By Jim Tortolano Apartments and condos at the mall. A downtown that stretches from the freeway to the city’s busiest street. More parks and improved landscaping of streets. That’s the vision of […]
A downtown and mall housing seen
Electric cars; eclectic fun at the beach
About 750 high school students from the Garden Grove Unified School District are gearing up to assemble a street-legal pure-electric vehicle through a grant-funded partnership with The Switch Lab. Students from Bolsa […]
Tragedy averted and tragedy mourned
Observances of the anniversary of 9/11 and several new films are on the menu for this weekend in the Garden Grove-Huntington Beach-Westminster area. Here’s our list: MOVIES Opening Friday in area cinemas: […]
Blessing of the waves on Sept. 18
The ninth annual Blessing of the Waves, a spiritual event focusing on the importance of water and the environment, will be held on Sunday, Sept., 18 at 8:30 a.m. a.m. at Pier […]
Arby’s fire in H. Beach extinguished
A structure fire at an Arby’s fast food restaurant at Brookhurst Street and Garfield Avenue was knocked down this morning by firefighters from Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley. According to the HBFD, […]
Local cities host 9/11 memorial events
UPDATE: A second 9/11 memorial observance has been added in Huntington Beach at the Pier Plaza (Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway) at 6 p.m.) By Jim Tortolano Like many Americans, Don […]
Scam artists take aim at the elderly
An 84-year-old woman has lost at least $50,000 after she was targeted by phone scammers over several years, police said. Westminster Police Depart Officer Matt Edinger recently responded to a bank in […]
HBUHSD opens doors Wednesday
Students will be returning to class in the Huntington Beach Union High School District Wednesday as the school system starts its 110th year serving several communities in western and coastal Orange County. […]
Police work is personal in Westminster
By Jaimee Lynn Fletcher Flipping through the hand-written list on a pad stacked among three piles of employee rosters, Westminster Interim Police Chief Roy Campos notes the number: 106. That’s the number […]
Demos gaining, but result is uncertain
Orange County used to be known as a conservative stronghold, but portions of it are starting to turn blue instead of red. That trend was especially evident in the 2012 election in […]
