Jim Tortolano has the week off from writing his “Retorts” column. Here’s a classic from 2017. One of the reasons that the Germans failed on the western front during World War II, and the […]
Willing to get out and push?
Recall hammer: it’s a heavy lift
Recalls are like Thor’s hammer; each are powerful weapons that are blunt instruments and heavy lifting. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council, a group called “Save Surf City” introduced […]
Five years old and growing
By Jim Tortolano This week celebrates the five-year anniversary of The Orange County Tribune’s debut as a daily electronic “newspaper.” It was Aug. 6, 2016 when “The Trib” went live as a […]
Casinos, wells that never were
Second of two “alternate local history” accounts. Almost any area of Orange County can point to “might-have-been” scenarios. Few have quite as many, with potential huge impacts, as those that bypassed Garden […]
Do we miss Mr. Tito Ortiz yet?
Local politics, it seems, has gone national, and that may not be a good thing. What seemed like a particularly civic issue – selecting someone to fill the vacancy on the Huntington […]
Her garden is really growing
My column, “Am’s View,” debuted one year ago this month. Even though it has been challenging, I believe that my writing has grown and blossomed since my first article. The opportunity came […]
What might (or not) have been
Disneyland in Burbank? The Angels in Long Beach? Oil derricks in Garden Grove? What sort of “Twilight Zone” world is that? Well, those things do seem sort of off, but they are […]
Miss Cal, happy dragon, Tito
The new Miss California, Jazmin Avalos, came to the pageant in Fresno last month as Miss Los Angeles County by way of Garden Grove. Avalos, 24, is a graduate of California State […]
Back when I hated summers …
Here’s a heresy with a twist ending. As a kid, I hated summer. Oh, I know volumes have been written about the joys of the sunny season. The old fishin’ hole. Camping […]
Going the distance for The Best
Forty-Three miles. That’s the distance I drive, each way, to get my hair cut and styled. Undoubtedly, an hour’s drive for a monthly hair appointment is extreme; however, I have the BEST […]
