Garden Grove city attorney Thomas Nixon will retire after nearly 10 years with the city.
Category: News Briefs
Orange County news briefs were the short items that did not need a full story of their own: a vote taken, a filing made, a number released. The newsroom stopped filing here in 2025 and the archive stays, newest first.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, News Briefs
Westminster Council Explores Options for Medical Marijuana Shops
Westminster is the latest city to take up potential regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.
Posted inNews Briefs
OC Weekly Editor: Berardino’s Journalism Legacy ‘More Positive’ Than Kushner’s
Gustavo Arellano this week puts a unique focus on the retirement of outgoing Orange County Employees Association General Manager Nick Berardino during his weekly commentary on public radio, KCRW.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
Local Bar Association Slams DA for Avoiding Judge’s Courtroom
The Orange County Bar Association weighs in on reports that the District Attorney’s Office has systematically steered cases away from Thomas Goethals since he convened a hearing on allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.
Posted inCountywide, News Briefs, Top Stories
LA Times Analysis Finds Get-Out-The-Vote Effort Key to Do Win
A Los Angeles Times analysis published Sunday showed how superior turnout among Vietnamese voters was the difference in Supervisor Andrew Do’s win over former state Sen. Lou Correa in February’s special election.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, News Briefs, Top Stories, Westminster
OC Judge Rejects Request for New Trial in Little Saigon Defamation Case
Judge upheld jury ruling that Little Saigon newspaper Saigon Nho defamed the Nguoi Viet Daily News by, among other things, calling its owners communists.
Posted inGovernment, News Briefs, Top Stories
Longtime Orange County Employees Association Chief To Retire
OCEA General Manager Nick Berardino will retire in July after more than four decades with the county’s largest union.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Garden Grove, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
Developers of The LAB in Costa Mesa Eye Downtown Garden Grove
Shaheen and Linda Sadeghi are eyeing a number of downtown properties in Garden Grove for a new development project.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Health & Wellness, News Briefs, Top Stories
More Questions Dog Anaheim’s Use of Cell Phone Spying Devices
A community letter from Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada explaining the police department’s use of the devices, known as StingRays, appears to have borrowed content from a canned comment issued by the FBI.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
Charges Against Former County Assessor Reduced to Misdemeanors
Webster Guillory was accused of signing nomination papers that were in fact circulated by another individual. A Superior Court judge determined the alleged actions did not rise to the level of felonies.
