Category: Downtown

Fullerton Residents Rally to Tackle Pollution

Karla Reinhardt partnered with Orange County’s Adopt A Channel program in January 2018, enabling the Ocean Defenders Alliance (ODA) to help improve water quality flowing to the ocean. Even though Fullerton is […]

The DOWNTOWN Report: mid-December 2024

Navigating A Busy Downtown Heads up: many events were happening in the area on a busy Friday, December 6th, evening, so we opted for parking at the structure east of Harbor at […]

Latest updates on Walk on Wilshire

Supporters of Walk on Wilshire (WoW) gathered at the October 15 City Council meeting, packing the venue to advocate for the permanent retention of the pedestrian-friendly space in Downtown Fullerton. The passionate […]

Video Observer: Fixing Up the Fox Fullerton

Over the summer, I was curious to see what the inside of the Fox Fullerton Theater looked like after recent renovations. In August, I reached out to the Fullerton Historic Theater Foundation […]

UPDATE: Alert: Missing Person Found

Happily Rose Verkamp was found on Saturday according to CHP. She had been last seen on December 13, 2024, at approximately 3 pm in Fullerton. Verkamp is 83 years old, 5.3, 175, […]

The DOWNTOWN Report: Early December 2024

In The Pokey, Mon Oh, never mind, all the commotion turned out to be 200 plus Pokémon Go players scavenging all over our downtown at about 10:30 on a Saturday morning. The […]

夏威夷果汁宾治起在富勒顿的起源 作者

  以下内容来自我正在进行的关于富勒顿历史的研究。您可以在 http://www.fullertonhistory.com 上关注我的持续研究和写作。 与大多数中型美国城市一样,富勒顿多年来也催生了一些在全国享有盛誉并成为家喻户晓的公司。芬德吉他可能是最著名的。但夏威夷果汁宾治紧随其后。 夏威夷果汁宾治最初是由 A.W. Leo 在 20 世纪 30 年代中期在富勒顿 120 W. Amerige 的一个改建车库中发明的,当时是作为果汁摊的饮料基料和冰淇淋调味料。Leo 的公司名为Pacific Citrus Products。 关于夏威夷果汁宾治的实际发明地点存在一些争议/困惑。 2007 年《奥兰治县纪事报》的一篇文章提到,1321 Frances Ave. 的住宅车库上放置了一块牌匾,上面写着夏威夷果汁宾治的配方是 1934 年在那里发明的。 然而,根据富勒顿公共图书馆富勒顿历史室的记录,A.W. Leo 1934 年并不住在那里。他于 […]

The DOWNTOWN Report: mid-November 2024

The DOWNTOWN Report   Mulberry Street Ristorante celebrates 40 years! Happy Anniversaries Mulberry Street is 40?! Looking back on that great restaurant’s early days, it seems like forever ago, but many decades-long […]

Punting the Walk on Wilshire at City Council

An impressive number of people showed up for the October 15 Council discussion of the future of the Walk on Wilshire (WOW). Equally impressive was the intensity of those who favored keeping this […]

The DOWNTOWN Report: Mid-October 2024

‘Bye George The St. George Hotel, a grand wooden structure, managed to survive several fires that destroyed many early buildings downtown. However, in 1918, George Amerige sold the hotel to the Whiting […]

Downtown Report: Mid-September 2024

Telling This Guy’s Story in the Hope that it Saves a Life A favor, if you will. This is not the typical “what’s up, downtown” story. Whether or not there is a […]

The DOWNTOWN Report: Early September 2024

WOW The formation and evolution of the downtown area now known as Walk On Wilshire has been well documented here and has recently seen more activity. Supporters contacted us to keep that […]