ect that focuses on culinary, agriculture, and nutrition. It has man-made, recirculating system maintained as a natu - began when plans were revealed that included ripping support of a 4-year grant from the USDA.” ral freshwater ecosystem. It has been colonized by out a dying orange grove to build a parking lot. A The Fullerton Arboretum also hosts other community many species of plants and insects over the years. group calling itself A is for Arboretum, not Asphalt , events throughout the year, offering free, fun and family-ori - Following the path further leads visitors to the heart which included community members, faculty and ented nature tours on the second and fourth Saturdays of each of the Arboretum where the Nationally Registered students, began to protest the parking lot plan. To month. On Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm to 4pm, Historic Landmark Heritage House, the nature center, help the growing effort, biology faculty members told Victorian-dressed docents escort visitors into the past at the rose gardens and children’s garden are all located. university officials they needed a place to grow plants Heritage House. During the summer, the “Brews and Blues” From there, visitors can either head left toward the not native to Orange County so they could teach their event, which will be held August 17 this year, spotlights Mediterranean collection, California Natives garden, students at a nearby location. Ultimately, after a cou - Orange County craft breweries and features a blues concert desert and orchard, or turn right and enter the conif - ple of sit-ins, the CSUF president at the time, Donald along with food trucks (drawing about 1,000 people last year). erous forest and woodlands area. Past the desert and Shields, agreed that an arboretum could be built. So, The annual “Veggiepalooza” draws backyard gardeners to chefs the woodlands lies the subtropical garden. in January of 1972, the Trustees of the California from as far as San Diego and Santa Barbara for a monster The Ombu is the largest and most famous tree in State University system gave approval to the planning tomato and pepper sale featuring close to 300 varieties of the Arboretum. Little kids are able to climb around in of the arboretum at CSUF and a month later, set aside tomatoes, peppers and varietal veggies all geared toward the the center of the tree. The enormous roots extend out the twenty-six acres for the project. home gardener and the annual Green Scene Plant & Garden from the base of the Ombu and provide footholds for On March 24, 1976, a Joint Exercise of Powers Expo takes place this weekend on April 6 & 7th. Proceeds climbers and hikers willing to reach the middle of the Agreement was made between the Redevelopment from these two events support plant conservation, environ - tree, which is split and forms a narrow path for peo - Agency of the City of Fullerton and the CSU Trustees mental education programs and the diverse gardens of the ple to go through single file. It came from the where the Agency agreed to help with basic opera - Fullerton Arboretum. Huntington Gardens in 1979 in the backseat of a tions, finance the initial grading and construction To see my video of the Fullerton Arboretum visit Toyota and it was only 6-feet tall at the time. Now, the costs and then co-operate in funding basic operations www.fullertonobserver.com and click on “Emerson Little tree is over 100-feet tall and towers over the grounds. until December 3, 2020. When Redevelopment was YouTube” under the “Local” tab (at the top of the main page). EARLY APRIL 2019 EVENTS CALENDAR FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 13

MON, APRIL 1 SAT APRIL 6 WED, APRIL 10 •8am-5pm: 33rd Annual Most •8:30am-12:30pm: 12th Annual •8am-1pm: Rain or Shine Every HITS & Talented High School Art Show Fishing Derby at Laguna Lake off Wednesday Farmers Market at MISSES sponsored by the Education Euclid in north Fullerton is for kids Independence Park. See April 3 listing. Foundation takes place at the ages 3 to 15. Free registration is •10am & 5:30pm: CSUF Master by Joyce Mason © 2019 Fullerton Joint Union High School required and will begin at 8am. The Plan Presentation Involving the District headquarters, 1051 W. Department of Fish and Wildlife Fullerton Arboretum in the lobby of THE MUSTANG : Two Hits Bastanchury Road, Fullerton. The art (DFW) Learning Station will also be the Clayes Performing Arts Center, on show culminates with an awards recep - open at that time. Participants are wel - the Cal State Fullerton campus, 800 Considered by some as a symbol of the tion on Tuesday April 16 at 5pm. come to bring their own fishing gear N. State College Blvd. Parking is American West, at least 100,000 wild horses Students’ winning entries will be rec - or use gear provided by the $2/hr. Come voice your opinion. roam freely over still open land, but space is ognized. The exhibit is organized by Department of Fish and Wildlife •7pm: Town & Gown w/ CSUF shrinking and grazing is scarce. So to prevent SHHS Principal Allen Whitten and (DFW) fishing stations. Catfish have President Fram Virjee who will dis - over-population, the Bureau of Land the Art Curriculum Chair and juried been stocked. Food trucks will be cuss the university’s continuing efforts Management herds hundreds of horses into pens where they are euthanized, or are broken and by college and university professors. available, as well as arts and crafts to create a learning environment that trained by prison inmates to be sold at auction. The non-profit Education Foundation booths and a raffle. encourages both academic success and has sponsored the annual exhibit since community. He will also discuss his “The Mustang” opens with shots of a helicop - SAT & SUN, APRIL 6 & 7 1987. experiences as a first generation college ter circling overhead to drive these wild horses •10am-4pm: Green Scene Plant & •2pm: Press Conference will be graduate, lawyer, and philanthropist. into enclosures before transporting them to a Garden Expo at Fullerton Northern Nevada Correctional Center. The held with Fullerton and Anaheim Fullerton Public Library Conference Arboretum 1900 Associated Road off movie crosses two genres: both prison film and elected officials in the Rancho La Paz Center, 353 W. Commonwealth. Free Yorba Linda Blvd (at the edge of western. It builds slowly and without much dia - club house to discuss what can be CSUF campus). Food, music, kids THURS, APRIL 11 logue, but becomes compelling with a screenplay done about the proposed rent increas - activities, demonstrations, and numer - •4pm-8:30pm: Fullerton Outdoor that could easily have been a cliché about incor - es. ous plant and garden vendors. Bring Market with live music by Deke rigible inmates training incorrigible beasts. But •5:30pm-9:30pm: Monday Night co-writer/director Laure de Clermont Tonnerre your wagons, carts and totes to carry Dickerson beginning at 