In years past, it was commonplace after school or on weekends for kids and even their families to enjoy the use of the many elementary schoolyards in the Garden Grove Unified School […]
Schoolyard access: enough or not?
Retorts: Crime-fighting is not just for cops
This column is about broken windows. Oh, go ahead and read it anyway. If you’re hip to criminology or urban history, you might know that the “broken windows” theory of crime – […]
GG council snubs Mayor Nguyen twice
By Jim Tortolano It was a rough night for Bao Nguyen. The Garden Grove mayor found his stands on two issues rejected by the rest of the City Council at its meeting […]
Monuments, Power Point, China mulled
Several hot-button issues are on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of the Garden Grove City Council. The council will meet in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Ave. at 6:30 p.m. One […]
Sale of site for a new hotel is approved
By Jim Tortolano An agreement for the sale of a former car dealership building to be replaced by a hotel was approved by the Garden Grove City Council Tuesday night. The council […]
Water park party topped GG contributions
By Jim Tortolano Campaign contribution statements for those running for seats on the Garden Grove City Council are in, and the biggest contribution was received by the man running with no one […]
Hope is building for rusty skeleton
By Jim Tortolano One long-delayed project that cast a literal and symbolic shadow over the city may be getting new life. That’s the hope that was raised at Tuesday’s meeting of the […]
