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Parents of children in the Tustin Unified School District (TUSD) say they’re frustrated after the school board’s emails exacerbated their fears of critical race theory (CRT) being taught in schools. After a group of about 20 parents learned their children were given a “white savior assignment” and “healthy kids” survey—which they claimed contain elements of CRT—without their knowledge, they submitted a public records…

Tustin Nonprofit Expands With Help of Mystery Millionaire

An anonymous $4 million donation has helped a Tustin, California, nonprofit expand a facility that helps homeless veterans get off the streets. Orange County Rescue Mission began working to expand its Tustin Veterans Outpost site last year after that mystery donation allowed it to realize a long-held dream of growing the center. “We started talking…

Anaheim Considers Hourly Wage Increase for Some Workers

Anaheim, Calif. is the latest Orange County city to consider hazard pay—also known as “hero pay”—for certain employees. City council will discuss during its May 11 meeting the possibility of a temporary pay hike of $3 to $5 per hour for grocery, retail, and drug store workers. “While we celebrate [our essential workers] and thank them, what they really need is support in their wages,” Councilmember Jose Moreno,…

Coroner Identifies Man Killed in Tustin Crash

TUSTIN—A 67-year-old man killed in a single-vehicle crash in Tustin was publicly identified May 10. He was Frank Goetz of Irvine, according to the Orange County coroner’s office. Goetz crashed his car into a heavy guardrail on the side of the road on Moffett Drive under the Jamboree overpass at around 11:50 a.m. May 9,…

Diamond Bar Man Arrested in Fatal Tustin Crash

TUSTIN—A 29-year-old Diamond Bar man was arrested in connection with a fatal crash after he fled Tustin police, authorities said April 19. The chain of events began about 8:45 a.m. April 18, when Tustin police were called to the 2800 block of Park Avenue, following reports of an unresponsive driver, said Lt. Bill Bingham of…

Tustin Crash Kills 24-Year-Old Woman

A 24-year-old Anaheim woman is dead following a Feb. 23 suspected impaired driving-related crash in Tustin. The woman was a passenger in a BMW sedan heading southbound on the 55 Freeway, just north of the I-5 freeway, California Highway Patrol (CHP) said. The car she was riding in crashed into the back of a Lexus SUV about 2:05…

Catalytic Converter Thefts are Rising in Orange County

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) says it has seen a 650 percent increase in catalytic convertor thefts throughout the past year. There were 542 converters reported stolen to the OCSD last year, compared to 83 in 2019, department data shows. “It’s probably due to a lot of people out of work, they need to get…

Mom Struggles to Get Son’s Cancer Treated Amid Pandemic, Insurance Problems

After living week-to-week in the cheapest hotel she could find, Wendy Onofre, 27, was relieved to find a two-bedroom apartment in Anaheim, California, where she now resides with her fiancé, Davi Johnson, 26, their newborn son, and her five other children. The family hit a rough patch, having lost their jobs amid the pandemic cutbacks…

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