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.
Category: Garden Grove
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Investigative, Top Stories, Westminster
A War Correspondent Turned Lifelong Corruption Fighter
During her Vietnam War news assignment, the author saw up close how government corruption can ruin lives. Decades later, those lessons live on, as important for Orange County as elsewhere.
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.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
DA Confirms Probe Into Do’s Residency Claims
An assistant district attorney recently confirmed via email an ongoing investigation into a complaint that Supervisor Andrew Do does not live in the district he represents.
Posted inGarden Grove
After Nepotism Scandal, Garden Grove Selects New Fire Chief
Following nearly two years of turmoil, the city has picked Tom Schultz, deputy chief of operations for the Fullerton and Brea Fire Departments, to replace its embattled former Chief David Barlag.
Posted inGarden Grove, News Briefs
After Complaints, City Looks At Traffic Issues Around Garden Grove High School
City officials are reviewing traffic issues near Garden Grove High School at the center of its busy downtown, after complaints from parents and students over the past few months about inattentive drivers making it unsafe for students before and after school.
Posted inGarden Grove, News Briefs
Garden Grove City Attorney To Retire in July
Garden Grove city attorney Thomas Nixon will retire after nearly 10 years with the city.
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 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.
