Category: Community Voices

Thank you Jesse La Tour!

    The Observer would like to thank Jesse La Tour, who has volunteered his time and energy as editor of the paper. His invaluable insights and corrections have made the paper […]

There is Still Time to Save Sunrise Village

The 164-unit housing development proposal that would replace the neighborhood Sunrise Village Shopping Center on Euclid and Rosecrans was sent back to the Planning Commission after the Dec. 2021 City Council public […]

Drought Gardening Tips: Two Poppies

The best time to plant most California native plants (late fall/winter) is past. Use spring and summer to see what these plants look like at their best and to make a wish […]

Why Remember Kelly Thomas Eight Years Later?

July 5, 2019 marks the eight-year anniversary of the brutal beating (and ultimate death) of a mentally ill homeless man named Kelly Thomas by the Fullerton Police Department. In this piece, local […]

Arbor Day 2019 in Fullerton

The 39th Annual Arbor Day in Fullerton was held at Richman Park on Highland Ave. and the weather was Fantabulous! The community came together to celebrate the day by planting trees at […]

Fullerton Water Rate Increase Meeting March 11

For my Fullerton neighbors: Fullerton Ad Hoc Water Rate Study Committee Meeting – 3/11/19 (New Location) The next, and likely last, meeting of the Fullerton Ad Hoc Water Rate Study Committee will […]

Troop 97 Pancake Breakfast March 2

Boy Scout Troop 97 is hosting it’s annual community Pancake Breakfast from 7am – 10am on Saturday, March 2nd at Morningside Presbyterian Church at the corner of Dorothy Lane and Raymond Ave […]

Fullerton Resident Baseball Hall of Fame

I thought this might be a fun bit of information for your newspaper before the 2019 baseball season begins. My oldest son Sean and I played at West Fullerton Little League and […]

Coyote Downtown

I walked east on Whiting to look at the moon, and as I retraced my steps, just at the west corner of the office, a coyote ran right in front of me, […]

Beginning of Save the Fox Theater

Congratulations on the Observer’s 40th Anniversary (1978-2018)!!!   If you’ll allow me some personal nostalgia, I remember Chuck introducing me to your parents sometime late in 1977 (when we first started hanging out) […]

Dr. Milton A. Gordon Honored

The California State University Board of Trustees have renamed Cal State Fullerton’s University Hall as Milton A. Gordon Hall in recognition of the 21-year legacy of service by the university’s fifth president. […]