Paying Tribute Dept.: Garden Grove began as a small village centered on what is now Euclid Street and Garden Grove Boulevard. A lot has changed since 1874, but the historic core remains […]
The upside of downtown
The era of battling newspapers is just nostalgia now
I recently read Teri Sforza’s final column for The Orange County Register and enjoyed it a lot. It was full of nostalgia over her 33 years with the paper, especially focusing on […]
Debates: A televised ‘chop fight’
I was watching political debates the other day – one of my guilty pleasures– when it occurred to me that, “These aren’t debates. They’re not discussing issues and philosophies so much as […]
Halloween: tastiest of holidays
Don’t Snicker at This Dept. This being October, I spend a lot of my time thinking about Halloween. Being an Angels fan – what with the paucity of playoff action for the […]
Woodbury Park: gotta see it!
Park It Here Dept. Kudos to the City of Garden Grove – and especially to John Montanchez and Janet Pelayo of the Community Services Department – for the recent opening of the […]
Gas prices: who’s to blame?
I filled up my Chevy’s gas tank the other day at $6.19 a gallon. Two days later the price had risen to $6.29 a gallon. It brought back many memories. I am […]
Simply a scourge of signs
It was the worst of signs, it was the worst of signs … With apologies to Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities,” the communities of West Orange County – Garden Grove, […]
From the trenches and back …
As you may have read or heard, I’ve just come back from a strange, short journey. It started – more or less – in the Ralphs parking lot, took me through the […]
That Name, That Face … So?
It’s election time, or will be shortly. The candidates for local office, at least, have come forward, as evidenced by the big, colorful signs that blight nearly every street corner from Katella […]
The Tribune is 10 years old
This week marks the 10th anniversary of The Orange County Tribune. The Trib was started in 2014 as website devoted to Orange County history. In August 2016 the content was switched to […]
