The race for city council and school seats for the Nov. 8 election began Monday, and there’s already one especially interesting contest shaping up. Longtime Westminster mayor Margie Rice – now serving […]
Rice seeking a return to mayor’s post
Harbor Blvd. murder is investigated
An investigation is underway into the shooting death of a man who was shot in Garden Grove late Monday morning. According to Lt. Bob Bogue of the Garden Grove Police Department, the […]
Woman, 53, is struck by car
A 53-year-old woman has been hospitalized after she was struck by a car while crossing a street in Garden Grove late Saturday night. According to police, the woman walked across the northbound […]
Fireworks citations up and down
The number of citations issued for the use and possession of illegal fireworks increased this year, according to statistics released Thursday by the Garden Grove Police Department. For 2016, a total of […]
Concert goers have a Flashback attack
Eastgate Park in West Garden Grove rocked out to Eighties music Thursday evening. Flashback Heart Attack performed New Wave rock from that era before a crowd of about 1,000 people. It was […]
$500,000 loss in McDonald’s blaze
A fire that did damage of up a half million dollars struck a McDonald’s restaurant in southern Garden Grove Thursday afternoon. According to Capt. Thanh Nguyen of the Garden Grove Fire Department, […]
Moratorium on mortuaries OKd
UPDATE: The Garden Grove City Council approved the proposed moratorium on new mortuaries and crematoria at a special meeting Friday morning on a 4-0 vote. Councilman Steve Jones was on vacation. A […]
Tax on medicinal marijuana defeated
By Jim Tortolano A proposal to impose a tax on medical marijuana was defeated at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Garden Grove City Council. Mayor Bao Nguyen’s motion to tax cannabis, perhaps […]
The ghosts of military posts in OC
By Jim Tortolano The pivotal factor in Orange County’s transition from an agricultural region into a sprawling suburban metropolis was the effect of World War II and its aftermath. The great conflict […]
Floods, drought helped define OC
By Jim Tortolano We had a drought most of the year and dire warnings of a shriveled-up, parched land. Then come the predictions of an El Nino winter and much too much […]