6:30pm, Bingo at the Fullerton Elks Club never allows the action to become predictable as plants. $8 (free for kids 12 & under). Downtown Fullerton Plaza on E. Lodge, at Elks Club Lane. Games are she strategically reveals major plot points. Call (657)278-4700. Wilshire. See April 4th listing. open to everyone, with complimenta - She also utilizes the talents of skilled Belgian •5:30pm-7:30pm: Pathways of ry popcorn and coffee. Other food will SUN, APRIL 7 actor Matthias Schoenaerts (“Far from the Hope New Office Opening Moody be sold. Proceeds are used for Elks •2pm: The Real Green New Deal a Madding Crowd” and “Rust and Bone”), who Hall, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, charities. Call 714-870-1993 for more series of monthly presentations about can depict seething rage beneath a sullen, silent 1231 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton. mask. We believe his character Roman Coleman, info. the Real Green New Deal, a set of pro - Complimentary refreshments. RSVP an inmate just released from solitary confine - TUES, APRIL 2 posals to initiate a national mobiliza - to Rhiannon by calling (714) 680- ment, when he tells the prison psychologist, “I’m •6:30pm: Fullerton City Council tion to halt climate change, create 20 3691 ex 207 by April 7. not good with people.” Meeting at City Hall, 303 W. million jobs by transitioning to 100% •7pm: Angela Lindstrom of Refusing to answer most of her questions, Commonwealth. Agenda online the clean renewable energy by 2030, and Friends of Coyote Hills Speaks at Roman is assigned to outdoor work, the current Friday before the council meeting at investing in public transit, sustainable need being shoveling manure from the pens Sierra Club The fight to save West www.cityoffullerton.com (regenerative) agriculture, conserva - where the wild horses are kept. Here he is under Coyote Hills from development has tion and restoration of critical infra - the supervision of grizzled and tough-talking WED, APRIL 3 been ongoing for nearly 50 years. Find structure, including natural ecosys - Myles (Bruce Dern), who notices that Roman is •8am-1pm: Rain or Shine Every out why it should be saved, how a local tems. Speakers on the first Sunday of attracted to a mustang as unapproachable as he Wednesday Farmers Market at grassroots group has been persevering every month will outline initiatives to is. Myles suggests that Roman enter the horse’s Independence Park next to the DMV in their 18-year campaign, and share shift the US economy away from fossil pen. He barks out some basic procedures, like on Valencia between Euclid and the vision of a 510-acre open space raising his arms to define his own space. The fol - fuels, implement a just transition to Highland in Fullerton. Fresh produce preserve that will be the jewel of the lowing day, Roman enters the pen and attempts community and worker-owed busi - including fruit, vegetables, plants, lower San Gabriel River Watershed. the next step, which is to get the mustang to nesses that keep wealth in communi - eggs, flowers, baked goods, tamales, Coco’s Restaurant, 1250 E. Imperial allow Roman to touch him. This does not go well ties, promote safe bike and pedestrian empenadas, kettle korn, nuts, and Hwy, Brea (SE corner of State College, and Roman ends up punching the horse. traffic, and regional food systems more. just west of the 57 freeway). Join the On family day, Roman has one visitor, his based on organic agriculture and clean Rio Hondo Sierra Club for self hosted teen-aged, pregnant daughter, Martha (Gideon manufacturing. Presented by the Adlon), who wants him to sign an emancipation THURS, APRIL 4 dinner at 7pm. The program starts at Green Party of OC at the Community form so that she can act in her own behalf. The •4pm-8:30pm: Fullerton Outdoor 7:30pm. Meeting Room at the Irvine Ranch visit ends with his telling her not to come back. Market Opens with live music by Water District, 15500 Sand Canyon SAT, APRIL 13 Roman returns to the horse pen and with guid - Bubba and the Big Bad Blues begin - Rd, Irvine. Call (949) 599-7336 with •9am: Fullerton Rec Riders ance from Myles and a little help from another ning at 6:30pm. Beer & Wine Garden, questions or for more details visit Gymkhana Show come watch local inmate, Henry Davis (Jason Mitchell), he is craft and hot food vendors, fresh pro - finally able to get a rope around the mustang’s www.ocgreens.org riders and their horses in a free show duce, flowers, kids activities including neck. Both men tell him he must name the held at the Equestrian Center Arena at MON, APRIL 8 horse, so he settles on the aristocratic name a bounce house, train rides, face paint - Laguna Lake Park, 2900 Lakeview Marquis. The inmates have four weeks to get ing and more for a fee. Downtown •6pm-8pm: Caring for Someone Way, Fullerton. (cancelled if it rains). their horses ready for auction day. Buyers are Fullerton Plaza and along E. Wilshire with Mid-Stage Alzheimer’s, a semi - Visit www.fullertonrecriders.org . Free mostly ranchers and border patrol agents, who between Harbor and Pomona. The nar by the Alzheimer’s Association •11am: Social Security Strategies: assemble in an arena on the big day with much market repeats every Thursday provides info on managing challenging Buying a Car & Home presented by excitement and enthusiasm, infectious to both through October. Call the Fullerton behavior, maximizing safety, signs of Credit Union of So Cal Fullerton at riders and horses. Museum Center at (714) 738-6545 unsafe driving, and preventing wan - Fullerton Public Library Conference But there are no certainties in this film. for info. dering. Fullerton Public Library Center, 353 W. Commonwealth. Free Nothing happens quite as we expect, due to FRI APRIL 5 Conference Center, 353 W. Tennerre’s drive for authenticity. In an interview, •6:00pm-10:00pm: Downtown Commonwealth. Free TUES, APRIL 16 she says, “I needed to understand violence and Fullerton Art Walk. Numerous art •7:30pm: Pianist Jay C. Munns at •6:30pm: Fullerton City Council anger to understand my character [Roman] on a venues around downtown within the Fullerton Methodist Church, 114 Meeting at City Hall, 303 W. very deep level.” For this kind of research, she walking distance. Free and family N. Pomona (at Commonwealth) in Commonwealth. Agenda online the found a health worker who took her to San friendly. For more information: Fullerton. Tickets: Call 714-535-8925 Friday before the council meeting at Quentin. Here she gathered “stories and atmos - www.fullertonartwalk.com . phere and absorbed as much as possible” about www.cityoffullerton.com prison inmates. WED, APRIL 17 However, in the end, she needed Schoenaerts •8am-1pm: Rain or Shine to portray this complex prisoner. Schoenaerts said he was eager for the role because, in an inter - Every Wednesday Farmers view, he relates that his mother taught medita - Market at Independence Park. tion in prisons and from her reports he had See April 3 listing. learned a lot about anger and how to tame it. THURS, APRIL 18 Schoenaerts concludes, “Roman is always on the •4pm-8:30pm: Fullerton verge of emotion. He’s very unpredictable. He’s Outdoor Market with live music kind of like a horse. He’s my wild horse.” by The Belairs beginning at 6:30pm at Downtown Fullerton TWO HITS : Don’t Miss it! Plaza on E. Wilshire. See April 4th TWO MISSES : Don’t Bother. listing for details. A H IT & A M ISS : You Might Like it. Page 14 FULLERTON OBSERVER MUSIC & THEATER EARLY APRIL 2019

