Subject: Garden Grove

• Here Come the Mexican Walk-outs!

  Am sure you know about the mass immigrant rallies that bloomed across the country this past week. Now, the marchers visit Garden Grove. Just got word that high school students are walking out, and that cops are handing out tickets to jaywalkers--we're looking at you, Officer J.S. Perkins! How long before the rest of la naranja explodes in a sea of peaceful, American flag-waving brown protesters?

  March 27, 2006

• Police Put the Smackdown on Mexican Kids

  Getting calls from my various Chicano yaktivist pals, and they're saying the kids are marching out of Westminster, Garden Grove, and Anacrime. Reports of police beating up kids on Bristol and Warner in SanTana, although the kids supposedly through rocks. Pendejos. Off to take pictures. . .

  March 27, 2006

• Killing Peter Cottontail

  Just as children's thoughts begin to turn to visions of a friendly rabbit bearing gifts of chocolate, jelly beans, and peeps, Garden Grove is gearing up for a mass killing of bunnies. Since Easter-- both Christianity's most sacred celebration, and the religion's leading bunny-themed holiday-- is almost here, perhaps the county's anti-rabbit strike force should use the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. (Of course, the use of blessed munitions may raise separation of Church and State issues.) In

  March 30, 2007

• Monday's Headlines

  Vanishing priest mystery solved, sadly: Last month, we noted that an OC priest and his companion disappeared in Portland. Today, the Times reports that their bodies were found. Simpsons movie mania: Is this over-the-top, or insanely cool? 7-Eleven's turned 11 stores into Kwik-E-Marts (the fictional Simpsons convenience store), going so far as to rename their Slurpees "Squishees." There's supposedly one in Los Angeles, but that's as close to home as it gets. Milking it for all it's worth: The R

  July 2, 2007

• Monday's Headlines

  Under the influence: The Times runs a multi-faceted feature on the power drug manufacturers have in the prescription process. Not you again: Former Garden Grove resident and al-Qaida member Adam Gadahn made new video threats Sunday. Rats! Angel Stadium's got a rat infestation 13 times worse than Petco Park and Dodger Stadium combined, reports the Reg. New record for OC Fair: 1,069,052 were in attendance this time around, notes the Daily Pilot.

  August 6, 2007

• Friday's Headlines

  Frisky business: A man and woman dressed as sheriff's deputies have been frisking - and robbing - joggers in Fullerton and Garden Grove. Worse than the real deal? Maybe. But some think not. In and out at the LAT: Los Angeles Times AME Janet Clayton announced the hiring of four multi-lingual staffers yesterday. Then she sent out another note saying she was on her way out. Lucky schmuck: U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner - millionaire and heir to the Kimberly-Clark fortune - just won the lottery for t

  September 7, 2007

• Citrus Lounge Squeezes Hip Hop Into Garden Grove

  UPDATE: Photos of F.I.L.T.H.E.E. and co are up! "Blaze it up!" yells flashy front man F.I.L.T.H.E.E. ( say that five times fast! ) a.k.a Brickmanraw, and no, he's not referring to the music, but apparently, "They said it's ok!" What was ok? I wondered. Suddenly a disembodied hand appeared from the small crowd gathered in front of the stage, holding much too intricate a pipe - ablaze with that sticky icky Cali green as a blunt began its' rounds along the very empty, very spacious dance floo

  September 14, 2007

• OC Theater scene just got a whole lot worse

  November 29, 2007

• Friday's Headlines. No Surprises: Cracking down on rehab homes

  Cracking down on rehab homes: Newport Beach is getting stricter with the city's dozens of oceanside sober-living and drug-treatment houses and plans to unveil a set of rules "designed to eliminate the deleterious effects on the character of the neighborhoods" today. Residents unnerved by this recent development are expected to show up at a Tuesday meeting. (Druggies and alcoholics fighting for their rights... should be quite a show!) Mayor Steve Rosansky says he won't be surprised if legal chal

  December 7, 2007

• Last Night: Japanese Food and Sake Expo

  Octopus, plum wine, taiko drums, eco-chopsticks made of pressed wheat...all this and more at the Hyatt Regency in Garden Grove last night.

