The Fullerton College Art Gallery presents a selection of fine art prints from the Fullerton College Art Collection. This will be the first exhibition that will feature all of the prints created […]
Fullerton residents interested in learning about North Orange County history should visit the Susanna Bixby Bryant Museum and Botanic Garden, one of the last remaining examples of early California Ranch houses. Built […]
District 5 City Councilperson Ahmad Zahra, who serves as Fullerton’s representative on the Board of the Orange County Water District (OCWD), hosted a community event called “Let’s Talk Water” on August 24 […]
Electricity was in the air, and the Bowery in Downtown Fullerton was packed with family and friends as everyone gathered around the big screens, fortifying themselves with full plates of breakfast and […]
On Saturday, August 24th at 6:00pm, the Fullerton Museum Center unveils its newest exhibit, Sharks: On Assignment with Brian Skerry. Guests can expect dinner, live entertainment, a curator talk and guided tour […]
At their August 20th meeting, Fullerton City Council unanimously approved up to $350,000 to establish a Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program (TBRA) in senior mobile home parks funded through the federal HOME […]
In the wake of three recent mass shootings (Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton), I was intrigued to learn that the Crossroads of the West Gun Show was headed to the Orange County […]
Anthony Kharrat, a 15-year old Life Scout with Fullerton’s Troop 292, was a student at Laguna Road Elementary School in Fullerton from 2009 to 2016. During his years at Laguna, Anthony had […]
O-centric: Orange County’s New Play Festival stages four compelling works from OC playwrights that tell stories you don’t typically see in local theatre, stories that need to be told. This year’s festival […]
“Puffs, or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic” by Matt Cox is a Potter-inspired comedy for anyone who has ever felt like a secondary character in […]
At their August 6 meeting, Fullerton City Council decided not to enact a temporary rent hike moratorium for mobile home parks. The item was originally placed on the agenda at the request […]
Amtrak is the brand name of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, the national intercity passenger railroad of the United States. After the Santa Fe, Pacific Electric, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific (described […]
For many years, cities like Fullerton had one primary (legal) tool for dealing with the visible presence of homelessness in the form of encampments—anti-camping ordinances that prevented people from sleeping overnight on […]
The California Art Club continues over a century of tradition, presenting America’s stunning and varied landscapes in paintings for a special group exhibition dedicated to the Fall Season, entitled “Autumn Impressions: Painting […]
On Thursday night, August 8, 30-35 people joined in a public witness act organized by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Orange in support of families who continue to be inhumanely separated […]
Restoration began this week of the iconic “Ninos Del Mundo” mural painted in 1994 by famed Chicano artist Emigdio Vasquez and his son Higgy. Back in May, Fullerton City Council voted to […]
On Tuesday, August 6, various public safety and community groups gathered in the downtown plaza for “National Night Out.” “National Night Out is a nationwide community involvement effort on behalf of each […]
Fullerton’s Golden Hill Little League Junior team (13 and 14 year olds) is undefeated this season (16-0) and is heading to Taylor, Michigan representing the West Region in the Little League Junior […]
Two recent scandals force the question: Is public safety the top priority of either the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) or SoCal Edison as they lurch forward in removing spent nuclear waste from cooling pools and loading into […]
Not since Robert Redford and Paul Newman shared the screen in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” have two major actors combined their star power to create a movie so filled with […]
The Presidential Primary Election is March 3, 2020 and Orange County will be using a new voting process approved by the state legislature in 2016, known as the Voters’ Choice Act. The […]
Every time I’ve walked through the library on my way to peruse the comic book section or visit the Friends’ bookstore, I’ve noticed a locked room behind a series of glass windows […]
Downtown Fullerton recently got a little more beautiful, as local artists recently completed paintings of four city-owned utility boxes. The public art program was organized and sponsored by city and the Fullerton […]
In today’s current political climate, the issue of immigration has become extremely polarized. Democrats advocate for the rights of immigrants (documented and undocumented), and Republicans clamor for a border wall to stem […]
The ground breaking ceremony on July 10 for construction of the Buena Park Homeless Navigation Center brought together a partnership of officials from cities, nonprofits, the County of Orange and the State […]
The Fullerton and Santa Ana Armory homeless shelters will re-open beginning October 15 and remain open through April 15, 2020. The Armories will provide much-needed shelter to homeless individuals during the winter […]
A partnership with the Anaheim Public Library and Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, the upcoming exhibit “I Am an American” will feature personal testimonials, artifacts and memorabilia as well as give a […]
Cypress College, Fullerton College and North Orange Continuing Education (NOCE) have partnered with local non-profit Pathways of Hope to increase services for North Orange County’s students struggling with food and housing insecurity […]
On Friday, July 26, the Fullerton Museum Center Film series will be screening the film “Style Wars.” Style Wars is regarded as the definitive documentary about Graffiti and Hip-Hop culture, an indispensable […]
In an effort to protect 155 residents of Rancho La Paz mobile home park in Fullerton from the extreme rent increases imposed by the park’s new owner, Fullerton city council voted at […]
This international exhibition returns to the Brea Gallery once more to reveal the astonishing possibilities of colored pencils. Juried by Jean Stern, Executive Director of the Irvine Museum Collection at UCI, this […]
Billed as a comedy, “Late Night” is more ironic than funny. Setting out to make the case for TV needing more women and more diversity in its writers and late night performers, […]
Welcome to the Fullerton Observer Video Edition for July 2019. In this episode: power outage downtown, Fullerton police officer involved shooting, emergency homeless shelter crisis, the proposed Fullerton College stadium, rent control […]
Massive power outage affected over 13,000 homes and businesses in Fullerton on Monday, July 15 from 8pm to 12pm. Power was restored to most homes by midnight. About 700 homes still without […]
150-200 people gathered at the corner of State College and Imperial Highway in Brea for a “Lights for Liberty” vigil on July 12, expressing their opposition to the current administration’s immigration policies, […]
