Archive for September, 2011

Fullerton Police officer Manuel Ramos, accused of beating to death 37-year-old Kelly Thomas, pleaded not guilty this morning in Orange County Superior Court and remains in custody on $1 million bail. A November 4 trail date has been set. Fullerton Corporal Jay Cicinelli is also charged int he case and is free on $25,000...
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By Mimi Ko Cruz – SHE SHOULDN’T HAVE been able to do it — climb Mt. Everest — with her debilitating disease and blindness in one eye. Cindy L. Abbott, Cal State Fullerton alumna and health science lecturer, has Wegener’s Granulomatosis, a rare disorder that causes inflammation of blood vessels, restricts blood flow to...
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By Alexandra Andersen – The recent death of Kelly Thomas, the mentally ill homeless man sheds light on Orange County’s currently inactive Laura’s law, which provides outpatient treatment for the mentally ill.  The law, enacted in California in 2002, allows family members, policemen, and mental health professionals to request court ordered treatment of mentally...
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By Alexandra Andersen – TEDx events are about bringing some of the world’s greatest thinkers together to discuss “Ideas Worth Sharing” and Fullerton resident Susan L. Petrella is the brains behind the latest event to hit Orange County. The TEDxSAArtistsVillage “EXTRAordinary” event is curated and presented by Petrella’s Creative Orange County, an organization devoted...
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Statistics indicate Americans are living longer, but that does not necessarily mean they are living healthier. Helping citizens learn the essential components to living a life that is both healthy and long will be the focus of “Keys to Great Health,” a special wellness program to be offered Friday, Sept. 30, at the Fullerton...
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The City of Fullerton Cultural Arts Division is seeking proposals from artists interested in designing, coordinating and producing a public art project to be installed in the newly expanded Fullerton Main Library. The project site is an interior wall in the library’s new conference center/café area. Suggested themes for the project include literature and...
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When asked to name national historic buildings and landmarks, most people will mention the ones we all learned about in school – the White House, the Alamo, Independence Hall and so on. It’s a safe bet most of those same people would be surprised to learn we have several sites of national historic significance...
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For many people, some of the fondest memories of childhood are those when parents and grandparents would tell stories about family history. The importance of such histories to our understanding as a community of where we are and where we are going will be the focus of a special program to be presented Wednesday,...
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It will be “Hollywood comes to Fullerton” in October when the Fullerton Public Library hosts a special film series of movies that were shot, in part, in Fullerton and other Orange County communities. The film series is being offered by the Library in conjunction with its annual month-long “Fullerton Reads” program. The “Fullerton Reads”...
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A mirrored ball rotates to unheard music. Footsteps echo through the basement of an old building, but no one is seen. The restless spirits of Fullerton are again readying to move out of the shadows as the Fullerton Museum Center prepares for its annual “Haunted Fullerton Walking Tours” to begin this month. Tours will...
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