  March 14, 2008

• To Do Tonight 5/6

  May 6, 2008

• Getting More Retail than Sinatra

  January 20, 2000

• More Freebies for the Rich

  July 5, 2001

• This Week in the OC Weekly

  October 17, 2008

• Counter-Counterstrike

  July 11, 2002

• The Prince and His Bridegroom

  *Update: Garden Grove Unified is stricter with the book than earlier reported. See after the jump. The proposition that was once about the state constitution and a ban on same-sex marriage has been whittled down to an argument over schools, sex education and, most entertainingly, a little children's book by a Dutch author called “King & King.” In the story, a prince falls in love with another prince and they wed happily ever after. A few weeks ago, after a teacher and her princess bride wer

  October 31, 2008

• Thai Nakorn's Garden Grove Store Reopening

  O.C.'s Thai food-enthusiasts know the story already: Thai Nakorn was originally in Buena Park, blocks away from Knott's when it got kicked out by its landlords to make way for condos. But they moved to Garden Grove soon after, and all was well.  That's when the fire happened.When things looked bleak, it was announced that they would reopen in Stanton. And when they did, it was a resurrection which brought back the favorites. Crispy catfish with mango. Wild boar stew. All was well again. 

  January 26, 2009

• Nonprofits Help Low-Income Families File Tax Returns, Get Credits

  The Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove, Orange County United Way and the Legal Aid Society of Orange County have teamed to sponsor Free Community Tax Days to help families file their income taxes and claim tax credits they may not be aware they are eligible for. Particular focus will be directed at getting filers to explore their eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which is the primary anti-poverty program offered to individuals and families who meet the Internal Revenue Ser

  February 3, 2009

• Japanese Food and Sake Festival 2009 Coming To Garden Grove

  When you get a cut, do you bleed Kikkoman? When you're sad, do you cry ponzu tears? When your blow your nose, does wasabi come out? If so, then you love Japanese food. And as such you might want to know that the Japanese Food and Sake Festival 2009 is coming to town on Thursday, March 5th from 5:00 - 8:00pm at the Hyatt Regency in Garden Grove. None other than Mr. Yoshida, famous from his eponymous sauce, will be there, along with the chef from Katsu-ya Restaurant and Sushi Roku (L.

  February 9, 2009

• Is Re-election Loretta Sanchez's Most Difficult Option?

  Near the end of this Reid Wilson story on TheHill.com, Republicans indicate they will go hard at the congressional seat currently held by Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) in 2010. "We are looking to some unconventional districts where we believe we can draft a top-flight candidate to create additional opportunities," says Ken Spain, the National Republican Congressional Committee's communications chief. Days earlier, Sanchez was coy with Politico.com on whether she

  April 3, 2009

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  December 21, 2000

• Crank Yankers

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  September 26, 2002

• Seeds in Your Teeth

  49th Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival

  May 24, 2007

• Cop Out

  August 17, 2000

• This Week in Inoffensive Tet

  Tet Nguyen Dan

  January 26, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  June 23, 2005

• Bad News: Everybody Wins

  January 2, 2003

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  October 24, 2002

• The Ride of Their Lives

  June 20, 2002

• Letters

  June 13, 2002

• The King of Garden Grove

  May 23, 2002

• Garden Grove

  September 27, 2001

• Blitzkreig Pop!

  August 9, 2001

• Ass-Boils of the Lord

  March 15, 2001

• Trout Season

  January 11, 2001

• Freebies for the Rich

  November 30, 2000

• An Incomplete History of Gay & Lesbian OC

  August 19, 1999

• All Organic Stuff, Straight Out of the Ground!

  August 12, 1999

• Center Presents Sneak Peek of Alzheimer's Film

  HBO's unprecedented, multi-platform series The Alzheimer's Project--which includes four documentaries, 15 short films, a book, a community outreach program and a website covering every aspect of the disease--debuts on the pay-cable network Friday but locals get a sneak-peak at one of the films this evening.The Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove, in collaboration with Acacia Adult Day Services, hosts a free screening of the project documentary Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am?, which is geared t

  May 6, 2009

• This Weekend: Garden Grove Strawberry Festival

  The Garden Grove Strawberry Festival starts today and continues through the weekend. There will be a parade, strawberry-related food, carnival rides, entertainment, and Cloris Leachman. But c'mon, you wanna know about that giant thing I have pictured above right? Yes, it is the world's biggest strawberry shortcake, weighing more than a half ton. It's a tradition, don-cha-know?! And it's the centerpiece of the festival's opening ceremonies.Here's a little history: "Priscilla's Cake Box, a lo

  May 22, 2009

• Update on Thai Nakorn Garden Grove

  Edwin Goei There was some chatter on the Chowhound boards today about the progress of the Thai Nakorn in Garden Grove, and it reminded me that the last time I wrote about it here, I reported that March was the target opening date. Would you look at the time!  It's almost freakin' July! Today, in answer to a question that was posed on the foodie bulletin board, a poster named TravelPath said that that the owners were having problems with Garden Grove building inspectors. "One

  June 26, 2009

• Thai Nakorn in Garden Grove NOW OPEN!