“One Slight Hitch” “The Magic Flute” @ S TAGES THEATER @ CSUF L ITTLE THEATER 400 E Commonwealth Ave, 800 N. State College Blvd, CA Fullerton, CA 92832 Tickets: (657) 278-3371 Tickets: (714) 525-4484 www.stagesoc.org Prince Tamino and the bird-catcher It is Courtney’s wedding day, and her Papageno journey to rescue Pamina. mom, Delia, is making sure that every - Musical instruments enhanced with mag - thing is perfect. The groom is perfect, the ical powers are given to them to assist in dress is perfect, and the decorations their quest, which they use to conquer the (assuming they arrive) will be perfect. challenges placed in their path, as they Then, like in any good farce the door - move toward a deeper understanding of bell rings, and all hell breaks loose. So true love and happiness. Through April much for perfect. April 19– May 19 14. Tickets: $24 / $22.

“Twist, Pull, Smoke” @ M AVERICK THEATER 110 E Walnut Ave Unit B, Fullerton, CA 92832 Tickets: (714) 526-7070 www.mavericktheater.com The story tells of a combat veteran who disorder and, simply and brilliantly, evades his concerned girlfriend’s questions exposes a veteran’s innermost thoughts. about his tour in Afghanistan, and instead Strong Language. Not Appropriate for argues with his relentless and ever present children under 13. Tickets are $20/$10 PTSD. This recent addition to the for veterans & students with a I.D. Theater of War genre is based on the con - Performs now through April 7. Hayden Allcorn and Kira Jamison in“Lysistrata” PHOTO JORDAN KUBAT PHOTOGRAPHY versations that Matthew Domenico had Also playing at The Maverick Theater with two Marines from his former unit. from April 12-28, “The Crocodile Sings: He spoke with them not only about their An Evening with Tennessee Williams” . “Lysistrata” common memories of Afghanistan, but In his final years, Tennessee Williams @ CSUF H ALL BERG THEATER about their experience acclimating back often made personal appearances, during 800 N. State College Blvd, CA 92832 into civilian life. These two Marines and which he discussed his plays, his famous Tickets: (657) 278-3371 these conversations inspired this play. friends and his extraordinary life. The From veteran to civilian alike, this project Crocodile Sings is an imaginary recreation “Lysistrata” tells the story of the leg - Atkins, Michelle Bachman, Beylul is driven by a cast who have all been of such an appearance, using Williams' endary Athenian, Lysistrata, who calls Ephrem, Rachel Fosnaugh, Natalie touched personally by the military com - own words, gleaned from the many inter - upon the women of Greece to help put an Giannosa, Kira Jamison, Peri Kolodziej, munity. This piece demonstrates the diffi - views he gave throughout his life. end to the Peloponnesian War. In order to Olivia Kridle, Yoni Kruvi, Nate Lynn, culty of living with post-traumatic stress do so, all women must refuse to have sex Noah Michal, Alison Kamishiro Parsons, with their husbands until they agree to Dawson Power, Jessica Schreiber, Robyn peace in Greece. Inspired by Aristophanes Stephenson, Josh Stover, Matt Valencia, “Skylight” and adapted by Ellen McLaughlin, and Ronan Walsh. “Lysistrata” is directed by award-winning The set design is by Morgan Badillo, @ C HANCE THEATER actor/director Rufus Bonds Jr., and runs costume design is by Whitney Claytor, Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center, from April 12 through May 5, in the lighting design is by Gary DeVault, sound 5522 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA 92807 Hallberg Theatre on campus. design is by Nichole Baffone, and Tickets: (888) 455-4212 www.chancetheater.com The cast of “Lysistrata” includes hair/makeup design is by Lauren On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpect - Hayden Allcorn, Sidney Aptaker, Mykah Weidman. Opens April 12 -thru May 5. ed visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant, a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle “The Chipper Experience” of opposing ideologies and mutual desires. Can they find their way back to each other, @ B REA CURTIS THEATER or has the time for their tumultuous romance reached its end? Recommendation: Ages 1 Civic Center Cir, Brea, CA 92821 13 and up. Contains adult language. By David Hare. Directed by Oanh Nguyen. Tickets: (714) 990-7722 www.curtistheater.com Opens April 19 - through May 19. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of his first appearance here at the Curtis, two-time Comedy Magician of the Year, Chipper Lowell, has been garnering rave reviews by crit - ics and audiences alike. The manic, red-headed comedian blends funny stand-up, orig - OCPA Presents... Peace Be With You inal and visual magic, bizarre juggling stunts, jaw-dropping mentalism, music, and The Orange County Playwrights wants out. He comes home on leave, at more into his award-winning, one-man show, perfect for all ages – from 9 to 99. Alliance kicks off its 2019 season of new odds with the man he fell in love with and His edgy yet clean comedy & magic has been featured on dozens of television shows play events on Saturday, April 6 at ill at ease in the world. He enlists including The Tonight Show, Disney Channel, Show Me The Funny!, America’s Funniest 2:30pm at the Chance Theater in Courtney in an elaborate plan – a scheme People, Don’t Blink , and all four seasons of the hit show, Masters Of Illusion , on the CW Anaheim Hills, with a staged reading of a to disappear, seize media attention, and network. April 6-7. Tickets: $28 Adult, $24 Senior, $20 Student. More Info: chipper - new full-length work from Eric Eberwein. emerge later to expose atrocities he says he lowell.com “Peace Be With You” was first presented has witnessed. Lee has had it with the war last September in Paper Wing Theatre and the world, and wants to vanish – but Company's new play festival (Monterey, his escape may make casualties of those he CA). Amanda Zarr directs. loves. Lee just signed up for the Marines. His Saturday, April 6 2:30pm. Chance mother Jody is aghast. His boyfriend Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Patrick approves. His old girlfriend Center 5522 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim, Courtney fears the worst. After deploy - CA 92807. Tickets: $10 pre-sale, $14 at ment leads to combat, Lee decides he the door. EARLY APRIL 2019 ART FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 15

