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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Day Of Music Historic Hillcrest Gathering We unearthed a couple of pre-concert images of Hillcrest Park from 1969 when concerts at the bowl were sometimes spur of the moment and always momentous. […]
9th Annual Day Of Music The dark days of COVID put the brakes on our annual Day of Music, but as you must know, it has been resurrected. This year, things are full […]
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 […]
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, […]
Mike Ness Social Distortion This could fill up not only this page but also the entire newspaper. Mike Ness grew up here in Fullerton and attended Troy High School with some of […]
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 […]
BOOK ‘EM We were sent this photo of the Friends of the Fullerton Public Library Book Sale that took place on February 10th. Incredibly, The Friends have been supporting the library since […]
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 Above: Dashing With Darden traveling concert performs carols on Wilshire. Below: Fanny and The Tremors played classic rock at Back Alley. Wilshire Weekend The […]
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 […]
The Charleston The very tall gentleman with flowing white hair and a cowboy hat was taking in the room. He looked overwhelmed, so I went over and asked him what was up. […]
A Brief History of Union Pacific Park Fullerton began as a railroad town and remains a railroad town, with our restored Santa Fe Station and plenty of train traffic consisting of freight […]
OctoBoo Fest Downtown Fullerton Plaza was a safe trick-or-treating event for kids on October 26. There was a costume parade, bounce house, face painting, food vendors, and plenty of treats for the […]
The DOWNTOWN Report Mid-October 2023 New in town Allison’s Goods They have moved into the former Farmer’s Insurance building at 815 North Harbor and will have a Soft Opening on Sunday, October […]
Downtown Report Wilshire Theater -Take A Seat, Part II If you missed part one, go to page 9 in the July issue, continuously available online at http://www.fullertonobserver.com. Just click on E-EDITION. […]
Downtown Report: July 2023 From left to right: Jessica Kaczmarek Band played to the audience, The Mark Sells Band rocked the stage, and our very own local minstral Steve Metzger brought the […]
Downtown Where? It was back at the turn of the century (does anyone use that term?) when the Fullerton Downtown Business Association decided to band together and put our downtown on the […]
New In town So much to do with the old and the new. Framing is taking place, and some classic decorative items from Mo’s Fullerton Music have taken up residence at the […]
Downtown Report A Moving Tribute And More Rico gave all who would listen a heads-up about the celebration of life for his good friend Steve Omalev at Bourbon Street on Saturday, February […]
