I ran (sat, mostly) the gamut of swearings-in of new and re-elected city officials this week, and, believe it or not, there have been some pleasant surprises. I attended the Huntington Beach […]
Retorts: Councils show promise, humor
History made with new mayor, council
By Jim Tortolano History was made Tuesday night as a new mayor and a new expanded city council for Garden Grove were sworn-in and seated. Before a crowd of several hundred that […]
New city leaders sworn in this week
It’s a week of swearings-in, as local city councils seat new and re-elected city officials. On Monday at 6 p.m., the Huntington Beach City Council will convene to not only seat two […]
New mayor excited about city’s future
By Jim Tortolano Steve Jones isn’t just the 15th mayor in the history of Garden Grove. He may be, in a sense, the first mayor of the Next Big Thing in the […]
Council to consider immigration resolution
By Jim Tortolano The shadow of the effects of the Nov. 8 election hung heavy over Tuesday’s meeting of the Garden Grove City Council, as the rights and fates of immigrants dominated […]
LED streetlights coming to GG?
The streetlights in Garden Grove may be getting brighter, cheaper and better-looking. A proposal to convert the city’s Edison-owned street lights from high-pressure sodium to LED (light-emitting diode) will be considered Tuesday […]
Women made big strides election day
By Jim Tortolano The voters nationally may not have chosen a woman to be their next president, but female candidates did pretty well in municipal elections last week in the Garden Grove-Huntington […]
School bonds, sales tax, Ta, Jones win
Local voters backed school bond issues, a 1 percent sales tax in Westminster and made history with the first district elections in Garden Grove in Tuesday’s balloting. According to unofficial results from […]
Rickk Montoya, GG council candidate
Note to readers: The Orange County Tribune is posting the results of questionnaires sent to candidates for city office in Garden Grove, Huntington Beach and Westminster as a public service. These are […]
Path for memorials in parks outlined
By Jim Tortolano The path to the possible establishment of a memorial to “Black April” – the fall of South Vietnam to communist forces in 1975 – was made more clear at […]
