By Jessica Peralta Garden Grove Police Officer Roger Flanders and Mental Health Specialist Peg Peterson walk up to the man sitting on a beach chair along the sidewalk, his belongings piled high […]
Outreach serving mental health needs
Combatting hate with “I AM” project
By Greg Hardesty It all started with a conversation with my mom about hate in the world. The 9-year-old girl began her speech with these words while standing atop a table in […]
Youth, 15, suffers gunshot wound
A 15-year-old youth was shot in the chest in Garden Grove Tuesday night and is in critical condition. According to the GGPD, the incident occurred in the 12500 block of Harbor Blvd., […]
Mother, son arrested for GG murder
A man and his mother were arrested for the fatal shooting Thursday of a woman on the front lawn of a Garden Grove home. According to Lt. Bob Bogue of the GGPD, […]
Woman is shot dead on GG lawn
UPDATE: The victim in a fatal shooting in Garden Grove has been indentified by police as Kellie Louise Nichol, 31, of Trabuco Canyon. UPDATE: This story now contains new details about the […]
Prostitute suffers gunshot wound
A 23-year-old woman was shot in an industrial area in Garden Grove Wednesday night, according to police. The woman, who police say is an admitted prostitute, suffered a single gunshot wound in […]
GG gas station on Katella robbed
It took two tries, but a robber made off with cash from a Garden Grove service station late Thursday night. According to police, the incident took place just before midnight at a […]
Man, 55, killed in hit-and-run in GG
Update: The Orange County Coroner’s office on Tuesday identified the man killed in Sunday’s hit-and-run as Thomas Hess of Anaheim. A 55-year-old man was fatally injured in a hit-and-run accident late Sunday […]
Westminster man arrested in travel fraud
A 60-year-old Westminster man was arrested Tuesday morning in Garden Grove on fraud charges. According to Lt. Bob Bogue of the Garden Grove Police Department, Abdel Luis Rojas has been arrested and […]
DUI, license checkpoint in GG Aug. 19-20
Drunk drivers and drivers’ license scofflaws beware: a checkpoint to check for those violations is scheduled for the night and early morning of Aug. 19-20 by the Garden Grove Police Department’s traffic […]
