From Anaheim First: YOUR VOICE IS IMPORTANT – TAKE THE ONLINE SURVEY TODAY! The district-based Town Halls held weekly from August 28th thru October 2nd, facilitating the Anaheim Community Assessment, were a big success. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported these programs. Mayor Harry Sidhu and the City Council are supporting $250 million for city neighborhoods over ...

From Anaheim First: Anaheim First has completed the first-round of town halls in all six city council districts, successfully accomplishing a critical phase in the Anaheim Community Assessment – an innovative partnership between Anaheim First and the City of Anaheim to engage residents in the prioritization of future neighborhood investments. Jointly funded by Anaheim First and the City of Anaheim, ...

From the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce: ANAHEIM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION HOSTS 2019 MAYOR’S PRAYER BREAKFAST WHAT:  The 2019 Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast hosted by Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu and presented by the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Foundation. People of all faiths are invited to this inspiring morning where business partners, local leaders and Anaheim neighbors gather in the spirit of ...

  From the Anaheim Fall Festival: 2019’s Anaheim Fall Festival marks a return to homespun goodness with hand crafted old-timey carnival games, local entertainment, our pumpkin patch, the traditional Kiddie Costume Contest, the Howl-o-Ween Pooch Pawrade, and themed food offerings on Center Street Promenade. All activities will be low-or-no cost to enhance the family friendly nature of this event…come early, ...

[From the Editor: We live in a time when a highly-ideological cadre of academics and educators, with growing boldness, seek to use our public schools as vehicles teaching our youth to view America’s founding and history in a warped and negative way. This is evident in the model state ethnic studies curriculum being fashioned for use in public high schools. ...

From Behind The Badge: Officer Abdul Hailed As Hero At Anaheim PD Following Make-A-Wish Adventure By Greg Hardesty The little boy enthusiastically voiced his request from the back of the Anaheim PD patrol car. “More crime. I want more crime.” His sentiment was understandable. After all, Abdul Abedi, 6, had just saved the day at Knott’s Berry Farm after bad ...

The District 3 town hall organized by Anaheim First last week marked the half-way point in the first phase of gathering resident input for the Anaheim Community Assessment. The assessment will help guide how the 2030 Neighborhood Investment Program allocates a proposed $250 million investment by the city in neighborhoods over the next decade. Approximately 130 people participated in the ...

From Anaheim Brewery: Anaheim Brewery’s flagship beer, Anaheim 1888®, won a Gold medal at the first ever California Craft Brewers Cup (CCBC). The competition is a partnership with the Brewers Guilds of California and the California Craft Brewers Association (CCBA) to recognize the best craft beers in the state of California. The competition had a total of 1,266 entries from ...

There was a capacity crowd at last week’s District 2 town hall meeting organized by Anaheim First, as more than 100 residents gathered together to discuss how they’d like the city to prioritize $250 million in neighborhood investment pledged by Mayor Harry Sidhu in his State of the City address. The town hall was held at the Brookhurst Community Center ...

Anaheim First is holding its District 2 town hall meeting the evening of Wednesday, September 4 at the Brookhurst Community Center from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.  This is the second in a series of six town halls – one in each council district – being held as part of the Anaheim Community Assessment being conducted by Anaheim First in partnership ...