Authorities are asking anyone with information related to the June 20 assault of a construction worker to come forward, after the man was attacked in Garden Grove by a group of men, resulting in skull fractures and severe brain injuries. Carlos Ayala, 54, was beaten while working a job with co-workers paving the parking lot…

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—A homeless man in his 40s was struck and killed by a vehicle June 25 morning in Garden Grove, authorities said. The woman behind the wheel of the truck that struck the pedestrian suffered head and leg injuries when the vehicle struck a tree. She was the lone occupant inside the vehicle, said…

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—A man is in custody May 28 on suspicion of critically wounding two men and injuring a third during a shooting at a restaurant in Garden Grove, authorities said. The shooting stemmed from an argument and fight inside The Hot Restaurant at 12921 Magnolia St., according to Sgt. Nick Jensen of the Garden…

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—A 25-year-old man is suspected of fatally stabbing a man and injuring a teenage girl at a home in Garden Grove, police said March 27. The suspect, Juan Carlos Fernandez Bustos of Garden Grove, was hospitalized Monday for injuries sustained in a fracas Sunday night at a Garden Grove home, Garden Grove police…

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—Garden Grove police asked for the public’s help Feb. 22 identifying three suspects involved in a violent carjacking at a gas station. Police were dispatched just after 5 a.m. to the 76 Gas Station at 12512 Knott St. Monday regarding the attack, police said. The victim was getting gas when one of the…

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—Garden Grove police asked for the public’s help Feb. 22 identifying three suspects involved in a violent carjacking at a gas station. Police were dispatched just after 5 a.m. to the 76 Gas Station at 12512 Knott St. Monday regarding the attack, police said. The victim was getting gas when one of the…

Deputy Chief Amir El-Farra will officially begin his new role as the Chief of Police for the City of Garden Grove, California, on Jan. 1, 2023, to replace the retiring Tom DaRé. El-Farra, a 27-year law enforcement veteran, began serving the city as an officer at the Garden Grove Police Department in 2008 after previous…

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—Hundreds of thousands of people had a packed Memorial Day weekend of carnival activities with the return of Garden Grove’s 62-year-old annual tradition, the Strawberry Festival—after a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19. “I have watched the parade as a child and throughout my career, which makes it so special,” the city’s Police Chief…

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—A carjacking suspect was arrested after stealing a pickup in Garden Grove, authorities said Dec. 13. The crime occurred about 1 a.m. Sunday in the area of Flower Street and Central Avenue, according to Garden Grove police Sgt. Evan Beresford. “The victim was asleep in his vehicle when the suspect opened the unlocked…

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—A Garden Grove man is in custody Dec. 11 on suspicion of committing two armed robberies in Garden Grove last month. Tien Van Vo, 39, is booked in the Orange County Jail in Santa Ana, said Sgt. Evan Beresford of the Garden Grove Police Department. Detectives used the descriptions and evidence left at the scenes…