Invocation of Almost: The Art of David Tibet @ CSUF B EGOVICH GALLERY 800 N. St. College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834 “Invocation of Almost” will showcase a Current 93, as “Red House as Red Barn,” large selection of David Tibet's past and especially for The CSUF Begovich present paintings and drawings, which Gallery. channel his cartoon imaginings of apoca - In addition, this exhibition will feature lypses, hallucinatory scribble myths, and AlephFilms by the video artist Davide SPEAK: Photography of Visual Voices sidereal dream picknicks. There will also Pepe, David Tibet's long-term collabora - be many new sculptures and installation tor and the FilmSaint for C93. An exten - @ FLDWRK F ULLERTON pieces - all previously unseen works. sive full-color exhibition catalogue will be 110 E Wilshire Ave #101, Fullerton, CA 92832 Some of these unique artworks include, produced in lunar conjunction with this Project La Femme and Hibbleton look at the questions this generation is or have been inspired by, Coptic and exhibition with texts and essays on David Gallery are co-hosting a new visual arts grappling with. Akkadian texts, languages that Tibet has and his work by: Anohni, Nick Blinko, pop-up exhibit entitled SPEAK: Project La Femme is an intersectional studied for many years. Henry Boxer, Jacqueline Bunge, Nick Photography of Visual Voices at FLDWRK arts and performance collective consisting Also on display will be original hand- Cave, Shirley Collins, Michel Faber, Gef!, Fullerton during the Downtown of Andrea Freeman, Katie Chidester and written lyrics by Tibet, as well as Norbert Kox, Thomas Ligotti, Hugo Fullerton Art Walk on Friday, April 5 Amber Scott. It was formed shortly after ephemera from Tibet's ParaMusical Lundhaug, Seth Sanders, David Tibet, from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. the Womens’ March in 2017 to explore group, Current 93. An entirely new musi - Ola Wikander, Martin Worthington, and This project is in partnership with Santa culturally relevant social issues and sup - cal composition has been created by Daniel Wojcik. Through May 25. Ana College and Irvine Valley College Art port and promote other artists from a Departments, with a call-for-art that went female perspective. Past projects by the out to the photography and art students group include an interactive photographic 2019 French Film Fest in those departments. project entitled #IMNOTDISPOSABLE , @ F ULLERTON COLLEGE , 321 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton Under the direction of professors a one night only performance of Women’s Tickets on Sale at the Campus Box Office (714) 992-7150 Juliana Rico and D. Hill, the show was Performances entitled #WOMENGET - or email [email protected] juried by curator Kelly Chidester, and fea - LOUD , and they assisted in producing tures 30 pieces of art all in response "how Tina A. Burkhalter’s one woman show Fullerton College’s French Film Festival with a twist based on a true story where do you use art as your voice?" Students “My Life in Two Acts”. is back for a stimulating and engaging 10 Saliya, who became blind as a teen, is tired were asked to “speak” on a personal, local, Hibbleton is a local gallery focusing on year anniversary. The festival is from April of people focusing on his limits. national, or global level issue through works from the latest underground artists 2 to 5. Thursday, April 4, “ Un Sac de Billes, A their photographs. and is dedicated to art that provokes The festival will include a cultural event Bag of Marbles ,” will take you on the The result is a dynamic and intimate thought and initiates discourse. with food, music, and art in the courtyard journey of two Jewish children as the war each night beginning at 6:30 pm in the splinters families and communities, bring - patio area of the Campus Theatre. The ing danger, inspiring bravery, and inciting Protecting Mother Earth films begin at 7:30 pm. ingenuity from the most innocent. Tuesday, April 2, catch the thought pro - Friday, April 5, “ Demain Tout @ M UCKENTHALER CULTURAL CENTER voking “ Le Brio, The Brio ,” for a glimpse Commence, Two is a Family ,” a remake 1201 W. Malvern Ave., Fullerton www.themuck.org (714)738-6595 of the transformative power of words in of the Mexican comedy-drama the context of social, racial and gender “Instructions Not Included” shakes up Curated by artist Rowan Harrison, Native American community, including prejudice in Paris. Neila Salah is an immi - gender roles as a care-free player is con - “Protecting Mother Earth” is an exhibi - Corey Stein, Corina Roberts, Maree grant pursuing a law degree at the presti - fronted by his ex, who leaves him with his tion about the protection and conserva - Cheatham, Gail Werner, Terry Glad gious Assas Law School only to discover new daughter and disappears. tion of our natural environment from the Flores, C. M. Scott, Valena Dismukes, she has a class with an insulting professor Advance tickets are recommended and perspective of Native Americans, who, as Eric Tippeconnic, Rowan Harrison Nadia who cares nothing for political correct - on sale now at the box office (see number the original human inhabitants of the Reed, Peggy Fontenot, Laurie Steelink, ness. above). For more information, visit the western hemisphere, continue to have a Nadia LittleWarrior, Zoë Marieh Urness, Wednesday, April 3, catch “ Mein Blind French Film Festival website: unique relationship with the land. Randy Kemp, and Sheridan Macknight. Date mit Dem Leben, My Blind Date http://humanities.fullcoll.edu/foreign-lan - Protecting Mother Earth brings togeth - The exhibit is up through April 28. with Life ,” if you want a good comedy guages/french-film-festival er a group of over a dozen artists from the Page 16 FULLERTON OBSERVER COMMENTARY EARLY APRIL 2019

draw the line at violence and breaking OUT OF MY MIND things—but posing a minor inconven - Fullerton ience on some few folks, seemed to be by Jon Dobrer © 2019 warranted. Observer Now “Disrupting” is taken as an auto - The Fullerton Observer Community matic virtue. Apple disrupted the tele - Newspaper , founded by Ralph and Please Politicians: Don’t Fight for Me phone industry with the iPhone. Its Mac Natalie Kennedy, Roy and Irene disrupted computing. Its walled garden Kobayashi, and other friends in 1978, I am very tired of political candidates may assume we understand the changes, strategy for selling apps disrupted apps. Its is staffed by local volunteers who cre - promising to “Fight” for me. Fight for none-the-less, we should examine them. musical sales and streaming disrupted, ate, publish, and distribute the paper better healthcare. Fight the entrenched I think it’s revelatory that some words and quickly destroyed, the old ways of lis - throughout our community. This ven - tening to and acquiring music. All good? ture is a not-for-profit one - revenues