The Garden Grove and Westminster city councils this week will consider resolutions to support a constitutional amendment proposed by state Sen. Janet Nguyen, that would banning the United States flag from state funded college campuses.
Author Archives: Thy Vo
Thy is a reporter covering the cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove, and Westminster as well as transportation issues and the courts. She’s the daughter of two Vietnamese refugees and grew up in Anaheim and Orange County’s Little Saigon community. She speaks Vietnamese and conversational Mandarin Chinese.
During her time at Voice of OC, Thy has investigated nepotism and illegal contracts in the city of Garden Grove, an illegal pension arrangement by the Westminster city attorney and controversy over the use of publicly-funded mass mailers by county supervisors.
Thy has received accolades from the Orange County and Southern California Press Clubs, including a second place Best Public Affairs Story award from the OC Press Club for her story “Dick Jones’ Sweet Deal in Westminster,” and a third place Best Feature Story award from the SoCal Press Club for “Struggles of Second Generation Reveal Long Shadow of War.”
Before working for Voice of OC, Thy interned at the Santa Barbara Independent; China Economic Review in Shanghai, China; and Orange County Register. She graduated from Haverford College with a degree in political science.
Languages spoken: English, Vietnamese and Mandarin
Areas of expertise: Anaheim, Garden Grove, Westminster, immigration, pension issues, court coverage and transportation.
Posted inCorrections, Garden Grove, Investigative, News Briefs
Garden Grove Hands Over Documents to DA in Nepotism Probe
Garden Grove city officials handed over records in April in response to a request by the District Attorney’s office, which is investigating allegations of nepotism and Brown Act violations.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories, Transportation
Wisdom From Years of Fighting Homelessness
Garden Grove’s Interim City Manager Allan Roeder sat down with Voice of OC recently to talk about his views on the county’s efforts to address homelessness, and what government leaders need to be doing to move forward on the issue.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
Proposed Budget Provides New Hope for Santa Ana Library
New books and Sunday hours could be in the offing for one of the worst-funded city library systems in the state.
Posted inInvestigative, News Briefs
Two Tet Festival Organizers Ousted Amid Embezzlement Allegations
The student group that organizes an annual Lunar New Year festival in Little Saigon has removed two of its top leaders for allegedly embezzling over $118,000.
Posted inGarden Grove, News Briefs, Westminster
Garden Grove, Westminster Among Cities Tightening Water Restrictions
The Garden Grove and Westminster City Councils voted this week to increase mandatory water restrictions, as cities around the state scramble to comply with Gov. Jerry Brown’s executive order.
Posted inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Struggles of Second Generation Reveal Long Shadow of War
The author and other adult children of Vietnamese refugees talk about how the fall of Saigon shaped the experiences and character of their generation.
Posted inInvestigative, News Briefs
Pretrial Hearing for Former County Assessor Rescheduled for June
The pretrial hearing for former county Assessor Webster Guillory, charged with two misdemeanors related to filing false election nomination papers, has been continued to June 4th.
Posted inGarden Grove, Health & Wellness
Garden Grove Planners Envision a New-Look Downtown
A zoning amendment opens possibilities for a more walkable, bikeable downtown area patterned after those in Orange and Tustin. But overcoming the city’s big-box development strategy of the past will be difficult.
Posted inGarden Grove, News Briefs, Westminster
Little Saigon Newspaper Files for Bankruptcy After Defamation Ruling
Saigon Nho was ordered to pay $4.5 million to a rival newspaper for defamation. It declared bankruptcy last week, saying it is financially infeasible for them to pay the judgment.
