Hey, local voter. How would you like to pay more on your property tax bill, or have to pay a higher sales tax when you go to the grocery store or buy […]
Editorial: Vote yes on P, Q, R, T and SS
Five people plead guilty to housing fraud
Five family members – three of them from Westminster – pleaded guilty this week to fraud charges in connection with falsifying information to get financial assistance for housing. They were convicted at […]
Retorts: Electing after Election Day
I liked the old sergeant who said, “Every day is election day.” What he meant had more to do with him asserting the premise that he was the toughest son-of-a-buck in the […]
From refugee to WPD deputy chief
By Jaimee Lynn Fletcher Stable and steadfast. Finding calm in the proverbial storm is important to Westminster Police Department’s Tim Vu. When his family fled a war-torn country, they encountered literal rough […]
GGUSD modernization is “80-85%” done
By Jim Tortolano Modernization and other construction on campuses in the Garden Grove Unified School District are 80 to 85 percent completed, the Board of Education was told at its meeting Tuesday […]
Modernization update before GG board
An update on campus modernization will top Tuesday’s meeting of the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education. The board meets at 7 p.m. at the Education Center, 10331 Stanford Ave., […]
Police are on the lookout for DUIs
Planning on tying one on while putting on a Halloween costume? Think about it, warns the Garden Grove Police Department. “If you want to stay safe this Halloween, then make a plan […]
Plague, New Wave and monsters
MOVIES Just one major release in local cinemas this week: “Inferno.” Tom Hanks is back – with a haircut – as Harvard smarty-pants Robert Langdon in another adaptation of a Dan Brown […]
Yes to apartments, no to marijuana
By Jim Tortolano Thumbs up for a new apartment complex, but thumbs down for recreational marijuana. Those were two decisions reached by the Westminster City Council Wednesday night. On a 5-0 vote, […]
Marijuana curbs go to city council
An emergency action aimed at curbing the cultivation and sale of marijuana will go before the Westminster City Council Wednesday night. Proposed is a zoning text amendment calling for the prohibition of […]
