Community

TUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT

This is a notification to remind our residents how important it is to lock up their vehicles and close their windows whether it is for a minute or all day.  We have found a number of thefts from vehicles occur because a citizen failed to lock a door or close a window.  These kinds of crimes are known as crimes of opportunity.  Another important tip is to not leave your car running or leave the keys in the ignition.  Yes, cars have been stolen because a key was left in the ignition, and the car was running. Read more »

Business

From Greer’s OC web site: Are you not one to follow trends … yet on the fashion hunt for something avante garde, a little off-center, and tres fashionable?

Then visit Paula and Paula Home in Old Town Tustin. The store features interesting apparel, shoes, hats and accessories with the help of the dynamic team, Paula and Phyllis. Read more »

City Hall

It’s interesting to see that Huntington Beach is looking to save, by virtue of a zoning overlay, what’s left of the historic flavor of its main drag. Sadly, traditional craftsman homes with big front porches are giving way to stucco McMansions fueled by a seemingly never-ending reservoir of home equity.

The grass roots movement there is the brainchild of local homeowner Nuuana Robinson. Distraught over the remodeling frenzy and what it will do to Huntington Beach’s charm, she laments that soon, “you won’t know if you’re in Irvine or Tustin”. Yikes. Should we be smug or horrified that our fair hamlet has been figuratively attached to our intensely manicured southern neighbor? Read more »

Events

Jamestown Vintage Flea Market

Opinion

Tustin News Column originally published 10/4/2005: Flashback to the film LA Story starring Steve Martin. In one scene Martin’s character jumps in his car to visit his next door neighbor 30 feet away. As expected, feedback on our Just Park It column (Tustin News  8/24) was heavy. Not expected was the preponderance of email in favor of booting (or at least moving) the Farmers Market and turning that piece of dirt into another white-striped SUV farm. Read more »