The world is going just a little bit crazy today. At noon on Friday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Love him or loathe […]
Retorts: Don’t kick, lest you be kicked
Cavaliers run past the Argonauts
By Jim Tortolano It’s exhausting just watching the Santiago High School boy’s basketball team play. It certainly looked like the Cavaliers tired out the visiting Garden Grove High team en route to […]
Retorts: Theater controversies act up
There is something about publicly-supported theater that draws politicians like reporters to an open bar. Operation of Garden Grove’s Gem Theater and Festival Amphitheatre had multiple conflicts ranging over a generation, and […]
Cook makes history with Blue Ribbon
By Jim Tortolano Alonzo Cook founded Garden Grove in 1874, and the elementary school named after him made has made history again as it recently was named a National Blue Ribbon School […]
Retorts: Taking a bite from crime
We have a serious crime problem in our neighborhood. We’ve taken all kinds of precautions, but nothing seems to help. This particular perpetrator is so brazen that the thief goes around wearing […]
Happy holidays from the Trib to you
The staff of the Orange County Tribune wishes all of our readers and supporters a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. In keeping with the holiday spirit of spending time with […]
“It’s A Wonderful Life” in great towns
There are few Christmas-time traditions more worthy of keeping than watching Frank Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Sure, it’s a bit corny – critics at the time of its debut mocked the […]
Retorts: Councils show promise, humor
I ran (sat, mostly) the gamut of swearings-in of new and re-elected city officials this week, and, believe it or not, there have been some pleasant surprises. I attended the Huntington Beach […]
History made with new mayor, council
By Jim Tortolano History was made Tuesday night as a new mayor and a new expanded city council for Garden Grove were sworn-in and seated. Before a crowd of several hundred that […]
Opening eyes at “The Hour of Code”
By Jim Tortolano Computers are everywhere. They’re in your phone, your car, you watch, maybe even in your oven. We are hip-deep in the technology that runs our lives. But figuring out […]
