Category: Placentia

3 Killed, 8 Others Injured, in Suspected DUI Crash in Placentia

January 26, 2023
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PLACENTIA, Calif.—A 24-year-old Santa Ana man was in police custody Jan. 26 on suspicion of driving under the influence and causing a two-vehicle crash that killed two adults and a 10-year-old girl in Placentia. Placentia Police Department officers responded at 8:45 p.m. Jan. 25 to the intersection of Orangethorpe Avenue and South Melrose Street where…

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Placentia Approved to Build Senior Community Center in Tri-City Regional Park

December 8, 2022
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The City of Placentia is set to build and operate a 35,000-square-foot senior community center in Orange County’s Tri-City Regional Park, after receiving approval Dec. 6 from the Orange County Board of Supervisors. The community center will be located on the park’s northeast corner at 2301 N. Kraemer Boulevard. Placentia Councilwoman Rhonda Shader told The…

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Cal State Fullerton Prevents Student Teachers From Working in Placentia-Yorba Linda Schools Due to CRT Ban

October 21, 2022
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California State University Fullerton officials notified the Placentia-Yorba Linda School District this week that it has paused sending student teachers to work in the district due to the school board’s ban on critical race theory (CRT) in curriculum. Earlier this year, the school district approved a ban on the so-called CRT curriculum in classrooms to…

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School Board Remedies DA’s Allegations of Violating Transparency Law

August 24, 2022
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The Placentia-Yorba Linda school board voted earlier this month to remedy two board members’ alleged violations of a government transparency law as identified by the Orange County District Attorney’s office. The board voted 3–0 on Aug. 9 to approve a resolution that admits to alleged potential violations of the Brown Act, a law that requires…

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Man Charged with Kidnapping Child in Placentia

July 9, 2021
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A man was charged July 9 with scooping up a 6-year-old in Placentia and attempting to run away with the child before bystanders confronted him. Michael Christopher Foley, who has no known address, was charged with a felony count of kidnapping a child younger than 14 and a misdemeanor count of child annoyance….

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Community Rallies to Reopen Yorba Linda Schools

March 10, 2021
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About 70 parents, teachers, and students rallied outside the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) office March 9 to show their support for schools reopening. Supervisor Don Wagner, a keynote speaker at the event, was among those lobbying for a full-time return to classrooms. “It is perfectly safe, we believe, based on the science, to let the kids get back…

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Trustee Fights Back After Being Criticized for Attending Trump Rally

January 18, 2021
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A trustee for the Placentia-Yorba Linda School District (PYLSD)—who was once part of an anti-terrorism effort by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department following the 9/11 attacks—is being accused of being a terrorist for participating in the pro-President Donald Trump rally in Washington D.C. Jan. 6. Leandra Blades went on a “girls’ trip” to D.C. to hear Trump speak because she’s always wanted to go…

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Yorba Linda Trustee Responds to Criticism for Attending Trump Rally

January 18, 2021
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A trustee for the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) who was once part of an anti-terrorism effort by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department following the 9/11 attacks says her attendance at the pro-President Donald Trump rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 doesn’t make her a “terrorist” or an “insurrectionist,” as her detractors have claimed. Leandra Blades went on a “girls’ trip”…

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