Dr. Jim Elsasser, the superintendent of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, announced this week that he is leaving to become superintendent of the Claremont
Turning Point USA, a high-profile conservative group whose mission is to “train, identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote freedom” is coming to Fullerton
Will party loyalty be a factor in whether Attorney General Rob Bonta gives the go ahead to an incompatible offices lawsuit against Beckie Gomez, who
The Orange County Board of Education voted last night to reduce the compensation of Orange Superintendent of Schools Al Mijares, lowering his base pay from
In front of a board room packed to overflowing, the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Board of Education voted 3-2 to ban Critical Race Theory
Last week, the Placentia Yorba-Linda School Board moved forward with a resolution to keep Critical Race Theory (CRT) principles out of its classrooms. After hours
Kraemer Middle School students were sent home today after it was learned Assistant Principal Moises Plascencia committed suicide on the campus of the Placentia school
A judge has tentatively ruled against a lawsuit filed by a progressive political activist seeking to invalidate the appointment of Trustee Tim Shaw to the
Beckie Gomez, an elected member of both the Orange County Board of Education and the Tustin City Council, is being sued by a constituent ✎
In a stunning political development, members of the Orange County Democratic Party Central Committee voted overwhelmingly to endorse Buena Park Councilwoman Sunny Park, who is
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