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 […]
Mayor Jones to talk on “State of City”
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 […]
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 […]
A “Downtown Commission” is proposed
By Jim Tortolano Another step toward realizing the vision of a new, expanded central business district for Garden Grove was taken Tuesday night when the city council moved toward considering a change […]
Renovated Don Wash is open for business
By Jim Tortolano Long a landmark in the civic center area, Donald R. Wash Memorial Auditorium on Stanford Avenue on the Garden Grove High School campus has – for more than six […]
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 […]
Funky fun in the park off to a big start
Motown came to Garden Grove on Thursday as the Stone Soul band rocked Eastgate Park in the first show of the free Summer Concert Series. The band was introduced by Mayor Steve […]
A “super” Strawberry Festival parade
If it’s Saturday on a Memorial Day weekend in Garden Grove, there must be a parade. The highlight of the 59th annual Strawberry Festival, the colorful event coursed down streets of the […]
