“A good plan executed in time beats a perfect plan executed too late.” – Gen. George S. Patton. “Act in haste, repent at leisure.” – William Congreve. I am never the first […]
Fast thinking isn’t always smart
Ice cream is perpetual, but little else is
We now have one of those musical ice cream trucks trolling our street, just as they did when we had presidents with names like Kennedy and Nixon. To reflect changing times and […]
It’s time for that Sunday night feeling
From Katella to Warner, from Brookhurst to Beach and all points in between and adjacent, there’s a kind of a fog descending over everyone from 5 to 17. It’s what is commonly […]
New code enforcement sheriff in town
By Jim Tortolano Was the last time your watered your lawn back in Barack Obama’s first term? Are the stripes on the parking lot you own so faint they look they were […]
Leo Zlaket: leader, cook, community icon
If there’s one institution in Garden Grove that connected the community’s early rural days to its busy and crowded present, it was Zlaket’s Market on Main Street, a family business established in […]
Burgerim moves into fast-food elite
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano There was a time – in the days when dinosaurs roamed the Earth – that you only had two fast food choices for hamburgers. There were the […]
Buses, not streetcar for Harbor Blvd.
By Jim Tortolano The onset of the OC Streetcar linking Santa Ana and Garden Grove inspired speculation that the route – with a western terminus on Harbor Boulevard – could lead to […]
Wagging your tail for Raising Cane’s
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano America may not lead the world in math scores or futbol, but we’re tops at inventing new fast food ideas. One of the latest examples of this […]
Retorts: Who speaks for the rule of law?
Do you feel that no one should be above the law? Do you believe that our leaders should pursue justice, and set aside other motives? Should they be guided by facts, not […]
A switch to OCFA suffers some burns
By Jim Tortolano The concept of merging the Garden Grove Fire Department into the Orange County Fire Authority took what one city councilman called “a punch in the gut” Tuesday night when […]
