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Kelly Thomas (April 5, 1974 – July 10, 2011) was a homeless man diagnosed with schizophrenia who lived on the streets of Fullerton, California.He died five days after being severely beaten by six members of the Fullerton Police Department, whom he encountered on July 5, 2011, [2] in what was later described as "one of the worst police beatings in [US] history."
Hershberger attended Fullerton Union High School, where he distinguished himself on both the baseball and football teams, playing alongside Arky Vaughan and future President Richard Nixon. [1] The 1926 baseball team won the California Interscholastic Federation championship, and in 2003, he was named to the school's All-Time baseball team. [2]
John Vern Briggs [1] (March 8, 1930 – April 15, 2020) was an American politician in the state of California. A Republican, he served in the California State Assembly and the California State Senate.
Stuart Anthony Tay (December 8, 1975 – December 31, 1992), was an American teenager from Orange County, California and a student at Foothill High School.Five teenagers believed that Tay was planning to betray them in a planned theft of computer equipment, so they arranged to kill him. [1]
California, Oregon: 1990–1995: 8–185: Known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew smiley faces on his many letters to the media and authorities [146] 40: Michael Gargiulo: Southern California: 1993–2008: 3–10: Serial killer known as The Hollywood Ripper [147] 41: Wayne Adam Ford: California: 1997–1998: 4+
In the early and middle part of the 20th century, the Fullerton News Tribune was one of the more modern California daily newspaper organizations; it was the first California newspaper to print with Linotype printing presses, and the first small city daily in Southern California to have leased a teletype news wire and a UPI photo wire service. [1]
Charles Clarke Chapman (July 2, 1853 – April 5, 1944) was the first mayor of Fullerton, California and a relative of John Chapman, the legendary "Johnny Appleseed". He was a native of Illinois who had been a Chicago publisher before settling in Southern California.
August Edmun "Augie" Garrido Jr. (February 6, 1939 – March 15, 2018) was an American professional baseball player and coach in NCAA Division I college baseball, best known for his stints with the Cal State Fullerton Titans and Texas Longhorns.