Category: Local News

Brunelle’s Baseball Card Hall Of Fame

Before the 2019 baseball season began spring training, I received an email from David Brunelle, a long-time Fullerton resident with his very own Baseball Hall of Fame. Back in 1994, Mr. Brunelle […]

New Bar Rules Proposed for Downtown Fullerton

In an effort to deal with the numerous problems created by the late night downtown scene Fullerton Community Development Director Ted White presented to the Planning Commission a series of proposed new […]

Bad News for Fullerton Bears

A local non-profit youth football league in town, the Fullerton Bears, which provides opportunities for low income kids, is facing eviction by OC Parks on March 3rd from their home field at Clark […]

Voter’s Choice Act for Orange County Passes

The Orange County Board of Supervisors, at its February 26 meeting passed the Voters’ Choice Act for OC. The action was recommended by OC Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley.  It will be […]

Former Police Chief & Captain Plead Guilty

  Facing jail time if convicted of off-duty assault charges, both former Fullerton Police Chief David Hendricks and former Captain Thomas Oliveras pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disturbing the peace charges on February […]

Photos from the Fox Theatre Burn Area (updated)

Above: photo of the exterior damage, in the stairwell just outside the east door of the Fox where a homeless person had been camping out. Fullerton/Brea Fire Division Chief/Fire Marshal Kathy Schaefer said […]

Fire at Fox Theater

A plume of smoke could be seen around 9:00am Sat, Feb 23rd at the corner of Chapman and Harbor in downtown Fullerton. It looked like a well-fed, out-of-control fire at the east […]

Woodcrest Park Takes Off

Members of the Woodcrest Community Group, who never gave up advocating for needed improvements at the neighborhood park, enjoyed groundbreaking ceremonies on February 19. Renovations are expected to be completed by fall […]

Future Uses of the Hunt Branch Library

At the February 5th City Council meeting, Library Director Judy Booth presented council with the report created by the Library Ad Hoc Committee (LAHC) identifying and prioritizing future potential uses of the […]

Demonstration Opposing Fake “Emergency”

A demonstration open to the public will take place from 1pm to 3pm Monday, February 18 at State College Blvd. and Imperial Highway in Brea. Anyone opposing the Trump/Pence Administration declaration of […]

CCTV Cameras Installed Around Town

Twenty-one closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) have been installed at signalized intersections around town. The cameras are focused to observe the immediate approach to an intersection in all four directions and in […]

Volunteers G.I.V.E. Back to the Community

After school on a Friday afternoon, I met with Hannah Huh, Director of G.I.V.E. (Give, Inspire, Volunteer, and Educate), a non-profit organization partnered with the Fullerton Boys and Girls Club. The program […]

22-Year-Old Dies in Fullerton Incident

On Monday, Feb 11 at 5:22pm Fullerton Police responded to an anonymous call to the 200 block of S. Kellog Dr. regarding a 22-year-old male who was reportedly acting erratically and yelling […]

Truck with Passengers Careens into Brea Creek

 A truck carrying several people drove into the Brea Creek running along Malvern Ave., just west of Bastanchury Road Sunday afternoon, February 10. No other vehicles seemed to have been involved in […]

Vandalism Continues in Downtown Fullerton

The downtown Fullerton bar scene has become very popular over the years but clean up of the four-block area and added weekend enforcement takes a toll. According to a 2012 city study […]

Ribbon Cutting For Affordable Housing Downtown

On February 7th, Mayor Jesus Silva and other local leaders participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the brand new Citrea Apartments on East Santa Fe Ave. which provides 54 apartments for […]

60 Year Old Tree Falls in Fullerton

Sunday Feb 3 at 9am an oak tree, at least 60 years old, fell across Grandview (and the BMW parked in front of the residence) at Oceanview. Homeowner said it sounded like […]

New Fullerton/Brea Fire Chief

New Fire Chief Adam Loeser was sworn in at a joint Fullerton/Brea public ceremony on January 22 at EV Free Church in Fullerton.  The church was selected for the ceremony because of […]

Fullerton Heritage Photography Intern

Fullerton Heritage has engaged a freelance photographer, Jax Barbour, as an intern for the Spring 2019 semester starting January 28th.  Born and raised in Orange County, Ms. Barbour is currently attaining her […]