Are you “OG?” Or perhaps “OGG?” OG is slang for “original gangster,” a term which started on the mean streets of L.A. and which has come to mean “old school” or a […]
Oh, gee … I remember Gemco!
Time to liberate your garage
If you drive along the typical suburban street in West Orange County, you may see a setting that looks a bit like a used car lot. All along the curbs – especially […]
It’s the war on your lawn
In an irony of slang and contemporary values, we now live in a time in which “grass” (the kind some people like to smoke) is legal, and there’s a lot of pressure […]
River was lovely, but not roads
We’re back from our spring hiatus that took The Tribune staff for a cruise down the Mississippi River from Memphis to New Orleans and – other than lots of really good (and […]
The Gem’s 100 years of entertainment on Main St.
If you can’t afford a DeLorean or other time machine, you can get a lot of the same effect by visiting the Gem Theatre on Main Street in downtown Garden Grove. Opened […]
Trapped in your 15 minutes
Some people will believe anything. I’m sorry that’s not a quote from a famous person, but it seems so self-evident that there’s no need to give it more weight by tying it […]
Blowback of HB flag policy
Is this the other shoe on the “Rainbow Flag”? The new conservative majority on the Huntington Beach City Council voted on Feb. 7 to ask the city attorney to draw up an […]
Who will save us now?
Things are feeling a bit strange. After many, many alien invasion, UFO-sighting movies and TV series, we finally have some unidentified flying objects to worry about. The comforting news is that we […]
A very noteworthy parade
Grace under pressure. That’s a nice thing to have. I refer in this particular case to the 2023 Tet Parade in Westminster last week. This has been an annual event observing the […]
New council vs. the old council
The end of one thing is usually the beginning of something else. That’s especially true of election cycles, but sometimes, as the French say, “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” […]
