By Jim Tortolano In some places and some times, politics and civics take place mostly in backrooms. In Garden Grove it can sometimes take place in a backyard. The 15th annual Garden […]
Officials offer insights at backyard meet
“Homegrown” school employees gather
By Jim Tortolano There’s an old saying that advises: Bloom where you’re planted. On Thursday over 100 educators and others who were planted as students in the Garden Grove Unified School District […]
“Open Streets” wins awards for the city
The City of Garden Grove’s Community Services Department was recently recognized with two Award of Excellence distinctions in Economic Vitality and Marketing and Communications for efforts made towards Re:Imagine Garden Grove-Open Streets. […]
Water rate increase Ok’d on 5-2 vote
By Jim Tortolano After a public hearing and a lengthy discussion, the Garden Grove City Council voted 5-2 to raise water rates. A typical homeowner who is now paying $106.31 every two […]
Here’s the dirt: Teemu’s on the team
By Jim Tortolano Goal! The groundbreaking ceremony held Monday morning for the SteelCraft urban eatery on Euclid Street in Garden Grove was more than just speeches and flying dirt. To the lineup […]
Mayor outlines a hipper future for the city
By Jim Tortolano The future of Garden Grove will arrive on a bicycle or a streetcar. It will revolve around a vibrant downtown that blends the hip and the historic, as well […]
Mayor Jones to talk on “State of City”
Garden Grove Mayor Steve Jones will deliver his second “State of the City” address on Wednesday at the Embassy Suites Hotel before a sold-out crowd. Jones will talk on the “key challenges […]
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 […]
City leaders mull how to fight scavenging
By Jim Tortolano The person who rifles through your recycle bin at your curbside may be doing it for profit, or may be doing it to raise money for a good cause, […]
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 […]
