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The City of Anaheim has hired David Belmer as its new planning director to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of long-time Planning Director Sherri Vander Dussen. From the city’s press release: David Belmer will join the City of Anaheim as Planning Director, effective May 26, it was approved and announced at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. Belmer brings ...

Anaheim Public Utilities’ water and electric systems have received high marks for long-term bonds from Fitch Ratings and Standard &Poor’s (S&P) ratings services, two leading global credit rating agencies. Fitch Ratings and S&P assigned Anaheim’s water and electric systems with ‘AAA’ and ‘AA-’ grades, respectively. “Anaheim Public Utilities is committed to providing our residents with safe and reliable water and power services at competitive rates,” said Dukku Lee, Anaheim Public Utilities general manager. “The bond ratings allow us to move ...

To kick off Wildfire Awareness Week held during the first week of May, Anaheim Fire & Rescue is hosting a Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on Saturday, May 2 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Community members are invited to join fire personnel in prepping the area for Anaheim’s first FireSafe Garden in front of Fire Station No. 10 located at 8270 ...

The official groundbreaking for the Anaheim Convention Center Expansion – the seventh such expansion — will take place on Tuesday, April 21. Ground. This expansion promises to add more meeting space, more economic impact, more jobs. WHEN: Tuesday, April 21, 11 a.m. WHAT: Seventh expansion to the LEED-certified Anaheim Convention Center, adding an additional 200,000 square feet of flexible meeting space ...

Natural Products Expo West partnered with Second Harvest food bank after the March 2015 trade show. More than 83,000 pounds of food donated by vendors produced 69,200 meals to feed local Anaheim and Orange County residents in need. This video is the latest installment of the Faces of Tourism video series – revealing meaningful real-life stories of individuals, families and ...

The Anaheim Health Fair, with the help of founding partners at GBS Linens, Inc. and Anekant Community Center, will celebrate its ninth anniversary in 2015. Dr. Nitin Shah and Mr. Pravin Mody have dedicated their time and expertise to organize health fairs that ensure individuals and families throughout Anaheim can enjoy free access to basic medical attention. This is the ...

Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley will speak at the April 17 meeting of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee Meeting. Kelley serves as the Registrar of Voters for the fifth largest voting jurisdiction in the United States, serving more than 1.6 million registered voters. He joined the County as Chief Deputy Registrar of Voters in May 2004. ...

  Click here for the event flyer with reservation form. For more information on this worthy community event, contact Debbie Herman at herrmm@aol.com or 714-264-1014

On Monday, December 8, 2014, from 6:30 AM – 8:00 AM, Anaheim Police Department Cops 4 Kids held its second annual “Shop with a Cop” event. [Click here to watch the heart-warming video of the event.] Sixty (60) APD officers volunteered their time to shop with sixty (60) at-risk and/or low-income children from throughout the city. Each officer-child pair was ...