special interests. Fight for the environ - that once had negative connotations are ment and fight against climate change. As now seen as positive. Other words that Maybe. are plowed back into maintaining and Air B&B disrupted the hotel business. improving our independent, non-parti - much as I may love their policies or goals, were positive now are anathema to many. san, non-sectarian community newspa - I am troubled by all the fighting—both Is this just the natural and unstoppable Lyft and Uber disrupted transportation per. Our purpose is to inform Fullerton promised (threatened?) and real. evolution of living languages or does it and is destroying the taxi business. residents about the institutions and Sometimes it seems to me that the only influence our behavior? Personally, I’d prefer that technology other societal forces which most impact promise the politicians are likely to keep is When I was young, I was sometimes improve our lives and positively influence their lives, so that they may be empow - their pledge to “Fight.” Enough already! punished for being a disrup - our business models. Positive words may ered to participate in constructive ways The word and metaphor influence, I tive force in junior high. promote positive atti - to keep and make these private and believe, the politician’s actions and atti - Often bored, I would some - Once upon a time tudes and feelings of well public entities serve all residents in law - tudes and thus, rather unsurprising, lead times ask unanswerable or being more than negative ful, open, just, and socially-responsible politics was defined words and images. ways. Through our extensive local cal - to more fighting. They also influence our provocative questions. attitudes. Sometimes, I was sincerely as “The art of Then there’s the once endar and other coverage, we seek to positive word promote a sense of community and an And while we’re at it, can we also have a looking for understanding, compromise.” appreciation for the values of diversity peace treaty and end all of our damn but at least as frequently, I “Compromise” that with which our country is so uniquely wars—metaphorical and actual? Again, was going for a laugh. I was Today’s politics today connotes impurity and cowardice. Once blessed. the violent metaphor seems counter-pro - constantly accused, and not are all about ______ductive. Our War on Poverty seems to without just cause, of dis - upon a time politics was 10,000 issues of the Fullerton Observer have ended with poverty being victorious. rupting class. And back then not compromising. defined as “The art of are distributed throughout Fullerton Our War on Drugs, while still ongoing, is disrupting a class was defi - compromise.” Today’s and sent through the mail to subscribers All negotiations are a tough slog, only slightly less successful nitely a bad thing—except politics are all about not every two weeks except only once winner take all and compromising. All nego - in January, July & August. than our counter-insurgency strategy in that it led to a close personal Afghanistan. And Afghanistan, as part of relationship with the Boy’s loser taken for all. tiations are winner take How To Subscribe our War on Terrorism, is also not going Vice Principal. all and loser taken for all. Subscriptions are $35 per year. swimmingly. Today, being a disrupter is Now, to compromise is Sign up and pay with Credit Card at If we truly hate war, with all its violence, considered a good thing, a virtue. 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Davitian Fullerton EARLY APRIL 2019 COMMUNITY OPINIONS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 17 A View from ROSECRANS AVENUE The Next Generation by Nathan Wayne McColl Guerrero Superfund Site (22 acres) Are You Happy or Appalled About Drones Hovering Over Fullerton Homes? Clark Park A presentation at the Fullerton City only a few feet above her head! After ask - Council’s March 19 session revealed a new ing what regulations are in place for program initiated this year at Fullerton drones she found that it was illegal to fly College. Students will now have the over groups of people. opportunity to learn firsthand how to fly, The FDR (Federal Drone Registration) control, and safely handle drones. The states that “all new drone owners must class shows students how to use this state- register each drone that is purchased of-art technology for careers such as jour - weighing between 0.55 lbs to 55 lbs.” nalism. Another important regulation said the Mayor Protem Jennifer Fitzgerald and Fullerton College Journalism director is Councilmember Ahmad Zahra called it that while “drones can fly over your prop - “cutting edge,” while other council mem - erty, they can not stop” and hover. bers were appalled at the idea. Council member Jan Flory said she was at a local Find out more about the Fullerton College shopping center recently loading groceries classes at http://news.fullcoll.edu/first- into her car when a drone started hovering drone-journalism-class-takes-off/ Coyote Hills Golf Course How About Some Cats? Chased by Dogs McColl Dumpsite: A Toxic History I am a longtime subscriber to your out - Yes! I, too, have been chased by standing and progressive newspaper, As an vicious dogs while hiking on Fullerton’s - What About Now? ardent animal lover, I am wondering why great trails, just as Emerson Little the Young Observers page has never or describes in his video column. It’s In 2017, The Observer did a story on the We have had a historic amount of rain - rarely featured a cat as a pet for adoption. about time that the city of Fullerton McColl Dumpsite and how elevated levels fall this year and one has to wonder if all It's wonderful that the Young Observers started enforcing the leash ordinance of Tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) have been this rain may be affecting the migration of page has focused on canines and a rabbit on those trails. found in the ground water of off-site chemicals to off-site areas. but why not a loving, beautiful cat? Of all Public lands are not private back wells. As a long- time resident of the area, I the animals up for adoption at the OC yards. Dog owners should not be The story sited a 2017 report by C2 remember well the controversy, the denial Animal Care Center, cats need our help allowed to let their animals run wild, REM, the company that monitors the of guilt, the home owner lawsuits and the the most as cats have a tragic 75% chase people, and defecate on paths site, and included the disclosure that in EPA declaring the area a Superfund euthanasia rate. I hope that the Young that others walk on. 2005, tetrahydrothiophenes (THTs) were Hazardous Waste Site. Observers will include felines in the Irresponsible pet owners are making escaping the site, prompting the EPA to With the passage of time and changing Fullerton Observer as a way to encourage it not only difficult but dangerous for change the