Three dogs were rescued when firefighters from the Orange County Fire Authority knocked down a blaze at a business park in West Garden Grove Friday afternoon. According to the OCFA, the fire […]
Three dogs rescued from West GG fire
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 […]
Again, Mike Trout is the AL’s MVP
For the third time in nine years, the Angels’ Mike Trout has been named Most Valuable Player for the American League. The announcement on Thursday was matched by the selection of the […]
Civilian report writer stabbed by assailant
A 38-year-old civilian report writer for the Garden Grove Police Department was stabbed Thursday morning, and a suspect was arrested and is facing an attempted murder charge. According to Lt. Carl Whitney, […]
Karate, football, plays and a lot more
Movies, plays, history, shopping … there’s a lot to do this weekend in the communities of Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Stanton and Westminster. So turn off the football game and the Netflix […]
A worthwhile “dirty” on stage at GWC
By Thom deMartino “Men aren’t ALL bad,” muses Miss Mona, proprietor of a local women’s boarding-house — and house of ill-repute — to one of her newest tenants. “They’re just 92 percent […]
Wrestling with unfunded pension costs
Of all the financial woes looming on the horizon for local governments, unfunded pension liabilities look the most ominous. The PERS (Public Employment Retirement System) has lowered its estimates of what it […]
The evaporation of Beto O’Rourke
Here’s the thing about those bright, shiny human objects that are so irresistible to those of us in media: The truth is that, like so much bling, they are merely fool’s gold, […]
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 […]
Tet parade, biking/walking trail are OKd
By Jim Tortolano A Tet parade and a bikeway/pedestrian trail are both coming to Garden Grove in 2020. At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Garden Grove City Council approval was given on […]
