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By Jennifer Karmarkar – “If somebody says there is a culture of corruption, they’re either lying, they have other motives or they are grossly misinformed.” Those are the words of acting Police Chief Dan Hughes while defending the Fullerton police department after it has faced six months of attacks from protesters and bloggers. In...
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Compiled by Jeanne Hoffa – Not a complete list of all 1,393 cases generated 1/5 Rape Attempt – 900 block N. Euclid Street. 2:02 p.m. 1/15 Burglary – 1400 block S. Highland Avenue. 7:25 p.m. 1/15 Child Abuse – Residential Rentals.  4:51 p.m.  Officers took photos of the child. 1/15 Auto Theft – A man with a beige Silverado says a thief...
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Genocide Preclusion Project co-founder and Holocaust survivor and project co-founder Jack Pariser will deliver the keynote address at “Precluding Genocide, Countering Hate: Action-Oriented Idealism for the 21st Century,” Jan. 28 at Cal State Fullerton. Open to the public, the free event is part of a new project that aims to fight hatred and genocide....
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By Megan Alyse Hanson – Rain and flooded sidewalks greeted Cal State Fullerton students today for the start of the Spring 2012 semester. Letty Tinajero a communications student said “driving to campus took me 38 minutes from my home.  I actually got to campus at 9 to be here for my class at 11....
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By Erin Haselton – There’s nothing like staring at your clock watching the minutes go by as you wait for a date to meet you for lunch, while your lunch hour shrinks. Or the client who is scheduled for a 3:30 appointment and is late thereby pushing back your departure to coach your son’s...
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By Jennifer Karmarkar – Fullerton Recall organizers filed signed recall petitions with the City Clerk’s office shortly after three p.m. today, taking the next steps toward recalling City Council members Pat McKinley, Don Bankhead and F. Richard Jones. As promised, members of the Fullerton Recall, led by Fullerton School Board Trustee Chris Thompson and...
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The producers of a reality show for the Oprah Winfrey Network have identified Fullerton as a city in which they can find potential families for a new community-based reality show.  Fullerton’s sense of community is a primary reason, according to Studio Lambert casting associate Jesse Margolis. Currently titled “It Takes a Village Project,” the...
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Grow Natural, a supplier of all-natural, organic products for babies and expectant mothers, opened its doors at 115 S. Harbor Blvd. Jennifer Iturburo, owner and mother of two, said the inspiration for Grow Natural came to her during her pregnancy with her first son. “I was interested in all-natural products since I was a...
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Today’s online protests of House Bill 3261, more commonly known as the Stop Online Privacy Act, or SOPA, brings attention to a very real threat to free speech. SOPA’s aim is to combat foreign thefts of American intellectual property and specifically seeks to protect the products of big media firms and films studios. FullertonStories.com...
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By Jennifer Karmarkar – If Tuesday’s City Council meeting was any indication, the youth of Fullerton are alive and well and now occupying City Hall. From the Brownie troop that led the Pledge of Allegiance, to the teens who pleaded for their skate park, to the Occupy Fullerton group that respectfully voiced its message,...
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