A fall heat wave didn\u2019t keep shoppers away Saturday as Fullerton residents gathered at Independence Park to hunt for secondhand clothes, toys, furniture and other household finds.<\/p>\n
The event, hosted by the city of Fullerton, took place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and was one of the four community yard sales scheduled by the city in 2026, with previous events taking place in March, May and August.<\/p>\n
Mia Peru, the event organizer, said the yard sale had grown in participation and helped bring more residents into the city\u2019s community events.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe went from having maybe 20 vendors to having 35 plus. It was getting the community more involved in special events within Parks and Recreation,\u201d Peru said. \u201cThey’re so glad that they can come to a mini swap meet, a one-stop shop to look at everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Residents were given an opportunity to sell belongings that served their purpose and are in need of a new home while shoppers searched for secondhand items at a variety of prices.<\/p>\n
Rather than visiting individual yard sales throughout the city, Fullerton residents had a chance to shop from multiple vendors in one location.<\/p>\n
Tables lined the park as shoppers moved between booths and vendors displayed a variety of items for sale, including clothing, exercise equipment, toys and decor, jewelry and furniture.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Akane Sanchez and Jenna Scotese, Garden Grove residents, were among the vendors at the event. Both are alumni of Cal State Fullerton and showed up to the yard sale in hopes of supporting the community. The pair sold apparel, jewelry and household items.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCommunity yard sales are easier to participate in rather than a standalone yard sale, especially when you live in a gated community,\u201d Sanchez said.<\/p>\n
The heat wave created an additional challenge for vendors who spent the morning outside. Sanchez said the Fullerton Parks and Recreation staff were supportive as vendors looked for relief from the heat.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really hot today and they\u2019ve been really accommodating about letting us move around with the shade,\u201d Sanchez said.\u201dEverybody\u2019s been really nice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stephanie Cardenas, another vendor at the event and a Fullerton resident, brought products from her new 3D printing business, including fidgets, hair pins, coffin drawers and a variety of other Halloween decorations.<\/p>\n
For Cardenas, the yard sale was an opportunity to introduce her new business to local shoppers while getting a sense of what products people were interested in.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been great. I mean, other than the weather, we would hope it was a little bit cooler,\u201d Cardenas said. \u201cEveryone\u2019s been really nice coming by and saying hi and seeing what we have to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n
The wide variety of goods allowed shoppers to browse without necessarily knowing what they would find. The goods that vendors offered gave Fullerton residents an opportunity to purchase previously owned goods or discover something new.<\/p>\n
For vendors, the event provided a way to clear out belongings, sell products and connect with other residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Community Yard Sale was part of Fullerton\u2019s 2026 schedule of quarterly yard sales and the Oct. 3 sale marked the final one scheduled for the year. The yard sale series gave Fullerton residents a place to buy, sell and reuse goods while spending a Saturday morning connecting with members of their community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fall heat wave didn\u2019t keep shoppers away Saturday as Fullerton residents gathered at Independence Park to hunt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,186201,189950,189952,611,189951],"class_list":["post-485966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-fullerton-city","tag-fullerton-community","tag-oc-culture","tag-orange-county","tag-yard-sale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}