Fullerton College

Fashion Student Makes Entire Dress Out of OC Weekly Issues!

Who knew you could use old issues of OC Weekly for something other than birdcage liner! Jenny Porrett, a fashion design student at Fullerton College found a way to preserve them forever instead--50 copies, to be exact. Recently, she was asked to participate in a design completion called OC Fashion S ... More >>

Rumors of the Death of Chicano Studies are Greatly Exaggerated by Public Radio

This past Thursday, KPCC-FM 89.3's Take Two program aired a story I had already read before in its original incarnation down in San Diego, a report making the claim that the field of Chicano Studies is dying because students of Mexican heritage are no longer identifying themselves as Chicanos. Besid ... More >>

Finding Lynsie Ekelund

How the search for a missing Fullerton College student began with Chris McAmis, the last man who saw her alive

Alireza Hashemi, IVC Student, Held in Sexual Assault of 18 y.o. Woman

A student was arrested Friday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman at Irvine Valley College, where the 21-year-old had previously been the subject of complaints about touching females inappropriately.Alireza Hashemi was not held or cited in those previous instances, but Irvine Police booked h ... More >>

Paula Zahn to Cover the Case of Missing Fullerton College Student

Those with premium cable packages will want to tune in to Investigation Discovery at 10 p.m. on Sunday. That's when crime magazine On the Case with Paula Zahn will air its coverage of the Lynsie Ekelund story. Ekelund was a Fullerton College student with a promising future who seemingly vanishe ... More >>

Raul Barrientos Gets 30 Years for Raping Severely Disabled Woman at Fullerton College

Anaheim 23-year-old Raul Barrientos was convicted Monday of raping and sexually assaulting a woman with severe mental and physical disabilities in a Fullerton College men's restroom.After pleading guilty to two felony counts of forcible digital penetration and one felony count each of forcible rap ... More >>

Local Record Review: 'Black Widow' by Alex Cima

Alex CimaBlack Widowhttp://www.alexcima.comOkay, so we didn't expect this in the mail. But that's a good thing, because why deal with the same thing over and over again? So suffice to say we're as surprised as you are that on the day Coachella fully kicks into gear after an initial run-up of separat ... More >>

Cabaret

Fullerton College

Raul Barrientos in Court for Allegedly Raping Disabled Woman in Fullerton College Restroom

​You can imagine Raul Barrientos telling a lady, "Look into my bedroom eyes, liebchen, and I will take you places you've never been before." But the Anaheim 22-year-old has a pre-trial hearing scheduled this morning tied to something more disgusting than that line: raping a young woman with sever ... More >>

[UPDATED with Police Release Sketch Of Suspect:] Student Sexually Assaulted Near Fullerton College's Campus Two Weeks Ago

​UPDATE, NOV. 10, 5:29 P.M.:Today Fullerton police released a sketch of a man suspected of sexually assaulting a Fullerton College student last month. The man, who didn't know his victim, came up behind her, shoved his hand up her skirt and grabbed both her buttocks and genital area, police s ... More >>

Fullerton College Jazz Band

Steamers Jazz Club

Raul Barrientos Charged with Rape and Sex Assault of Severely Disabled Woman at Fullerton College

​A 22-year-old Anaheim man was charged today with raping and sexually assaulting a woman with severe mental and physical disabilities in a men's restroom at Fullerton College.Raul Barrientos could get up to 150 years in state prison if convicted of the laundry list of charges the Orange County Dis ... More >>

Gronk-o-Rama at Fullerton College!

The legendary Chicano artist makes a rare appearance in OC at Fullerton College as its artist-in-residence

JAX Donut House in Anaheim Gets College Field Trips, Good Food Segment Because of Gustavo's Dad!

​About a year ago, I got one of the most bizarre requests of my professional career: Fullerton College Professor Jerry Padilla asked me to make sure my dad and his friends were getting doughnuts the following Saturday.The profe wanted to take his students on a field trip of significant places in t ... More >>

Lynsie Ekelund's Accused Killer Awaits Arraignment

Chris McAmis confessed to murdering the Fullerton College student in 2001. Their families now try to come to grips with the news

Drunk After Work: Chomp Sushi

Dave Lieberman​The Place: Chomp Rockin' Sushi and Teppan Grills, 181 E. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton; (714) 738-3511; chompfullerton.com. The Hours: Mon.-Fri., 3-6 p.m. The Deal: $3 beer specials, sushi and food specials.

