Fullerton

Cal State Fullerton police Thursday released a surveillance photo of a jogger who allegedly attacked a student following a racially charged conflict over the victim’s face covering.

The Chino man was admitted in July, went into a coma and was on a ventilator. Vikki Vargas reported on NBC4 News on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.

A thief took a break during his burglary of a Southern California pizzeria to make himself a pizza pie before fleeing with the restaurant’s delivery car, authorities said.

Actors in ski masks were caught appearing to break into a multi-family residential unit in Fullerton, but police later learned it was part of a film shoot, authorities said Monday.

Orange County prosecutors Tuesday released a report concluding that Fullerton police did not violate the law when a 17-year-old Anaheim girl was fatally shot in a conflict with an officer last year. Cpl. Scott Flynn was cleared of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Hannah Williams on July 5, 2019. A letter dated June 22 to Fullerton police…

The boy was under the age of 2. Beverly White reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8, 2020.

A baby removed from a car in Fullerton was pronounced dead at the scene Wednesday. Police were called at 3:34 p.m. to the 400 block of West Wilshire Avenue, and when officers arrived the infant had been removed from the car, said Fullerton Police Department Sgt. Eric Bridges. Officers and paramedics attempted to revive the baby, but were unable to…

Saluting the Class of 2020 from Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton.

Saluting the Class of 2020 from Fullerton Union High School in Fullerton.

Saluting the Class of 2020 from Troy High School in Fullerton.

Hetty Chang reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.

A 32-year-old West Covina man without a license to fly was arrested after he stole and single-engine plane at Chino Airport Wednesday afternoon and then crashed into a fence when he landed at Fullerton Airport. Christian Estoque was arrested on suspicion of grand theft and the theft of an aircraft. Only minor damage occurred when the Cessna 172S overshot the…

Fullerton police officers trying to break up a fight inside a car between two men shot one of the men to death when he advanced at them with a knife, authorities said Monday. One officer was en route to an unrelated call at 9:27 p.m. Sunday when he saw two men fighting inside a truck at Lillie and Commonwealth avenues,…

A 23-year-old Fullerton woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to posting Nazi propaganda posters at Newport Harbor High School and Fullerton College and was immediately sentenced to 40 hours of community service. Grace Elisabeth Ziesmer pleaded guilty to one count of vandalism and two counts of posting graffiti, all misdemeanors. She accepted a plea deal from Orange County Superior Court Judge Greg…

Late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was a regular. He became very familiar with the Hispanic culture through his wife Vanessa, who introduced him to authentic Mexican cuisine.  Employees and customers at El Camino Real, a Mexican restaurant in Fullerton, lamented the sudden death of Bryant, who was killed in a a helicopter crash in Calabasas on Sunday, along with his…

A boys’ junior varsity basketball coach at Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton was arrested Friday for allegedly committing lewd acts on a 14-year-old girl. The mother of a student called the school about 11 a.m. Friday to report that her 14-year-old daughter may have had “unwanted inappropriate contact” with Elijah Kim, said Lt. Jon Radus of the Fullerton Police Department. The school...

Mystery surrounds the discovery of a body found Wednesday wrapped in plastic and cardboard inside an abandoned moving truck in Fullerton. The U-Haul truck containing the body was rented and abandoned in Anaheim, so police in that city have taken over the death investigation, Anaheim police Sgt. Shane Carringer said. Abandoned or delinquent trucks are normally taken to the...

The body found was wrapped in cardboard and plastic. Police were calling the death “suspicious,” unable to determine how the victim may have died. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.

A new partnership between Fullerton College’s Drone Lab and Cal State Long Beach’s Shark Lab will map and research sharks and people off the SoCal coast. Vikki Vargas reports Dec. 20, 2019.