chemical trigger to benzene demographics, it appears that many adoption of these wonderful cats who other people, particularly elderly resi - and raise the trigger levels. homeowners in the area may be unaware need a loving, forever home. Thank you. dents who walk to keep in shape. I am wondering if there have been any of the history of the McColl Dumpsite Thank you to Emerson for bringing updates from C2 REM or the EPA regard - and the ongoing efforts to contain the Suzanne Feighery Fullerton this problem to the public’s attention ing the migration of chemicals from the hazardous waste that is still located there. with his column. site into off-site monitoring wells? Brad Williams Fullerton ED: Francine - the Editor of the Young Jimmy Perez Observers agreed with you. See page 9 Fullerton ED: That is a great question, Mr. Several “remedies” were proposed but Williams. According to the US EPA web - vetoed by the oil companies as being too site the area’s most recent 5-year evalua - expensive. The final solution completed Water Issues & More Housing tion was done in 2017 (when we had no in 1998 was to cap the toxins in place, and We really do not have to spend time on cost of water? rain). add a system for treating subsurface gases, paying for water depending upon the size At the same time the city wants to have Those interested can read the history of and monitor the area every five years. of the pipe that come from the water main me pay for water, depending upon the the “clean-up,” where they actually just In addition, the McColl Site Group (the into our homes. There is a simple solu - diameter of the supply pipe that was enclosed the toxins in a clay barrier, in old responsible oil companies) contractor C2 tion. See the following example. installed when this house was built, --they Observers and on the US EPA website at REM is in charge of visiting the site When I go to a grocery store and buy a also want to have 750 new homes built in https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfil monthly and annual sampling of the air gallon of milk, it costs about $3. If I buy Coyote Hills. es/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.Cleanup&i filter and water for compliance to ensure two gallons of milk, it costs me twice as Water is already in short supply, so why d=0901757#bkground. levels of the triggering toxin benzene in air much. add 750 homes so that more water will be Inspired by your letter the Observer has and in the underlying plume in the shal - In regard to the cost of water, if I pay a used? The point is that with water in short a call into the EPA asking whether the low aquifer. The last 5-year assessment in certain amount of money because I used supply, why add more structures that will recent heavy rains might warrant an earli - 2017 concluded the system is functioning 1,000 gallons of water in a two-week peri - use more water? er reinspection - rather than wait until the as designed though elevated TBA (tert- od of time and compare that with some - The vote of the public should be taken next one scheduled for 2022. butyl alcohol) was detected above the one who used 500 gallons in the same into consideration when it comes to A brief history, for newcomers to town. limit possibly indicating the edge of a amount of time, I would pay twice as Coyote Hills. The City Council is sup - From 1942 to 1946, the 22-acre McColl migrating contaminent plume. much. posed to be made up of representatives of site in Fullerton was a disposal area for Meanwhile, even for that less than great That makes sense and it does not "the people" therefore why oppose the petroleum refinery waste. During that clean-up solution, the EPA had to take the require involved computer work. Why results of a vote by the public? period, 72,600 cubic yards of waste were oil companies to court for years in order can't that simple example take care of the Charles E. Geitner Fullerton deposited in 12 unlined pits, or sumps. to get them to pay for the “remedy” they Refinery operations took place on land had lobbied for. located north and northwest of the site. The City of Fullerton, which approved Coyote Hills Golf Course and homes the nearby development, settled lawsuits were built on land next to the site in the from the 141 residents for $2.5 million HOW TO VOICE YOUR OPINION late 50s and 60s and the sump areas cov - and spent another quarter million fighting ered with layers of drilling mud and fill the case. Also sued were the developers The Community Opinion pages provide an open forum for the commu - material. Shea Co. and William Lyon Co. who set - nity. Opinions are those of the writers. The Observer accepts comments on In the late 1970s nearby residents com - tled for $3 million. any subject of interest. Shorter comments are easier to place. We must ver - plained of bad smells and illnesses that they thought were caused by the site. ify your identity but we only print name, and town, If a reasonable case for The city ignored the complaints until Homeless Article Excellent remaining anonymous can be made we allow no name in print. Thanks! then Senator Tom Hayden was contacted The article on the report on homeless and got the California and US EPA to population was excellent. The facts were Send comments by email to: come out. Tests found numerous toxins current and informative. The homeless [email protected] including Benzene and THT threatening problem needs to be addressed. Informed or by mail to groundwater and McColl was declared a citizens make better citizens. Thank you Fullerton Observer, PO Box 7051, Fullerton CA 92834 Superfund site (one of the most toxic in for a job of responsible journalism well the nation at that time) in 1983. done. Jerry Young Fullerton Page 18 FULLERTON REST IN PEACE WE REMEMBER YOU EARLY APRIL 2019

DOLORES YVONNE PUCKETT CELEBRATION OF LIFE APRIL 5 In the early hours of Friday, March 15, Her hobbies included enjoying an active 2019, Dolores Yvonne Puckett, beloved social life, reading, traveling, camping, wife, mother, grandmother and dear playing tennis and golf, bowling, making friend, passed from this world just shy of it down the ski slopes, and excelling in her 80th birthday. competitive charades. She fought bravely for three years Dolores is now peacefully at rest, in the against breast cancer. Her final days were company of her mother and father, Eva spent surrounded by family and Javier Vigil. She is sur - in the comfort of her home vived by sisters Patricia and of 45 years in Fullerton. Melissa, husband Norman, “Dodie” was born March children Robin and Ryan 21, 1939, in El Paso, Texas (Sarah), and grandchildren and moved with her family Whitney and Hayley. to East Los Angeles in Her infectious spirit and 1941. She graduated from humor will be missed. Garfield High in ‘56 and Over the course of her life, continued her education at she profoundly influenced Fullerton Junior College, many lives and was