BREAKING: Arrest Made in Case of Missing Placentia Woman

Lynsie Ekelund​UPDATE, 8:45 P.M.: OCDA ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE ON THE CASE TODAY. SEE BOTTOM OF POST FOR DETAILS.After nine years of investigation and fears the case had been forgotten, an arrest has been made in the disappearance of Placentia resident and Fullerton College student Lynsie Ekelund. ... More >>

El Carnaval de las Calaveras

Fullerton College Art gallery

Evan Stone's Jazz Jam

Steamer's Cafe

Ghosts, Ghouls, Zombies and a Little Bit of Lucifer and Poe

​Two months out of the year, plays on most local stages share a similar theme. In December, holiday plays are everywhere, whether they're adaptations of something traditional, like Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, something sappy and sentimental (insert just about every holiday-t ... More >>

Just Work It Baby: Three Ways To Experience Theater In Its Rawest Stage

​The Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble is community theater in its finest mode. No, not the kind of stale community theater that churns out tried and true middle-of-the-road fodder, but a theater that cares as much as its surrounding community as it does in getting that community's asses in i ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Adrian Ramos, OC Homicide No. 16: Shot for His Wallet

Aquiles Sanchez​Three arrests have been made in the murder of Adrian Ramos, a 19-year-old who was gunned down in a robbery attempt as he was walking home from a Fullerton College music class.The sidewalk in the 1300 block of Kenwood Avenue in Anaheim where the young man nicknamed "Moko" was shot W ... More >>

Ten or 100 Years Later, 'The Laramie Project' Remains Relevant

Ten years later or 100 years later, the murder of Matthew Shepard and The Laramie Project will remain relevant

The Laramie Project

Wilshire Audotorium, Fullerton College

The Alley Cats: Friday Night's Barbershop Quartet

​In another edition of what this writer's going to call "Free Things to Do This Weekend" (it's unofficial!), So-Cal's own barbershop quartet, The Alley Cats, comes home Friday night with a free concert at Chapman University.  Formed in 1987 at Fullerton College, the group is considered as "Am ... More >>

Former TV Exec Lashes Out at Fullerton College

Ken Bane describes himself as a "serial entrepreneur and a long-time Fullerton resident." His online bio for Bane Media, Inc.--which specializes in "creating and executing online media plans that drive traffic, sales and customers to our clients"--notes that he was formerly the director of sales for ... More >>

Fullerton College Loves Gustavo for Some Bizarre Reason

I have a tortured relationship with most of my alma maters. I speak at high schools across Southern California before assemblies and classes, yet have spoken at Anaheim High but once since I graduated in 1997--and when I did, my former biology teacher ridiculed my decision to work for the Weekly. Ea ... More >>

To Do Tonight 1/6

Wildcat Duo, 7:30 p.m.Not one, but two wildcats. Wow. Renaissance Dana Point, 24701 Del Prado Ave., Dana Point, CA; 949-661-6003Playwright Festival, 7 p.m.Learn to write plays and listen to live readings.Fullerton College, 321 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton, CA; 714-992-7433TNT Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.A dyna ... More >>

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Playwright Festival

The Arts and Other Highfalutin' Stuff

Actors, troubadours, campfire singers, cowboy poets & purty pictures (Please don’t  shoot the piano player!)

Terror in the Aisles

Homegrown thriller uses Fox Theater, its history and its renovation

Wilder Summer

Fast Karl to host Fullerton Film Festival

Fest Mania!

One festival closes, another one jells

Live Previews

Eight Days

EIGHT DAYS

You Ain't Inventing Jack

Fullerton College looks back at sex, sex and the Old West

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Crank Yankers

Where to score porn

Cram It In

Where to eat after an all-nighter

Shake That Ass!

Theres a club for every taste

Addison Glines

1981 - 2001

More Honest Than the Supreme Court!

Our nominees for the Best in Theater 2000

The Great Wallenberg of Fullerton

The Drama Behind the Drama About Raoul Wallenberg

Muy Macho

Necessary Animals?

The Kentucky Cycle kicks much theatrical butt

We're So Happy, We Could Scream!

The third annual OC Weekly Theater Awards

Welcome to Virtual U

Why is cyberspace sucking the college experience into a black hole? 'It all comes down to money'