UPDATE: The House of Representatives passed the border security bill by a margin of 300-128 Thursday evening. President Trump will sign the bill on Friday and speak from the White House rose […]
Border bill passes; is “emergency” next?
Council hires a new city manager
A new city manager for Stanton was hired at Tuesday’s meeting of the city council. The new top officer of the city of nearly 40,000 people will be Jarad L. Hildenbrand, currently […]
A long skid ends with a 1-0 victory
By Pete Zarustica OK, one down! In their first game under the leadership of interim coach Bob Murray, the Anaheim Ducks snapped a six-game losing streak and posted a 1-0 win over […]
Rain is washing out the drought (we hope)
Can we officially say that the drought is finally over? Winter has returned with a wet vengeance this week in West Orange County. Storms moving across the southern California coast are dropping […]
Edison soccer advances to semifinals
One local team survived a scare Wednesday in CIF-SS winter sports playoffs, and one did not. The Edison High boys’ soccer team defeated Loyola 2-1 in double overtime in a Division 1 […]
65 affordable housing units are Ok’d
In another step toward introducing mixed-use development in the central part of the community, the Westminster City Council on Tuesday night approved a project calling for the construction of 65 new affordable […]
Transient tries to swim away from arrest
A fugitive who sought to evade capture by jumping into the rain-swollen Haster Street Park Basin in Garden Grove on Wednesday morning was rescued and arrested. According to Lt. Carl Whitney of […]
Retorts: The negative power of negativity
“More people, on the whole, are humbugged by believing nothing, than by believing too much.” – P.T. Barnum If you want to know why our political world seems to be stuck in […]
Dems’ new agenda meets political reality
Sen. Kamala Harris committed a most unusual gaffe at her recent CNN town hall — not by misspeaking about one of her central policy proposals, but by describing it accurately. Asked if […]
Mariners knocked out of CIF action
The Pacifica High boys’ basketball team finished its season Tuesday with a 71-59 loss to Covina in a second-round CIF-SS Division 3-A contest at the Mariner gym. The team placed fourth […]
