In various studies and surveys, both formal and informal, when Garden Grove residents were asked about which store they’d most like to see open in The Big Strawberry, the answer is usually: […]
Want a Trader Joe’s? We had one
Municipal finances and the “sniff test”
Note: Second in a series of articles about what 2020 might hold for our cities. In this installment, it’s Stanton. Stanton is smokin’ … perhaps in another way Under the leadership of […]
Five hundred thousand can’t be wrong
If we had a dollar for every click …. We’d just like to point out that as of last week, The Orange County Tribune’s website – http://www.orangcountytribune.com – has attracted over a […]
The embarrassment of teenage goofs
What’s the difference between a crisis and an embarrassment? Well, if it’s you that’s involved, it’s a crisis. If it’s someone else, it’s an embarrassment. We’re referring to the situation at Pacifica […]
That uncivil civil war in Westminster
The political uproar now raging across Westminster is getting hotter and louder. It all started – more or less – with a decision by the city council majority – Mayor Tri Ta […]
A new class of homeless on the way?
As if the city and citizens of Westminster didn’t have enough on their plates what with recall efforts to remove all five council members from office, an angry split on the council […]
More updates on what’s going up here
To our readers: Last week we ran an article updating the status of various development projects in Garden Grove. We didn’t include all the information we got from Lisa Kim, community and […]
16 mayors, a runner and no Amazons
The recent death of former Garden Grove mayor Walt Donovan – who passed away at the age of 93 on Saturday – has helped put more attention on the office of the […]
We are what you eat, it appears
Here’s one of the guilty secrets of journalism. The greatest demand for “news” isn’t about earth-shaking political events or scientific breakthroughs. It’s food. In fact, in the 2.5 years since The Tribune […]
A different kind of triple feature
One of the items mentioned but sort of lost in the many details of Garden Grove Mayor Steve Jones’ recent “State of the City” address was that the Starlight 4 Star […]
