Garden Grove News

Shady Grove courtyard garden demolished
Photo by Max Cooper The Shady Grove courtyard was demolished today, Feb. 6, reportedly in order to make room for a new walkway connecting Lexington and Rankin avenues. The beautiful courtyard garden behind the flower shop at 64 N. Lexington Ave. was originally started by Perri Crutcher in the late ‘90s. At this writing, Courtney Bloomfield, current owner of Shady Grove Flowers, hadn’t been ...

Garden Grove looks ahead to water park resort
GARDEN GROVE-Some 15 trailers sit abandoned at Travel Country RV Park.The last few remaining residents took their belongings and moved to a motel. Most still don't have a permanent home.City officials are paying the residents' stay at a local motel for two weeks. It was the...

Garden Grove to see broader Tet festival
GARDEN GROVE - A human chess board and cultural village filled with re-creations of Vietnamese landmarks will help bring the country's culture and traditions to life this weekend at the 31st annual Tet Festival.The festival, celebrating the

Garden Grove Man, 29, Gets Life Sentence For Beating Bisexual Married Father Of 2 To Death
A 29-year-old Garden Grove man convicted of bludgeoning to death a married father of two who had invited him to his Fullerton apartment for sex was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Garden Grove Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Cutting Off Husband's Penis
A Southern California woman pleaded not guilty Friday to allegedly cutting off her estranged husband's penis and throwing it in a garbage disposal.

Garden Grove halts pot dispensary registration
GARDEN GROVE - Saying they are not a "marijuana-friendly city," the City Council voted this week to suspend the registration of medical marijuana dispensaries.The decision Tuesday night was prompted by two recent legal developments relating to the sale of medical marijuana, including a...

RV park residents occupy Garden Grove City Hall
GARDEN GROVE - In a few days, families living in a low-income trailer park say they will have nowhere to go, forced out to make way for an upscale hotel and water park resort. On Wednesday, they wanted to make that point by pitching a tent inside City Hall.About 15 residents of Travel Country RV...

Garden Grove's Unit D Cannabis Collective Closes
On Jan. 22, after nearly four years in operation, Garden Grove's Unit D collective finally shut its doors, less than a week after the city suspended its registration program for new marijuana collect

Garden Grove halts pot clinic registration
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — Garden Grove officials say the city is halting the registration process for medical marijuana dispensaries in response to unresolved legal issues in another city and at the federal level. In a release Wednesday, city councilman Bruce Broadwater says Garden Grove has never been a "marijuana-friendly" city. Broadwater cites an ongoing case that will determine whether ...