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For a guide to restaurants and other entertainment choices in our towns, see our guide here.

Our choices for fine dining and fun in the Garden Grove area. This weekend:  Among the top films opening this weekend is “2012,” starring John Cusack.

Journal Editor Jim Tortolano share his thoughts as the GGJ’s veteran and vetted editor, publisher and principal iconoclast ....or so he’d like to think.  THE BLOG:  The future of the Festival. Go HERE.

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Keep up with the activities going on. To view our Community Calendar, go HERE.  Now playing:  Garden Grove League football title settled this Friday at Garden Grove Stadium, Grove hosting Santiago High.


Ace reporter Brittany Hanson keeps an eye on the world of the fine and performing arts. How about some theater hooligans? Go HERE.

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Community CalendarCommunity_Calendar.html
Dining & EntertainmentDining_Guide.html
Ahrens asks book banJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/12_Ahrens_makes_plea_to_ban_%E2%80%9CCaged_Bird%E2%80%9D.html
Brookhurst Triangle slicedJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/12_Brookhurst_Triangle_is_scaled_back.html
Football season winds downJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/12_GGL_football_title_is_at_stake.html
Book controversy in WSDJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/12_Entry_1.html
Journal DailyJournal_Daily/Journal_Daily.html
Retorts: My Christmas listJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/12_Retorts__What_I_want_for_Christmas.html
Mechanic gets 14 yearsJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/12_Mechanic_gets_14-year_sentence.html
Don: He’s back from worldJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/12_Sports_Talk__Don_finishes_his_world_tour.html
Dear Mari: Invisible girlfriendJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/5_Sherry_Travis__Grief_over_a_beloved_dog.html
Senate bid launched hereJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/12_U.S._Senate_bid_launched_in_G._Grove.html

The Cao Dai temple on Orangewood Avenue in Garden Grove is  tribute to a larger temple in Vietnam. Its history and theology is as colorful as its design, writes Mike Nally.

Brookhurst Triangle cut backJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/12_Brookhurst_Triangle_is_scaled_back.html

The plan for the 13.9-acre Brookhurst Triangle was approved by the Garden Grove City Council Tuesday, but not before it was scaled down, vertically. A new height limit of 10 stories was OK’d in place of a proposed 23-story tower, according to Kathy Lee Scott.

Flood insurance in StantonJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/12_Flood_insurance_approved_for_Stanton.html
Regular grid schedule is almost doneJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/12_GGL_football_title_is_at_stake.html
Colorful temple, colorful backgroundJournal_Daily/Entries/2009/11/12_Colorful_temple_had_a_colorful_past.html

Most of the local high school football teams will finish their seasons this week, but there’s a lot still undecided, including the Garden Grove League title. Garden Grove will host Santiago Friday night at the Argonaut stadium to decide that.

The Anaheim Ducks lost 3-2 to the Columbus Blue Jackets in a shoot out Friday in Ohio. It was the Ducks’ fourth-straight road loss. Jean-Sebastian Giguere had 27 saves; Bobby Ryan and Todd Marchant scored for the Ducks. Anaheim is now 6-9-2. Next up: Ducks visit Detroit on Saturday.

Duck lose again

Prep football scores

THURSDAY:

Pacifica 28, Valencia 23

Los Amigos 14, Bolsa Grande 6

Westminster 31, Orange 3

FRIDAY:

Garden Grove 35, Santiago 7

Rancho Alamitos 51, La Quinta 28

Western 12, Magnolia 0