Forgive me while I daydream for a bit …. Disney, finally dissatisfied with Anaheim’s newfound resistance to being a company town, decides to aim the expansion of its expanding resort plans down […]
As Mickey flirts with Garden Grove …
GG man charged with vandalizing mural
A 20-year-old Garden Grove man was charged Tuesday with vandalizing a mural in Santa Ana which honored Mexican-American military veterans. According to the Orange County District Attorney and the Santa Ana Police […]
He attacked GG woman, girl in SA
A Santa Ana man previously convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in Garden Grove was sentenced Friday to 11 years in state prison for molesting an 8-year-old girl in Santa Ana. […]
Blue benches, Willowick study OK’d
By Jim Tortolano Bus benches in Garden Grove will be turning blue and land owned by Garden Grove but located in Santa Ana could be turning into gold. At Tuesday night’s meeting […]
Eight streetcars to be bought by OCTA
Plans for Orange County’s first modern streetcar rolled forward when the Orange County Transportation Authority board of directors on Monday approved the purchase of the streetcars that will carry passengers on the […]
Police fatally shoot man in Santa Ana
A 31-year-old man was fatally shot by Garden Grove Police Department investigators in Santa Ana late Friday night. According to Lt. Carl Whitney, public information officer for the GGPD, the incident occurred […]
Two councils met on future of Willowick
By Jim Tortolano What to do with 101.5-acres of mostly open land in the middle of central Orange County? The Garden Grove and Santa Ana city councils held an historic joint meeting […]
Council meets on hotel project, Willowick
Two special meetings of the Garden Grove City Council will be held next week, centering on a three-hotel development on Harbor Boulevard, and the fate of the Willowick Golf Course. The latter […]
Retorts: Abe Lincoln and Amazon’s HQ2
I am a great believer in failure. Oh, yes, winning gets all the good press, but I’d wager to say that, over time, losing benefits you more than winning. Stay with me […]
GG, Santa Ana in hunt for Amazon HQ2
By Jim Tortolano Garden Grove – in conjunction with Santa Ana – is throwing its hat into the ring in the competition to provide a location for Amazon’s proposed $5 billion “second […]
