A wave of break-ins at pharmacies in Garden Grove and across Orange County is drawing the attention of area law enforcement agencies. Three such incidents took place in Garden Grove in the […]
Burglaries reported at three pharmacies
Sometimes a little late is right on time
Timing is everything, for store openings, new retail concepts and even codes of ethics. Some bits of information on all those issues in this week’s Local Intel.
Heavy traffic seen for Festival weekend
Beginning Friday, May 24 through Monday, May 27, the 61st annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival will take place at Village Green park, located at 12732 Main St. During the four-day festival, heavy […]
Mafi, Adams are honored for arts work
Garden Grove Unified School District Superintendent Gabriela Mafi received an Arts Leadership Award at the 2019 Orange County Music & Arts Educators Awards Ceremony hosted by the Orange County Department of Education […]
Police kill a knife-wielding suspect
A 20-year-old Garden Grove man was fatally shot by police early Saturday morning. According to Lt. Carl Whitney of GGPD, Andrew Giovanni Meza was killed by Garden Grove police officers in an […]
“Fallen Five” a core of GGPD’s history
By Jim Tortolano The 32nd Annual “Call to Duty” Memorial honoring the five Garden Grove Police Department officers killed in the line of duty touched strongly on the history of the department, […]
Rainbow flag won’t fly at City Hall
By Jim Tortolano The rainbow flag of “Gay Pride” won’t be flying over Garden Grove’s city hall, at least not soon. A deadlocked city council on Tuesday night couldn’t take action on […]
Suspect is tied to seven area burglaries
A transient from Anaheim has been arrested in connection with at least seven commercial burglary incidents in the Garden Grove area. According to Sgt. Luis Payan of the GGPD, Marwan Maher Alrabayah, […]
The three (or more) faces of Willowick
This week’s Local Intel features some words about a community rallying – sweetly – around a favorite dessert place that suffered a setback, as well as gossip pretending to be debate and […]
Flying of Gay Pride flag at City Hall?
A discussion on the idea of flying the rainbow-colored LGBT flag – also known as the “gay pride” flag – for the month of June at the City Hall is on the […]
