A fire that did damage of up a half million dollars struck a McDonald’s restaurant in southern Garden Grove Thursday afternoon. According to Capt. Thanh Nguyen of the Garden Grove Fire Department, […]
$500,000 loss in McDonald’s blaze
Moratorium on mortuaries OKd
UPDATE: The Garden Grove City Council approved the proposed moratorium on new mortuaries and crematoria at a special meeting Friday morning on a 4-0 vote. Councilman Steve Jones was on vacation. A […]
Tax on medicinal marijuana defeated
By Jim Tortolano A proposal to impose a tax on medical marijuana was defeated at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Garden Grove City Council. Mayor Bao Nguyen’s motion to tax cannabis, perhaps […]
History of Garden Grove published
UPDATE: At present, on Amazon.com, the book is only available as an e-book. We’ll let you know about paper versions and their availability as soon as possiible. The first modern one-volume history […]
After 87 years, Zlaket’s to close
Zlaket’s Market, the oldest such business in Garden Grove and possibly in all of Orange County, will close its doors this month after 87 years. The announcement came last week that the […]
Dark shadows at the Greenbrier Inn
By Jim Tortolano If you drive up Harbor Boulevard in Garden Grove you’ll see a skyline rising of hotels, with more on the way. It’s the newly-named Grove District of the Anaheim […]
Another downtown growing in GG?
By Jim Tortolano Beloved Orange County historian Jim Sleeper once remarked that local redevelopment agencies have turned many historic OC locations into “historic parking lots.” This applied especially to central business districts […]
