Fullerton

Dramatic video captured a good Samaritan jumping into action after he saw a man trapped in burning car. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 26, 2025.

A Good Samaritan is being called a neighborhood hero after risking his own life to rescue a man from a burning car in Fullerton. Richard Vasquez says he was making tacos with his mom when he heard the loud crash and immediately sprang into action. “Really didn’t think twice about it—the hardest object I had was a hammer,” said...

Former longtime NBC4 journalist Vicki Vargas was celebrated Thursday with an honorary doctorate at the Cal State Fullerton’s commencement ceremony. This video was broadcasted on the NBC4 News at 7 p.m. on May 22, 2025.

The arrival of an agent with the Department of Homeland Security on campus and ensuing social media posts led to confusion and cancelled classes Wednesday at Cal State Fullerton. The DHS agent with a K9 showed up Wednesday morning near Yorba Linda Boulevard and Associated Roads on the campus in northern Orange County. Word of the agent’s presence at...

Some professors at Cal State Fullerton canceled class after hearing that agents with the Department of Homeland Security were on campus. Lauren Coronado reports for the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on April 24, 2025. 

A man and his passenger in a speeding Tesla were killed Saturday when the car ran a red light in Fullerton, triggering a crash that involved an Orange County Transit Authority bus, authorities said.    

Surveillance video captured the moments right before a Tesla crashed into a bus in Fullerton where two people died. This video was broadcast on the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on April 12, 2025. 

The Fullerton Museum Center is diving into the region’s “legendary punk rock roots” through early August.

Fullerton police officers fatally shot a 19-year-old after the man brandished a pellet gun during a response to a distress call. As seen on air on the NBC4 News at March 16, 2025.

A police officer in Fullerton fatally shot a man who brandished a pellet gun at law enforcement Saturday night, the department said.

A 16-year-old high school soccer player and her father were identified by classmates and coaches as the two people killed when a small plane crashed into a Fullerton business.

Classmates attend a vigil for a teen and her father killed in a Fullerton plane crash. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 3 p.m. on Friday Jan. 3, 2025. 

The NTSB continues their investigation of a small plane crash in Fullerton that left 2 people dead and 19 others injured Thursday afternoon. Macy Jenkins reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2025.

Two people were killed and 18 injured after a small plane crashed into the roof of a warehouse building near Fullerton Municipal Airport. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2024.

A small plane crashed into a building Thursday afternoon near Fullerton Municipal Airport.

A small plane crashed through the roof of a building Thursday near Fullerton Airport.

The crash happened on Gilbert Street near the Fullerton Municipal Airport. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Nov. 25, 2024.

Officials in Orange County were investigating a plane crash in Fullerton Monday afternoon.

A Fullerton City Council candidate was charged with perjury for filing a false ballot document.

A good Samaritan tried to save the victim with a fire extinguisher. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024.