truly Long Beach State, and loved by all. Whittier College, where A Celebration of Life she received a Masters in will take place at the First Education. Presbyterian Church of MARGINAL VIEW “Mrs. Puckett” taught elementary Fullerton at 838 N. Euclid, Fullerton, on When wedge-shaped notches appear tooth-colored bonding agent. The school for 34 years; first in Little Lake and Friday, April 5 at 11:00 AM. in teeth at the “gingival margin” (gum - bonding agent dentists use to repair then the Fullerton School District. In lieu of flowers, please make dona - line), the cause is not always tooth teeth is a composite material that takes During that time she enriched young tions to support metastatic breast cancer decay. Instead, this loss of tooth struc - a few minutes to apply, shape, and pol - minds in bilingual and GATE curricula. research at www.metavivor.org and/or the ture is often attributed to “bruxism” ish, and lasts for years. She made science cool and brought First Presbyterian Church to assist with (tooth grinding) or acid reflux that We never consider our training to be important youth literature to life. She was construction of a new pre-school play - leads to tooth erosion. Called “abfrac - complete. We believe that quality care a firm, fair, and fun teacher. ground. tion,” not only does this disappearance requires constant, continuing educa - of tooth structure pose a threat to the tion. From the latest in cosmetic proce - integrity of the tooth, but it is also dures to halting bruxism to complete often unsightly and painful. The first restorations, our patients trust us with step in treating abfraction is addressing their care, so we feel we owe it to them the underlying cause, such as a night to share the knowledge we have learned guard for bruxism and medication and and provide the most up-to-date treat - lifestyle changes for acid reflux. The ment available. For personalized atten - dentist can fix the aesthetic and struc - tion from dedicated specialists and tural aspects of the problem by filling comprehensive dental care for the fam - the missing portion of the tooth with a ily call us for an appointment. 501 N. Cornell Ave., Suite 1, Fullerton 92831. To schedule an appointment please call 714-992-0092 www.paulnelsondental.com EARLY APRIL 2019 NEWS, CROSSWORD & CLASSIFIEDS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 19

San Onofre Nuclear Plant Penalty OUR TOWN CROSSWORD © 2019 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission A letter sent to the company provided has proposed a $116,000 civil penalty to details about the proposed civil penalty. ANSWER KEY Southern California Edison Co. for two Southern California Edison has 30 “Y ADDA , Y ADDA , violations of NRC requirements related days to dispute the fine or request YADDA ” on page 7: to an Aug. 3 fuel-loading incident at its involvement of a neutral third-party San Onofre Nuclear Plant located in San mediator to resolve the issues. The com - Clemente which ceased operations in pany has committed not to resume fuel 2013. loading without NRC approval. The violations related to the failure to ensure the availability of important safe - ty equipment to provide redundant drop Chamber of protection for a spent fuel canister during downloading operations into a storage Commerce Moves vault. The violations also included failure PUZZLE MASTER to make a timely notification to the NRC The former Fullerton (now North Valerie Brickey Operations Center following the inci - Orange County) Chamber of was born in Fullerton dent. The violations are described in an Commerce has moved from the upstairs and returned to raise NRC special inspection report dated corner of Harbor and Chapman in her family here. This is Dec. 19, 2018. downtown Fullerton to a new office at her 101st Crossword NRC held a conference on Jan. 24 in 100 W. Valencia Mesa Drive, Suite 250. for the Observer! She Arlington, Texas, to discuss preliminary Still in Fullerton and the phone number has been contributing findings identified by the special inspec - is the same too--714-871-3100. puzzles since 2014. tion team. The event was open to public Meanwhile what is going in that great observation and available via a webcast. upstairs space? Stay tuned. YWCA Event Raises $40,000 LOCAL ONLY CLASSIFIEDS The YWCA of Orange County’s 27th Ret. Fullerton Police Captain Lorraine Call (714) 525-6402 Annual Grand Gala on Saturday, March Jones became a game changer at an early 16 drew over 120 guests and raised age. Lorraine has been a positive force in The Fullerton Observer provides space for NEIGHBORS to advertise. To par - $40,000 to support programs and servic - Fullerton for decades and her police ticipate you must have a local phone number. Contractors must provide valid es that benefit women and their families. career has been one of great distinction. licenses. Editor reserves right to reject any ad not considered suitable for our Northgate González Market and Ret. After being sworn in as a police officer in family newspaper. The cost of a classified is $10 for 50 words or less per issue. Fullerton Police Captain Lorraine Jones 1986, Jones worked in Patrol, Crime Payment is by check only. were recognized as Game Changers in Scene Investigation, Detectives, Accident The Observer assumes no liability for ads placed here. However, if you have a Orange County. Investigation and Recruiting. In 2002, complaint or compliment about a service, please let us know at (714) 525- Northgate González Market was the she was promoted to the rank of sergeant. 6402. Call City Hall at (714) 738-6531 to inquire about business licenses. recipient of the YWCA-OC Corporate She became a lieutenant in 2010 and the Social Responsibility and Community first woman captain of the Fullerton For contractor license verification go to the California State Contractor Engagement Award. Their markets have Police Department in 2012. 