Category: Anaheim City

How the City of Anaheim Gives In to Special Interests | Tom Tait

June 17, 2022
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Special interests are becoming more bold in California and are helping people get elected into city governments while demanding favors in return. My guest is Tom Tait, former mayor of Anaheim. He explains how a group of special interests have been controlling the city council, and he gives us his behind-the-scenes experience facing these special…

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Disney California Adventure Welcomes Lunar New Year With Festivities All Month Long

January 25, 2022
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ANAHEIM, Calif.—The Year of the Tiger is filling Disney California Adventure with health and prosperity as the theme park celebrates Lunar New Year until February—bringing tributes to Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean cultures. Live entertainment along with special surprises will be available throughout the park for parkgoers to enjoy, according to the Disneyland website. Disney fans…

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Disneyland Lightning Lane Price Hikes in Time for Christmas

December 23, 2021
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Disneyland’s newest Lightning Lane feature sees prices jump as the holiday crowd enters the theme park gates. The price for the Individual Lightning Lanes in Disney California Adventure Park increases from $7 to $18 per ride for Spider-Man Web Slingers and Radiator Springs Racers. While the Individual Lightning Lanes have an $11 jump, the Disney…

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Anaheim Police Officer Saves Packages From Porch Pirates

December 20, 2021
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ANAHEIM, Calif.—An Anaheim police officer recovered stolen packages for five families after a victim captured a detailed description of the suspects’ car on Dec. 17. The package pirates were traveling around the Anaheim and Yorba Linda border in a Honda Pilot seeking freshly delivered packages when one victim captured the suspects’ car through a front-door…

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Veterans Cemetery Breaks Ground in Anaheim

December 9, 2021
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ANAHEIM, Calif.—Orange County officials celebrated a groundbreaking for a new veterans cemetery at Gypsum Canyon in Anaheim Hills on Dec. 8 with the planting of a flagpole. To further advance the project, State Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) amended a Senate bill to order a feasibility study on the Gypsum Canyon site, which is a necessary step…

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Anaheim Electricity Bills to Increase as City Moves Toward Renewable Energy

November 17, 2021
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As Anaheim continues moving toward renewable energy to meet state standards, electricity rates can go up significantly, according to Elden Krause, the city’s integrated resources planner. Consumers can expect to pay a 15 to 20 percent increase, according to data from the 2018 Integrated Resources Plan (IRP), yet the next IRP to be released might…

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Mickey’s Toontown at Disneyland to Close Next Year for Renovation

November 15, 2021
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ANAHEIM, Calif.—Mickey Mouse’s Toontown at Disneyland will close in March 2022 to undergo a reimagining of the space, alongside a new attraction called Mickey and Minnie’s Runway Railway, theme park officials announced Nov. 15. When Toontown reopens in early 2023, Disneyland officials said, their “imagineers” have envisioned all-new experiences so families and young children will…

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