Art Auction XXVII kicked off on April 25, as more than 150 local artists donated their work to benefit the All the Arts for All the Kids Foundation. Held at the Fullerton […]
Art Brings More Good Vibes to the Community
Doggie Night Out
Doggie Night Out What would it take to unite a fractured planet? It starts at home—with community. For one evening, people gathered on the same page, or canvas, to support the […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: mid-December 2025
Sparkling Fun and Fund-Raiser “Drinking for Daniel” to fight Children’s cancer is a can’t miss evening of giving and receiving coming up in the Sparkle Ball neighborhood at 7pm on Saturday, December […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: Early December 2025
Newseum The staff, curators, artisans and many others have outdone themselves this time. To do the re-opening of our Museum Center justice, after a thorough renovation that revealed lost details of the space, and the immaculate […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: Early November 2025
Fullerton Natives I was recently given a tour of the facility, formerly known as Women’s Transitional Living Center, now run by the same folks but renamed Radiant Futures to distinguish itself from a former shelter, […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: mid-October 2025
CBD In Our Downtown? No, not that! The Central Business District, or CBD, is Downtown Fullerton. After many suggested places to get coffee outside downtown, it seems time to define where we actually are. […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: Early October 2025
No More Mania What is going on? We have many changes here all of a sudden. A fabled treasure is gone, as Modelmania is no more. Been there so long, maybe the […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: mid-September 2025
Los Coyotes, then and now Vestiges of our pioneer days are still scattered around our berg, and some seem to be coming back, in full force. In the 1870s, our hills were […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: Early September 2025
Leo Fender Day Leo was born on August 10, 1909, on his parents’ orange grove, which included a house and a barn. It was located in an unincorporated area not far from […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: August 2025
Celebrating the 4th When going to a car show, bring another car guy. And so it was that 90-plus-year-old neighbor and friend Jim Weiks got a knock on his door. “What are […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: July 2025
Day of Music Comments, comments, read all about it, direct quotes from eye and ear witnesses, get your comments here: “Everything went smoothly. No drama. The bowl looked great. The skate park […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: mid-June 2025
Pride, in the Name of Speaking of color, every possible hue was flying in the annual Pride Ride, followed by Pride Fest at our Downtown Plaza. It kicked into gear when Wilshire turned kaleidoscopic and the masses […]
The Downtown Report: Early June 2025
Take a gander at the groundbreaking photograph, and imagine what downtown Fullerton was like on that day. There were wide lawns with friendly trees, horses and wagons, by Jove, a variety […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: mid-May 2025
Road Trip Let’s begin with A, as in Azusa, which claims everything from A to Z in the USA, hence the name. Pretty sure Anaheim has more of almost everything than they do. Next, it’s all the way to Zzyzx, […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: Early May 2025
More Music Day of Music is coming up on June 21 and we will have breaking news right after this message from our sponsors. Until then, you can see live music downtown […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: mid-April 2025
The Olde Ship Anniversary We are in the habit of celebrating any business that survives the times, and there have been some rough seas for all downtown businesses over the past few decades. As you […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: Early April 2025
Love Blocks Hate Art Fundraiser Most of the blocks have been submitted for the LOVE Blocks Out Hate fundraiser on Friday, May 2, 6:30-9:30pm at the Fullerton Museum Center. See you there. Free Eggs? Yes, […]
The Downtown Report: Early March 2025
“You Don’t Miss Your Water ‘till your well runs dry.” That song lyric jumped off the wall of Mo’s Music when we saw the photo of Gram Parsons just inside the door, and that thought will never ring as […]
The Downtown Report mid-February 2025
Unexpected Spotted at a location just off Raymond Avenue. We just cannot comprehend all of the repercussions of the devastating fires, can we? We have to search for something positive, and who […]
The Downtown Report Early February 2025
Heart of Our City Sure, it’s this page’s focus, but it seems like Fullerton’s pulse beats the loudest downtown. We recently witnessed just how much heart there is all over our town, […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: January 2025
TWTYTW That was the year that was, and since y’all clamored for a look back, here goes. 2024 began with Saskia Kennedy taking the reins of this publication, and she has endured last-minute […]
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 […]
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 […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: Early November 2024
Donuts To Dollars We were there with our crew, and there she was, ready to be included in a local cable TV commercial because she was a long-time swap meet vendor. A […]
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: August 2024
VWs And More When we first heard there would be a car show at this year’s Day of Music, we had to wonder, with so much competition from other events this time […]
The Downtown Report: mid-May 2024
Above left: Jacaranda on May 21, 2020 Above right: Jacaranda on May 1, 2024 Jacaranda Trees It’s ordinarily impossible to escape the lure of blooming Jacaranda trees in Fullerton this time of […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: Early May 2024
Bowling For Music Did you know the bowl at Hillcrest Park was originally intended for live concerts? There have been many over the years; some in the ’70s became somewhat infamous. The […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: Mid-April 2024
Mike Ness DAY For years, local music aficionados wondered if Mike Ness would stop by during our annual Day of Music and maybe even play a couple of tunes with his band, […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: Mid-March 2024
Book Launch Tom Elliott and David Jerome will host a book launch at Past Times Collectibles on Saturday, March 30th from 11am to 2pm. Eggs If you like fun and food and […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: Mid-February 2024
H2 Whoa Yes, the big story all over Southern California and beyond was and continues to be rain, rain, and a lot more rain, and of course, there are areas in and […]
Downtown Report: Early February 2024
Big Loss Dave Waech was a fixture downtown, in particular at Villa del Sol. If you spent time there during the day, you were sure to see him roaming the courtyard, […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: January 2024
The DOWNTOWN Report: January 2024 Above: Dashing With Darden traveling concert performs carols on Wilshire. Below: Fanny and The Tremors played classic rock at Back Alley. Wilshire Weekend The […]
The DOWNTOWN Report: Mid-December 2023
2023 In Review Once again, an artificially designated “New Year” is nearly upon us, so we look back at what took place, what we did, what we did not do, and what […]
