Jan Youngman and Vivien Moreno contributed to this article. California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that schools in Orange County cannot physically reopen for in-person instruction until the County is no longer […]
Fullerton Schools to Start Year with Distance Learning
The Downtown Report: August
Phyllis Fender The very sad news came to us the morning of July 29. Phyllis Fender, wife of Leo Fender, ambassador of his legacy and first lady of Fullerton passed away. She […]
‘Granny Flats’: One Solution to Fullerton’s Housing Shortage?
When Cliff Ashcroft’s parents set out to house his aging grandfather on their property 25 years ago, they had no idea the pushback they would get. “The whole neighborhood fought it,” Cliff […]
A Brief History of Housing Discrimination in Fullerton and North Orange County
Recently, I wrote a column about Doss v. Bernal (1943), an important historic housing discrimination case in Fullerton involving the Bernal family. Mexican American families like the Bernals weren’t the only ones […]
Pearl Park Improvements Coming Soon
Fullerton City Council voted unanimously at their June 21 meeting to move forward with the Pearl Park Improvements Project. Pearl Park is currently a 17,000 sq. ft. vacant lot on the east […]
Film Review: “John Lewis: Good Trouble” Gets Two Hits
Director Dawn Porter’s documentary film about John Robert Lewis was released just weeks before the seventeen-term Congressman died of pancreatic cancer on July 17, 2020. The serendipitous release of the film adds […]
Council Approves Korean War Memorial
Fullerton City Council voted 5-0 at their July 21 meeting to approve concept plans and completion of a Korean War Memorial at Hillcrest Park to be placed adjacent to the Duck Pond […]
Remembering Phyllis Fender
Twenty-seven years ago, doctors told a 58-year-old beautiful blond she had 6 months to live. She didn’t like that, so she went to another doctor who said the exact same thing. Yet, […]
Fireworks Will Be on the November Ballot
Fullerton City Council voted 3-2 (Fitzgerald and Whitaker “no”) to place a measure on the November 2020 ballot to repeal the sale of “Safe & Sane” Fireworks in the city of Fullerton […]
Friends of the Fullerton Museum Center Take Action
In the wake of the June 2 vote by the Fullerton City Council to suspend funding of the Fullerton Museum Center, a small group of residents started a grass roots movement to […]
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