DAMAGE FROM air strikes in Gaza in December 2023 (Wikipedia). Israel won’t be prevented from an announced attack into heavily populated areas of the Gaza Strip by President Joe Biden’s statement that he would withdraw arms shipments if the munitions would be used to fire into those areas. In response, Israel replied that it had enough ammunition on hand to continue with its planned thrust into Rafah. The United States has been Israel’s closest and most powerful ally, sending billions of dollars in aid annually, but worldwide humanitarian outcries about the number of civilian casualties – est ..read more

“KINGDOM OF The Planet of the Apes” (20th Century Fox). By Mark Kennedy/AP Entertainment Writer Fans of the “Planet of the Apes” franchise may still be mourning the 2017 death of Caesar, the first smart chimp and the charismatic ape leader. Not to worry: He haunts the next episode, the thrilling, visually stunning “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.” We actually start with Caesar’s funeral, his body decorated with flowers and then set alight like a Viking, before fast-forwarding “many generations later.” All apes talk now and most humans don’t, reduced to caveman loin cloths and running wide ..read more

EXPANSION of Disneyland was approved by the Anaheim City Council this week (Disney image). ANAHEIM (AP) — Disney has received another key approval to expand its Southern California theme parks in its first push to make major changes to its iconic Disneyland in decades. The Anaheim City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the plan to transform Disney’s 490-acre campus in densely-populated Southern California by moving parking to a multi-story structure and redeveloping a massive lot with new entertainment and rides. It was a second, required vote for the plan after the council gave i ..read more

The latest e-newspaper of The Orange County Tribune is out. The Tribune serves Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Stanton and Westminster in Orange County, CA. We are a non-partisan operation which covers  local and national news, arts and living and sports. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays. For a free subscription, send us a request to orangecountytribune@gmail.com . And here’s the whole edition. Click to open: FINAL OC Tribune May 8, 2024 ..read more

THREE LOCAL high school teams won in CIF-SS playoff games on Tuesday (Shutterstock). Three local baseball and softball high school teams won on Tuesday and advanced to the next round of the CIF-SS playoffs. Seven lost. In Division 1 baseball’s second round, Huntington Beach defeated Villa Park 5-3. The Oilers (22-8) will advance to the quarterfinal round on Friday, hosting Santa Margarita (21-8-1). The semifinal round is on Tuesday, May 14. Matt Hansen was for 2-for-3 with a run scored for HBHS. Dominic Gutierrez homered as the team posted its fourth straight win. In softball, in Division 1 ..read more

  STORMY DANIELS in 2018 (Shutterstock). Stormy Daniels, the porn actress who claims she had sex with former president Donald Trump and was later paid to “keep it quiet” testified on Tuesday in a New York City court and spoke of her encounter with him. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, told of meeting Trump in 2006 in Lake Tahoe and visiting his penthouse. After visiting the bathroom, she said, she found him in the bedroom in his underwear. “The next thing I know was: I was on the bed” and they had sexual intercourse. She said the encounter left her “shaking.” Later, in th ..read more

LOS ANGELES Lakers forward Anthony Davis (3) in action. A great player, but he had his injuries (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel) The Lakers’ firing of Darvin Ham as head coach this week was about as predictable and short-sighted as such things come. The team has now had seven head coaches in 15 years, and the Lake Show has become the Lame Show as far as demonstrating consistency and vision. I’m not saying that Ham was the greatest man ever to clutch a clipboard. What I am saying is that if you want to build an operation that contends for the top you have to create and nurture a sound foundation and ..read more

ATTENDANCE and TV ratings are encouraging for the new UFL (Shutterstock). By Joe Reedy/AP Sports Writer Editor’s note: There are no UFL teams in the LA-OC area, but there might be if the new league provides that spring football is viable. There are some promising signs. The Birmingham Stallions are playing in a new spring football league, and they’re continuing their winning ways. The Stallions are unbeaten as the United Football League reached its midway point last week. The UFL came about after the mergers of the USFL and XFL last September. Birmingham, the two-time USFL champion, was one ..read more

SCOTT CARPENTER, America’s second man to orbit the Earth, was a Garde Grove resident (NASA). Garden Grove was founded in 1874, so this year is the community’s 150th anniversary. Latest in a series about Garden Grove history. Of all Garden Grove’s residents, this one definitely had “The Right Stuff.” Scott Carpenter lived in the city with his family during the time he was one of the original Mercury Seven U.S. astronauts launched into space in the Sixties. He was born in Boulder, Colorado in 1925. After a career as a naval aviator in the Korean War, he became a test pilot in 1954. In 1959, he ..read more

THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL parade be held on Saturday, May 24 (Tribune photo). Ed Arnold, a veteran broadcaster and local icon, will be the theme grand marshal for the 2024 Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Parade on Saturday, May 25. The theme is “Celebrating Our Hometown.” Serving as celebrity grand marshals are the brothers of Wahoo’s Fish Taco: Win, Ed and Mingo. ED ARNOLD Parade theme grand marshal. Other celebrities will be Frank Kramer, Wendy Burch, Chris Tzorin, Courtney Conlogue, Danielle Lawson, Sean Lee, Pat O’Connell, Pyper Braun, Nikki SooHoo, Kayden Koshelev, Leigh Steinberg, CeC ..read more