By Jim Tortolano What to do about not enough parking and too many brown – or paved-over – lawns brought out a variety of viewpoints at Tuesday’s meeting of the Garden Grove […]
Parking jams and brown lawns
Homeless problem at the park
By Jim Tortolano The issue of homelessness flared up at an otherwise routine meeting of the Garden Grove City Council Tuesday night. Councilmember Stephanie Klopfenstein (District 5) spoke about conditions in the […]
Five candidates for GG mayor?
Mayor Steve Jones could face as many as four rivals for the top elected post in Garden Grove in the Nov. 3 general election. According to the latest information supplied by the […]
3 centuries of community history, pride
By Jim Tortolano In the famously mobile Golden State, an old-timer today might be someone whose family came here before iPads and backup cameras. But Stephanie Klopfenstein’s family came to Garden Grove […]
Rival Tet parade, festival may be proposed
By Jim Tortolano The political storm that’s engulfed the Westminster City Council is now creating some waves at the Garden Grove City Council. At Tuesday night’s meeting, the council meeting opened with […]
Coyote plan gets OK, council funds don’t
By Jim Tortolano An earlier proposal to divvy up the city council contingency fund to allow individual members to get allocations by district died fast but not so quiet at Tuesday night’s […]
Clock tower will light up in a rainbow
By Jim Tortolano Disappointment turned to elation Tuesday night when the same Garden Grove City Council that was reluctant to support displaying the “Gay Pride” flag in the lobby of City Hall […]
Candlelight vigil exhibits community
By Jim Tortolano A candlelight vigil for two local women and others killed in the mass shootings in Las Vegas drew hundreds to the Village Green Park in Garden Grove Sunday evening […]
Blackmun, GGNA put in their “two cents”
By Jim Tortolano It was 2003. The sleepy rural stretch of Gilbert Street in Garden Grove lined with tall eucalyptus trees was about to become something else entirely, and some local residents […]
Split council OK’s “harmony” resolution
By Jim Tortolano A divided Garden Grove City Council on Tuesday night approved a “harmony” resolution affirming the city’s policy of not working with federal immigration officials to identify illegal aliens for […]