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HOME REPAIR FULLERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT JOB OPENINGS LICENSED HOME SERVICES •Bus Driver Training Classes Roofing, Dry Rot, Windows, Doors, Unpaid training Fences, Gates, Patio Covers •Bus Driver $19.945 - $25.55/hour CSLB #744432. •Bus Driver Trainer Free estimates (714) 272-8702 $4,014 - $5,134/mo THE F OOLERTOON OBSORBER If the annual April 1st issue page isn’t funny don’t complain You can contribute funnir stuff next year. • Foolertoon Obsorber Est 1778 DISCLAIMER : Any ficticous or real names and/or other attributes resembling any living or no longer existing or yet to exist people, things, corps, civic groups, or photos featured in stories on this page are purley ficticous . •C HIEF DIGITAL CEO VP & M ARKETING : D ULI SAIDAI • D ATABASE : J. D UCK • C OPY EDITOR /P ROOF : K RI SROMER & P ERRY TENDRICKS • D ISTRIBUTION : R AY & R ENEI OBAYSHI , J ORIE MARR , L EAH SALLY •S KOOL RETORTS : Y AN OLDGAL & V. I VEN • E DITORS : V U DOTI , E. B IG •C OMMENTARY : D O UBER & V. D UCK •C ROSSED WORDS : B RICK EY • C OLUMNSISTS : M AY JAR , D EE OLLAR , S ING D • CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 COLLEGE TOWN PLAN FAUX THEATER OPENS SCRAPPED FOR PTOWN Photo, caption, story, research & layout by Hess Le Beau U After decades of waiting, the Faux Theater Foundation DOWNTON FOWLERTON announced today that it would finally open the historic theater to the public with a full slate of exciting programming, includ - DISTRICT by Spat Salt ing independent films, local theater performances, and live California State University Fullerton music shows. “The residents of Fullerton ‘saved’ the theater back has announced plans to drop their contro - in 2001,” said Faux Fullerton president Clevland Pilson, versial College Town project in favor of a “Eighteen years later, It’s about time they were able to experience new, edgier mixed retail, dining, and resi - what they saved.” Pilson said that, although further renovations dential district to be called FCDU remain to be completed, the theater will use proceeds from tick - (Fowlerton Central Downtown Uptown). et sales to fund further renovations. “The Faux is open for busi - The district will feature loft style bars with ness,” Pilson said, “after years of - continued on page 5 thru 43 open floor plans where the city’s younger 2020 Mandatory License Plate Law clientele can dance with their mobile Chevron Donates All of Coyote Hills devices, brick and mortar stores where Takes Effect photo & text by Garre Jeene by Hess Le Beau consumers can order bricks, mortar, and The new Calffornia License Plate Law goes into effect as Nature Preserve In a surprising new development, Chevron has decided to other construction materials online, and a February of this month. Plates that fail to carry the mandatory scrap its development plans for West Coyote Hills, citing its minimum of twelve soft serve frozen Em Eye See Kay Ee Why Em Oh You Es Ee monekur will be respect for the will of the voters and environmental concerns. yogurt/tattoo parlors. jailed, fined or possibly be forced to sing “It’s a Small World” “We have had a change of heart,” said Chevron CEO Leeroy over and over again. - See Early October 2021 issue for more Bar Owners Vow Jenkins, “We recognize that in 2012 the majority of Fullerton DOUBLE -D ECKER ROUNDABOUT voters made their views clear that they do not want development to Pay for Downtown on West Coyote Hills, “We respect their will.” APPROVED , C ONSTRUCTION slated In a statement, Jenkins noted that, given Chevron’s environ - Clean-Up by Jill Rind by Spike Fritto mental record, including massive pollution in Ecuador and Peru, Recognizing the negative impacts that for Mid April the company is taking a new direction. their businesses have on the downtown In order to alleviate issues at the corner of Orangethorpe and “We recognize the fact that, in the past, our company has prof - area—vomiting, public urination, fights, Harbor, one of the busiest in all of So Cal, a double decker ited off of environmental degradation and contributed to climate DUIs—the Downtoon Foolertoon Bar roundabout will begin construction in May. Motorists will fly change,” the statement said, “We are trying to atone for our sins Owners Association announced today over going north and south, and under going east and west. by donating this small piece of land and a chicken to the City of that it would be creating a “Downtoon While this may prevent some from running the red light, the Foolertoon.” The statement also lauded the efforts of local group Clean-up Fund” out of their profits to inconvenience is predicted to be made up for in the lowering of The Friends of Coyote Hills for their persistence in putting peo - maintain Foolertoon’s historic downtoon. insurance premiums. Turn signals will be encouraged, and ple over profits. - continued on page 510 The fund, which would be created out instructions on how to use them will be texted to BMW and of 10% of all sales after 10pm, would also Prius owners. - continued on page 6.5 CSUF Goes Tuition Free be used to pay for the extra police, fire, The newly-appointed CSUF president dropped a bombshell and emergency staff who are regularly dis - Woodcrest Park Plan Delayed in his first official act as president of the largest CSU in patched to downtown late at night. California. “Given the student debt crisis, and the crushing bur - “We recognize that we have created a for New Bridge Design by Salt & Rind den it places on college graduates today, we have decided to problem, and we want to clean up our A long-awaited plan to upgrade facilities in Woodcrest Park remove tuition at CSUF,” the president said. He noted that this mess,” said an Association representative. has been further delayed by the addition of a new pedestrian was not a new policy, but in fact a return to the original vision bridge to welcome visitors. The seven foot Chinese garden- of the CSU system when it was first created. ALCOHOL BEVERAGE styled red and black wooden structure will arch gracefully over a The president quoted from the 1960 Master Plan for Higher small drainage grating in the lawn near the sidewalk, activating Education in California: “The two governing boards [CSU and CONTROL CREATES the site from the street. At $238.14, the bridge represents a slight UC] reaffirm the long established principle that state colleges cost overrun of the project budget. and the University of California shall be free to all residents of NEW DESIGNATION FOR the state.” When asked how the school would survive financial - •Page 15: High Speed Rail Demonstration Rides PRE -LOAD OFFSITE I ly, the president said that they were cutting the pay of senior N at 2029 Railroad Days administration, himself included, and halting all new construc - by K. LaCluesy S •Page 4.5: New State Law Requires Election tion of non-education facilities. He said they would also begin with photos by Salt & Rind I Runner Up to Serve as Alternate lobbying the state to fully fund higher education in California, Recognizing the need to be more D in case of Vacant Council Seat as it is an investment in the future. - Also by Hess Le Beau responsive to millennials with limited E incomes, the state agency controlling sales of alcohol has proposed creating a new designation for offsite beverage consump - tion in parked automobiles. In addition to existing rules governing bars and restau - rants that sell alcoholic drinks for on-site consumption and those for retail stores selling bottled and canned beverages, the CA Doopartment of Alcoholic Beverage Control will now allow for up to 12 parked vehicles per block on city streets and 32 vehicles for each level of public parking structures where purchased alco - holic beverages may be consumed en masse by groups of youthful drinkers too strapped for cash to buy drinks in a bar. “It’s just basic fairness,” explained an agency commissioner.