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 […]
Main St. closures are extended
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 […]
