Rabid bat found at Fullerton College, OC health officials say

NBC Los Angeles reports that a bat found at Fullerton College last Friday tested positive for rabies, prompting Orange County Health Care Agency officials to urge anyone potentially exposed to contact the agency's Communicable Disease Control Division. The article provides specific location details (near the music building at Chapman and Lemon), timing (3:30 p.m.), and practical guidance on rabies transmission, symptoms, and preventative measures—including contact information for both health authorities and animal control. The reporting reflects standard public health alert journalism with named sourcing from the HCA; no byline attribution error is evident in the metadata, with journalist Danielle Smith credited. Independent search results confirm multiple concurrent rabid animal incidents across the U.S. (bats in Rock Falls and Richmond County, a raccoon in Pocomoke City), establishing that this is part of a broader pattern of rabies cases rather than an isolated event, though the article does not provide this regional context. Watch for follow-up notifications from Orange County Health if additional exposures are identified at the college or surrounding area, and monitor whether Fullerton College issues any official campus communications about the incident.