“An eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind.” – Attributed to Mohandas Gandhi. “An eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tooth would lead to a world of the blind and the toothless.” – […]
A closer look at the eye-for-an-eye
Tribune seeking a sports columnist
Love sports? Like to write? Are you a reliable person with good English skills? Fair-minded? The Orange County Tribune is looking for a regular sports columnist to write two columns a month […]
A cozy breakfast time with Aunt Yese
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano On the inside of the front wall of Aunt Yese’s Home Cooking in Garden Grove is the motto “Friendship.” That, in a word, sums up much of […]
“Incredibles 2” was worth the wait
By Jim Tortolano Fourteen years is a long time between the first and second installments of a movie series, but it has been worth the wait with the arrival of “Incredibles 2.” […]
“Tag”: it touches the child in us
There’s room for candy and ice cream in every diet and especially so at the cinema. Not every film can be “The Battleship Potemkin” or “Schindler’s List.” Case is point in “Tag,” […]
From gay bars to gay rights on GG Blvd.
The resolution passed by the Garden Grove City Council on Tuesday night declaring June to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month marked a kind of milestone in the history of […]
As Mickey flirts with Garden Grove …
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 […]
Festival, fire service and SteelCraft
The 60th annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival saluted the event’s history, but made some history of its own. According to Scott Weimer, president of the Strawberry Festival Association, the four-day event had […]
“Solo” revives the spirit of “Star Wars”
By Jim Tortolano Many are calling it a flop because of its early box office performance, but “Solo: A Star Wars Story” deserves a better description. As someone who thrilled to the […]
Truly, “You Can’t Take It With You”
By Thom deMartino True family is not always simply in blood shared, but found in the open, accepting and understanding heart. It’s 1938 in “You Can’t Take It With You” as the […]
