Another special meeting of the Westminster City Council has been called for Friday at 10 a.m. to consider placing a measure on the March 5, 2024 ballot asking voters if they want […]
Second try at sales tax hike
Last minute 1/2 cent effort
An effort to get a proposed 1/2-cent sales tax increase for Westminster will go down to the last minute, perhaps literally. Wednesday’s session of the Westminster City Council was intended to put […]
1/2 cent sales tax on agenda
The question of asking voters to add a one-half cent sales tax increase goes before the Westminster City Council when it meets this afternoon (Wednesday). If approved by the council it would go […]
Woman held in girl’s death
Police have arrested a woman accused of the murder of her 9-year-old child in Westminster. According to the WPD, Khadiyjah Pendergraph, 32, is being held in the death of her daughter. Westminster […]
$1.5 million fire is put down
A three-alarm fire in an industrial building in Westminster did an estimated $1.5 million in damage on Saturday afternoon. According to the Orange County Fire Authority, the fire was contained to the […]
Edwards Street to get facelift
By Declan McDaniels/Orange County Tribune The Westminster City Council voted on Wednesday to approve the award of contract for the Edwards Street Improvement Project to the lowest and responsible bidder, R.J. Noble […]
Sales tax panel on the agenda
By Declan McDaniels/Orange County Tribune A vote on the establishment of a Citizens Oversight Committee for Measure Y, the one-cent sales tax approved last year by voters, goes before Wednesday’s meeting of the […]
Social worker to SWAT officer
By Greg Mellen/Behind the Badge Westminster Police Department Detective Marcela Lopez approaches policing from a couple of different perspectives: first, as a woman, and second, as a person who came to police […]
Alternate street names advance
By Declan McDaniels/Orange County Tribune The Westminster City Council voted on Wednesday night to take steps toward replacing a number of street signs in the Little Saigon area with updated versions that […]
Pedestrian hit by automobile
An elderly Westminster woman has been hospitalized with serious but non-life threatening injuries after being hit by a motor vehicle Tuesday evening in Westminster. According to Commander Kevin MacCormick of the WPD, […]
