Laura Zellerbach, former treasurer of the Fullerton Rangers Youth Soccer Club, faces 27 counts of embezzlement and other felonies in connection with $250,000 allegedly taken from the club.
Category: Fullerton
Fullerton, home to Cal State Fullerton and a busy downtown, has about 140,000 residents. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, city services and downtown.
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Years After Thomas Beating, Fullerton Police Have New Approach to Homeless
Five years ago, the department earned nationwide scorn for the horrific beating death of Kelly Thomas, a mentally ill homeless man. Now the department’s homeless liaison unit works with a local nonprofit to get people off the street.
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Fullerton Soccer Club Dealing With Embezzlement Charges
The District Attorney’s office is investigating the former treasurer of the Fullerton Rangers youth soccer club for possibly embezzling more than $190,000 from the volunteer organization, according to the Fullerton Police Department.
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New Zoning Plan Could Alleviate Parking Problems in Fullerton
The zoning concept, known as CollegeTown, would allow commercial and residential uses in the same building and give property owners more leeway to expand their businesses.
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Fitzgerald Is Fullerton’s New Mayor
The Fullerton City Council this week unanimously elected Councilwoman Jennifer Fitzgerald as mayor for a one-year term.
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Fullerton Settles Kelly Thomas Wrongful Death Suit for $4.9 Million
The Fullerton City Council Monday agreed to settle the suit brought by Ron Thomas, the father of the mentally-ill transient who died in 2011 after being beaten by six Fullerton police officers.
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Jury Selection Begins in Kelly Thomas Civil Trial
The father of Thomas, a mentally ill transient who died after being beaten by Fullerton police, has sued the city as well as the officers and two former police chiefs.
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Cal State Fullerton Professor Gets Hearing on Textbook Flap
Alain Bourget, who was reprimanded for declining to assign a textbook to his students that was written by the university’s math department chairman, appealed his punishment at a grievance hearing Friday.
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Battle Over Textbook Provides Window Into CSUF Faculty Politics
Alain Bourget, an associate math professor at Cal State Fullerton, is slated to have an administrative hearing Friday about a reprimand he received for using a different textbook in an introductory math class than the one officially sanctioned by the department, which was written by the department chair.
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Fullerton Parents Demand Action at Dangerous School Intersection
Parents with children attending Pacific Drive Elementary School want a streetlight at the intersection before “somebody gets hit, or killed.”
