Garden Grove Archive

  • A 31-year-old Garden Grove man is dead after a traffic collision Tuesday afternoon. According to police, the accident took place in the area of Manley Street and Lampson Avenue in...

    GG man, 31, killed in car crash

    A 31-year-old Garden Grove man is dead after a traffic collision Tuesday afternoon. According to police, the accident took place in the area of Manley Street and Lampson Avenue in...

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  • Sweets, celebrities and crashing cymbals will be among the highlights of the 55th annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival, which opens this Friday in the Village Green Park at Euclid and...

    Village Green become a ‘county fair’

    Sweets, celebrities and crashing cymbals will be among the highlights of the 55th annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival, which opens this Friday in the Village Green Park at Euclid and...

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  • By Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal Efforts by Garden Grove officials to reverse the flood of medicinal marijuana dispensaries appear to be mostly successful, although some “pot shop” operations remain in...

    Most GG pot shops close; some remain

    By Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal Efforts by Garden Grove officials to reverse the flood of medicinal marijuana dispensaries appear to be mostly successful, although some “pot shop” operations remain in...

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  • By Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal Some things are just worth repeating. Mark Mahoney, this year’s president of the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association, knows that.  The kid who drove his...

    Keeping the festival in the family

    By Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal Some things are just worth repeating. Mark Mahoney, this year’s president of the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association, knows that.  The kid who drove his...

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  •   Unemployment dropped sharply in Orange County in April, including in Garden Grove, Stanton and Westminster. According to a report released Thursday by the state Department of Employment Development, joblessness in...

    Joblessness plunging in OC, GG area

      Unemployment dropped sharply in Orange County in April, including in Garden Grove, Stanton and Westminster. According to a report released Thursday by the state Department of Employment Development, joblessness in...

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  • The proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries in Garden Grove went up in smoke Thursday. Or rather no smoke at all. Last week, city officials warned the owners of property housing...

    GG pot shops all snuffed out

    The proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries in Garden Grove went up in smoke Thursday. Or rather no smoke at all. Last week, city officials warned the owners of property housing...

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  • By Jonathan Smith/Garden Grove Journal Medical marijuana advocates took up most of the Garden Grove City Council meeting Tuesday as councilmembers heard from several members of the community frustrated over...

    GG pot shop shutdown protested

    By Jonathan Smith/Garden Grove Journal Medical marijuana advocates took up most of the Garden Grove City Council meeting Tuesday as councilmembers heard from several members of the community frustrated over...

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  • A routine-looking agenda will greet the Garden Grove City Council when it meets Tuesday evening. Principal among the items is a public hearing on an action plan for the use...

    Hearing before GG council on federal funds

    A routine-looking agenda will greet the Garden Grove City Council when it meets Tuesday evening. Principal among the items is a public hearing on an action plan for the use...

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  • A cement truck crashed into the garage of a home in Garden Grove Wednesday afternoon. According to police, the commercial vehicle was traveling north on Brookhurst Street approaching Brookside Avenue...

    Cement truck smashes walls, garage

    A cement truck crashed into the garage of a home in Garden Grove Wednesday afternoon. According to police, the commercial vehicle was traveling north on Brookhurst Street approaching Brookside Avenue...

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  • Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a man accused of an armed robbery  in Garden Grove under the cloak of a personal ad. According to police, the victim...

    Help sought in finding GG robber

    Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a man accused of an armed robbery  in Garden Grove under the cloak of a personal ad. According to police, the victim...

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