For over a year, family and friends of Hector Hernandez, who was shot and killed by Fullerton police officer Jonathan Ferrell in front of his home in May 2020, have pressed City […]
Fullerton’s City Council has approved a compromise that will limit the number of Fullerton’s 325 allowable short-term rentals (STRs) to 100 rentals that can be rented out without an owner on site. […]
Effective May 19, California’s Department of Public Health has allowed Orange County to move into the Yellow Tier of the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. OC secured the change in status […]
A moment of interfaith solidarity took place on Thursday May 13 as St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church welcomed the Islamic Center of Fullerton to their campus to host in-person Eid-al-Fitr prayers marking […]
The city of Fullerton has authorized a settlement offer in its civil lawsuit against the Friends for Fullerton’s Future Blog (FFFF) and two of its bloggers, Joshua Ferguson and David Curlee. The […]
The city of Fullerton began enforcement of enhanced parking regulations along Valencia Ave. beginning April 30, where many folks living in their RVs had been parking. During the enforcement, all RVs and […]
As Fullerton slowly emerges from a pandemic that saw businesses and facilities close, City staff laid off, and a reduction in sales tax revenues, Fullerton City Council is set to officially adopt […]
It’s hard not to miss the sounds of airplanes flying overhead in Fullerton on their way to the airport. In “Wings Over Fullerton,” a historical pamphlet by Sylvia Mudrick, the Fullerton Municipal […]
The city of Fullerton has terminated the contract of City Manager Ken Domer effective 5:00pm, April 27. During a 4:00 p.m. special meeting, Fullerton’s City Council removed Domer from his job on […]
This article was last updated on April 28. A lengthy police chase of a man suspected of multiple shootings in Los Angeles ended on the westbound 91 freeway at the Raymond overpass […]
The city of Fullerton and the Orange County Water District (OCWD) have installed a wellhead filtration/treatment plant to remove PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate) and PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) from local well water, at the […]
Fullerton has lost 295 of its 142,824 residents, 93 of them in Skilled Nursing Facilities, to COVID-19 since the pandemic began over a year ago. Despite an upswing in cases in many […]
An official ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for Fullerton’s Navigation Center/Recuperative Care for the homeless took place on April 8, featuring local elected officials, representatives from Illumination Foundation (the non-profit that runs […]
Note: This story was updated on April 17 to reflect the updated scheduling of the City Council’s anticipated consideration of the Museum Center’s re-opening from its April 20 to May 4 meeting. […]
I’ve always been fascinated with films, especially the production process behind them. It’s interesting to find out where the films you’ve watched were actually made. Following Observer reader Linda Henke’s suggestion, I […]
The Downtown Fullerton Market is back. Starting April 8 residents are once again able to enjoy once again farm fresh, seasonal produce, fresh bread, honey, pre-packaged foods, flowers, and more. Thursdays 4pm-7:30pm […]
Orange County moved into the Orange Tier of the state of California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy on April 1. The Orange or “Moderate” Tier is the second to the least stringent […]
This article was last updated on April 3. A mass shooting in the city of Orange on Tuesday, March 31 left four people dead, including a 9-year-old boy. The suspect has been […]
Over 30 supporters of Fullerton resident Hector Hernandez who was shot and killed by Fullerton police last May, held a protest on Tuesday, March 16 to demand justice for what they say […]
Surrounded by attendees, Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva stood in front of Fullerton City Hall for a Stop Asian Hate press conference, which took place on March 20 at 3pm. Quirk-Silva was joined by […]
Since the beginning of the pandemic, hate incidents targeting Asian Americans have surged as a result of the negative stigma linking the coronavirus with China. Over 600,000 Asian Americans make up the […]
The county of Orange announced on Friday, March 12 that effective March 14 OC would move into the Red or “Substantial” Tier of California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy (covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy). The four-tiered […]
Former FPD officers Jay Cicinelli and Joseph Wolfe, who were fired over their involvement in the beating death of Kelly Thomas in 2011, have both abandoned their appeal to get their jobs […]
The city of Fullerton has 16 residential areas that are designated Historic Districts. They are of similar age and styles of housing, layouts of streets and alleys, building setbacks, and associated public […]
Sharon Quirk-Silva, who has previously served as Mayor of Fullerton, is today a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 65th District, which includes portions of north Orange County, including Fullerton. […]
Since mid-February the overall number of Fullerton residents who have died from COVID-19 has risen from 193 to 242. Of those deaths, 84 have occurred in Skilled Nursing Facilities—up from 73 two […]
The new gymnasium at Fullerton Union High School is well underway, and anticipated to be completed by April. The gym faces Lemon St., next to the stadium. State inspectors condemned the old […]
Fullerton City Council voted 3-2 to repeal its recently-passed cannabis ordinance after much public comment and discussion at the Feb 16 meeting. The ordinance, which allowed a limited number of commercial cannabis […]
Numerous readers have submitted letters and comments to The Observer expressing concern (and sometimes dismay) over the Fiberoptic mictrotrenching project that is occurring throughout the City by the company SiFi Networks for […]
Orange County is currently (as of February 14) hospitalizing 790 COVID-19-positive patients; 257 of them are in Intensive Care Units (ICUs), a drop from over 400 ICU hospitalized patients just two weeks […]
Note: This article has been slightly edited for clarity “City Hall is for Sale” is sometimes heard as a derisive comment about local politics, but Fullerton’s City Hall may actually be for sale. […]
It took nearly 20 years, but Pearl Park (3001 Pearl Dr.) is finally complete and open to the public. Located in a historically park-poor area in Fullerton known as the Gem District, […]
Representative Young Kim (R-CA) joined 10 other congressional Republicans and 219 Democrats on February 4 in voting to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from her positions on the Budget Committee and […]
The last commercial orange grove in Fullerton, at the 65-acre former Kimberly-Clark site, was cut down on January 28-29 as part of a plan to develop the property for warehouses by the […]
In 2016, voters in California approved Proposition 64 (the Adult Use of Marijuana Act), which legalized adult use and sale of cannabis statewide. In Fullerton the road to official legalization and allowing […]
