Anaheim’s ‘Outside Agitators’?

Just after 5 p.m. on Aug. 1, fewer than a dozen protesters from Los Angeles-based activist group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) gathered on Anna Drive in front of the colorfully decorated Manuel… Read More →

Welcome to Anaheimistan

On July 29, several groups gathered in front of the Anaheim Police Department to demonstrate against a recent spate of police shootings including Occupy Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego. Theresa Smith, who… Read More →

Anaheim Protests Over Police Killings Spark Unrest

What started out as a peaceful protest in front of Anaheim City Hall on Tuesday escalated to city-wide unrest as crowds swelled up to 1,000 in the streets into the night. Over a… Read More →

Anaheim’s Cruzaders

On the afternoon of Dec. 11, 2009, the Anaheim Police Department received a tip that an armed parolee was roaming the back streets of Anaheim’s working-class Loara neighborhood. At the same time, Caesar… Read More →

Is the Anaheim City Council the Next Target for Recall Over Police Abuse?

As Fullerton residents anxiously awaited their City Council recall results on Tuesday night, a group of about a dozen protesters gathered at an Anaheim City Council meeting. The protesters were family members of Caesar Cruz, Justin Hertl, Joe Whitehouse and Martin Angel Hernandez; all shot to… Read More →

Anti-police brutality protests staged in Anaheim

Two separate demonstrations took place over the weekend protesting Anaheim Police officer-involved shootings. More than 100 residents of an Anaheim neighborhood took to the streets Saturday night in a march from Ponderosa Park… Read More →

A Mother Fights for Justice

She is a thorn in the side of the Anaheim Police Department.  At least, that’s what she has been told. Theresa Smith is the mother of Caesar Cruz, a 35-year-old Fullerton resident who… Read More →

Kelly Thomas: The Aftermath of a Local Tragedy

   Jim Arambula was sitting at the bus stop at the Fullerton Transportation Center when two men in suits came up to him. The men identified themselves as officials from the Orange County… Read More →

A Gracious Life Cut Short

It’s a quiet, affluent suburb in Orange County with residents who have been there for decades. Known as a safe city, it is seen as an ideal place for families to raise their… Read More →

Reality of Brutality

Theresa Smith has been feeling sick for the past few days. She has a fever and chills. She joked with her family that she has typhoid fever. Instead of resting in bed, she… Read More →