The most interesting news that happened at Tuesday night’s Garden Grove City Council was about something that didn’t happen. At the conclusion of the session, City Manager Scott Stiles expressed his disappointment […]
The transformation of the Willowick Golf Course from an affordable set of links into a huge moneymaker was always a little like drawing to an inside straight in poker. Possible, but not […]
The Open Streets event held on the streets of Garden Grove’s civic center-downtown core on April 2 is touted as something of a big success. According to the city, a crowd of […]
“Here is the hospitality which forever indicates heroes.” – Walt Whitman Our cities here in Orange County have sometimes been imagined as strongholds of white middle class folks, as homogenized as Wonder […]
Election season is slowly creeping up on us. There’s a statewide primary election coming on June 7 and a bunch of familiar names are showing up in signs on street corners as […]
The last time an Orange County city tried something this reckless, it was almost never heard from again. Back in 1911 the residents of a community then called Benedict incorporated as the […]
What’s your superpower? I mean, short of being a strange visitor from another planet or coming in possession of a magic ring, hammer or sword, what would give you powers and abilities […]
The situation at Westminster City Hall is as fractious as it’s been in decades. City staff has been gutted by financial problems and political battles on the city council, recall campaigns are […]
Don’t leave! This is the time of year, it seems, when a lot of leaders in our communities are moving on to – or at least trying to – what I call […]
Last month The Tribune did an interview with Lisa Kim, Garden Grove’s director of community and economic development (and assistant city manager) for our semi-annual update on new businesses planned (or under […]
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