Category: Westminster

Garden Grove Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Prostitute and Robbery

A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty on July 18 and was immediately sentenced to three years in prison for choking an underage prostitute until she passed out and hitting her with a brick in Stanton. Margarito De La Cruz Guigui of Garden Grove pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon, assault with force likely to…


Garden Grove Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Underage Prostitute, Robbery

A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty on July 18 and was immediately sentenced to three years in prison for choking an underage prostitute until she passed out and hitting her with a brick in Stanton. Margarito De La Cruz Guigui of Garden Grove pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon, assault with force likely to…


Westminster Police Join Forces With Nonprofit to Create Mental Health Mobile Response Team

The Westminster Police Department has partnered with a local nonprofit to establish a mobile response team to provide mental health services to the community through a program that launched June 26. Be Well OC is the nonprofit which has taken over non-life-threatening mental health calls on behalf of the city’s police department. So far, the…


Westminster Declares ‘Massoud Day’ to Remind Afghans They Are Not Forgotten

Westminster officials declared last week that September 9, 2023, will be proclaimed Massoud Day after Ahmad Massoud, described as the founding father of the resistance against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s and then against the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the 1990s. Known as “The Lion of Panjshir,” Massoud was assassinated by al-Qaeda …


A ‘PBGV’ Wins Westminster Dog Show, a First for the Breed

NEW YORK—This Buddy Holly no longer has to sigh, “That’ll be the day.” A petit basset griffon Vendéen named for the late rock ‘n’ roll legend won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday night, a first for the rabbit-hunting breed. Buddy Holly bested six other finalists to garner the most…


Dog Show 101: What’s What at the Westminster Kennel Club

NEW YORK—To the casual viewer, competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show might look pretty simple: Get a dog. Groom it. Pose it. Lead it around a ring. But there’s a lot more than that to getting to and exhibiting in the United States’ most prestigious canine event, now in its 147th year. So…


Westminster Bans TikTok on Government Issued Phones 

The Westminster City Council voted April 5 to ban the controversial social media app, TikTok, and websites made by China-based Bytedance Ltd., calling them a “security risk” to city networks. The resolution, approved on a 5–0 vote, bans the download and use of TikTok and prohibits personal phones from using it while accessing the city’s…


Westminster Tax Preparer Admits Part in $3.8 Million Tax Scheme

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Westminster-based tax preparer pleaded guilty April 10 to operating a scheme to cheat the federal government out of about $3.8 million. Anton Nguyen, 54, of Fountain Valley pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to defraud the federal government. A sentencing date was set for July 24. Nguyen operated Century Travel &…


Least Expensive Orange County Cities to Purchase a Home

With inflation showing no signs of stopping any time soon, many looking to purchase a home in Orange County, California, face heightened obstacles in the already pricey market to do so. According to the California Association of Realtors, the average median home price in the region is just under $1.2 million, according to their January…


British Government Moves to Pass Stalled Northern Ireland Organ Law After Brexit Fallout

The British government will move to pass a stalled organ donation law in Northern Ireland that was halted over post-Brexit political rows. On Monday, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris confirmed he will table an amendment to scheduled legislation set to go through Parliament that would aim to incorporate the organ law. Political stalemate over the…