By Jim Tortolano She was born stateless in a refugee camp in Hong Kong. When her family was able to come to America, they had to share a mattress in a one-bedroom […]
From Hong Kong to Yale to Stanton
Cannabis commerce concept advances
By Jim Tortolano Stanton took the first tentative steps toward allowing the commercial uses of cannabis – marijuana – at Tuesday night’s meeting of the City Council. In a special session starting […]
City Council will mull cannabis sales
A new member of the Stanton City Council is scheduled to be sworn in Tuesday night, but the biggest seeds – pun intended – of change could come earlier in the day. […]
Van is new councilwoman-in-waiting
The Stanton City Council has a new member, but she won’t take her seat just yet. Hong Alyce Van was unanimously chosen Tuesday night to fill a vacancy on the council, but […]
Sale of old fire station on GG agenda
An agreement to sell a former fire station building and site will be on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of the Garden Grove City Council. An agreement to sell a former fire […]
City will explore a bed tax increase
The possibility of raising the “bed tax” advanced a bit at Tuesday’s meeting of the Stanton City Council. A staff report providing more detail on the topic was requested by the council. […]
Hike in “bed tax” at motels considered
Money matters will be on the minds of members of the Stanton City Council when it meets Tuesday evening. The council will consider the idea of raising the transient occupancy tax – […]
Townhome project wins approval, 4-0
The building boom in Stanton is rolling on. At Tuesday night’s meeting of the City Council, approval was given to two matters, which aim at adding to the community’s housing stock. The […]
“Dumbo” flies in; the Angels are back
The Angels open their 2019 season, three local city councils hold meetings and there’s a tribute to a long-time local community leader. This and a lot more in today’s Monday Briefing in […]
Nicer weather (we hope), many meetings
Did you get caught not having changed your clocks for daylight savings time and were late for something. Or did you just forget the one in the microwave? Now that we’re all […]
