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Demonstration to Celebrate and Save Social Security

American Federation of Government Employees and the California Alliance for Retired Americans Host a Demonstration in Anaheim To mark Social Security’s 89th birthday, the American Federation of Government Employees Council 220 and […]

The Importance of Local Media: How to Become a Citizen Reporter

The Importance of Local Media Since just before the start of the pandemic, over 360 newspapers in the United States have shut down, according to a new report from Northwestern University’s journalism […]

MOTAL Earns High Visitor Praise for Your Baby’s Amazing Brain Exhibit

MOTAL is proud to announce that visitor survey results have been tabulated, and the responses have been superb. Evaluations from our first three host venues for Your Baby’s Amazing Brain (YBAB, […]

The Fullerton Observer has a new owner

Dear Readers, My name is Saskia Kennedy. My Grandparents Ralph and Natalie, along with a group of their friends, started the Observer in 1978. My mother, Sharon Kennedy, became the editor when […]

Homemade Sushi with Irene Kobayashi

Fullerton Observer co-founder Irene Kobayashi taught two sushi-loving Observers (retired editor Sharon and founder and editor of the Young Observers Francine) how to make the healthy treat at home. The session was […]

Quirk-Silva Leads Hearing on Transforming Surplus State Property into Affordable Housing

Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D—Fullerton), Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on State Administration, led an informational hearing to discuss the state’s initiative to convert excess state properties into affordable housing on August […]

Quiet protest against police violence in Anaheim

The death of Sonya Massey inspired an almost silent demonstration at Pearson Park in Anaheim on July 31. Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, was shot and killed in her home by Deputy […]

Video Observer: Glen Mann Makes Palm Frond Figures

If you’ve ever gone down West Valencia Mesa Drive, you have probably seen animal and insect-like sculptures made from palm fronds either sitting, standing, crouching, or perched in upright positions in different […]

United Nations Relief and Works Agency Report on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem

United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Situation Report no. 126 All information from 30 July – 1 August 2024, valid as of 1 August 2024 at 22:30 Key Points The Gaza […]

Opinion: At Home with the Homeless: In the year 2025, if Trump gets himself (choke, gag) re-elected

If you haven’t heard of or read about Project 2025, you’d better get real familiar with it real soon because it will be Trump’s playbook from Day One or – if we […]

Out of My Mind: What a Month!

They say that in politics, a month is a very long time. Well, this month seems to have begun a thousand years ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away and a whole […]

Charleston in Fullerton featuring The Wilbury Super Group one-night-only on August 8

Get ready for an amazing concert featuring tributes to 5 legends of rock! Join us for a one-night-only show on Thursday, August 8, at 7 pm. Las Vegas and LA-based tribute artists […]

Correa to Present $850K to Create Public Spaces, Build Community Resource in Orange

Federal Tax Dollars Return Home As Part Of Nearly $15 Million Correa Secured For Community Projects In The FY’24 Omnibus Package Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) will join City of Orange Mayor Dan […]

OC Supervisor Katrina Foley Announces Publication of the DRAFT Climate Action Plan for the County of Orange

Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley announced on August 2, 2024, the publication of the County of Orange’s draft Climate Action Plan. The publication starts a 20-day public review period before the draft […]

Balance & Change: Making Changes

Are you familiar with the Serenity Prayer? It is full of wisdom. Here it is, in case you do not know it: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I […]

The life of Nancy Elizabeth Bliss Estes

Nancy Elizabeth Bliss Estes 1952-2024 Nancy Elizabeth Bliss Estes, mother, grandmother, sister, friend, and resident of Fullerton for 54 years, passed away on June 2 at St. Jude Hospital surrounded by her […]

On the City Council Agenda: August 6, 2024

Street sweeping (Item #9) is only one of two items on the regular agenda. The other item, Item #10, is setting up a citizen finance committee. Street sweeping was discussed at the April […]

Kim, Correa Lead Push for Federal Support to Build First-Ever Orange County Veteran Cemetery

U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Lou Correa (CA-46) led a letter with members of the Orange County Congressional Delegation to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on August 02, 2024, urging federal […]

My experience with eyecare

At around 10 pm, I made the decision to go to the emergency room as the migraine that had started at 10 am was getting worse. At the St. Jude emergency room, […]

Healthy Awareness: Gifts We Give Our Grandchildren

Positive parenting, where the parents are caring and sensitive to their children’s needs but set limits and encourage responsibility, has been shown to be important in children’s lives. Children who experience this […]

Help Rebuild Local Newspapers by Supporting SB 1327

SB 1327 – (Glazer) Tax Credit to Support Local Journalism: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd75Ml2OzHREwu_C-bjuLpziKYFOw5BdeFCf54pZEtotYF1rQ/viewform Senator Glazer’s SB 1327 has passed the Senate with a super-majority vote and is now on its way to the California […]