Garden Grove owes a lot to the Strawberry Festival. I owe it my wife. The 60th annual event, to be held for four days over this Memorial Day weekend at the Village […]
Garden Grove owes a lot to the Strawberry Festival. I owe it my wife. The 60th annual event, to be held for four days over this Memorial Day weekend at the Village […]
Development, for good or bad, is one of the things that affects people the most in an urban/suburban environment. Construction of a new shopping center, housing project, restaurant, etc. can influence things […]
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a “sport” called roller derby. The illegitimate cousin of professional “wrestling,” this cheesy enterprise was broadcast on Channel 13 and involved a bunch […]
No good deed goes unpunished. That’s clear from this week’s reaction to Garden Grove City Councilman (and mayor pro tem) Kris Beard’s latest initiative. He wrote a proposed resolution to declare that […]
At every public meeting of city councils in Orange County, whenever the subject of sanctuary cities comes up, there seems to be a lot more heat than light. As I write this, […]
The biggest thing in Orange County this week – other than Shohei Ohtani – is the struggles surrounding SB 54, which bars local law enforcement from communicating in some ways with federal […]
It’s only March, but the political season is already underway. Huge signs are popping up at every street corner advertising the two-word platform of the candidate: MY NAME. A little later in […]
The coming of baseball season always leads to a singing of that most popular of sporting songs, “Take Me Out To the Ball Game.” Estimated to be the third most-commonly sung tune […]
The Americans took California from the Mexicans. The Mexicans took it from the Spanish. The Spanish took it from the natives. Those natives took it from … does it matter? America used […]
If it’s an even-numbered year, it must be time for election mania. Candidates are throwing their baseball caps into the ring, and interesting matchups are developing. On Wednesday, former state Assemblyman Tom […]