By Thom deMartino The streets of New York may be strewn with shards of the shattered dreams of aspiring stars and starlets — but for the scores that don’t make the cut, […]
Some shining stars on “42nd Street”
Election on four-year mayoral term Ok’d
By Jim Tortolano After nearly two hours of public comments – some of it angry and accusatory – the Westminster City Council on Wednesday night voted in favor of a special election […]
Mall, mayor’s term on council agenda
The future of Westminster Mall and the term of the mayor will top Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council. On the agenda is an agreement with PlaceWorks to prepare a specific […]
Hotel, “Festival Street” win planners’ OK
Westminster’s first major foray into tourism won approval Wednesday night from the city planning commission. Planners voted 5-0 to approve a six-acre development at Bolsa Avenue and Brookhurst Street in Little Saigon. […]
New Starbucks will look a little older …
It may not exactly be Old English/Tudor design, but the new Starbucks coffee store and drive-through on Beach Boulevard just south of Westminster Boulevard in Westminster will retain some of the color […]
Hotel, “festival street” proposed for Bolsa
Westminster could soon be taking a major step into the tourism business, as the city planning commission on Wednesday considers a proposal to construct a mixed-use project at the southeast corner of […]
Hearing on mobile home park continued
A public hearing Monday on the closure of a mobile home park in Westminster and its conversion into a housing project was continued to Feb. 26. After hearing two hours of testimony […]
Freeway dash leaves runner dead
A person running across the Garden Grove Freeway Friday morning was fatally struck by an automobile. According to the California Highway Patrol, the incident occurred around 5:40 a.m. The runner was crossing […]
Information sought in hotel homicide
By Jessica Peralta Westminster Police Department Detectives are looking for information in connection with a homicide that was discovered Monday night. Officers responded at about 11 p.m.Feb. 5 to a call of […]
Civic Center re-make is taking shape
The rough outlines of a re-shaping of the Civic Center appeared to be coming into view at Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council. The council heard a presentation by the Sheldon […]
