You hear a lot these days about mixed-use projects. Well, this week’s Retorts is a mixed-use column about two items of interest to our communities and, well, our columnist. Police shootings not […]
Retorts: Tragedy and an opportunity
Fore! Here comes new use for Willowick
By Jim Tortolano A first step toward what could be “the biggest project ever done” by the City of Garden Grove was taken Tuesday night by the city council. On a 7-0 […]
OC Streetcar rolls with $50 million boost
Plans to build Orange County’s first modern streetcar took another step forward Monday with the announcement that the project will receive $50 million from the federal government, according to a deal struck by […]
Harbor Blvd. study moves despite bumps
By Jim Tortolano Plans to modernize the county’s increasingly busy transportation system are moving ahead, even as a couple of bumps in the road have appeared. Even as the Orange County Transportation […]
HB, GG among happiest cities in U.S.
Anaheim may be home to the “Happiest Place on Earth,” but its residents may not be jollier than folks in Huntington Beach and Garden Grove. A survey released this week by the personal […]
OC Streetcar makes list of priorities
You don’t expect to see Donald Trump and Jerry Brown partnering on much of anything, but they seem to both be playing a role in the advancement of the OC Streetcar project […]
Immigration resolution OKd by GGUSD
Against the backdrop of announced increased immigration enforcement and deportation by the federal government, the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday approved a resolution promising that campus schools […]
Of playoffs, stadiums and Willowick
It’s been a tough winter. And we don’t just mean with all the rain and wind. In winter high school sports, just four teams from the Garden Grove-Huntington Beach-Westminster area have survived […]
Champs crowned as league play ends
League championships have been crowned for high school basketball teams after Thursday night’s final regular season games. Among squads in the Garden Grove-Huntington Beach-Westminster area, boys’ conference titles were won by Edison […]
Teamwork nets burglary suspect
A burglary suspect was arrested being spotted by a security guard, followed by a police officer and stopped by a team of police from Westminster and Santa Ana early Saturday morning. According […]
