By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune with wire service reports A crisis with a worst-case scenario of a giant chemical explosion is over. Around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Orange County Fire […]
Go home! Evacuations are over
Star Wars spinoff ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ has a clumsy debut
By Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment Writer It’s been nearly seven years since there was a new “Star Wars” movie released in theaters and there are lots of ways to do it. “Star […]
Evacuation area cut to 16,000
UPDATE: There’s good news for most of the people affected by the establishment of the evacuation zone created by the toxic gas emergency created at a plastics factory in West Garden […]
Explosion threat is “eliminated”
All all-night mission brought good news on the chemical threat of an explosion at a plastics factory in West Garden Grove. “That threat has been eliminated.” said Orange County officials on Monday […]
A beachside police crackdown on the e-rowdies problem
In the aftermath of an incident in which a group of teen e-bikers attacked a man beachside, the Huntington Beach Police Department on Saturday launched a high-profile enforcement operation. According to the […]
‘Step in the right direction’ in Orange Co plastics tank crisis
UPDATES: A potentially risky operation by Orange County Fire Authority firefighters on Saturday may have resulted in a “step in the right direction” in solving the danger presented by a possible […]
$50k a month for defying state
By a staff writer The price of being a maverick may be $50,000 a month. A Superior Court judge last week ordered the City of Huntington Beach to pay that amount for […]
Parade cancelled? Postponed?
UPDATE: The parade was was not held. Have the the toxic fumes leak from a West Garden Grove plastics firm has created enough complications and uncertainty that the Strawberry Festival parade […]
Toxic fumes prompt evacuations
By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune One of the most dangerous environmental crises in local history remains unresolved, casting a shadow of unknown danger over several cities in West Orange County. As […]
E-newspaper for May 23, 2026
The latest e-newspaper of The Orange County Tribune is out. The Tribune serves Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Stanton and Westminster in Orange County, California. We are a non-partisan news organization which covers […]
