Following the Trump administration’s announcement on July 6 that international students cannot, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, continue to maintain their visa status while exclusively taking online/virtual courses, CSUF President […]
Fullerton City Council voted 4-1 (Whitaker “no”) at their June 7 meeting to place a 1.25 cent sales tax increase measure on the November 2020 General Election ballot, to help offset a […]
Fullerton Police officers were dispatched to the 400 block of W. Wilshire Ave regarding a child that was left in a vehicle and was not breathing On July 8. Officers immediately began […]
The Brea Olinda Unified School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously in a special meeting on July 7 to remove the Fanning name from the Fanning Academy of Science and Technology amid […]
The State of California has recently amended its guidance regarding youth sports practices, team drills and training and will no longer allow them to occur throughout the State. The State’s Day Camps […]
“The land we occupy today is the very same ground on which these terrible crimes took place. We Californians are the beneficiaries of genocide. I suspect few Californians today contextualize their homes […]
For the past several weeks, the City of Fullerton has been hosting a weekly virtual “Citizens Academy” on its web site and Facebook page, to give residents a window into the City’s […]
Fullerton City Council will consider placing either a 1.25 or 1 cent sales tax increase measure on the November 2020 General Election ballot at their June 7 meeting, to help offset a […]
The County of Orange will close all County-operated beaches and beach parking lots on July 4 and 5 following a State recommendation meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. The County closure […]
After hours of discussion spanning three meetings, the Fullerton School District Board of Trustees voted on June 25 to remove the words “Black Lives Matter” from the title of a resolution originally […]
Buena Park Navigation Center/Homeless Shelter Opens The city of Buena Park celebrated the grand opening of its first Navigation Center (homeless shelter with wraparound social services) on June 29. The 149-bed facility, […]
The City of Fullerton’s Annual 4th of July Fireworks Festival event is canceled. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the State of California has public health directives in place that prohibit community mass […]
Fullerton City Council voted 3-2 (Zahra and Silva “no”) to approve an “automatic aid” agreement with the city of Placentia for Fire and EMT services after several hours of public comments and […]
City staff presented a report on the condition of Fullerton’s roads at the City Council meeting on June 16. This is called the Pavement Management Plan (PMP). The PMP determines the typical […]
Fullerton City Council unanimously approved an emergency rental assistance program at their June 16 meeting to help those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. At their June 2 meeting, Council did not have […]
The Fullerton School Board of Trustees will vote on June 23 to approve a resolution in support of Black Lives Matter and to encourage district-wide participation in the national Black Lives Matter […]
Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Dreamer Resource Center serves nearly 2,000 students and was the first center for undocumented students in the CSU system when it launched in 2014. The university’s ‘Dreamers’ are […]
The Fullerton Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously on June 16, to remove Louis E. Plummer’s name from the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton amid evidence that Plummer was […]
Day of Music Fullerton is a music festival that anyone can musically participate in, and will still occur on June 21. In response to COVID-19 live performances will be broadcast virtually in […]
Fullerton City Council voted 5-0 to approve the 2020/21 budget at their June 2 meeting. “Based on our funding ability and our employee count, we are at a lower level [of service],” […]
“Rent is due today, and a lot of Fullerton residents can’t afford to pay. Without your support, a wave of evictions and a spike in homelessness will come to our communities, individuals, […]
Fullerton has been utilizing local video production company MC Video for 25 years to broadcast City Council and Planning Commission meetings on Spectrum Cable Channel 3 and AT&T U-verse Channel 99. Funding […]
Two peaceful protests took place in downtown Fullerton on June 6 and 7 whose themes were justice for George Floyd and other victims of police brutality, an end to systemic racism, black […]
On May 29, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order extending the State’s eviction moratorium through July 28. Fullerton’s eviction moratorium would have expired on May 31, but under the Governor’s […]
On June 4, the non-profit ICNA Relief SoCal (Muslims for Humanity) in conjunction with the Fullerton School District and other local groups such as the Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, distributed 1800 boxes […]
It is likely the Fullerton Museum Center will remain closed through at least the end of 2020. At the Tuesday, June 2 meeting, Fullerton City Council voted 5-0 to adopt the 2020-21 […]
The historic “Fox Block” in downtown Fullerton, which includes the Fox Theatre, may see further development. Council voted 4-1 (Whitaker “no”) to enter into an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA) with the developer […]
In light of the horrific news of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police, and countless other acts of police violence and brutality against black Americans, a group […]
At the Tuesday, June 2 meeting, Fullerton City Council will be voting on adoption of next year’s budget. Included in this item is a proposed “temporary” defunding of the Fullerton Museum Center—a […]
A man was shot and killed by officers of the Fullerton Police Department after allegedly stabbing a police K9 following a domestic violence incident on Wednesday, May 27 at 10pm. This was […]
While many schools are turning on stadium lights or putting up signs to honor their class of 2020 graduates, I realized that FUHS and I have the resources to do something special. […]
Residents of the low-income apartment complex Palm Gardens in Fullerton were recently given notice of a rent increase of 8.5%, which is scheduled to take effect June 1, the date that the […]
Fullerton City Council voted 5-0 at their May 19 meeting to allocate $819,487 in federal CARES Act funding (through the Community Development Block Grant program) to various City programs aimed at providing relief […]
A number of downtown Fullerton restaurant/bars reopened their doors to in-person dining and drinking on Saturday, May 23, after the County and the City announced that the state of California had approved […]
Officers from the Fullerton Police Department responded to the Fullerton Airport to investigate an aircraft that ran off the runway on May 20. The single engine aircraft struck a fence on the […]
