By Thom deMartino “Go back where you came from!” shout members of the local Jets gang, at the members of the Puerto Rican gang, the Sharks. It’s a rallying cry of anger: […]
“West Side Story” explored at the Gem
U.S. women are winners, not victims
The women of the U.S. national soccer team are famous for being extraordinary athletes, repeat world champions — and plaintiffs. The team’s lawsuit alleging pay discrimination against the U.S. Soccer Federation has […]
Fast-starting Halos beat Astros 7-2
The Los Angeles Angels began the season – indeed, spent most of the first half of the 2019 campaign – with an epic slow start. But now the Halos are off to […]
Again, GGUSD board rejects charter try
By Jim Tortolano For the second time in less than a year, the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education voted down a request for the establishment of a charter school […]
Exit from cable TV group is approved
It’s not exactly Brexit, but the Huntington Beach City Council on Monday approved withdrawal from one of Orange County’s older intergovernmental agencies. On a 7-0 vote, the council approved a resolution to […]
Cathedral’s new birth is on Wednesday
Nearly two generations ago, the greatest landmark in Garden Grove – and one of the most notable in all of Orange County – rose from a location at the southwest corner of […]
The new Brutus: Sophisticated, gullible
You’ve all heard about how the Modern Man needs to be more sensitive, more cultured, and spend less time in front of the TV watching sports with a beer bottle in one […]
Franken: What the future may look like
Let’s give the highest praise possible to President Donald Trump: He didn’t mortify his country on Independence Day. Other than his Revolutionary War airport thingy, he stuck to the script and gave […]
Pujols gets hits, Angels hit new high
Albert Pujols had a trio of hits and the Los Angeles Angels hit a new landmark for 2019 on Monday in Anaheim as the team beat the Houston Astros 9-6. The victory […]
Murderer faces 50 years to life in prison
A man convicted in January of murder in the 2016 fatal shooting of a woman in Garden Grove is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday. According to the Orange County District Attorney’s […]