Celebrating kindness, city’s past

The 63rd Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival continued the tradition of bringing big crowds to the Village Green park to have fun, celebrate the community’s rural past and raise money for many civic and non-profit groups.

The four-day event stretching across the long Memorial Day weekend brought in robust attendance and revenue and went on without a hitch under skies that were cool enough to be comfortable and warm enough to herald the “unofficial” start of summer.

This year’s theme was “Celebrating Kindness.” The celebrity grand mar-

COOL WEATHER in the morning was appreciated by attendees.

5-story project would include 298k sq. feet

It would include 213 total living units, onsite amenities for residents, 207 on-site parking spaces and “associated hardscape and landscape improvements.”

The public review process is underway through June 15.

What’s on the drawing boards is a five-story, 298,000 square-foot complex called the Bolsa Chica Senior Living Community, located on a 3.10-acre site.

Complete details are available for viewing in person at City Hall (Community Development Department, third floor, 2000 Main St,) and City Clerk (2nd floor) and Central Library, 7111 Talbert Street (at Goldenwest Street).

Online, go to https://

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