  Edwin Goei This just in: A reader has informed me that Thai Nakorn in Garden Grove finally opened this weekend. This after months of back-and-forths, pushing-and-pulling with the city.To those out there who are unfamiliar with Thai Nakorn or its history, READ MY REVIEW OF THE STANTON BRANCH (the first one I did for OC Weekly, two years ago).  To those who are fans (myself included) the dream scenario has finally happened:  Orange County now has two Thai Nakorns! Here's the happy new

  August 23, 2009

• Babysitting Boyfriend Arrested After 2-Year-Old's Death

  Courtesy of Garden Grove Police DepartmentLae Thongphun​A Long Beach man has been arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse following Friday's death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in Garden Grove.Lae Thongphun, 27, was detained after Garden Grove police officers and paramedics had arrived shortly before 11 p.m. to a residence in the 8500 block of Emerson Circle to assist a child who was not breathing.There they discovered a boy, Fox Chau Le, with his face covered in blood. He was treated

  September 1, 2009

• Kim Chi From Garden Grove Makes It To The New York Times

  Photo by Edwin Goei​It's a long, long way from Garden Grove to New York's Lower East Side, but Young Ja Chun's kim chi had made the trip and was featured by The New York Times in a short but sweet article.

  October 16, 2009

• Locals Only Extra: Q&A with AM

  ​This week's Locals Only feature introduced some of you to the power generated (literally) by scrappy punk quartet AM. Known for their fiery, stripped down tunes as well as their affinity for guerilla-style live shows in parts of OC and LA, the band is definitely an exciting act to watch, let alone listen to. We got a chance to sit down with their guitar-toting lead singer, Fonzie Heredia. Check out a couple extra tidbits about the band after the jump.

  October 16, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: Think and Drive

  DUI-OrangeCounty.comWhat pen, officer?​As this keyboard is being drooled over, the Angels have taken a 4-0 lead over the Yankees in the first inning of Game 5 of the ALCS. ​ If the lead held by the time you read this, that means there will be no need to drown season-ending sorrows and go driving through Garden Grove Saturday night.However, there's a whole lot of baseball left, and Game 6 (if necessary) is Saturday evening. The potential for sorrow-drowning remains, as does celebratory hoist

  October 23, 2009

• 78-Year-Old Man Arrested for Kicking Cop in the Nuts (Twice)

  ​What began as a routine traffic stop Wednesday ended with the arrest of a 78-year-old Garden Grove man for allegedly battering a much younger police officer--an attack the cops say included grandpa kicking the patrolman in the nuts. Twice!

  November 3, 2009

• Orly Taitz and Barbara Coe, Together Again

  ​Well, this isn't shocking. Laguna Niguel's Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq., the key anti-Obama lawyer that has had every single one of her lawsuits challenging the President's eligibility dismissed, will be speaking at an upcoming meeting of the California Coalition for Immigration Reform.You remember CCIR, Gustavo's favorite bashers of Mexicans, Muslims, gays, vaccines and reality. It's actually where Taitz first met Rev. Wiley Drake, one of the first plaintiffs in her lawsuits (they've since become es

  November 4, 2009

• State Sen. Lou Correa Needs a Geography Lesson

  ​The office of state Sen. Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) sent out an email containing the flier attachment above for the "Pathways to Higher Education Conference," a free event for high school students and their parents set for Nov. 21 at Coastline Community College in Garden Grove. The conference will feature a legislative update and information on financial aid, preparing for college and leadership-skill building. But the politician--or, more likely, the staffers who throw this stuf

  November 11, 2009

• Cops to Be Out in Force Throughout OC This Weekend, "Black Friday"

  ​Various Orange County communities are going to be crawling with extra cops this weekend as pre-Thanksgiving pushes are made to get drunks, druggies, the unlicensed and unsafe motorcyclists off the road and to ensure everyone is buckling up.R. Scott Moxley blogged earlier today about the Orange County Sheriff's Department setting up DUI checkpoints in Stanton and Villa Park on Friday. The next night, the Garden Grove Police Department conducts one from 9 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday at the i

  November 19, 2009