Fernando Alcantara Archive

  • By Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal The Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education approved a financial contribution of $70,000 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Garden Grove on...

    GGUSD gives $70k to Boys and Girls Club

    By Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal The Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education approved a financial contribution of $70,000 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Garden Grove on...

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  • By Fernando Alcantara and Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal What does Westminster have in common with Long Beach or Laguna Niguel? Well, under the redistricting proposal submitted this week by a state...

    Redrawing district lines draws some fire

    By Fernando Alcantara and Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal What does Westminster have in common with Long Beach or Laguna Niguel? Well, under the redistricting proposal submitted this week by a state...

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  • By Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal August marks my one-year anniversary in the sport of CrossFit. As I reflect on the past year, I think about all I’ve done and accomplished,...

    CrossFit changes minds and bodies

    By Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal August marks my one-year anniversary in the sport of CrossFit. As I reflect on the past year, I think about all I’ve done and accomplished,...

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  • By Jacob Wilson and Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal Independence Day activity and tragedy kept Garden Grove police and fire forces busy, but it was a quiet night in Stanton and Westminster....

    Murder in GG mars an otherwise quiet Fourth

    By Jacob Wilson and Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal Independence Day activity and tragedy kept Garden Grove police and fire forces busy, but it was a quiet night in Stanton and Westminster....

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  • By Jacob Wilson and Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal Independence Day is Monday and while the bombs won’t be bursting in air, there will be plenty of red glare in Garden...

    Cities brace for July 4 celebrations

    By Jacob Wilson and Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal Independence Day is Monday and while the bombs won’t be bursting in air, there will be plenty of red glare in Garden...

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  • By Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal Bono’s voice echoed through Angel Stadium and bounced off the containers and stacks of lumber in the nearby lumberyard where Garden Grove Police Officers Pete...

    Calling in the cop cavalry

    By Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal Bono’s voice echoed through Angel Stadium and bounced off the containers and stacks of lumber in the nearby lumberyard where Garden Grove Police Officers Pete...

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  • By Fernando Alcantara, Brittany Hanson and Jacob Wilson/Garden Grove Journal If you listen carefully, the stately sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance” can be heard all across the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area...

    Graduations start journeys for thousands

    By Fernando Alcantara, Brittany Hanson and Jacob Wilson/Garden Grove Journal If you listen carefully, the stately sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance” can be heard all across the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area...

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  • By Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal It was the summer of 1935 in Balboa at the historic Balboa Rendezvous Ballroom when he saw her. He had watched her turn down guy...

    A marriage as secure as Fort Knox

    By Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal It was the summer of 1935 in Balboa at the historic Balboa Rendezvous Ballroom when he saw her. He had watched her turn down guy...

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  • By Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal The Garden Grove Police Department offers a vacation home check that Garden Grove residents can request before leaving town this summer. Despite Garden Grove’s less...

    Take this precaution when taking a vacation

    By Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal The Garden Grove Police Department offers a vacation home check that Garden Grove residents can request before leaving town this summer. Despite Garden Grove’s less...

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