If you can’t afford a DeLorean or other time machine, you can get a lot of the same effect by visiting the Gem Theatre on Main Street in downtown Garden Grove. Opened […]
The Gem’s 100 years of entertainment on Main St.
Trapped in your 15 minutes
Some people will believe anything. I’m sorry that’s not a quote from a famous person, but it seems so self-evident that there’s no need to give it more weight by tying it […]
Who will save us now?
Things are feeling a bit strange. After many, many alien invasion, UFO-sighting movies and TV series, we finally have some unidentified flying objects to worry about. The comforting news is that we […]
A very noteworthy parade
Grace under pressure. That’s a nice thing to have. I refer in this particular case to the 2023 Tet Parade in Westminster last week. This has been an annual event observing the […]
Public Safety bldg. advances
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune The proposed new Public Safety building took a step forward on Tuesday night as the Garden Grove City Council heard a report on the status of the […]
The point is: get to the point
There’s an old saying that goes, “Justice delayed is justice denied.” To that I wish to add this corollary: “Democracy delayed is democracy denied.” At the most recent meeting of the […]
Retorts: The future is soon
Time travel has long been a popular fantasy … who hasn’t imagined traveling into the future to see what it holds for us, or going back into the past to right a […]
Main Street to “Flower Street”
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune The downtown area of Garden Grove is known as a location for special events such as the Strawberry Festival in the Village Green park and the Elvis […]
Azteca’s 17-year love story
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune Most people have an idea of a wedding as an event that features a place of worship, a person of the cloth presiding and a regal exit […]
The OC’s (always) changing face
“Distant hands in foreign lands are turning hidden wheels/Causing things to come about which no one seems to feel Invisible from where we stand, the connections come to pass/And though too strange […]
