News Archive

Beginning Thursday, Aug. 13, the City of Garden Grove, will conduct street repairs and resurfacing in West Garden Grove as part of the 2026 Various Streets Rehabilitation Project.

The City of Garden Grove invites the community to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the completion of improvements to Jardin de los Niños Park, including new playground equipment and a new play surface. The ceremony will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug.

Beginning with the Tuesday, August 11 meeting, community members will have new options to participate in Garden Grove City Council meetings remotely and access meeting information in additional languages.

Due to high temperatures, the City of Garden Grove will open a public cooling center on Thursday, July 23, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cooling center is located at the Garden Grove Sports and Recreation Center, 13641 Deodara Drive, in Garden Grove Park.

From Monday, July 27, through Thursday, August 6, the City of Garden Grove’s Water Services Division will flush Well No. 19, located at Orangewood Avenue and Dolan Street. The flushing and required water quality testing are part of the well-development process.

On Thursday, July 16, the City of Garden Grove held a ceremony dedicating the newly renamed Eric J. Williams Teen Center at Eastgate Park in honor of the late Eric Williams and his lasting service to local youth and the Garden Grove community.

The City of Garden Grove and Garden Grove Sanitary District, in partnership with Republic Services, will host a Community Cleanup Day on Saturday, July 18, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Garden Grove Unified School District Main Office, located at 10331 Stanford Ave.

The Garden Grove Police Department (GGPD) invites the community to its annual National Night Out, a free community-building event featuring family activities, giveaways, live demonstrations, and raffle prizes, on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Community members now have a new online resource to learn about regional homelessness response efforts in Garden Grove, Fountain Valley and Westminster with the launch of centralcitiesoc.org, the official website for the Central Cities Collaboration.

Beginning Monday, July 13, 2026, the City of Garden Grove will be accepting nomination papers for Mayor, and three Council Member seats for Districts 1, 3, and 4, for the November 3, 2026 election. The deadline to file the completed paperwork is Friday, August 7, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.