By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune. It was one of those games that old-times sports writers would call a “barn-burner.” Important game, venue filled with a standing-room only crowd, back-and-forth play … When […]
Cavs grab a tie for GGL title
Taylor blitzes the sports world
It’s no longer our world. It belongs to Taylor Swift and we just live in it. A bit of an exaggeration, but it’s tough to overstate the impact that the hugely popular […]
U.S., Viet flags to fly longer
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune Two agenda items regarding the flying of American and Vietnamese flags in the City of Westminster that took up more than two hours of argument at the […]
How to get/keep love alive
In less than a month, it will be Valentine’s Day. Just in case you haven’t noticed, there are whole aisles in Vons and CVS devoted to this annual, highly commercialized celebration of […]
Our local ‘believe it or not’
Can you believe that … • The Westminster City Council spent hours recently arguing over when the Republic of (South) Vietnam become independent? That one of those arguing – who has been […]
The shape of things to come
If you can tune your ears to something other than the beer commercials, endless time-filling chatter on the sports networks and endless speculation on just what the heck has happened of Stetson […]
Lobos outlast the Cavs in OT
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune It was as close as Taylor and Travis. As close as a politician and his contributors. As close as an Italian and his pasta spoon. It was […]
A sad outcome, but good game
Oh, let them have one. The Detroit Lions’ fan base has been suffering for so long that it only seems fair that – despite our local loyalties – their team finally (played […]
What you need to do in 2024
One of the biggest clichés of January is the New Year’s resolution thing. Quitting smoking. Losing weight. Stop procrastinating. Clearing out the clutter. Stop being so negative. And on and on. The […]
It is a real ducky dilemma
There are almost always two sides to a story. Sometimes there are three or four. In a recent column, I urged the powers that be that in reconfiguring the Civic Center Park […]
