A press release from city hall today informs us that beleaguered Police Chief Michael Sellers has set a date for retirement. After many months of medical leave Sellers will be retiring on February 18th. The Chief has been on paid medical leave since August 9th due to an undisclosed medical conditio...

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Fullerton Police received a call of shots fired around 2 AM last night at the South East corner of Amerige and Malden Avenue. According to Sergeant Andrew Goodrich, witnesses believe they saw three males in a black Chevy Tahoe fleeing the scene shortly after. Officers investigated, but only fou...

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Smoke started billowing out of the Cherch building around 8:00 AM this morning according to resident Michael Harrington whose friend owns the tattoo shop next door. My neighbor came home and told me the that the Cherch building was on fire. So I came down and saw the intersection blocked off and fi...

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What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time the Fullertonian was just a sleepy little business promo paper that didn't report any news. The Coyote Hills development was on a six-month moretoreum and that was the most controversial issue in front of the city council. And we thought those c...

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City council accepted the recommendation from the Human Resources Department to approve the employment contract for city manager, Joe Felz. Payment of his $212,000 annual salary is retroactive from the date of July 9th, 2011.  A couple speakers expressed concern that no survey was taken to asse...

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Acting Police Chief, Kevin Hamilton, briefed council on Tuesday night with updates to the Fullerton Police Departments law enforcement methods. Employees throughout the entire department are being trained via a five point program. Every member of the police department dealing with the public has bee...

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The City of Fullerton appointed Capt. Dan Hughes, the patrol division commander of the Fullerton Police Department, as acting chief starting Jan. 3. Word about Hughes' appointment to the acting chief position was announced via a press release from Sgt. Andrew Goodrich. Hughes will replace Kevi...

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The Fullerton Police Department has begun the process of providing officers with homeless and mentally ill crisis intervention training. Such training is one of the first suggestions made by Ron Thomas, father of Kelly Thomas, after the fatal consequences of the police’s handling of a questioning ...

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Upon further inspection of Fullerton’s outdoor dining fees we have more news to report to you. A further survey of nearby cities (last week we told you that Fullerton has levied a rate that is 30 times higher than Newport Beach’s) we find that we are in the lead in how much money the city is trying ...

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The Sunday morning stabbing of a cab driver in downtown Fullerton started a city-wide manhunt for the two suspects involved. The assault happened over a disputed fair, the cab driver says. When the cab driver pulled over near the intersection of Harbor and Amerige the suspect, who was seated in the...

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