Some Fullerton street names need no explanation. Mountain View Place, at least on days that aren't too smoggy, has a view of the mountains. Rolling Hills Drive describes the terrain of its neighborhood pretty accurately. And then there's Short Street.

Ginny King says, "Short Street is named Short Street because it's short."

King wrote "The Street Where you Live: Why Did They Name It...?" How short is short? In the case of lowly little Short Street, exactly one block long.

(Airdate: 9/28/2008)