By Jim Tortolano Westminster and Garden Grove each had their roots in the original Wild West, with the former born in 1870 and the latter in 1874. But nearly a century later […]
The Great Eastgate Bribery Scandal of ’61
Council wrestles with district boundaries
“It’s a big challenge. Good luck with it,” said one of the speakers at Wednesday’s public hearing on selecting district maps for the Westminster City Council. Working against a deadline of Jan. […]
Tree-lighting comes to town on Dec. 2
The City of Westminster will ring in the holiday season with the annual Tree-Lighting Ceremony and Community Sing on Monday, Dec. 2 outdoors in the Westminster Civic Center, 8200 Westminster Blvd. at […]
New chief focuses on the small things
By Greg Hardesty Westminster’s new police chief is a black-and-white kind of guy. In late 1993, when Mark Lauderback was putting himself through the police academy at Golden West College, two agencies […]
Enough signatures, says recall group
The group seeking to recall three members of the Westminster City Council announced on Tuesday night that sufficient valid signatures had been gathered to force an election on the matter. Westminster-United is […]
Three picked for homelessness panel
The process of picking members of the public to serve on a city Homelessness Task Force started at Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council, but it’s not over yet. Each member […]
Appointments to homeless panel seen
The appointment of five public members to the new Homelessness Task Force tops the agenda of the Westminster City Council when it meets on Wednesday night. The task force’s lineup will include […]
One speaker at by-district hearing
The first public hearing on the move to a by-district process for electing city council members attracted just one person to Wednesday night’s meeting of the Westminster council. Terry Rains addressed the […]
Could districts mean a bigger council?
By Jim Tortolano The clock is running as the City of Westminster scrambles to ditch its historic at-large election process and go instead with a by-district alternative for choosing members of its […]
Decorum resolution continued to Oct. 23
A proposed resolution to improve decorum and civility at meetings of the Westminster City Council on Wednesday evening was continued to the next meeting of that panel. The resolution, requested by Councilman […]
