St. Patrick’s Day is one of the most popular holidays in the United States. With a plethora of Irish immigrants—and many, many more St. Paddy’s Day well-wishers, the holiday is heavily celebrated […]
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“Homegrown” program is launched
The Garden Grove Unified School District has launched a social media campaign this week to showcase the district’s many homegrown employees. Those who are homegrown are employees who attended schools in the […]
Dog Park now reopen in Garden Grove
Garden Grove Dog Park, located in Garden Grove Park, is now re-open for public use. Hours of operation are from dawn to dusk, seven days per week. In early October 2017, Garden […]
Westminster gets grant for bikeway
A grant worth $2.3 million for the creation of a bikeway honoring the civil rights case of Mendez v. Westminster has been awarded to the City of Westminster. The award from the […]
Aztec team wins an eSport tournament
Nearly 125 La Quinta High School students competed in a cutting-edge eSport tournament held at the school last week. The winning team from La Quinta will go on to compete at a […]
GGUSD test scores top state averages
Garden Grove Unified School District students demonstrated significant growth and exceeded state averages at all grade levels in both math and English on the state’s Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments (SBAC) test, according […]
Classes soon starting on local campuses
Students may moan, teacher may sigh and parents can relax, but there’s no getting around the fact that classes are starting soon in public schools and colleges in the Garden Grove-Huntington Beach-Westminster […]
Longer hours for bars, eateries eased
By Jim Tortolano A plan to make it easier for some downtown businesses – primarily bars and restaurants – to stay open later was approved by the Huntington Beach City Council […]
Shape of things to come in 2017
A new year and a lot of potential changes are coming to the Garden Grove-Huntington Beach-Westminster area in 2017. A list some of the things to look out for in the next […]
School districts getting new trustees
By Jim Tortolano When the “new” school boards serving the communities of Garden Grove, Huntington Beach and Westminster are sworn in this December, there will be a considerable leavening of fresh faces […]
