‘Ghost gun’ leads to GG arrest

A convicted sex offender was arrested in Garden Grove Wednesday morning after he was found with a loaded “ghost gun.”

According to Sgt. Mark Lord of the GGPD, detectives were conducting citywide compliance checks for multiple sex offenders who live in Garden Grove.

During one of those checks,

Retorts

in the community then known as Benedict, residents rallied in 1911 and created the city of Stanton, which was about 17 square miles – the largest in Orange County at the time.

That stopped the sewer farm, but residents decided to backtrack and dissolve the city in 1924 to gain the advantage of county-financed roads through their town.

If they hadn’t taken that step, Stanton would have become one of the biggest cities – in area and population – in the county, instead of one of the smallest.

Anaheim would be smaller than now, and people living on what’s now Cypress and Buena Park would have a different mailing address.

The Nike Base had been developed differently. From 1956 to 1974, the large area near what is now Chapman Avenue and Knott Street was a Nike anti-air missile base termed Garden Grove-Stanton (LA-32). Built as a means of defending the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station (now the Joint Forces Training Base), the weapons were manned by troops from

Domiko Lee Boba, 45, was found to be in possession of a loaded 9mm semi-automatic pistol without serial numbers or other identifiable markings, police said.

They’re called “ghost guns” because they are often sold in kits and are considered untraceable.

Along with the weapon, additional rounds of ammunition were found. Boba was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm, for being a felon in possession of ammunition, possession of an unserialized weapon and violation of parole. He was booked into Orange County Jail for those violations.

HBUHSD’s new nutrition ‘chef’

The Huntington Beach Union High School District has announced the hiring of John Chiu as Food and Nutrition Services Administrator.

No stranger to HBUHSD, Chiu has been overseeing the HBUHSD Nutrition Services Department with Chartwells K12 since July 2020.

Prior to that, he was a nutrition services district manager overseeing 16 school districts across California, Arizona, and Nevada.

With nearly 20 years in the food service industry, he has worked in almost every role from dishwasher to director of food and beverage most recently at Knott’s Berry Farm.

Chiu attended York University in Toronto, Ontario, where he studied kinesiology and health science for his undergradu- ate work. He then furthered his education at the University of Guelph, Ontario, where he obtained his MBA in hospitality and tourism management.

Chiu has followed his passion for providing nutritious meals to students by entering a career in school nutrition because he believes in the positive impact that it can have on young

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Two young men shot in Midway City

Two men have been hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in Midway City early Wednesday morning.

According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were sent to the 15000 block of Van Buren Street at 12:05 a.m.

Upon arrival, they found an injured 18-year-old man.

They provided life-saving measures until the Orange County Fire Authority arrived and transported the man to a local hospital.

Another 18-year-old man, be- lieved to be involved in the same incident, was located at the hospital with gunshot wounds.

OCSD investigators are now involved. Anyone with additional useful details is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department at (714) 647-7000.