Garden Grove News

ANAHEIM Fire investigators are trying to determine what started a fire that ripped through a two-story fourplex shortly after midnight, leaving several families displaced.

Khuong Anh Nguyen, 35 was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three-years probation in Garden Grove, Calif.

A man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for keeping animals in such filthy conditions in his Southern California yard that six newborn rabbits were found drowned in their own urine.

Avenue plus-size clothing stores, which was acquired by Versa Capital Management out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, began Friday the process to close 96 stores over the next three months.

A farmers market is coming to Bixby Park - and organizers expect it to inject new energy into the historic neighborhood.

BUENA PARK The salutes and the prayers and the honor guard would all come later.

Happy Memorial Day to our United States readers! Here are some red, white and blue cupcakes and cake pops to celebrate.

Staff Sgt. Chris Miller smiles when he says he and his wife, Sarah, "bucked the trend" and kept their relationship together through four deployments in the past 10 years.

GARDEN GROVE Thomas House Temporary Shelter celebrated its 25th anniversary with an open house and a plan to house more families.

The 54th annual Strawberry Festival kicks off Friday with a strawberry short cake so large that it can feed some 2,000 fest-goers. The cake-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, but the fun begins at 1 p.m. at the Village Green, between Euclid and Main Streets in downtown Garden Grove.

Cesar Rovira , the concert-goer who suffered a puncture wound and three lacerations as a result of a fight at the Observatory in Santa Ana earlier this week , contacted the Weekly to give his side of the story.

The City Council agreed Tuesday night to ask voters to increase the hotel visitors' tax from 13 to 14.5 percent a move that is expected to generate approximately $1.5 million to the city's ailing budget.

The Crystal Cathedral, in Garden Grove, Calif., was sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange for $57.5 million.

Strawberry season is in full swing, and a fun way to enjoy it with your family is by attending the 54th annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival taking place May 25-28. A With carnival rides, live music, games, contests, and a parade, this community festival promises to be a big hit with kids of all ages.

Discount Office Services, which has been in business in Irvine for 31 years, has been sold to Complete Office , the largest independent distributor of office supplies in the Western United States.

On the northeast corner of Euclid and Chapman in Garden Grove sits a small plaza featuring a Starbucks, Subway, Yogi's Teriyaki, and anA ever-changingA shop on the corner.

SANTA ANA A 23-year-old man was acquitted of murder Friday, more than four years after he was jailed in connection with the shooting death of the brother of a Santa Ana school police officer.

On Thursday evening, about 400 people gathered to honor Garden Grove's "Fallen Five," police officers who gave their lives in the line of duty: Sergeant Myron L. Trapp, Officer Andy Reese, Officer Donald F. Reed, Officer Michael Rainford, and Master Officer Howard Dallies, Jr.

The state nursing board is accusing five nurses of fraud and seeking to revoke their licenses for operating a school in Orange County and the Philippines that purported to prepare students to be registered nurses in California.

The Crystal Cathedral ministry, home of the "Hour of Power" broadcast, could be relocating to a Catholic church down the street sooner than originally expected.