Violent crime is down in Garden Grove and Huntington Beach, according to figures released Friday by the FBI. In its nationwide study of cities with a population of 100,000 and over, four […]
Violent crime drops in GG and HB
Motorist killed on G. Grove Freeway
A three-car crash on the Garden Grove Freeway Sunday afternoon took the life of a 54-year-man from Orange, according to the California Highway Patrol. The motorist was identified as Felipe Nunez. The […]
Multi-city pursuit leads to an arrest
The pursuit of a suspect with a no-bail warrant that began in Garden Grove Thursday night ended up with his arrest in Santa Ana. According to the GGPD, Jacob Francisco Rodriguez, 34, […]
Street fair food and Civil War fights
It’s Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end of summer. Indulge yourself with some arts and leisure before the grind starts up again in earnest. We’ve always said that the actual year (rather […]
A citrus ‘war’ in the OC
By Jim Tortolano The County of Orange was not named after the golden fruit, but in the time before the great post-war boom, it might as well have been. Oranges, along with […]
OC turns 125 … sort of
By Pete Zarustica Orange County is (almost) officially 125 years old. On June 4, 1889, residents of the southeastern wing of Los Angeles County (typically referred to as the Santa Ana Valley), […]
Cities now coming full circle
By Jim Tortolano Old is the newest trend in American living. I’m not talking about the steady march of baby boomers toward senior citizen’s discounts, but the popularity of living styles which […]
Should Santa Ana be county seat?
When Orange County was divided from Los Angeles County in 1889, there was a lot of controversy over which city should be the county seat, or center of government. Anaheim, Orange and […]
The cities formerly known as ….
By Jim Tortolano It’s not just celebrities or serial spouses who change their names. Many a city – some of them big – trade in one monicker for another for a […]
