With the elections over … well, mostly over … it’s time to take a look at what that portends and what 2023 might bring to us in the West Orange County area. […]
“Surf City” makes a right turn
Sweet Rolled Tacos cool, hot
By Marilyn and Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune Sometimes when we go out for tacos we want something cool to balance out the heat. But there’s a place where you can combine the […]
This “hot” chicken is the best
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano/Orange County Tribune Manana, El Pollo Loco. Colonel Sanders, you’ve been demoted. Raising Cane’s, you may need to raise your game. What is arguably the best fast food […]
What’s scary this October?
To paraphrase Ray Bradbury, something weird this way comes. We are well into October and just a few weeks from election day, so there are two reasons to be scared. The first […]
With that old-ish gang of mine
History isn’t the past. In fact, it’s not even over. As much as we try to disassociate ourselves from things than have gone before, they continue to shape and influence our present-day […]
Yes, there is some good news
The news business is, I’m sorry to say, largely about bad news. Readers and viewers respond with more attention – generally – to deadly car crashes, love triangles ending in shootings, and […]
Six years old and growing
This week marks the six-year anniversary of the debut of The Orange County Tribune, the news operation serving the communities of Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Stanton and Westminster. Changing reading habits, business […]
Boom building times are here
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune From Valley View Street on the west to Harbor Boulevard on the east, development in Garden Grove is now roaring back out of the shadow cast by […]
Light at the tunnel’s end?
We’re only a little past halfway through the year, and things are already weird enough for a full 12 months, or even a decade. Looking at or reading the national news is […]
Idea that’s one for the books
I don’t have a bucket list; what I have is a shopping list. And it’s not for me, it’s for the community. Recently the City of Garden Grove held an open house […]
