Sometimes, getting a street named for you is a matter of being at the right place at the right time. Take Sarah Place in Fullerton, one of the older street names in that north Orange County town. Ginny King is working on a book about Fullerton street names called "The Street Where You Live: Why Did They Name It?"

King says, "The information on file says 'named by someone at the Pacific Electric office for a girl at the office'."

It was big news when the Pacific Electric trolley cars began running in 1918, linking Fullerton with Los Angeles. Local headlines read "All Aboard Tomorrow!" The trolley's tomorrow ended in 1948. Today, Metrolink trains stop at Fullerton, the busiest station in Orange County.

(Airdate for this story: 11/24/07)