A divided city council narrowly approved keeping the second block of Huntington Beach’s Main Street closed to vehicular traffic for another two months. At the final meeting of 2020, the Huntington Beach […]
2nd block of Main stays closed
You’re known at Louie’s on Main
By Jim Tortolano For more than half a century, Garden Grove’s downtown has had a place “where everybody knows your name.” It may not be as world-famous as “Cheers” but Louie’s on […]
Main St. closures are extended
Two blocks of Main Street in downtown will remain closed to vehicle traffic for the next three-and-a half months, and perhaps longer. On Monday the Huntington Beach City Council voted to keep […]
New look for a Main St. bldg?
A new look and new uses could be coming to one of downtown’s most prominent buildings. On Thursday, Oct. 15 the Garden Grove Planning Commission will consider a new façade at what’s […]
Retorts: Opportunity from crisis
Build it. Then see if you can make it better. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve done that, from Lincoln Logs (remember them?) to newspaper/website columns to efforts to assemble […]
Lights in the trees again on Main Street?
It could be looking a lot like Christmas in Garden Grove’s downtown. At least in a couple of months. We are told that last year’s temporary decorative lighting along a one-block stretch […]
Sources: A charter school for GGUSD?
Charter schools have been a hot topic in public education in recent years. The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, for example, now has a majority considered supportive of that […]
Downtown and Willowick on the agenda
A change in name – and possibly mission – for the Main Street Commission, along with the exploration of possible development options for the city-owned Willowick Golf Course will highlight Tuesday’s meeting […]
Another downtown growing in GG?
By Jim Tortolano Beloved Orange County historian Jim Sleeper once remarked that local redevelopment agencies have turned many historic OC locations into “historic parking lots.” This applied especially to central business districts […]
